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U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is hitting session highs, as are other financial stocks, as stocks start to breakout with just over an hour left to the trading week. Other financials like Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) are also higher this afternoon. At last...

Following the wrap up sale of Citigroup Inc.'s (C) stake by the Treasury, Citi is back to its form. The company is now focused on inducting strategic initiatives to improve its profitability in the upcoming years. Citi's core business is progressing well and the international business is...

Following the wrap up sale of Citigroup Inc.'s (C) stake by the Treasury, Citi is back to its form. The company is now focused on inducting strategic initiatives to improve its profitability in the upcoming years. Citi's core business is progressing well and the international business is...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) 16,317 puts, 151 calls 2. Santander Finance Preferred (NYSE: STD) 3,813 puts, 395 calls 3. Popular Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) 39,144 puts, 4,816 calls 4. Gannett Co...

Shares of Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE: LYG) are lower on the session by 0.69%, trading at $4.30. Overall put volume is now running at 13.74x the daily average, with 49% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,250 contracts have traded on the session so far. Lloyds Banking Group plc is a...

On Thursday, markets registered modest upward movement. The blue chip index was led slightly lower primarily due to a weak forecast from DuPont (NYSE: DD), but the S&P 500 closed at its two year high, while Nasdaq moved to its highest level since December 2007.   The major benchmark indices...

On Thursday, markets registered modest upward movement. The blue chip index was led slightly lower primarily due to a weak forecast from DuPont (NYSE: DD), but the S&P 500 closed at its two year high, while Nasdaq moved to its highest level since December 2007.   The major benchmark indices...

Below are the top large-cap financial stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE: NLY) is 79.66%. NLY had $1.05 billion in total cash for the latest quarter. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Sunpower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRB) 4,564 puts, 5 calls 2. Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) 12,214 puts, 388 calls 3. Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) 7,880 puts, 323 calls 4. Banco Bradesco (NYSE:...

Financial stocks like Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) may have just a little more left in the tank prior to a significant pull back. Note the chart below of Goldman Sachs. It shows key resistance points nearing but not yet hit. This is by no means a...

The overall market is once again battling with the flat line; it should be noted that consolidation at these levels is quite constructive and could be a precursor to another move higher. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 603,204 contracts, 88.1% calls, 11.9% puts...

  ·         Howard Stern continues his stint at Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) after signing another five-year contract ·         Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was downgraded by Wells Fargo (WFC) from “outperform” to “neutral”, with the target price in the range of $64 to $65 ·        ...

On Wednesday, markets closed slightly higher and the S&P 500 index surged to its highest level since September 2008. A rally in financial stocks coupled with investors' optimism about the extension of Bush-era tax cuts helped the markets turn green. Investors' concerns about the rising...

  ·         Howard Stern continues his stint at Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) after signing another five-year contract ·         Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was downgraded by Wells Fargo (WFC) from “outperform” to “neutral”, with the target price in the range of $64 to $65 ·        ...

On Wednesday, markets closed slightly higher and the S&P 500 index surged to its highest level since September 2008. A rally in financial stocks coupled with investors' optimism about the extension of Bush-era tax cuts helped the markets turn green. Investors' concerns about the rising...