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Market Wrap For March 6: Investors Find Positives In Jobless Claims
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 6:06pm | 2478Read More...U.S. stocks rose as investors digested jobless claims data which fell to a three month low ahead of Friday's monthly employment report. The S&P 500 was lifted to a new all time high of 1,8881.94 while the Dow recorded modest gains. The Nasdaq finished in the red The Fed's Bill Dudley...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For March 6
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 12:57pm | 766Read More...Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Dangdang: Management shuffle E-Commerce China Dangdang (NASDAQ: DANG) announced that Jun Zou, the company's Chief Financial Officer has tendered his resignation, citing personal reasons. Dangdang is a leading business-to-consumer e-...
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Market Wrap For March 5: Markets Calm Following Tuesday's Massive Rally
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 5:40pm | 2368Read More...U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors found no new catalysts to maintain a bull rally, especially ahead of Friday's employment report and no new major developments arising from the Ukraine/Russia stand-off. The Beige Book, released at 2:00 pm, confirmed what most already...
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More Big Moves In Social Media Short Interest (LNKD, TWTR, ZNGA)
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 8:22am | 824Read More...Early February saw resumed interest by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, particularly LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA). The number of shares short in Facebook, Groupon, Shutterfly and Yelp also rose by double-digit...
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Big Moves In Social Media Short Interest (EBAY, FB, GOOG)
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 4:48pm | 814Read More...Late January saw sizable retreats by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). However, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) bucked that trend. The number of shares sold short in Groupon, Pandora Media, Yelp and Zynga...
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Pandora Falls - Again! - After Beating Q4 Estimates
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 6:10pm | 318Read More...Can Pandora (NYSE: P) do anything right? The online music service reported a Q4 EPS of $0.11 versus the Street estimate of $0.08. Earnings per share were up 375 percent from the year-ago period. "Pandora continued growing revenue over 50% year-over-year," Brian McAndrews, CEO, President &...
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Google Has Big Plans For Its Humble Chromecast Device
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 11:59am | 718Read More...Is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) being altruistic or just a savvy marketer, by unlocking its Chromecast software development kit (SDK) to developers? Either way, much of the blogosphere seems to think this is the best news since sliced bread. The $35 Chromecast has been a big hit with consumers since...
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Market Wrap For January 30: Markets Focus on Good News
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 6:06pm | 2831Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...
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LinkedIn, Twitter On New Year Short Interest Surge (LNKD, TWTR, YELP)
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 4:42pm | 910Read More...Among the social media companies based in the United States, short sellers were particularly attracted to LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) as 2014 got under way. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List, Facebook, Shutterfly and Zynga also increased...
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Beats Music Comes to iOS & Android, But Can It Win Over The Competition?
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 3:11pm | 551Read More...Beats Music, the new subscription Internet radio service, has officially launched for iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. But, in such a crowded market, can the newcomer succeed? There are already extremely popular streaming music services, including Spotify, which just announced that it...
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Short Sellers End The Year With Facebook And Twitter (FB, LNKD, TWTR)
Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 12:44pm | 828Read More...Among the social media companies based in the United States, short sellers were particularly attracted to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) as 2013 wound to a close. The number of shares sold short in and Shutterfly and United Online also increased somewhat between the December 13...
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Pandora Listener Hours Continues To Grow; Shares Surge Higher
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 3:37pm | 296Read More...Pandora Media (NYSE: P) on Monday released its December listener metrics. The company revealed total listener hours, active listeners and market share. December listener hours totaled 1.58 billion, up 13 percent year-over-year and up 6 percent month-over-month. The strong listener hours are an all...
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First Time For Everything: Digital Music Sales Fell In 2013
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 12:10pm | 424Read More...If you don’t learn from history, you’re bound to repeat it... At least that’s how the old cliché goes, but it appears that the music industry may be repeating the past after new data found that sales of digital music fell for the first time since Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) app store opened in 2003...
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Short Sellers Pile On Twitter (FB, TWTR, ZNGA)
Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 1:39pm | 879Read More...Judging by the recent changes in short interest in the social media companies based in the United States, it would seem that short sellers are retreating from Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) in order to pile on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). The number of shares sold short in Angie's List...
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Spotify Releases its Pricing Plan; Shares of Pandora Tumble
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 5:35pm | 497Read More...Spotify has released its pricing structure, causing investors of Pandora Media (NYSE: P) to panic. Spotify is offering free access to its streaming music service on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Tablet users will have identical access to the same “freemium” experience that is...















