short selling

Sungard is out with its latest list of five notable stocks with short-selling activity. The firm uses its proprietary Astec Analytics which "provides up-to-date, intraday short selling market color via securities lending analytics, helping users gauge changes in investor sentiment."...

SunGard is out with a list of some of the "hottest" stocks from a securities lending perspective. The data is compiled from SunGard's Astec Analytics that provides "up-to-date, intraday short selling market color." Apple: Short-Selling Activity Declining SunGard's...

Jerremy Newsome was recently a guest on #PreMarket Prep, a daily trading idea radio show hosted by Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick. Newsome, the CEO of RealLifeTrading.com, discussed trading strategies on NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) following its earnings report in which the company's earnings per...

Economic fears are running high in the global markets, and the most efficient means of trading economic sentiment with individual stocks may be the highly-cyclical basic materials sector. Alcoa (NYSE: AA) kicked off earnings season on Monday after the closing bell and the price action in that...

A couple of weeks ago, The Shorts Report covered a ten-spot worth of mega-caps that had seen increased short interest in April.  To recap, LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) was on that list, and it seems that things have only gotten drearier for the ‘professional’ social media company after...

While financial markets are not perfectly efficient all the time, stocks and indexes usually find their way to "natural" levels over time. Any temporary, artificial solutions aimed at calming volatility or boosting prices typically do little to achieve their goal. In fact, it's usually the opposite...

According to a Reuters article, Italy's market regulator, Consob Chairman Giuseppe Vegas has asked shareholders to effectively squeeze short-sellers in an effort to curb the practice. "Yes, we've exercised moral suasion by asking all those who have lent shares to retrieve them," Consob Vegas told...

While it's not earnings season yet, a few large companies have reported earnings recently, and created quite some excitement already. It started with BestBuy (NYSE: BBY) reported better than expected earnings and strong guidance on Sep. 14, and its stock gapped up 7.5% the next day. Next was...