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Ventas has outpaced the broader market over the past year, and Wall Street analysts maintain a highly optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

American Express has outpaced the S&P 500 over the past year, and Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

Synchrony Financial has outperformed the broader market over the past year, and analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Out-of-the-money put options are popular on INTC stock as CEO controversy continues to swirl.

Lean hog futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts down a dime to $1.05. Preliminary open interest was up 2,799 contracts on Thursday USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $111.22 on Thursday afternoon, slipping $2.55 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was back up...

Cotton price action is showing losses of 26 to 55 points. Futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts down 29 to 74 points. The US dollar index was back down $0.058 to $97.925, as crude oil futures were down 8 cents. Weekly Export Sales data showed a total of...

Live cattle futures rallied another $2.45 to $2.90 across most nearby contracts on Thursday, showing gains in the front months for each of the 4 days this week. Preliminary open interest was down 189 contracts, with the front three leading the charge. There were no deliveries issued for August live...

Corn price action is showing fractional to penny losses early on Friday. Futures held onto the Thursday gains into the close, after December held the $4 mark on Wednesday. Contracts closed with 4 to 6 cent gains. Some of that was possibly short covering, with preliminary open interest down 12,249...

Wheat is steady to kick off the last trade day of the week, as contracts are mostly within 2 cents of unchanged. The wheat complex saw some double digit gains on Thursday, as a majority of the three exchanges were higher. KC HRW posted a 9 to 10 cent gain...