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U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Unexpectedly Increase But Gasoline Inventories Slump

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(RTTNews) - Crude oil inventories in the U.S. unexpectedly increased in the week ended April 17th, according to a report released by the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday.

Buy this family safety platform that's set to debut new products and features to draw customers, Bank of America says

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Life360 could rally as a result of new product and feature releases, making the stock a buy, according to Bank of America.

Cattle Look to Wednesday After Tuesday Losses

Live cattle futures posted $1.52 to $2.52 losses on Tuesday. Open interest slipped back 1,458 contracts on Tuesday. Early cash trade this week has been quiet with a few light sales of $246 floating around in KS, but not enough for a trend. Feeder cattle futures were $2.20 to $2.55...

Cotton Showing Early Wednesday Gains

Cotton price action is up 12 to 19 points on Wednesday morning. Futures posted 66 to 114 point gains across the board on Tuesday. The US dollar index was 0.278 higher at $98.185. Crude oil was up another $2.19 to $91.80 NASS Crop Progress data showed 11% of the US...

Wheat Slipping on Wednesday Morning

Wheat is trading with early Wednesday weakness. The wheat complex was back in rally mode with gains across the three markets on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were 5 to 8 cents higher on the session. Open interest was down 4,723 contracts on Tuesday. KC HRW futures saw 7 ½ to...

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Tony Zhang breaks down this call options vertical spread.

Soybeans Extending Gains to Wednesday

Soybeans prices are 1 to 4 cents so far on Wednesday. Futures were in rally mode on Tuesday, with bean oil continuing to pull the market higher, up 6 ¾ to 9 1/4 cents on the beans. Open interest was down 2,142 contracts on Tuesday, mostly in the front months,...

Reminder - ClearBridge Energy MLP Opportunity Fund (EMO) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/23/26, ClearBridge Energy MLP Opportunity Fund (Symbol: EMO) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.36, payable on 4/30/26. As a percentage of EMO's recent stock price of $49.65, this dividend

Reminder - Waterdrop (WDH) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/24/26, Waterdrop Inc (Symbol: WDH) will trade ex-dividend, for its semi-annual dividend of $0.03, payable on 5/20/26. As a percentage of WDH's recent stock price of $1.72, this dividend works out to approximat

IGI Ex-Dividend Reminder - 4/23/26

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/23/26, Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust (Symbol: IGI) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.071, payable on 4/30/26. As a percentage of IGI's recent stock price of $16.