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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of December 9
Sunday, December 8, 2013 - 9:09pm | 850Read More...Quarterly reports from Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some...
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Short Sellers Yield On Best Buy (BBY, RSH, SHLD)
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:20pm | 1003Read More...Judging by the share price, one would think Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) had turned itself around, though analysts' expectations for the most recent quarter are still very modest. Best Buy has been hitting new highs since August, and it looks like short sellers decided to get out of the way. Other...
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Merging Office Retailers See Short Interest Surge (AVP, ODP, OMX)
Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 7:09pm | 996Read More...The back-to-school shopping season was underwhelming, and the government shutdown shook economic confidence ahead of the holiday shopping season. Among struggling retailers, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) saw significant upswings in short interest in...
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Barnes & Noble, J.C. Penney See Short Interest Rise (BKS, JCP, OMX)
Sunday, October 13, 2013 - 1:11pm | 983Read More...The back-to-school shopping season was underwhelming, and economic confidence is plummeting ahead of the holiday shopping season. Among troubled retailers, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) and OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) saw significant upswings in the number of their shares sold...
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Avon And Rite Aid Still Attracting Short Sellers (AVP, PSUN, RAD)
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 12:57pm | 1021Read More...Among troubled retailers, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw significant upswings in the number of their shares sold short during the first weeks of September. Below is a quick look at how these three have fared and what analysts expect from them...
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Companies To Take Note Of As Obamacare Launches Next Week
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 11:11am | 382Read More...Health insurance marketplaces are scheduled to open for the entire nation at October 1. After the opening, there will be a six month period before the government will fine the uninsured. While all states are expected to go live at the same date, some are having doubts on their ability to meet...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of September 16: FedEx, Oracle and More
Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 12:17pm | 982Read More...Highlights on the earnings front this week will be the reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL). Analysts are looking for marginal year-over-year growth of earnings and revenues from both of them. Others on deck to share quarterly results this week include General Mills (NYSE: GIS),...
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Wild Short Interest Swings In Barnes & Noble and Rite Aid (BKS, OMX, RAD)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 2:48pm | 987Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the latter weeks of August. However, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw upswings of more than 30 percent in the number of their shares sold short. The short interest in Avon Products (...
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Short Interest In J.C. Penney And Sears Still On The Rise (GME, JCP, SHLD)
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 12:43pm | 986Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the initial weeks of August. GameStop (NYSE: GME), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw significant percentage swings in the number of their shares sold short. The short interest in...
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Short Interest in SUPERVALU and Rite Aid Falls (JCP, RAD, SVU)
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 12:59pm | 988Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of July. J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) saw significant percentage swings in the number of their shares sold short. Short sellers shied away from Barnes...
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Short Sellers Load Up on Pacific Sunwear, Unload SUPERVALU (PSUN, SHLD, SVU)
Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 12:07pm | 976Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the first weeks of July. Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN), Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) and SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) saw significant percentage swings in the number of their shares sold short. Short sellers also...
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Recent Insider Buying at Navistar, Walgreen (NAV, OPK, WAG)
Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 12:16pm | 647Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who...
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Short Sellers Retreat from GameStop, Rite Aid (AVP, GME, RAD)
Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 8:49pm | 945Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the latter weeks of June. Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw the number of their shares sold short decrease by more than 10 percent. Short sellers also shied away from...
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Short Sellers Load Up More Best Buy and Sears (BEBE, BBY, SHLD)
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 2:24pm | 918Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the first weeks of June. But, Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), saw relatively large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 17
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 12:40pm | 937Read More...Quarterly reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also: Weekly...
















