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Rev. Emmanuel Lemelson is the Chief Investment Officer of Lemelson Capital Management, and investment firm that is short in Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: LGND). Lemelson recently joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to talk about why he thinks anyone who is considering investing in...

Since September 19, the S&P 500 has only had six up days. Two of those up days were gains of less than three points. When the market declines in such a fashion, it's hard to find too many stocks that are bucking the downtrend. At some point, however, the stock market will turn and...

United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) stock may have to be looked at by more analysts and investors as a "tell" of things to come for the market. The stock peaked in April of this year, failed to eclipse that high on its first test in June and has gotten crushed since then,...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) shares have been bludgeoned by the broader market selloff. Is the stock just a victim of the markets or is it actually one of the culprits that tells of where the market may be headed? The stock has been a laggard versus the NASDAQ 100 for quite some time --...

EBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares are getting precariously close to a key technical support level in the midst of this nasty market selloff. Ebola, war, economic slowdown all are weighing on the market in general. With all of the index selling going on, eBay's stock is not surprisingly getting...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares have been leading the market to the downside before and during the current broad market selloff. Even an impending earnings release is not emboldening the Amazonians out there this time around. Technical Update Amazon has been a weight around the neck...

When volatility picks up the market is typically in the midst of a decline. It can also be very difficult to navigate the larger swings that inherently come with those declines. However, investors might invite increased volatility if it were to the upside. So, why not be prepared for a market...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has been a market leader on the upside for months now. However, with the disclosure that ISIS and ISIS sympathizers were threatening to kill key Twitter personnel, including CEO Dick Costolo, the market forces took Twitter shares down hard for the first time in quite a...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) built up investors' hopes big time leading into the rollout of the new "D" version of its already popular sedan. The product may be a long-term success, but it failed to live up to the hype on Friday. In all fairness, nothing short of an...

Biotechs continue to prove volatile this year. While Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) saw a sizable drops in short interest between the September 15 and September 30 settlement dates, short sellers loaded up on Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has certainly pulled back off of its September highs, just like the overall market. Two things distinguish Netflix from the market, however. First, Netflix peaked at $486.30 on September 9, a little more than a week before the S&P 500 topped out. Second, while...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, Facebook Inc (NYSE: FB) and Pandora Media Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA) had the greatest upswings in short interest in late September. Short sellers retreated notably from eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) though. The number of shares short in...

Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, short interest in Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS), GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: GTAT) and SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) jumped again in the final two weeks of September. Short sellers retreated from First Solar and Real Goods...

LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) stock has deteriorated quickly along with the broader market, except LinkedIn clearly topped out (on September 9) prior to the market doing so on September 18. Just as the S&P 500 may have some short-term support just below Friday's close, LinkedIn appears to...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares have been one of the “faces” of the most recent legs of the bull market in U.S. stocks. Now that the U.S. equity market is showing cracks in its foundation, let's look at whether Facebook is holding up or leading the way lower. Fundamental Check...