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The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...

This weekend in Barron's online: the fall Big Money poll results, as well as the prospects for AT&T, Outerwall, Questcor Pharmaceuticals and more. Cover Story "Raking In Returns" by Jack Willoughby. American money managers expect stocks to rise seven percent between now and the middle of...

Between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) grew by the largest percentages among U.S. defense stocks. In the days leading up to the federal...

Between the August 30 and September 15 settlement dates, the number of shares sold short in defense stocks Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Textron (NYSE: TXT) rose by double-digit percentages. In that period, the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established, but...

Between the August 15 and August 30 settlement dates, after the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established but as the latest tensions over the Syrian situation were just starting to boil up, the largest short interest moves in defense stocks were declines. The number of shares...

Between the July 31 and August 15 settlement dates, after the effects of the federal budget sequester were well established but before the recent rise in tensions over the Syrian situation, defense stocks Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) saw the largest upswings in short...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this week. Some of the highlights include anticipated quarterly reports from the likes of Apple, Amazon.com and Ford, which analysts expect to report lower per-share earnings for the most recent quarter than a year ago. On the other hand, year-over year...

By and large short sellers of defense stocks were not spurred to further action when the federal budget sequester went into effect. The number of shares sold short in Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), Esterline Technologies (NYSE: ESL) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) increased somewhat between...

The short interest in defense companies was mixed during the weeks leading up to the federal budget sequester. The number of shares sold short in Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), Boeing (NYSE: BA), L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Textron (NYSE:...

The short interest in defense companies was mixed during the first two weeks of February, despite the threat of major federal budget cuts at the end of the month. The number of shares sold short in General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls (NYSE: HII), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Rockwell Collins...

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-...

There are lots more on the earnings calendar this week, including results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the three months that included the release of the iPhone 5. Monday Results from Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be the highlights on Monday, and analysts expect to see...

The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...