ThinkstockCredit Suisse has reviewed and screened the holdings of 857 large cap mutual funds and has seen that technology is very well represented in the top holdings on average at this universe of funds.…
Investors Intelligence has its weekly sentiment showing that bullish sentiment rose, with the financial advisory professionals who are bullish rising to 49.5% from 47.4% the prior week. Bearish sentiment also rose, but that was only…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, March 27, 2013. They include AOL, Bed Bath & Beyond,General Mills, Google and Oracle.
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. is reviewing ETF strategies, nuances and trends with regularity, and we cannot help but to wonder about the so-called hedged international exchange traded funds (ETFs). These hedged ETFs are outperforming right…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Verizon…
ThinkstockThe short interest in the actively traded low-priced stocks and cult stocks saw some significant changes since the end of February, with more bets against these companies on the rise. We compared the March…
Short sellers have kept their attack up against the high-dividend stocks, perhaps indicating that many investors believe that the bull market may turn back toward growth rather than paying a higher premium for income.…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsJ.C. Penney Flip-Flop J.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson is either lowering prices on much of the troubled retailer’s store inventory or raising those prices instead. Most…
courtesy of NetflixA Fed study says China growth will slow in 2030. (Reuters) Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) may cuts its cash position to $35 billion to redeem expensive debt. (Reuters) Battery problems with the…
thinkstockIt would be the understatement of the year or the decade to simply say that the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas region is making people rich. In fact, it is fairly easy to…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: SemiLEDS Corp. (NASDAQ: LEDS) is up 26.6% at $1.62. Bovie Medical Corp. (NYSEMKT: BVX) is up 26.5% at $3.53. PokerTek Inc (NASDAQ: PTEK) is up…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and a spate of decent news on U.S. housing kept markets in the green all day. The S&P 500 index finished the day’s session within sight of…
ThinkstockPresident Francois Hollande is having a rough time of living up to his labor promises if you read into the unemployment rate in France. The jobless rate rose for what is now going on…
Normally we would not care so much about a 2-year Treasury Note offering. When you consider that the rate is a massively high 0.25% or so (can you smell the enthusiasm?), it is a…
ThinkstockToday’s report from the Conference Board on consumer confidence was disappointing, to say the least. As we noted, it may not be a shock to many observers, but consumer confidence is turning south at…