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Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for Citigroup, the top financial advisor teams in the country, and the prospects for Entegris and MercadoLibre. Cover Story "Citi's World of Promise" by Sandra Ward. Shareholders should take heed of the vow Citigroup's (NYSE: C) new CEO has made to...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the latter weeks of June. Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) saw the number of their shares sold short decrease by more than 10 percent. Short sellers also shied away from...

Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...

Quarterly reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also: Weekly...

Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of May. But Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw especially large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE:...

With the markets running at record highs, analysts on the institutional portfolio strategy team at Oppenheimer are on the lookout for stocks that are likely hold their ground even if the markets should see a correction. Stocks that have made the list include Aetna (NYSE: AET), Lam Research (NASDAQ...

The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during in early April. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), GameStop (NYSE: GME), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and SuperValu (NYSE: SVU) increased between...

The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed during the latter two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased somewhat between the March 15 and March...

The short interest in big retail companies was mixed during the first two weeks of December, the heart of the holiday shopping season. The number of shares sold short in Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), CVS Caremark (NASDAQ: CVS), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) increased...

The middle of the week will bring a cluster of quarterly reports ahead of the Christmas break. Foremost among them are results from economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), which is expected to post lower earnings, Nike (NYSE: NKE), whose EPS are forecast to be the same as a year ago, and Oracle (...

This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for 2013 and the prospects for Johnson & Johnson, Hudson Bay, Tronox and South Korea. Cover Story "Outlook 2013" by Vito J. Racanelli. Ten strategists recently polled by Barron's expect more gains ahead next year. Even if no fiscal cliff deal is...

Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX), which resumed its relationship with Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) in September, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2012 results Monday, November fifth, after the closing bell. Among other things, investors will be looking to see how the company's acquisition of Medco...

An article in this week's Barron's suggests that analysts will lower their 2013 earnings estimates in coming weeks. Earnings for the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index are projected to rise 13% next year, but there is little evidence to support such acceleration. For the recently ended third...

As the month and the calendar quarter winds down this week, highlights on the earnings front include reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG), Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Carnival (NYSE: CCL). Analysts by and large anticipate per-share...