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Tuesday's Market Minute: Cold Weather's Impact On Energy
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 10:55am | 503We’ve got a holiday-shortened week that’s packed full of economic data, earnings, and energy markets on the move. With indices at all-time highs and rates on the rise, let’s look at a few of the focal points for investors and traders in the week ahead. Beginning with economic data...
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Barron's Spots 5 Genuine Earnings Winners
Sunday, September 17, 2017 - 3:09pm | 612The cover story in this weekend's Barron's features a look at some companies avoiding the trend of tepid investor response to exceeding earnings forecasts. A special feature includes the latest annual Barron's ranking of the top 100 independent financial advisors. Other...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Foreign Stocks, Analog Devices And More
Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 1:51pm | 605This weekend's Barron's features a special report on investing in international stocks. Other featured articles offer the prospects for an integrated circuits maker with room to run and a jet leasing company with hidden virtues. The outlook for a text book publisher and a cosmetics giant are also...
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Short Sellers Favor Marvell Technology, Qualcomm Among Semiconductor Stocks
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 2:44pm | 579Short interest moves in the leading semiconductor stocks were mixed in the most recent period. Two stocks in particular stood out among those that saw rising short interest. Shares of both of these stocks rose at least 7 percent during the two-week period. Short interest moves in the leading...
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Linear Technology: Goldman Sachs On The Sidelines Despite Strong Fundamentals
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 10:43am | 463Goldman Sachs has started coverage of Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: LLTC) with a Neutral rating, saying that the company's strong fundamentals is already priced in to the stock. Milpitas, California-based Linear Tech makes analog integrated circuits. The company's linear...
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5 Stocks That Insiders Have Been Buying Lately
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 5:25pm | 770Insiders have returned to stock up on Aircastle and Opko Health shares. Recent insider buying also includes tech stocks Analog Devices and Citrix Systems. Strong insider buying is often considered a positive sign for investors. The markets may be back in the black for the year, but as the year...
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Short Sellers Like These Three Top Semiconductor Stocks
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 3:26pm | 960Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early October. Short sellers piled on Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Several other chip stocks also saw double-digit...
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Short Interest Is Surging In These Three Semiconductor Stocks
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 10:26am | 897While short interest in semiconductor stocks was mixed in early September, upswings were stronger than downswings. Short sellers piled on Analog Devices, Freescale Semiconductor and Qorvo in particular during that time. Other chip stocks with surging short interest included Texas Instruments, but...
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Analog Devices Earnings: What Are Shares Worth Before The Release?
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 1:04pm | 1183Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) will report Q2 fiscal 2015 results on Tuesday, May 19 after the market closes. Analysts expect ADI to report current quarter earnings per share of $0.72 versus $0.59 a year ago and $0.63 in the preceding quarter. Analysts forecast $820.7 million in revenue for...
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3 Solar Stocks With Short Interest Still Rising
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 11:10am | 929Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) saw significant increases in the number of shares sold short in the latter two weeks of May. Short sellers shied away from First Solar and SunPower Holdings...
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3 Semiconductor Stocks With A Surge In Short Interest
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 8:17am | 850Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Avago Technologies, (NASDAQ: AVGO), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Gains in the number of shares short...
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Short Sellers Take A Shine To SunEdison And SolarCity
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 3:59pm | 887Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) saw significant increases in the number of shares sold short in the first two weeks of May. Short sellers shied away from First Solar, RGS Energy and...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of May 19: More Big-Box Retailers
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 5:29pm | 985Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off earnings season for the big retailers last week with disappointing first-quarter results. Taking their turns on the earnings stage this week are Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and several more retailers. Below is a brief look at...
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Short Interest In Marvell Tech Rebounds, In Altera Still Falling (ALTR, MRVL, MXIM)
Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 4:31pm | 817Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Advanced Micro...
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Short Interest Plunges In Altera And Marvell Tech (ALTR, MRVL, XLNX)
Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 12:01pm | 857Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant downswings in short interest between the March 31 and April 15 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Applied Materials, ARM Holdings,...