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I regularly read or get sent dire warnings which predict imminent crashes in the markets. I receive them with such frequency that were I to act on even a fraction of them I would never be invested in the markets.

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What if you could start your own foundation - but with no administrative hassles or set-up costs?

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The verdict is in: a majority of business economists say that Hillary Clinton would do a better job than Donald Trump at managing the American economy.

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Quebec-based convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard is buying CST Brand for $3.67 billion takeover, acquiring a conglomerate that supplies ExxonMobil, Valero, BP, Shell and Phillips66 fuel to some 3,000 gas stations around the country and operates hundreds of gas station convenience stores.

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Hedge fund operators mainly run compressed portfolios, and should be measured against NASDAQ 100, up 5.5%, rather than the S&P 500, up 8% to date.

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Another day, another stock decline following a less-than-impressive quarterly performance from a restaurant company. Monday's victim: Mediterranean fast-casual chain Zoe's Kitchen, which is down almost 15% following the release of its second quarter earnings report.

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Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30.

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In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money - maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So when stocks turn up that see insider buying, and are also top ranked, investors are wise to take notice. One such company is Golub Capital BDC Incorporated (NASD: GBDC), which saw buying by Director John Thomas Baily.

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Traditional investing concepts like buy and hold, laddering, annuities and ratings are no longer working.

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