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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, QCOM)
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 10:55am | 775Read More...Semiconductor stocks continued to attract short sellers during the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Qualcomm (...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, NVDA)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 8:27am | 772Read More...The short interest in semiconductor makers was mixed during the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) increased between the January 15 and...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 21
Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:14pm | 1169Read More...The focus was on the big banks last week, with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reporting strong results, but Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) not so much. The spotlight is on tech earnings this week. Analysts anticipate lower per-...
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Intel Earnings Preview: Weak Fourth Quarter Expected
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 2:52pm | 655Read More...Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which has faced slumping sales as the PC market weakens, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Thursday, January 17, after the markets close. Investors will be looking for the semiconductor giant to provide any direction on the year ahead and an...
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Mubadala Reinvests in AMD to Maintain Liquidity
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 11:35am | 326Read More...Stock in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD), the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, traded higher Monday and today after its largest shareholder took steps to avert a potential cash shortfall. Mubadala Development Company, the investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi...
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Barron's Recap (10/20/12): Technology Outlook
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 8:18am | 921Read More...This past weekend in Barron's online: who benefits as the PC era wanes, the prospects for Annie's, Texas Industries and National Oilwell Varco, as well as four rising dividend plays. Cover Story "Bye-Bye PCs" by Tiernan Ray. As the personal computer era wanes, this week's cover story says, Dell...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 15
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:54am | 1457Read More...The earnings crunch gets underway this week, with big names in the financial, technology, consumer goods and other sectors on tap to share their most recent quarterly results. Among those expected to post the biggest year-over-year gains in earnings are Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMD, BRCM, NVDA)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 4:28pm | 561Read More...The short interest data is out from the September 14 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall trended higher. Shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) rose more than nine percent...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise
Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 2:56pm | 596Read More...The short interest data is out from the August 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall have trended higher. Shares sold short in AMD (NYSE: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) rose more than nine...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 16 (GS, MSFT, MCD)
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:45am | 1425Read More...The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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Who Wants to Be CEO at AMD?
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 9:31am | 192Read More...It seems no one wants to be chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD). Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) Co-president Mark Hurd, EMC's (NYSE: EMC) Chief Operating Officer Pat Gelsinger and Carlyle Group Managing Director Greg Summer...
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FBR Capital Upgrades AMD To Outperform, Raises PT To $12
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 7:43am | 111Read More...FBR Capital Markets has published a research report on Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) and has upgraded the company from Market Perform to Outperform. In the report, FBR Capital writes, "[Our] positive stance on AMD is largely tactical in nature and less of a long-term investment until these...
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Auriga Solutions Abandons Coverage of Tech Companies
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 7:20am | 125Read More...In reports released yesterday, Auriga Solutions announced that it is discontinuing coverage of the following companies: Integrated Silicon Solution (NASDAQ: ISSI), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Linear Technology (NASDAQ: LLTC), SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), Spansion (NYSE: CODE),...
