On the tenth anniversary of the tech bubble of 2000, short sellers aggressively dropped their bets against hardware, software and internet companies. Figures are from February 28. The short interest in Apple…
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is off its highs but still higher on the day after the company raised its dividend and announced a share buyback plan. The company’s board of directors…
Short interest in major banks rose sharply for the period that ended on January 31. Share short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) were up 11% to 439 million. The short interest in Bank of…
This past week was filled with many surprises and earnings are still coming on strong. We wanted to look at some companies that either have unfinished business or are on deck with pending…
The recent headlines over the short interest showed a rise on the NYSE and NASDAQ. In terms of the Top 50 NYSE Jumps In Shorts, a couple key stocks stand out. For…
These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) Started as Buy at Roth Capital. Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS)…
We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday. Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing some unusual…
These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is raising guidance this morning. What is interesting is that this may actually highlight the strength among its peers and competitors more than it drives Intel shares alone. …
Thursday is shaping up to be a miniature one-day version earnings season this week. This is likely the last of the major earnings reports we’ll see for another three or four weeks…
Reuters: Global consumer confidence is improving. Reuters: GM (GM) filed for Chapter 11 and expects a quick exit. Reuters: Most US retailers probably had sales drop in May. Reuters: China gave Geithner…
We have seen many semiconductor and circuit calls this morning with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Here are some of these upgrades and downgrades: Altera (ALTR) Cut to Underweight at…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades or negative research calls we have seen early this Monday morning: Clorox (CLX) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein. Commscope (CTV) Cut to Neutral at…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street this Thursday morning: American Superconductor (AMSC) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. AT&T (T) Cut to…
