Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itself. For the SPDR S&P 1500 Value Tilt ETF (VLU), we found that the implied analyst target price for the ETF based upon its underlying holdings is $166.93 per unit. Read More »

The Invesco Russell 2000—Dynamic Multifactor ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Friday, with over 361,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 49,000. Shares of OMFS were up about 0.2% on the day. Read More »

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Deere & Company (DE) increased the company's quarterly dividend to $.69 per share on common stock. The dividend is payable August 1, 2018, to stockholders of record on June 29, 2018. The new quarterly rate represents an additional 9 cents per share over the previous level - an increase of 15 percent. Read More »

In trading on Friday, insurance brokers shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.3%. Leading the group were shares of Federated National Holding Company (FNHC), up about 9% and shares of Universal Insurance Holding (UVE) up about 5.2% on the day. Read More »

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The iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF (AOK) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 563,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 52,000. Shares of AOK were off about 0.2% on the day. Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, insurance brokers shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.4%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Universal Insurance Holding (UVE), off about 16.9% and shares of Federated National Holding Company (FNHC) off about 15.6% on the day. Read More »

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Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. Read More »

The iShares Core Moderate Allocation ETF (AOM) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 1.2 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 92,000. Shares of AOM were up about 0.2% on the day. Read More »

Extra Space Storage (EXR) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.59 per share on the common stock of the Company for the third quarter 2015. The dividend is payable on September 30, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2015. Read More »

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF (EWI), where 2,100,000 units were destroyed, or a 3.4% decrease week over week. Read More »

Universal Insurance Holdings (UVE) has declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock to be paid on December 15, 2014 to the shareholders of record as of December 5, 2014. The $0.25 per share dividend includes the expected $0.10 per share fourth quarter dividend, in line with the dividends paid for each of the first three quarters of 2014, and an additional special dividend of $0.15 per share. With the total fourth quarter dividend, the Company's cash dividends in 2014 will total $0.55 per share. Read More »