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Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 11:22am
Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 20
The start of the retail earnings season last week was a mixed bag. Quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) ranged from so-so to disappointing, while J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) posted a larger-than-expected net loss. Macy's (NYSE: M) was the standout,...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 9:46am
Short Sellers Move into Avon and Bebe Stores
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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Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:29pm
Short Sellers Retreat from Best Buy and Rite Aid
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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Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 11:35am
Short Sellers Aim for Best Buy and Office Depot
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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Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 3:51pm
Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 25
Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from SAIC (NYSE: SAI), Mosaic (NYSE: MOS), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and some of the other most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. Accenture Second-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings from Dublin-based Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are expected to...
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Friday, March 15, 2013 - 9:41am
The Top 10 Shorted Stocks for February
The results are in. Here are the top 10 shorted stocks for the month of February. Short interest is represented as a percentage of float. If you thought a market that doesn’t want to fall would cause the shorts to pile in as they wait for the pullback, there is no evidence of that just yet....
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 1:29pm
Office Supply Merger Brings Out the Short Sellers (ODP, OMX, AVP)
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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Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 5:43pm
Short Interest in Struggling Retail Stocks Declines (AVP, BEBE, SVU)
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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Monday, February 4, 2013 - 11:28am
Is It Time to Trade in Call of Duty for Scrabble?
According to a study conducted by Brad Bushman, Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University, there may be evidence that playing violent video games leads to aggressive behavior. The study also demonstrated that those who played nonviolent games showed no significant changes in aggression...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 10:44am
GameStop Sales Plummet, Can the Video Game Retailer Survive?
Despite a plethora of positive hype leading up to the holiday shopping season, GameStop (NYSE: GME) has announced that its comparable store sales decreased 4.4 percent worldwide. In America, GameStop endured a comparable store sales decrease of 3.5 percent. The losses were even greater overseas,...
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