Earnings

One of the upsides of a weak economy is that companies need to find productive uses for the growing piles of cash on their balance sheets. That should be good news for dividend investors.In fact, it's one of the silver linings of this earnings season, according to Terry Sandven, chief equity

After the best quarter in a year, stock prices have room for more gains but some analysts are looking for earnings power to drive the rally.

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Lower sales of key products, the death of Steve Jobs and stiffer competition from its rivals has had many investors questioning whether the tech giant's days as an industry innovator are over

While Tim Cook has dropped hints that Apple Inc. (AAPL) is hard at work on a television to drive the next era of growth, the company's wristwatch-style device, still in development, may prove more profitable.The global watch industry will generate more than $60 billion in sales in 2013, said

Fidelity Investments, the second-largest U.S. mutual fund company, said that operating income fell 29% last year as fee pressure, low interest rates and redemptions from its active equity funds hurt revenue. Earnings, excluding costs such as interest and taxes, decreased to $2.3 billion, from $3.3

The share price of the iPad maker has plunged as profits have slowed. Can this one-time darling of investors regain its shine?

Volatility creates opportunity, famed investor points out; will this message get through to investors?

Profits are moving U.S. equity prices more than at any time since the bull market began three and a half years ago. That market is rewarding investors for picking stocks based on company data instead of following the herd spooked by Europe's debt crisis and a slowing U.S. economy.

The 13% rally in the S&P 500 has lifted the gauge to one of the highest levels ever over strategists' forecasts, a sign that the best may be over for U.S. equities this year.

The individual investor businesses at Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. remain in the doldrums, with low trading volumes and interest rates.