The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Applied Materials, BioCryst, Costco, Generac, Goodyear, Intel, Microsoft and Netflix.
Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, and United Technologies were the Dow's big winners Thursday.
The June 29 short interest data have been compared with the previous report. Short interest in most of these selected semiconductor stocks decreased.
Judging by the most shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq between the June 15 and June 29 settlement dates, those sellers were focused on a few of favorites.
These four quality stocks for one reason or another have underperformed the market this year. All offer serious upside potential and, best of all, perhaps very limited downside risk.
Intel, Walgreens, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck led the Dow higher Thursday.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Allergan, Cheniere Energy, Clean Energy, Facebook, Fiat Chrysler, Intel and NetApp.
Nike, Caterpillar, Apple, and Intel were the Dow laggards on a holiday-shortened trading day Tuesday.
Nike, Exxon, American Express, and Intel were the Dow's leading gainers on Friday.
McDonald's, Nike, Microsoft, and Intel were Wednesday's worst-performing Dow stocks.
Judging by the most shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq between the May 31 and June 15 settlement dates, those sellers were increasing their bets in many of their favorites.
The June 15 short interest data have been compared with the previous report. Short interest in most of these selected semiconductor stocks decreased.
Tuesday's flow of analyst reports called for a very differing view in the world of processors and graphics within the semiconductor sector.
Visa, Intel, McDonald's, and Caterpillar weighed heavily on the Dow Monday. This was also the last day that GE stock will be included among the 30 equities that constitute the Dow.
If the Intel pre-announcement is any signal, there should be solid results from these top semiconductor companies, all of which are offering attractive entry points.
