In trading on Wednesday, the iPath Global Carbon ETN (NYSEArca:GRN) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.01% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:FLRN, NYSE:GRN, NYSE:KWT, NYSE:MOM, NYSE:XSD, ROSA

Larry D. Spears: The semiconductor industry struggled to maintain growth in 2011 – but that’s starting to change. The industry this year was stunted by slow global economic growth, reduced consumer demand, and supply-chain disruptions due to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Industry revenue Read more…

NASDAQ:SOXX, NYSE:XSD

In trading on Monday, the UBS E-TRACS S&P 500 Gold Hedged Idx ETN (NYSE:SPGH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.31% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:BRAF, NYSE:GWO, NYSE:IVO, NYSE:SPGH, NYSE:XSD, PXQ

Jon D. Markman:  Technology and commodities companies have been among the hardest hit over the past few weeks, as major players move from cyclical stocks to more defensive areas like Read more…

NYSE:IHF, NYSE:XSD

NYSE:FDN, NYSE:XSD

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past ten years, you know that Technology and its growth have been the big economic and social story of our times. From the dawn of the personal computer Read more…

AMEX:HHH, NYSE:IAH, NYSE:IGV, NYSE:IGW, NYSE:IIH, NYSE:IXN, NYSE:SWH, NYSE:TYH, NYSE:XLK, NYSE:XSD, QQQQ, ROM

Jon D. Markman:  Stocks rose gently but purposefully over the past week as investors collectively remembered that negative recent headlines on Portugal, China and Australia were only bound to Read more…

NYSE:XSD

Stocks survived a big test of the winter rally on Friday as they finished a positive week with mild losses. Read more…

NYSE:KCE, NYSE:UUP, NYSE:XSD

A big part of overall technology industry profit is driven by spending in the Information Technology sector. Information Week recently released the results of a survey that provides a Read more…

NYSE:IAH, NYSE:IGV, NYSE:IGW, NYSE:IWY, NYSE:SMH, NYSE:SWH, NYSE:VGT, NYSE:XLK, NYSE:XSD, PSI, PSJ

Stocks tiptoed through a typically introspective, no drama December week in the past five days, with the Dow Jones Industrials rising 0.7%, and the Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Russell 2000 all Read more…

NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:FDN, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:IAT, NYSE:IJK, NYSE:KCE, NYSE:THD, NYSE:VEU, NYSE:XES, NYSE:XLI, NYSE:XSD, PBE

Stocks clicked around the flat line much of the past week until the tumblers of the lock finally fell into place and prices were freed to go higher on Thursday and Friday. Read more…

NYSE:KCE, NYSE:XSD

In midday trading Wednesday, the iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector Index Fund ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.16% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…

NASDAQ:SOXX, NYSE:BAL, NYSE:DBB, NYSE:SMH, NYSE:TUR, NYSE:XSD

Competition in the semiconductor ETF space has always been fierce, with no fewer than four products (NYSE:SMH), (NYSE:IGW), (NYSE:XSD), (NYSE:PSI) from four different issuers Read more…

NYSE:IGW, NYSE:SMH, NYSE:SOXL, NYSE:SOXS, NYSE:XSD, PSI

I … Silver, (NYSE:SLV), rose 1.7% and World Stocks, (NASDAQ:ACWI), rose 2.3% on Friday, September 24, 2010, as currency traders took the Euro, (NYSE:FXE), 1.3% Read more…

NYSE:DRN, NYSE:FXE, NYSE:FXY, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:IWM, NYSE:JNK, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:TMF, NYSE:TNA, NYSE:URE, NYSE:VXX, NYSE:XSD, NYSE:XXV

In trading on Friday, the Oil Services HOLDRS ETF (AMEX:OIH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.65% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:IEZ, NYSE:VNM, NYSE:XSD, OIH