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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: December 27, 2017 at 4:06 pm

December 27, 2017: The S&P 500 closed flat at 2,682.58. The DJIA closed flat at 24,774.16. Separately, the Nasdaq was relatively flat at 6,939.34. Wednesday was a relatively mixed day ...
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Hotel Shares Slip Following Las Vegas Shooting

Posted: October 4, 2017 at 10:25 am

Shares of publicly traded hotel companies fell following the deadly shooting in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead and about 500 injured, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. ...
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Will The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Disrupt the Luxury Cruise Industry?

Posted: June 24, 2017 at 11:55 am

The cruise industry seems to just keep growing and growing over time. Meanwhile, the hotel industry has enjoyed its waves of annual growth and is now facing challenges from the ...
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Merrill Lynch Loves These 4 Buy-Rated Blue Chip Dividend Sector Leaders

Posted: May 26, 2017 at 10:45 am

In an expensive market there is one good path for investors to follow: stick with the companies that have upside earnings potential, and stay with sector leaders that have shown ...
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Tuesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: May 9, 2017 at 4:09 pm

May 9, 2017: The S&P 500 closed relatively lower on the day at 2,396.84. Separately the DJIA closed lower at 20,974.61. The Nasdaq was actually up on the day at ...
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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: March 22, 2017 at 4:10 pm

March 21, 2017: The S&P 500 closed higher on the day, up 0.19% and 4.43 points to 2,348.45. Separately the DJIA closed relatively flat down 0.03% on the day at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: FedEx, Frontier, IBM, LendingClub, Micron, Nike, Sirius XM, Urban Outfitters and More

Posted: March 22, 2017 at 9:10 am

Stocks showed that they can finally stage a sell-off on Tuesday, and futures indicated a marginally weaker open on Wednesday. As stocks remain rather close to their all-time highs, the ...
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Which Hotel Rewards Program Is Best?

Posted: October 7, 2016 at 9:10 am

By now every traveler is familiar with loyalty programs sponsored by airlines, car rental companies and hotels. Piling up reward points that can be used to get free flights, car ...
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Massive Facebook Trade Highlights Insider Selling: Apple, Adobe, Copart, Vanda Pharmaceuticals and More

Posted: October 2, 2016 at 10:15 am

There is an expression from back in the day that goes “I am getting out while the gettin’ is good,” and that is exactly what numerous insiders looking to sell ...
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The 6 Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks

Posted: September 27, 2016 at 7:15 am

The return of volatility to the markets after the doldrums of August appears to have pointed short sellers at rival chipmakers Intel and AMD. These two stocks saw the largest ...
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The 6 Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks: Short Sellers Get Choosy

Posted: September 13, 2016 at 6:10 am

While the markets were in a holding pattern ahead of the Labor Day holiday, albeit near all-time highs, the short interest moves in the most shorted stocks traded on the ...
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The 6 Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks: Intel Slips Down the List

Posted: August 10, 2016 at 8:15 am

In most years, the end of July marks the beginning of the summer doldrums, but this year the markets are hitting new all-time highs. However, short sellers didn’t make any ...
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The 6 Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks: Intel and AMD Buck the Trend

Posted: July 27, 2016 at 6:45 am

As the Brexit fears faded and the markets headed for new all-time highs, short sellers remained focused on their favorite stocks traded on the Nasdaq. Between the June 30 and ...
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The 6 Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks: Bye-Bye Apple

Posted: July 13, 2016 at 8:20 am

Among the most heavily shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq, the moves between the June 15 and June 30 settlement dates were mostly mixed and modest. However, note that Apple ...
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$30 Billion Airbnb Valuation Challenges New Bear Market Thesis

Posted: July 1, 2016 at 6:07 am

The debate between bulls and bears over the general stock market continues on as the S&P 500, Dow Jones and the Nasdaq all have failed to make much headway since ...
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