Banks were already having a good day, but a new ruling has come out from the Federal Reserve on interchange fees. Maybe the proper description would be “less bad” of news. Banks…
Jon OggWe have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn’t share many ‘confidential positions’ so we are whale watching in other ponds. We wanted to…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with its new portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2011. These have been broken down into two separate groups of ‘A to L’ and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Positive at Susquehanna.…
Next week will mark the third week of the full daily earnings onslaught in what is really the fourth week of earnings season. There are many market-moving companies and sector-moving companies reporting…
Jon OggShort sellers are selectively making very mixed short selling activities in the high-priced market leaders. Some are seeing gains, others are seeing lower short selling. We tracked the moves for the…
Jon OggThe short sellers seem to be increasing bets in some sectors while decreasing their bets elsewhere. We are again seeing a record low in the short interest while others are seeing…
The short sellers have reversed their trend of the mass exodus in short selling. What is interesting is that some companies are seeing a record low in the short interest while others…
The short sellers had been exiting the high-priced market leaders for some time, but as of the January 14, 2011 settlement date we saw many issues showing an increase in the short…
The short sellers keep running for cover as the bull market continues. In the actively traded high-priced market leaders, the trend continues for less and less short selling and many of these…
The short sellers ran for cover yet again when it comes to the actively traded high-priced market leaders. There was hardly an exception. December 15 settlement date for the short interest was…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Started as Hold with $14 target at Auriga…
You most likely saw the carnage that came to MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) and Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) today. The markets were braced for more changes coming to the interchange fees, also…
Credit card clearing and processing giants Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) and Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) are getting hammered on strong volume today. The culprit is probably easy to guess… interchange fees. Today’s…
The short sellers ran for cover in the actively traded high priced market leaders at the end of November. With only a few exceptions of our “high-priced leaders,” almost all of these…
