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Short Interest in Southwest Airlines Nearly Doubles
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 1:14pm | 839Read More...Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) had the only sizable upswing in short interest in the U.S. airline industry between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and U.S. Airways (NYSE: LCC) increased more modestly. Take a closer look at...
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Short Interest in Delta Air Lines Surges
Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 2:15pm | 811Read More...Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) had the only sizable upswing in short interest in the U.S. airline industry between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in United Continental (NYSE: UAL) and U.S. Airways (NYSE: LCC) also increased somewhat. We take a closer look...
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Short Sellers Retreat from Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines
Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:37am | 884Read More...Short sellers seem to have had their fill of U.S. Airways (NYSE: LCC) during the first two weeks of April, ahead of its impending merger with AMR, parent of American Airlines, which has been in bankruptcy since November 2011. Short interest in U.S. Airways retreated more than six percent, taking...
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Short Interest in U.S. Airways Continues to Rise Ahead of Impending Merger
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:50pm | 835Read More...Short sellers continued to bet on U.S. Airways (NYSE: LCC) during the final two weeks of March, ahead of its impending merger with AMR, parent of American Airlines, which has been in bankruptcy since November 2011. Short interest in U.S. Airways grew about 16 percent. However, short interest in...
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Short Sellers Sticking with U.S. Airline Stocks (DAL, SAVE, LCC)
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 10:10am | 848Read More...By and large, the short interest in U.S.-based airline stocks rose again during the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE), United Continental (NYSE: UAL...
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Short Interest in U.S. Airline Stocks Still Rising (DAL, SAVE, LCC)
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 1:03pm | 835Read More...By and large, the short interest in U.S.-based airline stocks rose again during the final two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), United Continental (NYSE: UAL) and U.S. Airways (NYSE:...
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Short Interest in U.S. Airline Stocks on the Rise (DAL, LUV, LCC)
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 1:57pm | 839Read More...By and large, the short interest in U.S.-based airline stocks rose again during the first two weeks of February, after mostly declining in the previous period. The number of shares sold short in Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), Southwest...
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Short Interest in U.S. Airline Stocks Dwindles (DAL, SAVE, LCC)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 2:32pm | 818Read More...By and large, the short interest in U.S.-based airline stocks dwindled during the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE), United Continental (NYSE...
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Short Interest in U.S. Airline Stocks on the Rise (DAL, SAVE, UAL)
Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 2:48pm | 778Read More...By and large, the short interest in U.S.-based airline stocks rose during the first two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), JetBlue Airways (NYSE: JBLU), Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE),...
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Ryanair and SINA Dropped from the NASDAQ Q-50
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 2:37pm | 584Read More...When NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced its quarterly reshuffling of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, what grabbed the attention was that social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) had been added to the list, effective at market open on Monday, September 24, 2012. Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Western...
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Barron's Recap (5/5/12): The Barron's 500
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 9:25am | 1001Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 500 companies (as well as finding bargain stocks from the list) and the prospects for airline United Continental, insurer Unum Group and the recently spun-off Phillips 66. Cover Story "Bravo to the Best!" by Jacqueline Doherty. It is...
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Caterpillar, Discover Financial and Other Illinois Primary Stock Picks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:42am | 1149Read More...Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...
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UPDATE: Evercore Upgrades United Continental to Overweight
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 7:39am | 99Read More...Evercore is out with its report today on United Continental (NYSE: UAL), upgrading UAL from Equal-weight to Overweight. In a note to clients, Evercore writes, "Our rating on UAL shares is raised to Overweight from Equal-Weight. We believe the stock, which was off 9% on Friday, overreacted to...
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Deutsche Bank Lowers 2011/12 Higher Oil Forecast (AAI, ALGT, ALK, AMR, DAL, HA, JBLU, LCC, LUV, PNCL, SKYW, UAL)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 8:56am | 286Read More...Deutsche Bank has released a research report that once again revises itsestimates on higher oil. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes, "We are raising our jet fuel price outlook for 2011/12 due to turmoil in the Middle East/North Africa, and therefore, lowering our 2011/12 EPS estimates and price...
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Deutsche Bank On United Continental's Solid December Quarter Beat
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 10:06am | 139Read More...Deutsche Bank has published a research report on United Continental (NASDAQ: UAL) after the company reported a solid beat for its December quarter. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "United reported Dec Q diluted EPS of $0.44 ex-special items which handily exceeded our EPS estimate of $0.26 and...
