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Calm Or Complacency Economic Barrage Looks To Test Lofty Stock …

It was more whimper than roar, but the S&P 500 (SPX) ground to another record high last week. This achievement was scored within whisker-thin trading ranges as select measures of broader-market volatility probed 2015 lows. Now, economic data comes into focus in this holiday-shortened week and in the week following, which features the typically closely watched monthly jobs report.Volatility flared […]

Hedge Funds' 10 Most Shorted Stocks – Walt Disney Company (The …

A recent article in Seeking Alpha focused on the traditional role of some of Wall Street’s biggest players: hedge funds.In the six-year bull market that has taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, there has been little need for hedging or protection from a weak stock market. However, a large part of what hedge funds are meant to do […]

Stock Market News for May 26, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Benchmarks ended the last trading day of the week in the red following Janet Yellen’s comments that it would be appropriate to raise interest rates sometime this year. Yellen said the economy is well positioned to grow even if weak economic data had indicated the economy was not on a solid footing. Meanwhile, an increase in consumer price index raised […]

Stock Market News for May 13, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research

Benchmarks ended in the red on Tuesday after volatility in global bond markets made investors jittery. While the German bond yields gained amid selloff in European bonds, U.S Treasury bonds touched the highest level since mid-November.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) […]

A Closer Look: Potential For Correction Exists

by Tiho Brkan, Short Side of LongChart 1: Equities recently suffered a technical reversal at record highs…  Source: FinViz.comPrinter-friendly VersionEmail This Article

This weeks trading sessions in the US equities continue to show evidence of weakness, as majority of the US equity indices stalled at resistance levels. Couple of days ago, the S&P 500 opened at intraday record highs but closed with an outside […]

The Week Ahead: Breakout As Expected — So What’s Next?

In last week’s Fakeout or Breakout? I made the case based on the technical evidence that “despite Friday’s drop, I expect last week’s highs in the major averages to be surpassed in the coming weeks.” As you may recall, the S&P 500 was down over 1% on Friday April 17 and the bearish sentiment spiked.In last Thursday’s trading, the NYSE […]

Wall Street mixed as doubts about earnings offset biotech M&A bid

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 20, 2015.Reuters/Brendan McDermid n”>(Reuters) – U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials pulled down by a handful of uninspiring earnings reports, while the Nasdaq was pushed higher by a proposed biotech merger.Travelers, DuPont and IBM shares weighed on the Dow. DuPont reported lower sales in […]

Wall St. mixed as lackluster earnings offset biotech M&A bid

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 20, 2015.Reuters/Brendan McDermid n”>(Reuters) – U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials pulled down by a handful of uninspiring earnings reports, while the Nasdaq was pushed higher by a proposed biotech merger.Travelers, DuPont and IBM shares weighed on the Dow. DuPont reported lower sales in […]

Most Shorted NYSE Stocks in March Include AT&T (NYSE: T …

Among most shorted stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Chesapeake Energy and Petrobras once again saw sharp increases in their short interest between the March 13 and March 31 settlement dates. On the other hand, short sellers fled from Pfizer and Verizon for the second period in a row.All of the top five had more than 120,000 shares […]

Have Short Sellers Given Up On Solar Stocks? – First Solar, Inc …

Related FSLRBy 2016, All Solar Investors Will Know The Name ‘8point3’New ETF From BlackRock And EdelmanEnergy Yieldcos On The Rise(Investor’s Business Daily)Related RGSEEarnings Scheduled For March 31, 2015SolarCity, Sunedison Earnings Drag Down Solar SectorShort sellers shied away again from many of the leading U.S. solar-related stocks between the March 13 and March 31 settlement dates. The most significant downswings in […]