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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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Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Markets Rise to New Highs on Jobs Report

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following upward revisions from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on non-farm payrolls in February and March and a larger-than-expected rise in payrolls in ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Thursday: Markets Open Higher, S&P Posts Another All-time High

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 4:09 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, buoyed by a smaller-than-expected total of new claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. (more coverage here). The U.S. trade deficit also fell ...
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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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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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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADUS, GAS, ALU, AAPL, EAT, CTL, DPZ, DUK, LULU, MSFT, LCC, ULTA, VNO)

Posted: April 4, 2013 at 8:40 am

Investors and traders are always on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to ...
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Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AU, APO, ASTX, ATML, BSX, CAT, FUN, CRL, CI, CBST, DUK, EMC, GFI, NEE, PNRA, SIX, TUMI, TCB, XEL)

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 8:45 am

Investors and traders generally stay on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to ...
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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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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AL, ALU, AIG, AFL, BUD, ADSK, DRI, DB, DUK, HA, ILMN, IP, ISRG, NWL, NCLH, CRM, SQNM, TEF, V)

Posted: March 1, 2013 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Air Lease Corp. (NYSE: AL) named Bull of the Day as "earnings ...
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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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Short Sellers Maintain Assault Against High-Yield Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)

Posted: February 12, 2013 at 1:36 pm

Short sellers have had their challenges due to rising share prices since the start of 2013. They have gone on to make some serious changes in the high dividend stocks ...
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Dividend Cut at Exelon a Sign of Things to Come? (EXC, DUK, D, AEP, SO)

Posted: February 7, 2013 at 11:45 am

After reporting pretty much awful results this morning, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) let investors know that it would also cut its quarterly dividend by a whopping 41%, from $0.525 to ...
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Short Sellers Increasing Bets Against High-Yield Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)

Posted: December 27, 2012 at 9:46 am

Short sellers have changed their bets in the high-dividend stocks now that the taxes are almost certain to change in this sector. We are seeing the bets against some of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 18, 2012: Markets Open Higher, Rally on Budget Hopes (HPQ, KSU, SIRI, DUK, TSLA, DMND, SAFM, ORCL, FDX, NAV, NOK, ARB, NIEL, GALE, GTAT)

Posted: December 18, 2012 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on speculation -- and some reports -- that budget talks in the U.S. were making some progress. Asian markets clearly thought so, with ...
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