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Big Short Interest Changes Hitting Solar Sector

ThinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of September 13: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), SunEdison…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Short Sellers Jump on Mobile Chip Maker Stocks

ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of September 13 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Mortgage Loan Rates Encourage More Purchase Applications

ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting an increase of 5.5% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of 11.2% for the previous…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Ten Reasons the Market Will (or Will Not) Crash

StockCharts.comLike clockwork, every time the American stock market makes new highs, some people insist it cannot go higher. A subset of those believe the market will crash. Others even believe it will reset like…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

How Can Amazon Push One More Tablet Product into the Market?

ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new Kindle Fire HDX has been described variously as a better tablet than the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, as an evolution of the earlier Kindle with upgraded screen resolution…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Tuesday Closing Bell: Markets Dip to Mixed Close

September 24, 2013: U.S. markets opened slightly higher on Tuesday but a weak report on consumer confidence pushed equities down to their daily lows. Stocks recovered though as the earlier release of the Case-Shiller house…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Gold Disappears from Paris-Zurich Flight

ThinkstockFrench officials revealed on Tuesday that $2 million in gold bars disappeared from an Air France passenger plane after the gold had been loaded on the plane for a flight to Zurich. The gold…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Disney CEO: Let the Cable Companies Eat Cake

thinkstockBob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), told an audience at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Tuesday morning that cable providers and telecom carriers may have to get used to…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Rare Earth Stocks: On the Way Up or Short Covering?

ThinkstockOver the past five days, shares of three companies focused on rare earth mineral production have climbed more than 10% while the S&P 500 has managed to stay barely better than flat. Shares of…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Will Institutional Investors Now Favor Rite Aid over Peers?

courtesy of RiteAidRite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) has had one amazing recovery in its turnaround. There is an old-school $5.00 share price mark that many mutual funds and institutional investors (as well as margin…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Why BlackBerry Will Be Sold for Less Than $9 a Share

Courtesy of BlackBerryProspective buyers have not exactly been lining up to challenge the $9 per share offer to take smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) private. The offer, from Fairfax Financial Holdings, which owns…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Can SolarCity Add On 230,000 More Homes?

ThinkstockSolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) has seen its shares gyrate with the markets, but a new pact signed this week could offer the company another 230,000 or some homes to go after. While we have…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago