It seems that no matter what the market does, investors still want to see which old tech stock is the one to own for the year ahead. Everyone still remembers the massive…
If investors had a notion that short sellers were going to stay in big financials, they were wrong. Short interest in the weakest companies in the sector dropped. Shares short in Citigroup…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) and Chrysler are close to a loan deal with the government. Reuters reports that Obama will ask for a major stimulus package focusing on infrastructure and helping…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) posted non-GAAP earnings of $0.34 EPS and $5.7 billion in revenue compared with First Call estimates of $0.34 EPS and $5.84 billion in sales. There is more data…
Douglas A. McIntyre After the close of trading today, Larry Ellison & Co. is set to report earnings for Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). Thomson Reuters (First Call) has earnings estimates of $0.34 EPS on $5.84…
Douglas A. McIntyre As you will see, most of the top technology stocks from the NASDAQ 100 saw an increase in the number of shares being sold short from mid-November to late November. With the…
No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial shares, some of the smart money is willing to gamble that the…
These are the top analyst downgrades and negative analyst calls we are seeing this Friday morning: Autodesk (ADSK) Cut to Neutral at Baird. BE Aerospace (BEAV) Cut To Market Perform at FBR.…
John Thompson, the head of Symantec (SYMC), "stepped down" yesterday. Hector Ruiz recently vacated the CEO’s office at AMD (AMD). The head of Sun (JAVA), Jonathan Schwartz, will probably be gone soon.…
Short sellers are still betting that financial shares will fall but they have boldly moved into shares of companies which are considered healthy, those with both good balance sheets and relatively strong…
The sound out of Cisco (CSCO) has been so fine for so long that its was an assault to hear that the company would have a drop in revenue in the current…
According to Reuters, Australia cut key interest rates. Reuters reports that a large Goldman Sachs (GS) fund lost $1 billion in the first ten months of the year. Reuters writes that the…
For the period ending October 15, short sellers got out of most banks and brokerage stocks. That is a shame for them. They could have made a killing this week. The short…
What they say about big tech must be true. IT spending at companies is falling as businesses cut back across every expense category they can find. Software and hardware upgrades are put…
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…