Among the biggest winners in Monday’s early trading are eHealth (Nasdaq: EHTH), Calix (Nasdaq: CALX) and Gafisa (NYSE: GFA). When a company announces a share buyback plan, the stock usually doesn’t budge. That’s because investors often assume that the buyback will simply offset the… Read More

What do Ford (NYSE: F), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) have in common? They’re all in the clutches of short sellers, and they are all up more than 10% in the past month. It’s no coincidence. Heavily-shorted stocks are some of the… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Shuffle Master (Nasdaq: SHFL), Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW) and Navidea Biopharma (Nasdaq: NAVB). By the time Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA), Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN) and Facebook (NYSE: FB) all fell out of bed after much-hyped initial public offerings (IPOs), it was… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Monday’s early trading are Peregrine Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: PPHM) and Century Aluminum (Nasdaq: CENX). The key to find winning investments in biotech: focus on companies that can handily exceed the increasingly stringent restrictions placed on Phase II trials. As noted in today’s look at falling… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Monday’s early trading are Titan Machinery (Nasdaq: TITN) and Geron (nasdaq: GERN). The drought of 2012 is just starting to show up in quarterly reports, and investors are in no mood to take the long view:  Drought-related profit… Read More

Right now, investors should be taking note of a powerful 20-year trend that carries a perfect track-record: A 100%, dead-on market factor that offers bullish investors a competitive edge. If this trend holds true once more, then by… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Friday’s early trading are Smith & Wesson (Nasdaq: SWHC) and Cooper Cos. (NYSE: COO).   Soon after President Obama took office, gun sellers did a brisk amount of business on fears that firearms laws would soon become more restrictive. This chart of… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Friday’s early trading are InfoBlox (Nasdaq: BLOX), Pandora (NYSE: P) and Mattress Firm Holdings (Nasdaq: MFRM).   Whenever a company says its plans to ramp up internal spending to meet future growth plans, it can mean… Read More

As you can see below, the CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NYSE: FXE) fell from $134 in March to $120 in August. A recovery to the halfway point of that decline at $127 would likely send desperate short sellers running for cover. A larger objective targets a move above $130. Read More

Among the biggest losers in Friday’s early trading are VeriFone Systems (NYSE: PAY) and OCZ Technologies (NYSE: OCZ). “Please swipe here” is a phrase you’ve heard at countless checkout counters, and when you look down, you’ve often seen the name VeriFone. The company’s card-swiping machines are so ubiquitous in… Read More