The short interest data is out using the June 15 settlement date and we have compared this to the May 31 settlement date and prior periods for a comparison. With choppy markets in…
Research firm PayScale issued a report based on queries of tech company employees about, among other things, job satisfaction. The results largely confirm the old belief that people are happier working for successful companies…
Each and every morning 24/7 Wall St. covers the daily analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research and brokerage firms. It turns out that some analyst calls do make…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC. Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD)…
Jon OggThe short interest data is out using the May 31 settlement date. As the market dropped so much in May, it is an interesting look to see what short sellers did…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning despite the refusal of the European Central Bank to lower its interest rates (our story here) and a lower-than-expected rise in US…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) Raised to Hold from Sell at Argus.…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning, but only the DJIA remained negative until the afternoon. Economic news from Europe was mixed ahead of a G7 meeting related to…
Publicly traded companies, by definition, have many shareholders. The company’s management is supposed to be accountable to those shareholders. As it turns out, however, in some cases shareholders have limited power, and in…
The three major US stock indexes opened sharply lower this morning on weak PMI reports from Europe and even weaker news on US employment (our coverage here). The US ISM manufacturing index…
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is a busted IPO gone wrong and it is feeling the Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) sting along with the rest of the social media sector. And to add…
For the two weeks that ended on May 15, short sellers hit old and new Internet site companies alike. Among firms that had IPOs recently, the short interest in Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) rose…
Some individuals and institutions will buy Facebook shares because they believe the stock will rise sharply. Others look at the investment as a proxy for the prospects of Web 2.0, the five-year movement that…
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) had what turned out to be a stellar earnings report. Shares rose handily on Monday as short sellers got out of the way and also as speculators were…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. AGCOÂ Corporation…
