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CEOs of a cloud services provider and a liquefied natural gas company have made bets on their companies recently. In fact, one of those chief executives has been on a buying spree this summer. Year-to-date, shares of one of them is up handily while the other is essentially flat. Uncertainty...

Insider buying has dwindled as the markets have hit new highs and a new earnings season has begun. However, three CEOs seem to have missed the memo and have made notable insider purchases regardless. Strong insider buying is often considered a positive sign for investors, particularly...

Short interest moves in many of the leading cybersecurity stocks were mixed in the most recent period. Short sellers were particularly keen on two of them in those two weeks. Shares of both stocks slumped more than 7 percent during the period. While short interest moves in the leading...

Three networking giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts expectations for all three are low, based on the consensus forecasts. After this week's reports, views may change on the two companies that are merging. Although many blue chips have already reported on...

This weekend in Barron's online: betting on China's future, the top 500 U.S. companies, as well as the prospects for Blackstone, Tyson Foods, M&T Bank, Covanta and more. Cover Story "China's Long Bull Run" by Kopin Tan. The booming Hong Kong stock market could push higher, according to this...

This weekend in Barron's online: part three of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, Ford vs. GM, as well as the prospects for Akamai Technologies, Stanley Black & Decker, Weight Watchers and more. Cover Story "Better Get a Grip" by Lauren R. Rublin. This week's cover story in Barron's is the third...

In the wake of the Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit in Las Vegas, analysts at Cowen & Co. have released a new report suggesting that merger and acquisition activity in the sector could occur soon. So far this year, little of the increased spending on storage and networking that...

In the just released report on the results of an analysis of first-quarter earnings from communication and wireless stocks, Oppenheimer analysts suggest that social networking, mobile video and online gaming will continue to boost the growth of wireless data and cloud services providers. The three...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- 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 have faith in a...

Sears Holding (NASDAQ: SHLD) is to be booted from the S&P 500 because it no longer considered representative of the index, according to Standard & Poor's. That is, Sears has too few shares available for trading to be representative of one of the world's top 500 companies. For investors who...