Dennis Dick

The huge sell-off in the U.S. stock market this week has gotten the attention of both investors and market experts. Billionaire Omega Advisors hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman called out the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its role in the volatility. What He Said Cooperman...

With college tuition rates at their highest in history, an abundance of students are working toward both athletic and academic scholarships to help with the financial stress of obtaining a degree. Traditionally, athletic scholarships are offered to athletes talented in sports like football,...

Thursday night was a rough night for tech. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares traded down $150 after an earnings miss. The Powershares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) was getting hit, as were most tech stocks. But for some reason, there was an incredibly aggressive buyer in Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL...

The S&P 500 started off the fourth quarter on shaky ground, pulling back about 8 percent from its September highs. On Thursday’s Benzinga PreMarket Prep show, co-host Dennis Dick discussed how traders should approach market corrections and what action he’s been watching...

On the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 housing market collapse, housing stocks are having their worst year of returns since the mortgage crisis, and investors are taking notice. Benzinga PreMarket Prep co-hosts Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick discussed what’s going on in the housing market on...

Online broker stocks took a hit Tuesday after CNBC reported JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) will introduce a new free trading service that will be available to its 47 million online and mobile banking customers starting next week. PreMarket Prep co-host Dennis Dick discussed the...

By the look of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)’s stock, this week’s earnings call went pretty well. But Dennis Dick, co-host of PreMarket Prep, walked away from what analysts described as a “drama”-less call with more confusion than enthusiasm. “The trading action [Wednesday...

Sigma Designs Inc (NASDAQ: SIGM) traders dealt with a bit of confusion on Monday morning after the Nasdaq was reportedly forced to cancel a group of trades that were executed erroneously. Rule 11890(b) According to StreetInsider, the Nasdaq cited Rule 11890(b) in its decision to cancel all trades...

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced in March that it is launching a transaction fee pilot program to test the impact of lowering stock exchange fees. The two-year test is meant to determine whether regulation is needed in what is known as the "maker-taker" system, according...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) fell 18 percent Friday, after reporting a disappointing quarter that included a drop in monthly active users. But the real action happened on Thursday night, according to PreMarket Prep Co-Host Dennis Dick. A Very Aggressive Buyer After Hours Dick, who frequently trades in...

Coming into 2018, many traders expected the environment of rising interest rates, financial sector deregulation and a booming U.S. economy to create the perfect environment for bank stocks. Unfortunately, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF) is down 1.7 percent so far this year, and...

U.S. stocks had another volatile day of trading Friday, capping off one of the wildest weeks for the market in years. The S&P 500 and the Dow made a huge comeback Friday afternoon, but the indices still experience their most volatile week since October 2008. Once the dust settled on the week,...

Wednesday’s top pre-market movers had one thing in common, and it’s the same thing just about every stock is moving on: blockchain. Longfin Corp (NASDAQ: LFIN) went from $5.30 to $142.82 after acquiring blockchain micro-lender Ziddu.com. Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc (NASDAQ: SSC) spiked...

After striking new all-time highs in a matter of days, bitcoin trades three times higher than it did a month ago. Bulls expect it to break $20,000 imminently, but the cryptocurrency’s fate is far from certain. Skeptics maintain the bitcoin bubble will burst amid the recent launch of futures,...