While many stocks sit near 52 week highs and others sit near all time highs, some stocks have been crushed and trade near 52 week lows. Two of those stocks are Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). Both had bottoming tails yesterday and are trading at 2013 lows. Note the stats below.   ...

The U.S. equity derivatives business clearly became smaller from year to year. After a relatively strong start to 2012, business slowed dramatically in the second quarter and has yet to bounce back due to the general lack of conviction among institutions about market direction and the resulting lack of market activity.

Point Roberts, WA - April 17, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) - Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research for independent investors including biodefense and homeland security stocks issues a trading alert for Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD), trading at $0.1099, up 0.0070 6.80% 12:43PM EDT on over 688,000 shares. The stock had a morning high of $0.12.