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We’ve got a holiday-shortened week that’s packed full of economic data, earnings, and energy markets on the move. With indices at all-time highs and rates on the rise, let’s look at a few of the focal points for investors and traders in the week ahead. Beginning with economic data...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's features a look at some companies avoiding the trend of tepid investor response to exceeding earnings forecasts. A special feature includes the latest annual Barron's ranking of the top 100 independent financial advisors. Other...

This weekend's Barron's features a special report on investing in international stocks. Other featured articles offer the prospects for an integrated circuits maker with room to run and a jet leasing company with hidden virtues. The outlook for a text book publisher and a cosmetics giant are also...

Short interest moves in the leading semiconductor stocks were mixed in the most recent period. Two stocks in particular stood out among those that saw rising short interest. Shares of both of these stocks rose at least 7 percent during the two-week period. Short interest moves in the leading...

Goldman Sachs has started coverage of Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: LLTC) with a Neutral rating, saying that the company's strong fundamentals is already priced in to the stock. Milpitas, California-based Linear Tech makes analog integrated circuits. The company's linear...

Insiders have returned to stock up on Aircastle and Opko Health shares. Recent insider buying also includes tech stocks Analog Devices and Citrix Systems. Strong insider buying is often considered a positive sign for investors. The markets may be back in the black for the year, but as the year...

Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early October. Short sellers piled on Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Several other chip stocks also saw double-digit...

While short interest in semiconductor stocks was mixed in early September, upswings were stronger than downswings. Short sellers piled on Analog Devices, Freescale Semiconductor and Qorvo in particular during that time. Other chip stocks with surging short interest included Texas Instruments, but...

Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) saw significant increases in the number of shares sold short in the latter two weeks of May. Short sellers shied away from First Solar and SunPower Holdings...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Avago Technologies, (NASDAQ: AVGO), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant upswings in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates. Gains in the number of shares short...

Among the leading U.S. solar-related stocks, GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) saw significant increases in the number of shares sold short in the first two weeks of May. Short sellers shied away from First Solar, RGS Energy and...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off earnings season for the big retailers last week with disappointing first-quarter results. Taking their turns on the earnings stage this week are Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Target (NYSE: TGT) and several more retailers. Below is a brief look at...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Advanced Micro...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) saw the most significant downswings in short interest between the March 31 and April 15 settlement dates. Short sellers also retreated from Applied Materials, ARM Holdings,...

Among 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...