Much of the energy-tied equity sector got beat up on Friday, but upgrades and earnings kept sands stocks alive.

So far it appears the August merger of Suncor Energy (SU) and PetroCanada has worked out well. The former, now the largest oil…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to extend and expand the first-time homebuyers’ tax credit.

Earlier this year, in an effort to stabilize the badly bruised housing market, the government offered an $8000 tax credit to first time homebuyers. Now,…

Equity investors continued to shrug off the seemingly ever-growing unemployment rate on Friday, but that didn’t stop commodity investors from bidding gold to a new record high.

In a consumer-driven economy like the U.S., logic suggests that higher unemployment figures should…

There has been a lot of hype surrounding Human Genome Sciences’ (HGSI) lupus drug recently.

To those who bet on Human Genome Sciences before its mid-July leap, congratulations, you are now rich. Buyers who got in ahead of the latest spike at…

Warren Buffett isn’t the only value investor in Omaha. Weitz Funds president and portfolio manager Wallace Weitz has seen all five of his equity funds appreciate by over 20% in 2009. Newly disclosed holdings indicate a preference for the cable…

The peramivir pricing speculation is over, and the first order has been shipped.

The U.S. FDA issued BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX) emergency use authorization for its swine flu antiviral in October, but at that point a price had not been settled. In an…

These sectors have outperformed the market while paying out some of the highest yields around.

Various segments of the energy and real estate sector pay some of the highest dividend yields, and recently a handful of these groups have averaged gained…

Strong earnings lifted the nanotech sector on Wednesday.

Hillsboro, Oregon-based nano-scale imaging and analysis instrument firm FEI Co. (FEIC) reported a 60% sequential jump to 16 cents in third-quarter EPS. The company also topped last year’s third-quarter EPS figure of 11…

A weaker-than-expected near-term outlook for STEC (STEC) led shares to plunge by -30% on Wednesday.

STEC reported EPS in line with the 47-cent consensus and topped revenue expectations in the third quarter, however the company’s outlook through early 2010 has investors dumping…

Though much slimmed down after a disastrous 2008, legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens’ hedge fund portfolio has been faring well.

2008 was brutal for Pickens. BP Capital, his energy-focused hedge fund, had fallen by about -60% on the year through late…