Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the March 16-29 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) After remaining under the 200-day moving average since March 22, XLB (57.99) retook the average … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the March 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) During last week’s selling, XLB (57.17) not only lost the 200-day moving average but also … Continued

Too Simplistic To Say Small-Caps Will Outperform In Case Of Trade War

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As talk of potential trade war heats up, attention has shifted to U.S. small-caps.  Deserved or too simplistic? Early last week, the Russell 2000 small cap index tried to take out not one but two levels of resistance – the … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the January 1-12, 2018 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) On the 16th this month, XLB (63.39) rose to 63.66 intraday but only to … Continued

Long And Short Of Short Interest

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Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the December 16-29 (2017) period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) Already up 3.2 percent for the month/year, XLB (62.47) stayed with the daily upper … Continued