Short sellers sharply increased their bets against two of America’s most widely followed stocks. Shares sold short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 36% to 381 million. The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) |…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Cut to Neutral…
This Wednesday is looking thinner than normal trading days for analyst upgrades and downgrades seen in Wall Street research calls. Here are today’s top calls: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) target was raised…
Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank…
Reuters: Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters: Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters: Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts. Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) posed a surprise…
M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…
Shares in Sprint (NYSE:S) were up more than 10% at one point yesterday after Barron’s argued that the stock was undervalued. One article and the telecom company’s market cap was up almost $1.5…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have more detailed data and analysis over at VSInvestor.com via links on each story and stock: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.43 PM EST: Apple may hire its own video game developers to create iPhone and iPod products (Apple Insider) Updated 11.57 AM EST: Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) may…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: Apollo Commercial Real Estate (NYSE: ARI) Started as Overweight at Barclays;…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.33 PM EST: The CIA will start spying on social media activity (CNET) Updated 10.15 AM EST: Oil could hit $175 a barrel by 2016 making oil-realted…
Reuters: Chinese investors are holding a large amount of gold. Reuters: Bernanke sees tighter policies as the economy improves. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Panel says that the US plan to help homeowners…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 4.24 PM EST: Xyratex (NASDAQ:XRTX) is up 14% today, another tech stock in the buyout rumor mill. (Barron’s) Updated at 2.12 PM EST: Euro Tech Holdings…
Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
