courtesy of SamsungFor anyone paying attention to the smartphone market, the fact that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominate the market is certainly no big shocker. Together the two companies…
Short sellers can be interesting to watch, particularly in periods of market fluctuations. Here are five stocks that saw their short interest double between the January 15 and January 31 settlement dates.
ThinkstockWednesday brings yet another chance at a huge lottery winning, and it would instantly create a new empire owner. The current Powerball lottery from Pennsylvania is now up to $284 million. The Powerball jackpot starts at $40…
ThinkstockControl4 Corp. (NASDAQ: CTRL) surged after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. This is a home automation player with wider ambitions than just your new home. While the stock gained visibility after Google’s $3.2 billion…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 2% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of 0.4% for the previous…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 3.3 million barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 361.4…
ThinkstockShort interest in several large oil and gas stocks dropped in the two-week period to January 31, probably on expectations of greater demand due to an improving global economy. Short interest rose in just…
Home Depot said Wednesday it expects to hire about 80,000 part-time workers for the spring season, the biggest selling season of the year. Rival Lowe's Companies has not announced its plans yet.
The widely followed J.D. Power 2014 Vehicle Dependability Study lists Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, as having the most dependable cars based on the number of problems drivers had over three years of…
January was a month that short sellers have been dreaming of. Here are top six names that saw the highest percentage of short covering.
Cisco Systems will report its fiscal second-quarter after the close of trading on Wednesday. 24/7 Wall St. has outlined the analyst expectations, the analyst bias, options trading expectations and the chart, and it has…
Jon OggHere is a look at the six NYSE-traded stocks with the largest number of shares held short as of January 31. Of the five, only one saw its short interest decrease. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:…
bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsHere is a look at the six Nasdaq-traded stocks with the largest number of shares held short as of January 31. Of the six, four saw short interest fall while two had…
24/7 Wall St. has decided to track some of the top increases in the short interest of NYSE stocks for the period ended January 31, 2014. They include Caterpillar, MasterCard, J.C. Penney and Verizon.
Zynga has filed a shelf registration statement that will allow the company to sell new shares into the market. This proposed secondary offering will be for up to 28,178,201 shares, which are worth a…