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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, QCOM)
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 10:55am | 775Read More...Semiconductor stocks continued to attract short sellers during the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Qualcomm (...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, NVDA)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 8:27am | 772Read More...The short interest in semiconductor makers was mixed during the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) increased between the January 15 and...
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Rumor: NVIDIA Building iPhone and iPad Competitors
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 3:59pm | 424Read More...NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has already confirmed its plans to develop an Android-based handheld gaming device. Now the company is rumored to be interested in manufacturing smartphones and tablets for other corporations. According to DroidGamers (which translated a report by Russian tech site Mobile...
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AMD is on Life Support While these Semiconductor Stocks Thrive
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 8:25am | 577Read More...If they can do it, why can’t Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD)? “They” includes Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), and “it” refers to finding success in a world where the PC is slowly dying. Texas Instruments’ earnings have grown each quarter since March 2012, with...
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Did NVIDIA Steal Apple's Retina Display?
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 5:29pm | 316Read More...When NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) announced its first game system this morning, most consumers and investors were focused on the company's plans. Is this smart, foolish or merely a weak attempt at raising the firm's value? NVIDIA shares closed down roughly three percent Monday. The stock declined by more...
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The 5 Coolest Things You'll See at CES
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 3:11pm | 569Read More...The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show is finally here. It may no longer be the ultimate destination for new electronics, but it is still one of the biggest and most prominent shows of its kind. Here are five cool things you can look forward to seeing at this year's show. A Revolutionary Display...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMD, BRCM, NVDA)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 4:28pm | 561Read More...The short interest data is out from the September 14 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall trended higher. Shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) rose more than nine percent...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise
Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 2:56pm | 596Read More...The short interest data is out from the August 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall have trended higher. Shares sold short in AMD (NYSE: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) rose more than nine...
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Short Sellers Shy Away from Qualcomm and Texas Instruments
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:15am | 521Read More...The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed, although the swings were quite large in some cases. For instance, the number of shares sold short in Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) rose more...
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Barron's Recap (8/11/12): China's Top Brands
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:14am | 683Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: 10 top Chinese brands, a look at Sears, GameStop, and Reading International, and how to play American exceptionalism. Cover Story "10 Chinese Brands You Must Know" by Kopin Tan. The Chinese government would like nothing more than for its 1.4 billion citizens to "...
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Will AMD's Decline Create an Opportunity for NVIDIA?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 9:11am | 463Read More...Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) expects its revenue to drop by 11 percent. Could this decline be the opportunity NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been seeking? Over the past decade, NVIDIA has battled AMD for the crown of graphic processing. From game consoles to tablets and other devices, the two...
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Is NVIDIA's Tablet-Fueled Rally Sustainable?
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 3:49pm | 505Read More...Shares of graphics chip manufacturer NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have rallied over 10% in the last two sessions. On Monday, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced its upcoming Surface tablet. The Surface will contain an NVIDIA Tegra processor that will be used in the first Windows tablet computer. Analyst...
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Barron's Recap (5/26/12): The Top 50 Annuities, and Tech Firms Hoard Cash
Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 8:05am | 1041Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the top 50 annuities, Intel finally goes mobile, what tech companies should do with all that cash, and the prospects for Snap-on. Cover Story "The Top 50 Annuities" by Karen Hube. A year ago, guaranteed payouts and benefits on all kinds of annuities were far more...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 7 (DIS, M, CSCO)
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 8:44am | 1037Read More...The parade of earnings from major retailers begins this week with quarterly reports due from Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts expect to see year-over-year revenue growth from all three, but lower per-share earnings from Kohl's. Many more retailers are...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 13
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 3:39pm | 1114Read More...Analysts expect to see double-digit per-share earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) when they report quarterly results this week. Other prominent reports on the...
