A new report on leveraged loan default rates from Fitch Ratings showed that, since the beginning of March, more than three-quarters of leveraged loan default volume has come from metals/mining and energy companies.
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The spot price for October delivery of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil settled up more than 10% on Thursday and traded up further in the late morning on Friday.
Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) reported its fiscal second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Friday.
Although GameStop reported solid fiscal second-quarter financial results late Thursday, this game retailer suffered in Friday's session.
Xerox has decided to waste several million dollars on a marketing campaign about what the company can do for business customers.
It is the last Friday of the month, so we get to see the revised consumer sentiment reading from the University of Michigan.
Amgen has the potential to disrupt the market for cholesterol drugs with the newest addition to its drug portfolio.
Northrop won the contract for the previous version of the Air Force bomber, the B-2, and has got to be considered to have the inside track for the new contract.
These top transports have been getting hit all year long. From a bounce-back perspective, they may offer investors a better opportunity than some of the other sectors that got hit recently.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its reading on personal income and spending for the month of July.
The American Postal Workers Union has also opposed the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot and has begun gathering electronic signatures on a petition to stop it.
The S&P 500 is adding two new components: Activision Blizzard and United Continental.
One thing a brutal sell-off will do is bring stocks back to places where they look incredibly attractive. Semiconductors seem to have bottomed, and business should start to pick up.