The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and low-priced shares seems to always contain some big surprises. That is again the case as of the August 31 settlement date. We…
We tracked the short interest in the following Nasdaq most actively traded stocks: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Zynga…
The Federal Reserve likely will release plans for a stimulus package after members meet today. (Reuters) EADS and BAE hold merger talks. (Reuters) Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 may have more…
courtesy of Pandora MediaAlthough Pandora Media (NYSE: P) reported yesterday that its net loss for the second quarter widened to $5.4 million, or $0.03 per share, compared to a loss of $1.8…
Internet music services are stuck in a period of relatively quiet turmoil as the companies deal with rising content costs and fierce competition with one another and with some very well-established players.…
China’s official PMI hits a nine-month low in August. (Reuters) WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) CEO Braly steps down. (Reuters) General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) to invest $1 billion in Russia within five…
The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and low-priced shares is often highly volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group for the August 15 settlement…
  The short interest in the stocks with the largest positions as of August 15: Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) down 2% to 220 million shares. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) up…
Sirius XMSIRIUSÂ XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is playing the low interest rate game by swapping old expensive debt for new cheaper debt. This has been done before by Mel Karmazin and friends,…
Jon C. Ogg Standard Chartered pays a New York bank regulator $340 million to settle money laundering charges that involved Iran. (Reuters) The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) names BBC General Director Mark Thompson…
The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior July 13 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
Short sellers backed away from their gambles on old tech firms as they increased their positions in new Web 2.0 companies. For the period that ended July 31, short sellers cut their…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following on softness in European markets and a mixed close in the Asian markets. There has been little data for investors to…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) hit a new 52-week high today. Make that a multi-year high of $2.50 per share. The question is whether or not the satellite radio monopoly…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on a report from Europe that German chancellor Angela Merkel now backs bond buying by the European Central Bank.Even a larger-than-expected drop…
