The best stock-market rally since 1935 has pushed 93% of the stocks in the S&P 500 above their 200-day moving averages. As upward momentum builds on the market, could some of the laggards be poised to pop?   Read More

Charles Bobrinskoy, vice chairman and director of research at Ariel Investments and Marc Harris, co-head of Global Research at RBC Capital Markets shared their insights on where to invest in a low volume environment and what investors should be watching for next week.    Read More

OptionMonster's tracking systems detected significant purchases of the September 4 puts, which traded more than 25,000 times against open interest of 5,907 contracts. Premiums climbed from $0.10 to $0.20 as the stock price remained little changed, which indicates a strong buying pattern.    Read More

The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are trading at levels not seen since the Fall of 2008.  As the stock market gains steam, the following statistic may provide guidance to investors as per where the markets stand relative to previous levels.     Read More

Plus, get calls on the banks, natural gas and more.   Read More

Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of US Bancorp and China Petroleum popped while Whirlpool and AMD dropped.   Read More

After today's disappointing results from Morgan Stanley and other banks, should you prepare for a pullback.   Read More

The Chinese get going, again: as the Shanghai Index has hit new 52-week highs, Chinese investors have rushed back into the market, opening the most new stock accounts (484,799 last week) in the past 18 months.   Read More

The quarterly reports for the big banks were terrible across the board, but stocks are up because the psychology and the method of valuing bank stocks have changed, said Richard Bove, financial strategist at Rochdale Securities.    Read More

The commodity/dollar trade continues today. Stock futures fell about 4 points pre-open as the dollar firmed and as commodities moved off their highs. Despite the move lower, commodities remain up on the day, rebounding from yesterday’s weakness. Subsequently, commodity stocks are slightly higher today, rising 1 percent-2 percent pre-open.    Read More