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Short Sellers Missed the Boat in Top High Dividend Stocks

Posted: June 12, 2013 at 9:30 am

Short sellers could have cleaned up by betting against the high dividend stocks in May and into June. Investors got a whiff of what rising interest rates might mean to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: AEP, American Waterworks, Applied Materials, More

Posted: June 12, 2013 at 8:15 am

Investors and traders are always on the hunt for new research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning ...
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Rising Interest Rates Bring New Risks to Utility Dividend Investors

Posted: May 28, 2013 at 12:59 pm

Utility investors have been able to enjoy a true safe haven when it comes to collecting high-yield dividends and above-market dividend yields for years now. That may be coming to ...
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Short Sellers Become Tactical in the Top High-Yield Dividend Stocks

Posted: May 28, 2013 at 10:15 am

Short sellers are have previously been all over the place when it comes to the high-yield dividend stocks. The May 15 settlement date is during what should have been (or could ...
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Short Sellers Positions in Top Dividend Stocks

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 12:01 pm

On the surface it looks like short sellers are all over the place in the latest short interest report. The April 30 settlement date is after many companies had their ...
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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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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 16, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Recover Some Lost Ground

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, getting off to a good start in an effort to recover some of the ground lost yesterday. A jump in U.S. new home ...
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Short Sellers Get Smarter About Top Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, GE, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 8:00 am

Short sellers may be getting smarter about all the inflows of capital heading into dividend stocks. The short interest fell in many of the names, but investors should understand that this short ...
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Dividends Galore, Credit Suisse Lifts Electric Utilities, Sort Of

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 8:10 am

Credit Suisse has changed its targets and estimates for the electric utility sector. The move will have dividend watchers on the lookout, but the firm effectively is asking if a ...
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The Big Bull Market Road Map for April

Posted: March 29, 2013 at 9:30 am

The end of March brought on the last trading of the quarter, with the S&P Index hitting new all-time closing highs in what felt like a very choppy couple of ...
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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 Sellers Raise Bets Against High-Yield Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 10:05 am

Short sellers have increased their bets by and large against our universe of go-to quality dividend stocks. We tracked the short interest changes from the February 15 settlement date, versus ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 15, 2013: Markets Continue to Limp Along (CSCO, GOLD, RIG, KGC, JCP, CBS, GG, AEP, BKW, CPB, SJM, TOWR, CRMT, ESRX, NI, WIN, XOOM, TRLA, END)

Posted: February 15, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning on better economic news out of Europe and basically good data in the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone trade balance came in ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 14, 2013: Markets Punt Again Today (CL, NVDA, LMT, DELL, VZ, AMAT, CAR, CTL, CSCO, CLD, IPI, KGC, MET, NTAP, PXD, TRIP, Z, ANR, ABX, DTV, GM, PEP, CBS, GG, AEP, BKW, CPB, SJM, TOWR, HNZ, ANGI)

Posted: February 14, 2013 at 3:59 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of ...
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