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A surge in short interest in Apple shares between the May 30 and June 13 settlement dates was enough to lift the tech giant into the top five most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq.
Intel had an incredible Friday after the company raised its guidance. Shares hit $30, a feat that many believed was becoming impossible.
ThinkstockShares of 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) got a little boost on Tuesday after the company raised its revenue outlook for the 2014 fiscal year from a prior range of $680 to $720 million to a...
ThinkstockShort sellers often have it in for companies, entities, funds and even sectors. But what is interesting is when the short sellers target entities with high dividends. Master limited...
ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of May have been released, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends we follow. Some of the...
ThinkstockThe predominant feeling among short sellers of semiconductor stocks seems to be that now is a good time to look elsewhere. Only two of seven stocks saw a rise in short interest in the...
ThinkstockThe solar sector doesn’t excite investors the way it did a few years ago, and short sellers have been about as enthusiastic. Prices have stabilized for solar products and that has been...
ThinkstockShort interest in three of the four 3D printing companies we follow fell in the past two-week period. It is no big secret that the sector has lost most of the positive momentum it had last...
ThinkstockShort sellers may have many reasons to be short a stock. One reason could be as a hedge against other positions, but often this is simply because short sellers are betting against a stock...
ThinkstockThe short interest data from the May 30 settlement date is out, and we are witnessing some big changes in the bets against big oil companies. Even with some drops in the short interest,...
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in blue chips like Bank of America and AT&T, but also in troubled companies like J.C. Penney. As of May...
bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions in the same handful of Nasdaq stocks, but among them, short interest in Sirius, the Nasdaq-traded stock with the largest...
ThinkstockShort sellers have many reasons to bet against a stock, some of which are hedging or part of a larger theme. Other reasons may be a bet against a company or sector, or in the case of...
ThinkstockAfter weeks of sell-offs, social media shares have started to recover. Another sign they are back in favor — their short interests for the period that ended May 30. Short sellers...
ThinkstockMay has come and gone, and at least so far it looks as though the “Sell in May and Go Away!” theme did not materialize in 2014. Of those who responded to our poll, some 58% said not to...