There is one critical aspect to the stock market that pertains to American International Group (NYSE: AIG) which has been given less coverage because of the media’s focus on the turmoil in…
With the trends seen lately in communications equipment and data providers because of telecom spending dropping, it is no huge surprise that the short selling has been increasing in some of the…
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…
If you think the long-gone uptick rule or naked shorting was important for financial stocks, you might wonder what was going on in technology stocks with short sellers. In the major NASDAQ…
Back in January, the Supreme Court placed stringent limitations on scheme liability — the notion that investment banks and accounting firms that inadvertently helped companies commit accounting fraud could face civil liability…
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is having a rough day, yet it is on no news of its own. The blame lies with Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) after its earnings. Is it…
We just got earnings out of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). Despite the fact that the company beat its estimates, keep in mind that this is an incomplete report until John Chambers…
Douglas A. McIntyre We may have an FOMC decision on interest rates due at 2:15 PM EST today, but technology stock traders may actually care more about what John Chambers of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Douglas A. McIntyre Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reports after the close on Tuesday and you can count on technology investors and traders alike to pay attention to the comments of CEO John Chambers more…
Douglas A. McIntyre Next week we may have the FOMC meeting, but analysts and economists are looking for no change in rates with the language growing more hawkish on inflation and more cautious on the…
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) has announced an agreement to acquire Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY). Brocade will pay a combination of $18.50 of cash plus 0.0907 shares of Brocade common…
These aren’t all of the downgrades or negative analyst calls we have seen this Wednesday, but these are some of the impact analyst calls we are seeing: ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut…
These are some of the downgrades or more cautious calls from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning: Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)…
The short interest in most financial and industrial companies rose sharply for the period ending June 30. Shares sold short in Washington Mutrual (WM) rose 21.6 million to 276.4 million. Short interest…