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5 Huge Short Selling Surprises (BAC, FSLR, NFLX, SHLD, YHOO)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 10:28 am

Twice a month we get to dig through the endless short selling and short interest data released by the NASDAQ and NYSE.  There are almost always some huge surprises in ...
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Russell Fund Manager Survey: No Double Dip Recession!

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Russell Investments conducts investment fund manager surveys routinely, and there may be some good news for the cautious and timid bulls out there.  In short, Russell's survey noted that U.S. ...
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Short Seller Swarm: Highest Days To Cover (CADX, DMND, TSLA, OMEX, PACR, MNKD, WAVX, ENER, NTRI, ZIXI, MR, ZZ, RCI, MNI, HGG, AM, BPI, LTM)

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 11:13 am

Many investors track the largest increase in short selling, but there is another crucial way to look at short interest: the days to cover often tells just how actively shorted ...
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Short Sellers Win In SIRIUS XM, Autos Flinch (SIRI, F, GM)

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 9:12 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is a stock that has become the target of short sellers now that shares went well above $2.00 and came falling back down to ...
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Short Seller Moves in Alt Energy Stocks (FSLR, SPWRA, ENER, LDK, TSL, TSLA, RBCN, VECO, CREE, CPST, AMAT, GTAT)

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 8:33 am

In the wake of the weak global economic news, some alternative energy stocks are being swept along in the current of bad news, while a few others are making a ...
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Short Sellers Savage Banks

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 6:34 am

Short sellers appear ready to follow bank stocks all the way down to zero, at least based on data for the period that ended September 15. Shares short in Citigroup ...
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Short Selling Gambles Increase as Markets Gyrate

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 6:21 am

Short sellers appear to believe that the gyrations in the market will, on balance, bring the indices down. And some stocks, they are willing to gamble, will fall significantly. Their ...
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Staples Sends Message To Short Sellers on Earnings (SPLS, ODP, OMX)

Posted: August 17, 2011 at 11:13 am

Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) was a down and out retailer... Keyword: WAS.  This morning's earnings report has done two things.  First, it has shown that even the world of office ...
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Short Sellers Increase Bets & Clean House in SIRIUS XM (SIRI)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 10:37 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has been a very heavily attacked stock by short sellers despite a very low share price.  The short selling peaked in May before some ...
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Short Sellers Push into Banks Before They Fall (JPM, BAC, NOK, HPQ, AAPL, INTC)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 6:32 am

Short sellers moved into bank stocks ahead of the sell-off based on data for the period that ended July 29. Shares sold short in JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) rose 17% to ...
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As Kodak Saves NOL Assets, It Screws Shareholder Ambitions (EK)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a company that is in trouble.  Maybe that should read "is, has been, and will continue to be" in trouble.  For all practical purposes, ...
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Short Sellers Prey On The Weak Once Again

Posted: July 27, 2011 at 6:37 am

The trend among short sellers for the last two months is that they gamble against shares in the weakest public companies. Perhaps they sense that an economic downturn or U.S. ...
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Short Sellers Savage Market Laggards

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 6:31 am

Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along ...
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More Defense of Spreadtrum (SPRD)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 3:45 pm

Another research report is actually out in support of Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD).  Yesterday came a report from short seller Muddy Waters questioning some accounting issues from back years ...
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Should Short Sellers Be Allowed To Publicize Trades? (SPRD)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Having positions and covering them openly on a near-live basis is a tricky business.  At issue is not so much an insider trading question, but when financial transactions meet issues ...
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