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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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Ackman: Herbalife “A Pyramid Scheme”

Posted: December 19, 2012 at 4:24 pm

Hedge fund manager William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management told CNBC today that he has taken a short position in nutrition and weight loss product maker Herbalife Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Key Short Interest Changes in Cult Stocks & Controversial Stocks (ALU, STD, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, RSH, RIMM, SIRI)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 10:17 am

The short interest data is out using the April 30 settlement date.  We have seen some drastic changes from the April 13 settlement date in many issues, followed by some ...
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Tracking The highly Unusual Short Interest Trends (ALU, BAC, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, F, GMCR, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, RIMM, SIRI)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 10:08 am

Cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest.  What is amazing is that the bets against these companies sometimes go off the charts.  We have tracked ...
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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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Media Digest (3/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 25, 2011 at 3:56 am

The Federal Reserve will hold press conferences four times a year. (Reuters) In 2006, Fannie Mae was warned about abuses in the foreclosure process. (WSJ) The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad ...
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Unusual Mix of Short Selling in High-Priced Market Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:24 am

Short sellers are selectively making very mixed short selling activities in the high-priced market leaders.  Some are seeing gains, others are seeing lower short selling.  We tracked the moves for ...
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Short Sellers Mass Exit in High-Priced Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, BRK-B, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 9:34 am

The short sellers ran for cover yet again when it comes to the actively traded high-priced market leaders.  There was hardly an exception.  December 15 settlement date for the short ...
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Large Short Interest Change in Cult Stocks in August (ALU, ABK, BGP, BRCD, C, DRYS, PMI, BPOP, RAD, SIRI, S, VG)

Posted: August 25, 2010 at 10:42 am

Many traders and investors love the active penny-stocks and low-priced stocks, and the short interest is often used as a measure for or against the shares of the active cult ...
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June’s Large Short Interest Changes in Major Cult Stocks (ALU, ABK, BGP, BRCD, C, DRYS, NOK, PMI, BPOP, RAD, SIRI, S, UNG, VG)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Many traders and investors love the active penny-stocks and low-priced stocks, and the short interest is often used as a measure for or against the shares of the active cult ...
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