Financial stocks trade mostly lower, with insurers sustaining a broad-based pullback.

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Here are five stocks that should benefit from a lower dollar in 2010.

It’s somehow fitting that as traders focus their sights on November, our political leaders are focusing on compensation reform.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are those of Aetna, Aflac, Avon, First Solar, LSI, Mylan, Newmont Mining, O’Reilly Automotive, P&G, and Symantec.