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Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Toda

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Western Digital (WDC) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 5.1%. Year to date, Western Digital has lost about 27.2% of its value.

In early trading on Thursday, shares of PulteGroup (PHM) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 10.3%. Year to date, PulteGroup registers a 12.1% gain.

What happened Shares of U.S. onshore energy services provider Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ: PTEN) jumped nearly 14% out of the gate on July 23. By around 10:30 a.m. EDT, the stock had pulled back a little but remained higher by about 10%. The big news driving the stock higher wa

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Pfizer (PFE) topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 2.0%. Year to date, Pfizer registers a 0.4% gain.

What happened Shares of GrafTech International (NYSE: EAF) fell more than 10% at the open on Thursday after the company said its majority shareholder was distributing part of its holdings. That's going to increase the number of shares available for trading, which could put near-

Investors in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (Symbol: SPCE) saw new options begin trading today, for the September 4th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SPCE options chain for the new September 4th contracts and identified o

Earnings season is just starting to heat up and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is sure to be one of the most closely watched stocks in the coming weeks. Since we last heard from the tech giant at the end of April, the stock has surged 27%, adding more than $300 billion in market value

Shareholders of EOG Resources, Inc. (Symbol: EOG) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 3% annualized dividend yield can sell the September covered call at the $50 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.78 bid, which annualizes to an additional 47.6% rate of

In trading on Thursday, shares of Compass Minerals International Inc (Symbol: CMP) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $52.30, changing hands as high as $53.09 per share. Compass Minerals International Inc shares are currently trading up about 1.8% on the day. The

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Price/Sales Investor model based on the published strategy of Kenneth Fisher. This value strategy rewards stocks with low P/S ratios, long-term profit growth, strong free cash flow and consistent profit margins.

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Low PE Investor model based on the published strategy of John Neff. This strategy looks for firms with persistent earnings growth that trade at a discount relative to their earnings growth and dividend yield.

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's P/E/Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Peter Lynch. This strategy looks for stocks trading at a reasonable price relative to earnings growth that also possess strong balance sheets.

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Book/Market Investor model based on the published strategy of Joseph Piotroski. This value-quant strategy screens for high book-to-market stocks, and then separates out financially sound firms by looking at a host of improving f

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Earnings Yield Investor model based on the published strategy of Joel Greenblatt. This value model looks for companies with high return on capital and earnings yields.

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Growth/Value Investor model based on the published strategy of James P. O'Shaughnessy. This two strategy approach offers a large-cap value model and a growth approach that looks for persistent earnings growth and strong relative

Google is the undisputed king of the internet. Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) breadwinner not only fields 90% of the world's web searches, according to GlobalStats statcounter, its Android operating system powers about three-fourths of the world's smartphones. Android

Robinhood seems to have an unending popularity with the rising demographic of younger investors looking to get involved in the stock market. One of the features that the investment platform offers is to keep an updated list of the 100 most popular stocks based on how many users

On Tuesday afternoon, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) became the second airline to report its second-quarter results, after Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced a $7 billion pre-tax loss last week ($3.9 billion excluding special items).

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