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While Precious Metals, specifically Gold and Silver have appreciated tremendously since the end of 2015, they aren’t the only Futures Contracts with significant gains. As seen in the Table below, Soybeans (as represented by ZSN6, the July 2016 Soybeans Contract) have experienced an increase of nearly 19% since December 31. If you are fortunate enough to have an adequate amount of investable assets, it is important to be diversified.

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There are lots of good reasons for investing in emerging markets. Low valuations, improving property rights, and more peaceful political transitions are just some of the characteristics that define many emerging countries now as compared to just 5 to 15 years ago.

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The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics & strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Western Digital Corp. (NASD: WDC) presently has a stellar rank, in the top 10% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

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Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Healthcare companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.7% loss. Within that group, Endo International plc (NASD: ENDP) and Allergan PLC (NYSE: AGN) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 4.3% and 3.1%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is down 0.5% on the day, and down 3.41% year-to-date. Endo International plc, meanwhile, is down 78.83% year-to-date, and Allergan PLC, is down 30.94% year-to-date. Combined, ENDP and AGN make up approximately 3.6% of the underlying holdings of XLV.

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Forget building a car, Apple decided to jump into the ride-sharing wars.

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AT&T is at a new high, adumbrating deflation. Time for grandmothers to buy 10 shares each for their grandchildren.

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Dril-Quip Inc (NYSE: DRQ), where a total volume of 4,915 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 491,500 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 98% of DRQ's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 501,470 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $70 strike call option expiring December 16, 2016, with 4,900 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 490,000 underlying shares of DRQ. Below is a chart showing DRQ's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $70 strike highlighted in orange:

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The Yahoo auction just got a few new wealthy bidders.

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