Tag: short interest
Short Interest Declines Again: Do Stock Bulls Need A New Catalyst?
Barring last week, the past several weeks have seen strength by stock market bulls. During the March 31st-April 15th period, the S&P 500 large cap...
Are Stock Market Shorts Having Second Thoughts?
In the latest reporting period using numbers from the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), stock market shorts stayed put. In fact, at 280.4 million,...
December Fed Meeting Wild Card: Short Interest
The two-day Federal Reserve meeting, the year’s last and a highly anticipated one, ends Wednesday. And a rate hike is widely expected. The fed...
S&P 500 ETF (SPY) Update: Market Catalysts Beginning To Wane
In the past month, as U.S. stocks persistently climbed to higher altitudes, air has progressively gotten thinner as far as shorts are concerned. With...
Stocks Stretched? Why The Short Squeeze Rally May Be Over
Turns out short interest was indeed a tailwind for stocks in the two weeks ended October 15th. Earlier this month, I speculated that short...
Short Interest: Dispelling Another Market Myth
A lot of talk has surfaced lately about the record level of short interest in the market... And with it comes a lot of...
Will The Credit Markets Continue To Fuel A Rally In Stocks?
In my last article on October 5, I discussed how the credit markets were precariously close to signaling another sharp leg down in the...
Bulls vs Bears: Will Short Interest Be The Deciding Factor?
One look at the first chart below, and U.S. equity bulls may have reason to salivate. Or maybe not. It can be a reason...
S&P 500 Near-Term Outlook Mixed: Weighing The Evidence
Third-quarter corporate earnings season begins in earnest this week. Operating earnings estimates for S&P 500 companies have been persistently coming down for 2015 –...
Are Stock Market Bears At Risk Of A Short Squeeze?
Are things really bad out there?
Without a doubt, there is no shortage of things to worry about. From slowdown in China to volatility in...
