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New Data: Short Sellers Continue To Bet Against Alibaba
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 9:42am | 234Read More...Karl Loomes, market analyst for Astec Analytics, discussed with Benzinga the rising short interest in shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) is something investors and traders should put on their radar. Loomes noted that since shares of Alibaba began trading on the New York Stock...
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Short Selling Declines On BlackBerry As Price Stabilizes
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 1:41pm | 165Read More...Karl Loomes of SunGard Financial's Astec Analytics has analyzed the short interest on BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY). Loomes noted, "For the first three weeks of January, Blackberry seemingly saw a large increases in short selling activity, with borrowing in its share climbing 20...
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FXCM Short Interest Jumped Nearly 30% Following SNB Currency Move
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 1:18pm | 193Read More...Karl Loomes of SunGard Financial's Astec Analytics has analyzed the short interest on FXCM Inc (NYSE: FXCM). Loomes commented that his firm’s analysis “suggests short sellers have jumped into opening new positions in FXCM. Interestingly this comes as a total reversal of what...
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All Shortable Shares Of Twitter In Use
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 3:48pm | 326Read More...It is no secret that Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has been one of the worst performing stocks over the past few trading sessions. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Karl Loomes of SunGard’s Astec Analytics discussed the change in short interest for the issue. Astec Analytics measures real time...
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Exclusive: Short Sellers Load Up on Retailers Into Black Friday
Friday, November 29, 2013 - 12:45pm | 468Read More...Retailers have been on a rise this year, with the SPDR Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) up 41.95 percent compared to 26.71 percent on the S&P, but many investors are sceptical this trend will continue. Karl Loomes of Sungard’s Astec Analytics gave Benzinga exclusive data on retailers, heading into...
