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The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers a look at the prospects for YouTube. This issue also includes Barron's 15th annual forecasting challenge, and why investors should prepare for a great power struggle between the United States and China. The prospects for short-selling funds, solar...

Government Sponsored Entity (GSE) Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTC: FNMA)) announced this week that its next dividend payment to the U.S. Treasury will total $1.8 billion. Although the payment will be the smallest quarterly dividend that the company has paid the...

Government-backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) recently announced that it will be selling $410 million of deeply delinquent mortgage loans in a continued effort to clean up its balance sheet. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is pressing Freddie Mac and cousin Fannie Mae (OTC...

The selloff in stocks has erased all of the gains on Wall Street this year as the S&P 500 Index dipped into the red for 2014.  In just a few short weeks, sellers have taken control of the momentum in equities and significantly altered the tone of the markets.  As a result of...

U.S. stocks were little changed with the S&P 500 closing for the second straight day above the 2,000 mark. Markets were on track for a flat open and volume and volatility remained relatively light throughout the trading session as geopolitical events remain in focus. Israel and Gaza have...

This weekend in Barron's online: the Barron's ETF Roundtable, picks and pans from the Sohn Investment Conference, as well as the prospects for China Mobile, Flowserve, Brink's, Big 5 Sporting Goods and more. Cover Story "The New, Improved ETFs" by Beverly Goodman. Exchange traded funds (ETFs)...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has settled the smallest securities fraud suit that remained of the 18 it had filed back in 2011, regarding mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN) on Tuesday agreed to pay $110 million, which is...

U.S. stocks finished the week slightly lower as investors gave today's poor housing data a slack, and blame it on the weather. “Investors are willing to cut the market some slack because of the weather; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the economy heats up as the weather warms up,” Jack...

This weekend in Barron's online: Paul Theroux discusses why the philanthropy of Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Bono in Africa largely fails. Also the prospects for Capital One, how to profit from activist investors and more. Cover Story "Africa's Aid Mess" by Paul Theroux. "Telescopic philanthropy...

This weekend in Barron's online: a look at Sirius XM, the prospects for retailers this holiday shopping season, a small bank merger, Qualcomm ages gracefully and more. Cover Story "Sound of Success" by Alexander Eule. Though Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has a monopoly on satellite radio, a growing...

According to The New York Times, the U.S. Justice Department planned to announce as early as Tuesday, a $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM). Sources told the newspaper Monday that the deal, related to the Wall Street bank’s mortgage practices prior to the 2008 financial...

Hedge funds released their quarterly 13f reports on Thursday, and Bill Ackman's Pershing Square was no exception. The 13f contained the names of the six stocks that are widely known to be held by Ackman. The following morning, Pershing Capital released a surprising 13D which disclosed the hedge...