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Short interest in a number of stocks surged in the most recent settlement period. Two health care stocks were among those leading that trend in the first weeks of May. The number of shares short in one of them doubled for the second period in a row. It does not appear that short sellers have "...

An iron ore mine co-owned by BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE: BHP) and Vale SA A (ADR) (NYSE: VALE) exploded last week in Brazil, killing at least two people. Shares of BHP Billiton lost 5.29 percent on Friday, while shares of Vale fell 5.69 percent. Both stocks were trading lower during...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after Wednesday's decline on strong earnings reports from Caterpillar and 3M. Also, U.S. data showed a decline in Americans filing for jobless benefits. The bullish sentiment on Wall Street may have been spoiled by fresh reports of a doctor who recently returned...

U.S. stocks started the week on a positive note as all three major indices ended the day in positive territory. Dow component IBM reported a disappointing third quarter along with a cautious outlook weighing down the entire Dow index. The Nasdaq benefited from high expectations over Apple's...

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...

U.S. stocks finished the day almost unchanged as investors and traders were presented with a mixed bag of data today. A better than expected report on the service sector negated another report that showed that companies added fewer employees to their payrolls than anticipated in January. The...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...

We recently pointed out that, by and large, Brazilian stocks missed last year's rally. However, steel producers Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE: SID) and Gerdau (NYSE: GGB) were among the top performing Brazilian stocks over the past six months. So were airline GOL Linhas Aereas...

Mining and metals stocks have struggled for quite some time, but Merrill Lynch analysts see upside in potential in the sector based on increasing evidence of global growth. Their top metals and mining picks include Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX), Kinross...

The U.S. dollar has strengthened, global inflation remains mild and growth in China has slowed. Despite the beating that commodities have taken recently because of all this, analysts at Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) have recommended some metals and mining stocks that investors can buy into now....

Alcoa (NYSE: AA), shares of which have surged about eight percent in the past week, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2012 results Tuesday, January 8, after the markets close. Investors will be looking to see how much the sluggish global economy, particularly in China and in Europe, will...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for European stocks in 2013, the prospects for PNC Financial Services and Central Garden & Pet, uncovering the hidden potential for higher corporate earnings, and a fresh look at Washington, D.C. Cover Story "Europe on Sale" by Jonathan Buck....