Daily Archives: July 5, 2009

The Best Short-Selling Opportunities Of The Year (C)(GE)(F)(SBUX)(SIRI)

angrybearThere is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important role in the valuation of securities by efficiently allowing investors to bet that a stock will fall as readily as they can bet that it will rise. Short sellers have the reputation, whether deserved or not, for trying to manipulate information about public companies with the hope of driving their prices down. That may be true.

24/7 Wall St. has come up with a list of the best short-selling opportunities between now and the end of the year. The list was chosen based on: 1) trading volume, 2) the total short position in the stock over the first half of the year, 3) a history of the short position in these stocks rising or falling rapidly, and 4) stocks in companies that tend to move on news throughout the year and not just on earnings information. Read More »

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Apple Gets Hit By Bad PR On Apps Payments

appleApple (AAPL) is doing an atrocious job of paying the developers of software for its iPhone, at least according to The New York Post. The newspaper reports that companies which are not being paid have mounted a campaign on the Internet to pressure the consumer electronics firm. “The group claims Apple is short-changing them by not paying them what they are due for helping the tech giant reach the one-billion-apps-sold milestone recently,” the paper said.

Apple probably doesn’t care. It has the App developers under its thumb. Read More »

Posted on: July 5, 2009 – 6:13 am in Consumer Electronics,