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2016 Year in Review: Major U.S. Market Statistics at Year-End

The year 2016 was a wild ride for equity and bond investors alike. Stocks surged, making the March 2009 v-bottom low into a bull market that is now almost 8 ...
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Meet the 2017 Dogs of the Dow: Massive Dividends and Expected Upside

The year 2016 went out with a bang for stock investors after large November and December post-election rallying. Closing at 19,762.60 on December 30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average may ...
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Competition for Air Force Training Jet Now Begins in Earnest

The U.S. Air Force released its final request for proposal (RFP) on Friday for a fleet of some 350 new training jets, called the T-X for now, to replace the ...
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Massive Technology Trades Highlight Insider Selling: Google, Facebook, NVIDIA, Ciena and More

With a huge trading year in the books last Friday, it’s no surprise that many top executives took advantage of the best December since 2010 and sold stock. This past ...
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Despite Late Year Drop, McClatchy Leads Newspaper Stock Performance

Debt-laden newspaper company McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI) pulled itself off the penny stock list with a midyear one-for-10 stock split in June, and then posted impressive gains until well into ...
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Best Buy Makes Last, Best Offers for 2016

Sometimes it seems like retailers will take any occasion to try to create a promotion around. After a two-month long holiday shopping season, the one remaining occasion is the end ...
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San Francisco Bay Area Rents Stay Highest in US

Rents in the most expensive cities in the United States are no longer rising relentlessly, but the most expensive markets have not changed. Among the 10 most expensive markets, according to ...
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Oil Rig Count Up by 2; Hedge Funds Sit Still at Year’s End

In the week ended December 30, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 525, up by two compared with the prior week and down 11 compared ...
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Nike Is Worst Performing Dow Stock of 2016 — Down 19%

In a year in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average performed extremely well, Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) performed very poorly, which made it the worst of the 30 index components in ...
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Caterpillar Is Best Performing Dow Stock of 2016 — Up 36%

The winner as the best performing component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 2016 is Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), which up 36.46% to $92.74. It barely edged out UnitedHealth ...
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Marijuana Price Ticks Up to $1,615 a Pound

For the week ended Friday, December 30, the spot price index for a pound of cannabis increased by 0.2% from $1,613 in the prior week to $1,615. According to the ...
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The 35 Most Expensive Homes in America Today

Every day, there are a number of homes for sale in the United States at prices above $100 million. And there are at least 25 for sale at prices over ...
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CGTN Reinvents China’s National TV Broadcaster, but Not Its Owner

China Central Television (CCTV), the TV mouthpiece of the People's Republic of China, has reinvented itself starting with the New Year as China Global Television Network (CGTN), an attempt to make ...
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The Worst CEOs of 2016

Many factors influence a company's performance -- some within the control of corporate leadership and some outside of it. If things go south, no matter the cause, corporate leaders are ...
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Plug Power, Innocoll Drop into Friday’s 52-Week Low Club

December 30, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 66 equities making new 52-week lows in Friday's session. On the NYSE, decliners led advancers by about ...
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