Packaged foods maker Campbell Soup Company (CPB) on Friday said its fiscal fourth quarter profit surged 64% from last year, when one-time items weighed down results, but noted its 2011 outlook was a bit conservative amid…Read

Eight new ETFs and eight new ETNs were introduced in August, a substantial drop from the 23 in July. Two ETFs were delisted, and the net increase of 14 new products pushed current listings to 1,046 (940 ETFs and 106 ETNs). So…Read

Via: Bloomberg: Wheat rose in Chicago after Russia, the world’s third-largest grower, extended a ban on grain exports into next year, raising the prospect of higher food prices that already have sparked riots in Mozambique.…Read

You cant go to money market funds or Treasury bonds for yields these days. The quest for yield may partially explain why master-limited partnership ETFs are all the rage these days. But do investors know enough about them? Just…Read

I won't go into too many of the particulars because this is such a convoluted report but private sector payrolls in August gained 67,000 versus expectations of around 40,000. (the broader number is skewed by losses in census…Read

The US market is in sorry shape. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are presently no higher than they were 12 years ago. If you factor in 12 years worth of inflation, then these results are abysmal. Read More...…Read

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Single-country ETFs offer regular retail investors the opportunity to gain exposure to economies that would otherwise be tough to reach. Single-country ETFs, more notably those in the emerging markets, have provided high…Read

According to an AppleInsider article today, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has ramped up production of the iPad to 2 million units per month, and may go as high as 3 million per month heading into the holiday season. The move may have…Read

Either data services are FUBAR in terms of how they report data and time or a lot of people knew what the jobs report would say just before it came out. You make the call.…Read