Data Explorers Research and News

DXTV #78 | American Apparel, Credit Agricole, Norse Energy Corp

News — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:26:02 -0400

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Weekly Sector Review - North America

News — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:56:47 -0400

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Gamestop Corp [GME]

News — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:02 -0400

Monday brings the long awaited release of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'. Gamestop will be opening its stores at midnight to meet demand and has seen record breaking pre-order levels. They are also bringing in new management, most recently ex Handango CTO Shawn Freeman. The short base has been rising steadily over the past few months, currently standing at 16.6%. This is just over one third of the available inventory. Short sellers have made their views clear - but any change in sentiment may result in a rather crowded exit.

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DXTV #77 | Rockwell Automation, Hallmark Financial Services, Minerva, Banca Carige

News — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:11:15 -0400

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Blackstone Group Lp [BX]

News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:35 -0400

Blackstone report results today. The short base is small but has been rising rapidly, quadrupling since September. A position of just 0.8% actually represents 15% of the inventory available for short sellers. The market has been taking a gloomy view of the outlook for private equity firms, mainly due to the limited opportunities for them to liquidate current holdings in the currently fickle IPO market. Private equity firms face similar challenges to traditional investment trusts, with market views of 'fair' premia or discounts between the traded group and the value of the underlying assets. Short sellers are clearly taking the view that the IPO market will remain patchy.

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Sector Overview - UK and European Clothing Retailers

News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:47 -0400

The clothing and fashion retail sector has had a rough time over the past 18 months, but results this week have been taken well by the markets. Before the Marks and Spencer results we highlighted that the short base was dropping; and as it turned out the short sellers were wise to take their profits. Next also surprised on the upside. There was news on Debenhams as well, as the share stake that had been potentially overhanging the market was snapped up by Och Ziff. The charts below show similar patterns beyond the UK; short interest is dropping in these stocks right across the European markets.

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DXTV #76 | RBS, AIG, Blackstone Group

News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:06:36 -0400

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Asia - Top 10 Shorts and Squeezes

News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:58:10 -0400

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Sector Overview - Autos, November 2009

News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:45:56 -0400

The Auto manufacturers are back on the market radar after the news that General Motors will not be selling Opel after all. The news that German Government subsidies will be supporting a US car company has been taken as a vote of confidence for some, but not all, of the other European car manufacturers. In these charts we show recent activity on the short side for 9 of the auto stocks.

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Crocs Inc [CROX]

News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:37:31 -0400

Crocs report results today. The short base currently stands at 8.5% and has been rising sharply over the past week. Crocs have made various attempts to diversify and revitalize their business, but the market is clearly concerned that they are ex-growth.

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