Short interest on January 15 showed bets against financial shares listed on the NYSE climbed when compared to December 31 numbers. Shares short in Countrywide Financial (CFC) rose 32.5 million to 166.9…
Below is a list of Dow Jones Industrial Average components that are actually down the least on an ugly day. There has been news on most of these or if not there…
These are not the only key analyst calls that may impact stocks this Monday, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on: Affiliated Computer (ACS) raised to Buy…
2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008. Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously…
The Dogs of the Dow aren’t necessarily the worst performers of the prior year, but they pay the highest the dividend yields. We wanted to review the 10 Dogs of the Dow…
According to Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has bought control of Marmon Industries for $4.5 billion. Reuters writes that US retail sales were up a disappointing 3.6% for the holidays. Reuters reports that…
Since it is year-end, we wanted to compile a list of the 2008 likely Dogs of the Dow. We included Friday’s closing prices for each DJIA component and we also gave the…
The November 30 short interest of NYSE traded stocks shows that the market is predicting a further drop in financial and tech stocks. The numbers compare to November 15, 2007. The short…
According to Reuters, OPEC will probably keep oil output at current levels. Reuters writes that a goverment plan to help sub-prime borrowers will probably freeze their rates for five years. Reuters writes…
Now that Dubai International Capital has bought a piece of Sony (SNE), it must have a lot more capital to spread around. A shopping list: Yahoo! (YHOO) The stock is still down…
It is always interesting seeing which groups and which stocks saw the biggest changes in short interest. This list doesn’t show financials because we’ve already shown that individually. Here are some of…
Short interest for stocks traded on the NYSE was up about 3% for the period ending November 15 compared to the October 31 numbers. Bets against big financials sky-rocketed, and positions in…
Home Depot (HD) reported fiscal 2007 third quarter consolidated net earnings of $1.1 billion, or $0.60 per diluted share, compared with $1.5 billion, or $0.73 per diluted share, in the same period…
Douglas A. McIntyre Before the open on Tuesday morning, Home Depot (NYSE:HD) is set to report earnings. If you can find anyone positive they are either named "Pangloss" or they look like Robin Williams and…
Douglas A. McIntyre ACA cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.ACW raised to Neutral at UBS.AMSC started as Buy at Jefferies.ATPG cut to Underperform at RBC.BSC cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.BSY cut to Neutral at…
