Billions of dollars are pouring into exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but it seems there is still much for investors to learn about how these funds work. We’ve written in the past about ETF liqui...

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Aflac Beats On Strong Yen

Aflac Inc.’s (NYSE:AFL) second quarter operating earnings per share of $1.35 were a couple of pennies ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33. This compared favorably with earnings of $1.20 i...

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Are the Warriors going to trade Monta Ellis? Nobody really knows for sure. It seems like dealing Ellis and Andris Biedrins and their large contracts may be a priority for the new owners, but th...

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Alimera Submits Iluvien MAA

Alimera Sciences (ALIM) recently submitted Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Iluvien (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal insert) to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...

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Median Home Price Reaches 20-Month High

One bright spot from today’s housing report from the National Association of Realtors is that the median home price in June reached a 20-month high of $183,700, the highest median home price sin...

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Hess Corp. Beats Again

Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) reported modestly better-than-expected second-quarter earnings of $1.15 per share, compared with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.14 and the year-earlier profit of 31 cents. Th...

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ORLANDO, FL -– Sales of existing homes in Florida rose in June, marking 22 consecutive months that sales activity has increased in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data r...

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GLD, ANV, JAG & SSRI - Getting Really Cheap

As you are aware, gold and mining stocks are in a huge secular bull market that began in 2001 and will continue for many years into the future.  Thanks to the bull, gold and miners generally trad...

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Economy struggles to wag its financial tail

There has been just an inkling in recent weeks that financial markets might start to take their lead from the 'real' economy again after three years of being tossed about by their own panics and perio...

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The market is holding key levels of 111 in the SPY (SPY). However, we cannot forget that this current trend is happening in July & August, months that have been notoriously slow and have never r...

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