Today’s Market Winners and Losers
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market was mixed Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average unchanged, the Nasdaq up 0.32% and the S&P 500 up 0.10%. Today’s sole winner is a health company…
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Newest first · Page 379Natural Gas Prices Unmoved on Inventory Report
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 171 billion cubic feet last week, slightly more than the decline of 167 billion cubic feet anticipated by analysts.…
Major Changes in Short Interest of Major Social Media Leaders (FB, GRPN, LNKD, RENN, ZNGA)
ThinkstockThe Nasdaq and NYSE short interest for Feb. 15 is out, and there have been some big changes in the short interest compared to January 31. While Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) saw a big gain…
Works in Progress: Sears and J.C. Penney
thinkstockShares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) are down nearly 18% in the first few minutes of trading this morning following a disastrous quarterly earnings report delivered after markets closed last night. For…
Short Sellers Raise Bets Against High-Yield Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)
Jon OggShort 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 the January 31…
U.S. Crude Production at 20-Year Peak; Gasoline Prices Stay High
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said this morning that U.S. crude oil production topped 7 million barrels a day in the final two months of 2012. That is the highest volume production since…
Market Highs Bringing Waves of Secondary Offerings (AGNC, CWH, DPM, DFRG, EPB, HZO, MPW, TRS)
The stock market is ready to challenge new highs, and 2013 is off to a great start. One downside to market strength is that companies or their largest shareholders generally will start to sell…
Short Interest in Solar Stocks Shows Upward Trend (CSIQ, FSLR, GTAT, WFR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, STP, TSL, YGE)
ThinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of February 15: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC…
Q4 GDP Revised to Growth from Contraction, Barely
ThinkstockThe first revision to the first-quarter gross domestic product is out. The revision put fourth-quarter GDP up in positive territory, but only at 0.1%. The prior look was in the red at -0.1%. While this…
Oil and Gas Short Interest Turns to Pipelines, Refiners (BHI, BP, CHK, CVX, COP, EPD, XOM, KMI, NOV, PSX, SLB, RIG, VLO)
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Chevron…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BSFT, DB, EBAY, EIX, FSLR, GRPN, JCP, RHT, REGN, SKS, UBS, VSI, VMW)
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Broadsoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) downgraded after poor expense guidance at Mizuho, Oppenheimer, and boutique Northland…
Strange Stock Trends in the Fidelity Contrafund (WFC, JPM, IRE, KO, PEP, BRK-A, BIIB, AMGN, AAPL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, XOM, CVX)
The Fidelity Contrafund has released its 2012 annual report for its shareholders. While the date is December 31, 2012, and the asset size is listed as more than $84 billion as of that date,…
Short Interest Rises in Chip Stocks as Industry Looks Set to Recover (INTC, AMD, QCOM, ARMH, MU, SNDK, BRCM, MRVL, NVDA, TXN, AMAT, SMH)
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
Short Interest Wanes in Some Big Stocks (GE, NOK, BAC, VZ, ANR, MCD, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, DELL, GMCR, CSCO)
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Verizon…
Sears Shares Rise on Solid Results
ThinkstockSears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The department store operator reported quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.12 on revenues of…