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Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid...

At 10:16 am, the Dow gained 0.27% to 11,508.63, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.33% to 1,251.17 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.37% to 2,659.38. The industries that are driving the market today are: Printed Circuit Boards: This industry jumped 3.09% by 10:16 am. The top...

A video from Bloomberg discusses how online spending has been up sharply this year, and its potential benefits for companies like Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), and other internet based retailers. Shares of Amazon are up 53 cents to $183.82 in early Tuesday trading, while EBAY is...

• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy (NYSE:MEE) • According to...

"Operation Payback" wanted to take Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) down probably more than any other site attacked the week of Dec.6. The organizers wanted Amazon to pay for dropping Wikileaks from its hosting. Hackers attacked for one full hour. But Amazon didn't budge; no slow downs, no outages, no...

• Toronto-Dominion (NYSE:TD) announced plans to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion • Royal DSM said it would acquire Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK) for $1.09 billion, or $31.50 per share • Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) has shown interest for Massey Energy (NYSE:MEE) • According to...

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid...

On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw suggested a bearish options strategy in Blue Nile, Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE). This company has a good business, but Mike Khouw believes that NILE is not a good stock to own. It trades 68 times trailing earnings, and 50 times forward earnings. Mike Khouw thinks that...

Barry Ritholtz is on CNBC's Fast Money and he believes that the market is likely to top sometime in the first half of the year, as retail investors come back into the market. Ritholtz said he is worried when retail investors begin to make claims about companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Netflix...

E Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE: DANG), the newly released Chinese IPO, has been in price wars with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and another Chinese firm called 365, which engages in electronic and computer gear. Recently 365 decided to implement 20% price cuts on all retail sales. This strategy does not...

Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) are lower on the session by 1.36%, currently trading at $177.58. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past month since hitting an all-time high of $209.24 on December 1st. Shares are now approaching the 50-day moving average, at $175.06. While this...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research report on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). In a note sent to clients, Goldman writes, "Walmart recaptured the Toy Tally lead from Amazon, which took a temporary lead after footballing a few items last week. The...