The trend among short sellers for the last two months is that they gamble against shares in the weakest public companies. Perhaps they sense that an economic downturn or U.S. debt default…
Most of the focus on tech earnings this season has been on the extraordinary gains of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and even older companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel…
24/7 Wall St. usually looks for the companies with upcoming events in the week ahead. During earnings season, we generally feature companies only with non-earnings events. This is our list of “The…
Ever since Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) forced out former CEO Dirk Meyer in January it has been hunting fruitlessly for a new leader. Several candidates are reported to have rejected…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Market Perform at…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted strong results, but Windows revenue may continue to drop as PC sales fade (Reuters) The Justice Department will look into whether the advertising operations of News Corp (NYSE:…
Parliament will question Rupert Murdoch of News Corp (NYSE: NWS) today (Reuters) IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) service business rose, driving earnings up (Reuters) Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will fire 15% of its workers (Reuters)…
Disappointing earnings and poor guidance from the likes of Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) and Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) this week have cast a very dark shadow on semiconductor companies going…
Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along with Sirius…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at FBR.…
Updated throughout the day The Administration will try to get business leaders to support concerns that failure to raise the debt cap could be dangerous for the economy (Reuters) Obama has pushed…
Hackers broke into Senate computers. (Reuters) Chinese inflation hit a 34-month high last month. (Reuters) A slow economy could affect debt talks between the Republicans and Democrats. (Reuters) Oil moved higher on…
Short sellers must not agree with the conventional wisdom that high gas prices and unemployment will keep Americans out of stores and malls this summer. These investors decreased their negative bets against…
Most technology company first quarter earnings have been relatively good. Businesses and consumers have begun to return to the market for servers, PCs, and software. The demand for smartphones and tablets is…
Glencore’s IPO will be for about $11 billion. (Reuters) The slide of the dollar has caused concerns about how it may hurt the stability of the credit markets. (Reuters) Portugal set a…
