10 Best Utility ETFs for 2016 - TheStreet Ratings

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Monday, shares of Chesapeake Utilities Corp. were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.22), with the stock changing hands as low as $60.59 on the day.

Last week was not a great one for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, or for the stocks that might benefit from her presidency.

Last week was not good for many of the exchange-traded funds tracking the 11 sectors on the S&P, according to their charts.

U.S. Treasury yields are rising, gold and utility stocks are sliding and junk bonds appear to be topping out. Here's what to do.

Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google (now Alphabet) have been rising, in defiance of market volatility. This trend appears set to continue in the week ahead.

Options can help limit an investor's downside losses, especially during periods of increased volatility and uncertainty in the market.

In trading on Thursday, shares of York Water Co crossed above their 200 day moving average of $28.41, changing hands as high as $28.61 per share. York Water Co shares are currently trading up about 2.4% on the day.

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) shows an impressive 10.5% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. START SLIDESHOW:10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying » Atlantic Power Corp , which makes up 0.18% of the PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS), has seen 3 directors and officers purchase shares in the past six months, according to the recent Form 4 data.

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that NRG Energy Inc is the #56 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make that list, a stock must have repurchased at least 5% of its outstanding shares over the trailing twelve month period.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 08/31/2016 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel like to sift through this fresh data and order the underlying components of the S&P 500 by "days to cover." There are a number of ways to look at short data, for example the total number of shares short; but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded. The number of shares short is then compared to the average daily volume, in order to calculate the total number of trading days it would take to close out all of the open short positions if every share traded represented a short position being closed.