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Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) was a down and out retailer… Keyword: WAS.  This morning’s earnings report has done two things.  First, it has shown that even the world of office supplies cannot be...
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has been a very heavily attacked stock by short sellers despite a very low share price.  The short selling peaked in May before some of the short selling activity...
Short sellers moved into bank stocks ahead of the sell-off based on data for the period that ended July 29. Shares sold short in JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) rose 17% to 33.6 million. The short position in...
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a company that is in trouble.  Maybe that should read “is, has been, and will continue to be” in trouble.  For all practical purposes, it might not have a...
The trend among short sellers for the last two months is that they gamble against shares in the weakest public companies. Perhaps they sense that an economic downturn or U.S. debt default will...
Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along with Sirius XM...
Another research report is actually out in support of Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD).  Yesterday came a report from short seller Muddy Waters questioning some accounting issues from...
Having positions and covering them openly on a near-live basis is a tricky business.  At issue is not so much an insider trading question, but when financial transactions meet issues behind freedom...
Short Sellers are starting to win in their bets against SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI).  If you are a short seller, this would come with a “Finally!” exclamation.  Short sellers have been...
The May 31, 2011 short interest data is now out and there was a very mixed bag in the world of short selling when it comes to the NASDAQ’s high-priced share leaders.  We have tracked the short...
Short sellers must not agree with the conventional wisdom that high gas prices and unemployment will keep Americans out of stores and malls this summer. These investors decreased their negative bets...
The May 13 , 2011 short interest data is now out and there were some significant changes in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced leaders.  Some short selling went up and some went way down.  We have...
The April 29, 2011 short interest data is now out and there continues to be a very mixed bag as far as trends in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced leaders.  Some short selling is way up, some is way...
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has managed to amaze and dazzle on its share price performance.  We were concerned that it would take a whole new host of shareholders to drive the shares up...
Most technology company first quarter earnings have been relatively good. Businesses and consumers have begun to return to the market for servers, PCs, and software. The demand for smartphones and...