Small Cap Bullish Stocks: Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX), CDI (NYSE:CDI), Alliance Fiber Optic Products (NASDAQ:AFOP), Synta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SNTA), Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM)

Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ:ARDX) major shareholder Ventures Vii Lp Cmea bought 316,826 shares of Ardelyx stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 24th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $14.00 per share, for a total transaction of $4,435,564.00. Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ:ARDX) stock performance was 5.14% in last session and finished the day at $20.44. Traded volume was … Continue reading Small Cap Bullish Stocks: Ardelyx (NASDAQ:ARDX), CDI (NYSE:CDI), Alliance Fiber Optic Products (NASDAQ:AFOP), Synta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SNTA), Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE:FSM)

Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM)

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) has reached 500,000 b/d in production from the Brazilian presalt, a region that has already seen aggregate output of 343 million boe (OGJ Online, June 20, 2014). The company, which didn’t reach the same level of total production until 31 years after it launched, made its first discovery in the region 8 years ago. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) … Continue reading Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM)

When JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon announced last week that he had been diagnosed with throat cancer, the largest US bank said its board already had plans for a full-range of scenarios in place. Sudden, life-threatening ailments such as cancer present unique management challenges, which can throw a company into limbo and need more than the typical succession planning that … Continue reading Active Watch List: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX)

Card companies Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA) may be able to avoid paying heavy security deposits to operate in Russia if they can find local processing partners by the end of October, Russian media outlets reported. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) stock performance was 0.71% in last session and finished the day at $76.74. Traded volume was 3.21million shares in the last session and the average … Continue reading New Buzz: Mastercard (NYSE:MA), Visa (NYSE:V), Under Armour (NYSE:UA), Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC), Target (NYSE:TGT)

Microsoft is planning to rename the Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) brand by adding “by Microsoft” after its name. Microsoft has officially acquired Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) globally, but the initial leaks did not suggest an overhaul in the brand name. A recent leak of Lumia 830 smartphone reveals the back panel with `Nokia by Microsoft’ branding. Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) stock performance was 1.58% in … Continue reading Top News: Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Goldcorp (NYSE:GG), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), ZTE CORPORATION (OTCMKTS:ZTCOF)

Companies like Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors and SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY); or Opower, the venture-backed company providing information on energy use to utility customers; or Climate Corp., the weather tracking, big data company acquired by Monsanto for $1.1 billion all point to the value that can be created through clean technology investments. SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) stock performance was -1.07% in last session and finished the day at … Continue reading Solar Stocks: SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY), Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL), Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), LDK Solar (OTCMKTS:LDKSY)