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U.S. stocks tumbled further on Wednesday and recovered significantly from intraday lows in a day of heavily volatility. The Dow traded lower by more than 450 points, dipping below 16,000 levels the index hasn't seen since February. The index recovered most of the losses but still closed the...

Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT) and SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) saw the largest percentage changes in the number of shares sold short in the first two weeks of July. While short sellers shied away from SunPower (...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the June 13 and June 30 settlement dates. Like Broadcom, Avago Technologies, Cirrus Logic, Maxim Integrated...

U.S. stocks sold off hard with momentum stocks seeing larger losses with names like Twitter, Facebook, FireEye and others under-performed major indices significantly. The Fed's richmond President Jeffrey Lacker commented that U.S. inflation has bottomed and is moving towards its target...

Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) saw significant increases in the number of shares sold short in the latter two weeks of May. Short sellers shied away from First Solar and SunPower Holdings...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Avago Technologies, (NASDAQ: AVGO), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Gains in the number of shares short...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Advanced Micro...

Most of the S&P 500 have already posted their first-quarter results. This week, big retailers begin to share their earnings reports. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), the big daddy of retailers, steps onto the earnings stage Thursday. Macy's (NYSE: M) and J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) are also scheduled to...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant downswings in short interest between the March 31 and April 15 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Applied Materials, ARM Holdings,...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the January 15 and January 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro Devices, Applied...

The earnings season is winding down. Most of the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter results, and the good news is that earnings beats have outnumbered earnings misses. Here is a quick rundown of what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent quarterly reports. America Movil...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the December 31 and January 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Advanced Micro...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the December 13 and December 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short of Applied...

While short interest in most of the leading semiconductor stocks declined between the November 15 and November 29 settlement dates, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) bucked the trend. Short sellers retreated from Advanced Micro Devices,...

Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) has beaten its Q4 EPS estimate by a penny, but a few investors have still decided to exit their positions. The company reported a fourth quarter EPS of $0.19 versus the Street estimate of $0.18. Earnings per share were up 217 percent from the year-ago period....