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Chesapeake Energy Faces Subpoena On Royalty Payment Practices
Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:10 PM EDT
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Chesapeake Energy (CHK) pays landowners for the natural gas it drills on their property.
In this article: CHK
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Market Commentary: Averages Climb Into Green And Trade Sideways
Thursday, November 20, 2014 2:24 PM EDT
Nice recovery Mr. Market. The averages climbed out of the morning doldrums to sit nicely in the green by the noon hour. While the DOW remains flat the other averages have melted up over +0.4%, but on falling volume sometimes hitting anemic values.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Market Commentary: Markets Open Down, Regain Fractionally Opening Losses
Thursday, November 20, 2014 10:41 AM EDT
By 10 am the averages were mixed with the small caps flat and in the green as volume falls.
In this article: GLD, NDX, SPX, INDU, VIX
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Massive Stock Buybacks
Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:54 AM EDT
One of the ways that corporations return earnings to shareholders is via stock buybacks. These have been occurring at a very high rate in 2014.
In this video: DIS, GS, HD, IBM, PFE, WFC, XOM, AAPL, CSCO, MSFT
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Market Commentary: FOMC Minutes Lack Inspiration, Major Averages Remain In Red
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:23 PM EDT
Afternoon trading was, again, more or less sideways and within a narrow zone except for the FOMC minutes release. The averages went up fractionally, then down and finally back up to where they were prior to the report.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Market Commentary: Averages Off Session Lows And Trending Sideways
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:17 PM EDT
Markets have recovered fractionally from the morning lows, but still remain in the red. The noontime trend is up, but is now not expected to rise into the green anytime this session as volume is falling to sometimes anemic levels.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Why Lower Oil Prices Won't Kill The Renewable Energy Boom
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 6:37 AM EDT
Whenever oil prices drop, everyone always wonders how it will affect wind and solar power.
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Traders Cafe Charged With Being Depository To Steal Day Traders Funds
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:03 AM EDT
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an unregistered broker living outside Tampa, Florida, with stealing investor funds as part of a fraudulent day trading scheme.
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Next-Gen Consoles Revive Video Game Hardware Sales
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:05 PM EDT
There is one caveat though: Video game software sales, that is physical retail sales excluding downloads, haven't kept pace with hardware sales.
In this article: SNE, NTDOF, MSFT
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Market Commentary: Markets End Higher, Large Cap Set New Highs
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 5:25 PM EDT
Both the SP500 and DOW set, again, new record highs this afternoon and if nothing else, Mr. Market still has some steam regardless what some bears might think.
In this article: GLD, SPY, NDX, SPX, INDU
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Market Commentary: SP500 Continues To Climb As Other Averages Trade Sideways
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1:14 PM EDT
By noon the market action has appeared to have fallen off and left to the HFT algo computers to do what they do.
In this article: GLD, SPY, NDX, SPX, INDU, VIX
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Deflation Shadows Bulls With Disequilibrium In Capital Markets
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:08 PM EDT
As the last man standing, the USA is winning by default, but is this sustainable? Meanwhile, some market pundits regard the drop in oil prices as a long term positive influence for the economy.
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Market Commentary: Markets Open Higher, SP500 Makes New High, Volume Remains Moderate
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:56 AM EDT
By 10 am the SP500 recorded a new high (2049.98), Nasdaq was still melting up fractionally and the DOW just isn't sure it wants to join the party.
In this article: GLD, SPY, NDX, SPX, INDU, VIX
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Average Gasoline Prices For Week Ending 10 November 2014 At Lowest Level Since November 2010
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:06 AM EDT
Average gasoline prices fell an average of 4.7 cents nationwide this past week following the previous week's 5.2 cent fall from the week before. However, since 06 January 2014, gas prices have fallen 43.3 cents a gallon.
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Earnings And Economic Reports: Week Starting 17 November
Monday, November 17, 2014 6:32 PM EDT
Merlin Rothfeld, instructor and host of Power Trading Radio at Online Trading Academy, reviews the upcoming trading week day by day and what you should look for in the week ahead 11/17/2014 - 11/21/2014
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Market Commentary: Markets Close Mixed, Volume Low, Trading Sideways
Monday, November 17, 2014 5:27 PM EDT
By 4 pm the averages closed VERY quietly without any volume spike usually noted at the close. What does this mean?
In this article: GLD, NDX, SPX, INDU, VIX
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