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Growth expectations of 12% for next year may be unrealistically high given that 40% of the oilfield services company's sales come from still-soft offshore activity, analysts say.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. Navient Corp (NASD: NAVI) presently has a stellar rank, in the [...]

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China's oil imports are increasing, while the country's oil production has fallen. These two developments will create more geopolitical problems for Beijing energy planners, including over reliance on foreign oil from some of the word's most troubled hot spots, including South Sudan, Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Angola, Russia, Venezuela and others.

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The pace of Federal Reserve speakers out this week are coupled with a handful of data points that some analysts say may have high impact on the stock markets, the dollar, and, yes, the Fed’s decision on whether to raise interest rates. Monday’s agenda is jammed packed with Fed speakers, including [...]

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The financial media has been focused lately on what stocks may or may not do well whether Clinton or Trump wins. I think this may already be factored into stock prices but the fears could cause further selling in the weeks ahead. But what did the technical studies look in the last quarter of the past three election years?

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An $86 billion deal will put AT&T and Time Warner up against Comcast, Verizon, and Netflix.

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Saudi Arabia's oil minister, Khalid al-Falih met with both Venezuelan President Nicolas Madura and Russian oil minister Alexander Novak to discuss limits on oil production that would raise oil prices. Goodwill abounded but real progress seems elusive.

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Visa Inc (NYSE: V), where a total volume of 34,851 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.5 million underlying shares (given that every [...]

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