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In its latest letter, Stansberry's Investment Advisory adds Cheniere Energy (NYSE: LNG) and Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) to its "Next Boom" portfolio list at a Buy rating. It also adds Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) to its "Victims" list at a Sell Short rating.

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Tuesday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL): Shares of Apple...

Shares of Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) are higher on the session by 2.68%, currently trading at $52.14. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past four months and is currently trading below the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the...

Many traders and investors see the 52-week high or low as an important indicator. Stocks that have a long-term trend in a certain direction are likely to continue, as that trend is the path of least resistance. In this case, shares of Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) are hitting new 52-week lows. Traders...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is trading down over 5.30%, near $50.20. News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS)(NASDAQ: NWSA) is trading down over 5%, near $15.25 after former CEO Brooks was arrested. LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) is trading down over 4%, near $105.50 after the company's rating was cut at JP Morgan to...

Another fairly eventful week for summertime trading is in the books and there are looming issues heading into the weekend, but that has been par for the course for almost all of 2011. Chief among those issues is the ability of the Obama administration and congressional leaders to make some headway...

How screwed is Europe? Investors are leaving euro investments and heading for...Japan? Despite a collapsed economy, a gross debt that makes Greece look like amateurs, and a nuclear crisis that is uncontainable in the short term (and possibly spawning a great Godzilla movie in the long term?)...

A New York state appeals court gave new life to Ambac Financial Group's $1 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) over an investment that suffered heavy losses from subprime debt. HTC is awaiting results from the patent filing case filed by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) against it. Credit Suisse (...

Get ready for Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) earnings! Don't be the last to know: The company announces its next round of earnings this Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Want to get all the facts ahead of this Tuesday's announcement? We thought so. Here's an advanced look at Goldman Sachs Group's second...

Shares of Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) are lower on the session by 0.47%, trading at $52.86. Overall put volume is now running at 2.12x the daily average, with 66% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,854 contracts have traded on the session so far. Deutsche Bank AG is a global...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are mixed this morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 13 points to 12,412.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 0.40 points to 1,311.80. Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 5.50 points to 2,350.00. A Peek Into Global Markets Asian...

International banks have initiated plans to cut expenses broadly, and employees of two major banks, UBS (NYSE: UBS) and Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS), appear to be on the chopping block. Two Swiss newspapers reported Thursday that UBS is planning to cut 5,000 jobs, while Credit Suisse will cut 1,000....

Hedge fund giant George Soros is as concerned as anyone when it comes to the potentially contagious crisis in Greece. CNBC quoted his editorial in the Financial Times: Soros writes, "Greece is heading towards disorderly default and/or devaluation ... A Greek default may be inevitable but it need...

While the U.S. banking sector is getting slammed on Monday, it is not quite as bad as what is happening over in Europe. Global financial markets are freaking out after bond spreads in Italy and other European countries blew out to start the week as the region's debt crisis, which started in Greece...

These companies are trading lower today: AON Corp (NYSE: AON) is down nearly 39%, trading near $31.50. Windsteam Corp (NASDAQ: WIN) is down over 15%, trading near $11.15. Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) is down over 4%, trading near $54.60 after the company announced plans for a joint-CEO management...