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Alibaba Stock Could Replace These Major Mutual Fund Tech Holdings

A new report from The Wall Street Journal indicates that Alibaba stock could begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange as soon as Sept. 18 or 19.

The size of the IPO, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) itself, should make Alibaba stock a hot commodity when it hits the market. And not just for investors, but for mutual funds as well.

That may be good news for Alibaba stock, but it means these high-profile tech stocks could be replaced…

These 17 Stocks That Pay Dividends Just Sweetened the Deal for Investors

Falling Treasury yields strengthen the case for buying stocks that pay dividends. Last Thursday the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note hit 2.33% – a 15-month low – and ended the week at 2.34%.

Dividend-paying stocks not only offer attractive income options, but also provide the potential for capital appreciation.

Following are the 17 dividend stocks that raised payouts during the week ending Aug. 29, 2014.

The 10 Best Dividend Stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Investors currently have a chance to pick up some of the best dividend stocks by looking at those in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The 10 dividend stocks listed below are among the best in the Dow. They all offer modest valuations and hearty yields, as well as the potential for capital appreciation based on forward earnings estimates.

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These Penny Stocks to Watch Show Profit Potential in Three Diverse Sectors

Penny stocks across a variety of sectors have logged impressive gains year to date – but there have also been a few penny stock fiascos.

Many penny stocks are legitimate companies that generate revenue and have healthy prospects. The key is finding those engaged in niche businesses offering a product that will serve many.

And the following three hot penny stocks to watch deliver just that…

Current Price of Silver Restrained by Speculators, but Not for Long

As of Friday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported that silver speculators added further to their short positions, which no doubt kept a lid on the current price of silver.

The silver futures market and speculator activity has been a highly telling indicator for the future of silver price movements. When speculators begin buying up short positions in droves, the price of silver enters a bear session were declines become routine. But when silver speculation hits its peak and prices dive down to new lows, the speculators will begin to liquidate their short contracts and buy long.

And when this happens, silver is taken for a ride…

CEO Envisions Bitcoin Stock System to "Wipe Out" Wall Street

Overstock.com (Nasdaq: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne wants to create a Bitcoin stock trading system to make Wall Street obsolete.

Last month he created a wiki page on the Internet to solicit help in creating a decentralized, purely digital stock trading system that would use Bitcoin's blockchain – the mechanism that records and verifies all the transactions – as its foundation.

But while Byrne has made progress, he faces huge obstacles…

Stock Market Today Readies Itself for Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) IPO

Stock market today, September 2, 2014: U.S. markets closed on Friday in the black. The S&P 500 sustained its gains last week, finishing the day above the vaunted 2,000 level. With U.S. markets closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day, investors will look forward to a heavy week of economic data, including the all-important August jobs report.

Here’s what you should know to make your Tuesday profitable:

The Only Way to Fix the Broken U.S. Free Market Economy

There's a reason America is floundering economically. There's a reason for the ever-widening divide between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in the United States.

Our country is no longer a free market, capitalist republic.

America has devolved into a socialist plutocracy as a result of the "financialization" of the economy.

Wealthy financial alchemists with the backing of paid-for White House administrations and Congressional lap-dogs engineer and manage the U.S. economy.

They also manage the public's access to money and credit for their speculative benefit when they win, and to taxpayers' detriment when they lose.

There's only one way out of this downward spiral…

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