Shareholder distributions, defined as total dividends plus gross share buybacks, amounted to $259.8 billion for S&P 500 companies at the end of the third quarter -- the highest quarterly total... Read More

The end of May 2014 marks an interesting milestone in the world of central banking. It’s been ten years since the most influential central bank in the world –... Read More

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has increased the size of its convertible bond offer according to a new report from Reuters. The alteration to the deal, that would see Tesla take... Read More

Shares of Freddie Mac/ Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) rose about 2% Wednesday morning after the federally controlled mortgage buyer reported near-record quarterly profits. The return to profitability... Read More

Noble Group, Asia’s top commodity trader, has endured short selling attacks from the likes of Muddy Waters LLC and the anonymous Iceburg Research. With its stock value cut by... Read More

Carl Icahn did an interview with Fox Business News anchor Neil Cavuto yesterday afternoon. The hedge fund manager talked about the Federal Reserve's decision on quantitative easing, but, perhaps... Read More

There is an “insatiable” risk appetie" in markets, a Jefferies report notes, as the “front loading of positions in some futures markets” is causation for a price drop in... Read More

When Ray Dalio announced his transition out of management at the world’s largest hedge fund Wednesday, he unwittingly touched on an issue that bedevils the investment industry at large.... Read More

Gold has certainly been off the radar of traders and investors the past several years, as stocks continue one of the best bull runs in history.  Unfortunately for gold... Read More

Finding bonds with attractive yields in both the high-yield and investment-grade space, and attractively priced equities with ‘bond like’ qualities is becoming an increasingly difficult task for investors (this... Read More