From TheStreet: With insurance company ACE Ltd. (ACE) recently acquiring Chubb Corp. (CB) for more than $28 billion (making it one of the largest companies in the industry), and insurer Centene … [Read more...]

From Seeking Alpha: The S&P 500 Index was nearly unchanged in the first half of 2015, yet the divergences in underlying sectors told a very different tale. The tepid return in the major … [Read more...]

From Motley Fool: If you think no one trades stocks in the summer, you're dead wrong. Market data show that trading volumes in June and July tend to be comparable to the seemingly more lively … [Read more...]

From CNBC: Looking ahead to the social media and Internet sectors in the second half of the year, some CNBC "Fast Money" traders believe LinkedInshows potential. "It's going to be volatile; … [Read more...]

From TheStreet: The biotech sector has been one of the best performing sectors this year. While the Nasdaq Composite rose 5.3% for the first six months of the year, the Nasdaq Biotech Index rose a … [Read more...]

From CNNMoney: My parents told me that when I started investing, and it's served me well. Even though the markets and economy were quite different 25 years ago when I started my career, the message … [Read more...]

From Zacks: stocks with a combination of cheap price and solid dividend should serve as an effective hedge against any economic uncertainty. Currently, the U.S. economy is showing improvement on … [Read more...]

From Forbes: The fall of oil and gas prices has taken a toll on energy stocks, but top hedge fund billionaires don’t seem to be worried. As crude oil prices dropped 11.7% in 2015, energy stocks … [Read more...]