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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...
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Short Sellers Load Up on Best Buy and Sears (BBY, RAD, SHLD)
Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 8:06am | 1018Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of May. But Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw especially large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE:...
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Short Sellers Move into Avon and Bebe Stores
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 9:46am | 983Read More...The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during in early April. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), GameStop (NYSE: GME), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and SuperValu (NYSE: SVU) increased between...
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Short Sellers Retreat from Best Buy and Rite Aid
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:29pm | 908Read More...The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed during the latter two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased somewhat between the March 15 and March...
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Short Sellers Aim for Best Buy and Office Depot
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 11:35am | 932Read More...The short interest in troubled retail companies was mixed but overall quiet during the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) increased somewhat between the February...
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Wal-Mart 'Goes to the Mattresses' Against Amazon
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 8:41am | 656Read More...In the movie The Godfather, at one point Clemenza says, “That Sonny's runnin' wild. He's thinking of going to the mattresses already.” Going to the mattresses, of course, means, “going to war.” For all intents and purposes, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is going to war with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). With...
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Office Supply Merger Brings Out the Short Sellers (ODP, OMX, AVP)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 1:29pm | 858Read More...By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies increased during the final two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD...
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Short Interest in Struggling Retail Stocks Declines (AVP, BEBE, SVU)
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 5:43pm | 858Read More...By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies declined during the first two weeks of February. However, the number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased between the January 31...
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Short Interest Swings in Retail Stocks (COST, DG, WAG)
Saturday, December 29, 2012 - 3:30pm | 822Read More...The short interest in big retail companies was mixed during the first two weeks of December, the heart of the holiday shopping season. The number of shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) increased...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of September 17
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 7:03am | 835Read More...FedEx (NYSE: FDX), an ostensible bellwether of the global economy, is on tap to share its most recent quarterly results this week, and analysts anticipate slightly lower per-share earnings compared to the same period a year ago. However, the forecasts for tech companies Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE...
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Walgreen Earnings Preview: Higher EPS Expected
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 7:31am | 616Read More...Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, December 21, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for anything that might boost the stock's sagging share price, like perhaps an easing of tensions between Walgreen and Express Scripts (NASDAQ:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of December 12
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 12:13pm | 910Read More...Again this week, things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front. Among the week's most high profile quarterly reports are those from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), which are forecast to post lower per-share earnings, as well as Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) and FedEx (...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of September 26
Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 7:57am | 909Read More...As the month and the calendar quarter wind down this week, only a handful of companies are scheduled to report their earnings results. These include Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL), McCormick (NYSE: MKC) and Walgreen (NYSE...
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Goldman Sachs Reiterates Neutral on Rite Aid Corporation, Raises PT to $1.40
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 9:13am | 43Read More...Goldman Sachs reiterated its Neutral rating on Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD). At the same time, Goldman raised its price target on the company's stock from $1.25 to $1.40. On Friday, Rite Aid closed the week at $1.20.
