P&GThe Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) is among the Dow Jones Industrial Average components reporting its second quarter earnings this week. While its report is not due until Thursday morning, many investors have…
Wikimedia CommonsShort interest through July 15th was released on Friday after markets closed and we thought we’d take a look at what short sellers are thinking about The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). Short interest…
ThinkstockThe initial public offering (IPO) calendar for this week lists eight companies with plans to enter the public market. Of the five companies that had scheduled IPOs last week, just three succeeded, but their…
The Boeing Co.Last Friday, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) named a new vice president and general manager for its 787 Dreamliner program. Mark Jenks will take over the program from Larry Loftis who is…
Ford Motor Co. Shares sold short in Ford (NYSE: F) rose 4.5 million to 96.5 million in the period which ended July 15. That put it among the ten most shorted stocks in the…
ThinkstockIf there is one technology merger that investors in Europe and investors in America feel grossly underwhelmed about, it has to be that of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU). The…
ThinkstockEarnings season is well underway, Greece may be closer to being resolved, and China and Iran are being factored into the markets. Still, the S&P 500 slid 2.2% this last week. The trend that…
GallupAll of the top ten most shorted stocks on the NASDAQ had short interests of over 60 million shares, for the period which ended July 15. Not surprisingly, the largest industry represented in the group…
One thing all biotech investors know is that if a binary event like clinical data goes wrong on a company relying on one specific product, then the end may not be that far behind.
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Following the company’s surprise second quarter profit, Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) market cap jumped over that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), the company often described as the world’s largest…