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Short Sellers Retreat From First Solar and SolarCity (FSLR, SCTY, SPWR)
Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 12:03pm | 881Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunPower Holdings (NASDAQ: SPWR) saw significant declines in the number of shares sold short in the first two weeks of April. Short sellers also shied away from RGS Energy between the March 31 and...
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Short Sellers Take A Shine To First Solar and SunEdison (FSLR, SCTY, SUNE)
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 11:27am | 856Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) saw the largest swings in the number of shares sold short in the final two weeks of March. Short interest in Advanced Energy Industries and GT Advanced Technologies...
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Market Wrap For April 4: Dow Suffers Triple Digit Point Loss, Nasdaq Continues To Underperform
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 4:44pm | 2444U.S. stocks ended the week on a sour note as investors continue to sell many momentum names. Not helping the bull case was the much anticipated Jobs report number which failed to "wow" the market, coming in relatively in-line with expectations. The Dow suffered a triple digit point loss and...
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Short Interest In SolarCity Spikes, First Solar Falls (AEIS, FSLR, SCTY)
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 4:30pm | 905Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ: AEIS), First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) saw the largest swings in the number of shares sold short in the first two weeks of March. Short interest in GT Advanced Technologies, SunEdison and...
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Axiom Capital's Gordon Johnson Discusses Solar Stocks, U.S. Steel
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 1:02pm | 935Gordon Johnson is the Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at Axiom Capital Management. He covers the clean technology sector, which includes companies in sectors such as clean coal, solar and fuel cell. He was recently ranked by Bloomberg among the top stock pickers in the solar...
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Market Wrap For March 20: Investors Showing No Post-Fed Decision Hangover
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 4:44pm | 1946U.S. stocks recovered most of Wednesday's losses after Fed Chief Janet Yellen spooked the markets a bit by hinting a rate hike could occur as soon as six months after the central bank terminates its quantitative-easing program. Investors found positives in several economic reports released...
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Market Wrap For March 19: Yellen Hints of Higher Rates & Sooner Than Expected End To Taper
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 6:03pm | 2470The Fed announced that it will increase its tapering by a further $10 billion in addition to dropping the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold which has been the target rate to hike the Fund Funds rate. Thirteen of 16 Fed officials expect the Fed Funds rate to rise by the end of 2015. The...
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Market Wrap For February 27: Yellen Talks Pushes Markets Higher
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 5:47pm | 2887U.S. stocks rose after Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen appeared in the hot-seat today speaking to the Committee on Financial Services and U.S. House of Representatives. Yellen said that it is too soon to determine the extent of which cold weather played a role in a recent batch of poor economic...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For February 26
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 10:14am | 1050Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Yandex: Teaming up with Google Russia's largest search engine Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) has inked an agreement of cooperation with Google. Under the agreement, Google's advertising clients will gain access to Yandex's advertising inventory...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of February 24: Best Buy, Home Depot & More
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 8:19am | 1002Last week, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off the parade of big retailers stepping into the earnings spotlight by offering up subpar same-store sales and weak guidance for the year. Inclement weather got some of the blame. Will that be so for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Home Depot (NYSE...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For February 11
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 12:10pm | 1034Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Regeneron: Net profit lower, sees Eylea growth This morning, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) reported its fourth quarter results. The company announced an EPS of $2.24, beating the consensus estimate of $2.08. Revenue of $...
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Solar City Leads Rising Short Interest In Solar Stocks (FSLR, RSOL, SCTY)
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 8:34am | 871The number of shares sold short in leading U.S. solar-related stocks was on the rise as the new year got under way. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), Real Goods Solar (NASDAQ: RSOL) and SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) saw the largest upswings. Short interest in Advanced Energy Industries, GT Advanced...
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SunEdison Sees Short Interest Surge (AEIS, SCTY, SUNE)
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 10:45am | 844Unlike other leading U.S. solar-related stocks, the number of SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) shares sold short surged between the December 13 and December 31 settlement dates. Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ: AEIS) and SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) saw the most significant downswings in short interest in...
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Market Wrap For January 6: Busy Day For Analysts Upgrades and Downgrades
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 5:58pm | 2261Monday's trading session featured a plethora of analyst upgrades and downgrades. With little key economic data released, markets were relatively tame as major indices failing to meaningfully move in any one direction. The Senate appears to be set to officially Janet Yellen to lead the Federal...
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Five Stocks Below Their 50 Day Moving Average
Monday, December 30, 2013 - 9:32am | 492Looking for some ideas going into 2014? Benzinga put together a few names that are priced below their 50-day moving average. That doesn’t make them a buy, but it does mean that they’re worth a look. Are they great stocks on sale or is something going on that should make you look elsewhere?...