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Groupon Short Interest Is Rising
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 9:31am | 194Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Karl Loomes, Market Analyst at SunGard's Astec Analytics said that his firm's data shows borrowing volumes for shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) have been climbing since the start of February. According to Loomes, the number of Groupon shares being borrowed have risen 16...
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Short Sellers Grow Shy On LinkedIn, According To This Analyst
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 3:22pm | 198Read More...LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) short interest has been falling since hitting a high in December and net borrowing of its shares is at the lowest level in five months, an analyst said Wednesday. Wall Street expects the company to post earnings growth of 36 percent when it offers fourth-quarter...
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Short Selling Declines On BlackBerry As Price Stabilizes
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 1:41pm | 165Read More...Karl Loomes of SunGard Financial's Astec Analytics has analyzed the short interest on BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY). Loomes noted, "For the first three weeks of January, Blackberry seemingly saw a large increases in short selling activity, with borrowing in its share climbing 20...
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FXCM Short Interest Jumped Nearly 30% Following SNB Currency Move
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 1:18pm | 193Read More...Karl Loomes of SunGard Financial's Astec Analytics has analyzed the short interest on FXCM Inc (NYSE: FXCM). Loomes commented that his firm’s analysis “suggests short sellers have jumped into opening new positions in FXCM. Interestingly this comes as a total reversal of what...
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All Shortable Shares Of Twitter In Use
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 3:48pm | 326Read More...It is no secret that Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has been one of the worst performing stocks over the past few trading sessions. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Karl Loomes of SunGard’s Astec Analytics discussed the change in short interest for the issue. Astec Analytics measures real time...
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Tesla Short Interest Doesn't Change As Shares Rocket Higher
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 1:05pm | 345Read More...SunGard’s Astec Analytics measures real time security lending, which correlates extremely well with short interest. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Tim Smith discussed Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) change over the past several days and months. “There are about 20 million shares outstanding...
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Twitter Short Interest Falls From January 2 High
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 3:36pm | 830Read More...“It is as if investors don’t know which way to go on twitter,” stated Tim Smith of SunGard’s Astec Analytics which tracks real time security lending, correlating extremely well with short data. “Volumes moved up to a peak towards the turn of the year but since then have tracked downwards,”...
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Exclusive: Short Sellers Pull Out of SodaStream
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 5:25pm | 476Read More...SodaStream International (NASDAQ: SODA) is a company that has been rattled with short sellers for several years. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Astec Analytics' Executive Vice President Tim Smith discussed how security borrowing has changed in the time surrounding SodaStream’s earnings...
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EXCLUSIVE: Astec Analytics' Tim Smith Says Tesla Share Lending Is Up 17 Percent Over Three Days
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 5:34pm | 425Read More...Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been on a run down over the past three trading sessions, after a disappointing earnings announcement and vehicle fire. SunGard's Astec Analytics tracks real-time securities lending data, which correlates extremely well to short interest data. In an exclusive...
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Astec Analytics' Tim Smith Says Lending In Herbalife Shares Is 'Hot But Not White Hot' (HLF)
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 2:58pm | 744Read More...The battle over Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) has raged for months now, with hedge fund titans battling it out over the future of this stock. Notably, Carl Icahn of Icahn Enterprises (NYSE: IEP) has bought over 16 percent of the stock while Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital has taken a large short...
