ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for the month of June. This JOLTS report compares hirings, firings and employees quitting their jobs and…
Jaguar Land Rover - Tata Motors Inc.India’s Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM) posted a solid earnings beat on Monday and the company’s stock rose 7.5%. Tata’s sales in its home country have been lagging,…
The short interest data is out for the July 31 settlement date. We often review the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a barometer of what short sellers may be thinking. The trends are rarely…
Following the recession, retailers are growing once again and, increasingly, moving online. In the first quarter of 2014, retail sales were 2.4% higher than the same time the year before, largely helped by a…
ThinkstockWith sentiment improving and GDP growth rate picking up in the second quarter, investors and economists alike are looking for anything to confirm or refute the upswing in the economy. The National Federation of…
ThinkstockShort interest rose yet again in the two-week period ending July 31 for all four of the 3D printing companies we follow. Share prices fell at all four companies during the period and all…
The Top 25 preseason college football polls are out, and once again the University of Alabama is near the top of the list. This season the Crimson Tide rank second, just behind Florida State…
ThinkstockIf any asset class has disappointed investors over the last three years, it has been gold. Many on Wall Street are just now starting to reexamine gold for investors’ portfolios. Years of quantitative easing…
ThinkstockIn three of the five solar stocks we track, short interest rose during the two-week period to July 31. The biggest movement, however, was a decline in short interest in one of the other…
Jon OggStocks were holding on to small gains on Tuesday even after weaker sentiment was reported out of Europe. It looks as though investors have decided they can now shop around for stocks that…
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioHere’s a look at the five Nasdaq-traded stocks with the largest number of shares held short as of July 31. Short interest in three of the five stocks declined, and…
Wikimedia CommonsHere’s a look at the five NYSE-traded stocks with the largest number of shares held short as of July 31st. Of the five, short interest of two had decreased. Short interest in AT&T…
After the recession, retailers are growing once again and, increasingly, moving online. In the first quarter of 2014, retail sales were 2.4% higher than the same time the year before, largely helped by a…
ThinkstockChina says that a portion of the fugitives from the country lives in America. China Daily calls these very special kind of people “economic fugitives,” whatever that may be. Apparently, they are targets of…
The announcement: The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany declines significantly in August 2014. The respective indicator has lost 18.5 points and now stands at 8.6 points (long-term average: 24.6 points). Decreasing for…