These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we are seeing this Friday morning: Advanced Medical Optics (EYE) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies. Charles River (CRL) Cut to Market Perform at…
It would not be a good idea to look at IBM’s (IBM) superior earnings and assume that tech will have had a good third quarter and that the rest of the year…
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
Hector Ruiz, former CEO and current chairman of AMD (AMD), was undoubtedly the worst big company chief of the last decade. What he could not ruin with his modest intelligence he made…
There have been some interesting upgrades in technology stocks this morning. It wasn’t so much a goal of analysts trying to mark the bottom on yesterday’s sell-off, but these appear to be…
The cut-off for the last short interest data was September 15, before a number of financial stocks got protection from the SEC. Before the ban, short sellers were already moving out of…
According to Reuters, the markets will now turn their attention to AIG (AIG) which is struggling to survive. Reuters report that the Fed will probably hold interest rates steady and signal a…
There was a very mixed bag in short selling in the semiconductor sector. What was interesting was the huge increase in the bets against NVIDIA because it was so far after the…
Short interest in a number of financial stocks moved up very sharply for the period ending August 29. Shares short in Washington Mutual (WM) rose 12% to 383 million. Short interest in…
According to Reuters, the government takeover of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will do little to help the mortgage market short-term. Reuters writes that Lehman (LEH) made a number of…
With a $6 a barrel drop in oil prices, this was supposed to be one of the best days of the year for the stock markets. The Nasdaq opened up 55 points…
Short sellers believe that they have seen the bottom for financial shares and exited the industry en masse. Shares sold short in Merrill Lynch (MER) fell 12.6 million to 42.3 million. Short…
AMD (AMD) sold its TV chip business to Broadcom (BRCM). It was not much of a bone to throw AMD shareholders. The company is still over-leveraged and faced with potential debt service…
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett and the head of Blackstone (BX) called for a solution to the govenment’s growing debt load and reliance of foreign investors to finance US borrowing. Reuters reports…
According to Reuters, Nissan says it will start exporting cars from it China joint venture. Reuters reports that Micorosft (MSFT) will enlist Seinfeld for its new ad campaign. Reuters reports that the…
