Americans Are Feeling Better About Their Financial Situation
For the first time since the Great Recession began, more Americans feel like they are better off now than a year ago than those who said they are in worse financial shape.
For the first time since the Great Recession began, more Americans feel like they are better off now than a year ago than those who said they are in worse financial shape.
Among the most heavily shorted stocks changing hands on the Nasdaq as last year wound to a close, short sellers shied away from Frontier Communications and Intel.
Among the most shorted stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, short sellers flocked to Petrobras between the December 15 and December 31 settlement dates.
Short sellers fled Kinder Morgan between the November 28 and December 15 settlement dates, nearly dropping it out of the top 10 most shorted NYSE stocks altogether.
Among the most heavily shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq between the November 28 and December 15 settlement dates, only Frontier Communications saw some rise in short interest.
Shares of Adobe Systems were up handily Friday to a new multiyear high after posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter results late Thursday.
The most heavily shorted stocks on the New York Stock Exchange in late November saw rising short interest, particularly Kinder Morgan and Vale.
Among the most heavily shorted Nasdaq stocks between the November 14 and November 28 settlement dates, only BlackBerry saw a significant rise in short interest.
Surges in short interest in Intel and Comcast between the October 15 and October 31 settlement dates made sure they remained near the top of the list of most shorted Nasdaq stocks.
A solid earnings beat and positive comments from analysts have helped boost Whole Foods shares to a level not seen since their precarious fall back in May.
The most shorted stocks on the New York Stock Exchange at the September 30 settlement dates saw rising short interest during the two-week period.
While Apple was slipping down the list of the most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq, it passed Microsoft on the way up.
Short sellers shied away from Bank of American enough that it slipped out of the top five most shorted stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Familiar faces made up the top five most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq in early September, though Apple did see a surge in shares short.
Surges in short interest between the August 15 and August 29 settlement dates pushed Sprint into the top five most shorted stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Short sellers shied away from three of the top five most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq between the August 15 and August 29 settlement dates.
Morgan Stanley analysts reiterated their Outperform rating on Xerox Thursday, which seems to have been enough to lift Xerox shares to a new multiyear high.
The Chicago Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) rose more-than-expected last month to a seasonally adjusted 64.3.
RadioShack shares are still soaring on Thursday after reports that shareholder Standard General may offer rescue financing.
4/7 Wall St. reviews short interest in the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a sense of what short sellers may be thinking.