Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 16-30 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. There has been widespread decline in short interest. Nasdaq – short … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 1-15 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↓ 2% p/p; Nasdaq composite ↑ 2.5% … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the November 16-30 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↓ 3.9% p/p; Nasdaq composite ↑ 0.9% … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the November 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors (by time of publication, short interest for the Nasdaq and the NYSE Group has not yet been published). Of the … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the October 17-31 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↑ 1.4 percent p/p; Nasdaq composite ↓ 0.5 … Continued
Here is a brief review of change in short interest in the October 1-14 period in the Nasdaq and NYSE Group as well as nine S&P 500 sectors. Nasdaq – short interest ↓ 0.03 percent p/p; Nasdaq composite ↓ 1.8 … Continued
Building on the crude theme a week ago, spot West Texas Intermediate crude did indeed break out of a declining trend line drawn from May 2015 (Chart 1). It rallied 3.3 percent for the week. For the last eight sessions, … Continued
Crude oil sits at a critical juncture. Depending on which way it breaks probably decides stocks’ path of least resistance near term. Last week, OPEC announced its commitment to cutting output to between 32.5 million barrels per day and 33 … Continued
During the August 31-September 15 period, the Nasdaq composite rallied 0.7 percent – quite an achievement considering that at the lows on September 12 it was down as much as 2.2 percent. The tech-heavy index’s performance was also in contrast … Continued
If the past couple of weeks were an indication, bulls and bears are locked in a vicious tug of war over the near- and medium-term direction of crude oil. From the February 11th low to the June 9th high, spot … Continued