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Short Sellers Fight Top High-Yield Dividend Stocks

Posted: April 25, 2013 at 8:15 am

Short sellers have increased their bets against some of the defensive high-yield dividend stocks, while paring down in others. As you will see, the dividend and stock performance matter here. We ...
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Big Short Seller Attack on Cult Stocks and Low-Priced Stocks (ALU, GNW, GRPN, MU, MTG, NOK, RSH, SIRI, ZNGA)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 7:10 am

The short interest in the actively traded low-priced stocks and cult stocks saw some significant changes since the end of February, with more bets against these companies on the rise. ...
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Short Sellers Increase Their Bets Against Top Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, GE, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 7:05 am

Short sellers have kept their attack up against the high-dividend stocks, perhaps indicating that many investors believe that the bull market may turn back toward growth rather than paying a ...
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Short Sellers Go to War Against Top Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, GE, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)

Posted: March 12, 2013 at 10:25 am

Short sellers have continued to by and large increase their short-sale bets against the quality high-yield dividend stocks. The price gains must lead short sellers to believe that the yields ...
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Short Interest Pops Up in Unusual Places (GE, NOK, BAC, VZ, ANR, MCD, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, DELL, GMCR, CSCO)

Posted: March 12, 2013 at 8:30 am

We have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America ...
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Cult Stocks See Big Swings in the Short Interest (ALU, BAC, DNDN, DMND, FB, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, LNKD, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI, ZNGA)

Posted: October 25, 2012 at 8:02 am

The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the active low-priced shares can tend to be volatile, to say the least. We tracked some rather ...
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Short Sellers Flee Weak Companies

Posted: October 25, 2012 at 6:16 am

Short sellers must believe that, if the market rises, shares of weak companies will go along. Their positions in stocks that should drop due to their recent financial statements, and ...
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Big Swings in Short Interest in Actively Traded Cult Stocks (ALU, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FB, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, LNKD, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI, ZNGA)

Posted: September 26, 2012 at 8:29 am

The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and also in some of the active low-priced shares can tend to be volatile, to say the least. We tracked some ...
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Short Sellers Savage Weakest Stocks

Posted: September 26, 2012 at 6:35 am

Short sellers aimed their guns at the stocks of the financially weakest companies, as data from the period that ended on September 14 shows. The actions hold true for shares that ...
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Gambling Technology Stocks Short or Long: Pick ‘em (BYI, IGT, BYD, WMS, SHFL, ZNGA, FB)

Posted: August 28, 2012 at 10:59 am

In our report on short interest in casino stocks, we noted a drop in short interest at one company that makes gaming machines, International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT). In addition ...
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Oil and Gas Short Interest Subdued on Rising Oil Prices (BHI, BP, CHK, CVX, COP, EPD, XOM, KMI, NOV, PSX, SLB, RIG, VLO)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 8:24 am

We have tracked the key short interest changes in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Chevron ...
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Largest Short Interest Positions

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 8:00 am

    The short interest in the stocks with the largest positions as of August 15: Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) down 2% to 220 million shares. Nokia Corp. ...
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Short Interest Lightens Up in Quality Banks (BAC, BK, COF, C, GS, JPM, RF, USB, WFC)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 7:53 am

The short interest in bank stocks looks to be one where investors and speculators are easing up on their attacks of the quality banks if you review the short interest ...
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Amazing: Short Interest in Solar Stocks Cools Off (CSIQ, FSLR, GTAT, WFR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, STP, TSL, YGE)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 7:36 am

We tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC Electronic ...
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Big Swings in Chip Stocks’ Short Interest (INTC, AMD, QCOM, ARMH, MU, SNDK, BRCM, MRVL, NVDA, TXN, AMAT, SMH)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 7:13 am

We have tracked the key short interest changes as of August 24th in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. ...
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