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Gold Miners See Wild Swings In Short Interest (AEM, AU, HMY)

US Market News - Fri, 02/14/2014 - 07:45

The price of gold swung up and down in late January but was near $1,245 both in the middle of the month and at the end. Short sellers likewise were moving into and out of leading gold stocks during the ...

Akamai Announces Pricing of Upsized Offering of Convertible Senior Notes

US Market News - Fri, 02/14/2014 - 07:32

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM ) today announced that it has priced its private offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2019. The offering was upsized ...

Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Market Rally Levels Out As Time Warner/Comcast Deal Holds The Spotlight

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 15:48

Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.35 percent to 16,019.01 while the NASDAQ surged 0.78 percent to 4,233.16. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.49 percent to 1,828.78. Leading and Lagging ...

Short Sellers Pick Up Some Avon And GameStop (AVP, GME, ODP)

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 12:49

In the final two weeks of January, when it had become clear how the holiday shopping season had shaken out and the markets seemed to be undergoing a correction, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP ), GameStop (NYSE: ...

Mid-Day Market Update: U.S. Stocks Rise; Orbitz Shares Surge On Upbeat Results

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 12:44

Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.09 percent to 15,978.01 while the NASDAQ surged 0.40 percent to 4,218.16. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.19 percent to 1,822.78. Leading and Lagging Sectors ...

Three IPOs Hit Wall Street on February 12

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 11:58

Since new Federal Reserve Chairman, Janet Yellen, has taken control, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has skyrocketed, and IPOs averaged up about five percent on Wednesday. Investors and traders are looking ...

Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Drop; Comcast To Acquire Time Warner Cable For $45.2B

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 10:25

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.36 percent to 15,906.11 while the NASDAQ declined 0.06 percent to 4,198.75. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.24 percent to 1,814.88. Leading and ...

BioMarin Bucks Biotech Short Interest Trend (BIIB, BMRN, MDVN)

US Market News - Thu, 02/13/2014 - 10:18

Among the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies, Incyte (NASDAQ: INCY ) and Pharmacyclics (NASDAQ: PCYC ) saw the largest percentage declines in short interest between the January 15 and ...

Merrill Lynch’s Top Dividend and Yield Stocks to Buy During the Pullback

US Market News - Tue, 02/04/2014 - 09:20

The top equity strategist at Merrill Lynch has updated the High Quality and Dividend Yield screen of stocks to buy, adding some names that may provide investors solid 2014 returns.

Options Strategy: Exploit the Correlation Crush

US Market News - Tue, 02/04/2014 - 08:31

Dispersion strategies can bring big profits to those with superior stock picking skills.

Stocks With High Emerging Market Exposure That Could Have Big Upside

US Market News - Mon, 02/03/2014 - 08:50

The equity strategy team at J.P. Morgan presented a new research report that actually makes a very solid case not only for equities, but for equities with higher emerging market exposure. Here are 10 picks ...

Report: Online Storage Startup Box Secretly Files for IPO

US Market News - Fri, 01/31/2014 - 13:58

Box, which counts Dropbox among its rivals, has reportedly filed to go public.

Six IPOs Debut on Friday as January Effect Signals Rough Waters

US Market News - Fri, 01/31/2014 - 10:55

Friday is a strange day in the markets. The month of January is closing out with the first monthly January loss in three years, after a huge 2013 of course. Yet there were six initial public offerings ...

Three Biotech IPOs Hit on Friday, After Major IPO on Thursday

US Market News - Fri, 01/31/2014 - 10:35

Six IPOs hit the market Friday , and three of them were biotechs. What stands out is that these emerging pharma deals came on the heels of a wildly successful biotech IPO on Thursday.

The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Wednesday

US Market News - Wed, 01/29/2014 - 16:14

January 29, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following Tuesday’s late policy rate hike by the Turkish government. The announcement that the Fed will again reduce its asset purchases added more volatility ...

Short Interest in Chip Stocks Points Higher

US Market News - Tue, 01/28/2014 - 12:10

As of January 15, short interest in several semiconductor stocks increased as investors continued to bet against PC processors and memory chips in favor of mobile devices. With only a couple of exceptions, ...

Short Interest in 3D Printing Sector Rises Even as Stock Prices Slip

US Market News - Tue, 01/28/2014 - 08:50

We continue to track the short interest changes in the primary 3D printer and services companies. The following information is based on data reported for the period ended January 15, 2014. Short interest ...

Jefferies Quality Stocks to Buy That Are Down but Not Out

US Market News - Tue, 01/28/2014 - 08:45

The equity research team at Jefferies has come out with a list of their stocks to buy that have been ambushed hard, not only the past two trading days, but since the beginning of the year.

Analysts Cap AMC as Quiet Period Ends

US Market News - Mon, 01/27/2014 - 09:15

The so-called underwriter quiet period for AMC Entertainment Holdings has come to an end, so now the analysts in the underwriting syndicate firms can issue coverage on the company. Shares were down in ...

Why did Facebook’s shares fall after its initial public offering?

US Market News - Tue, 01/14/2014 - 17:50

Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) on May 18, 2012. This was seen as one of the biggest IPOs in technology and Internet history.

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