Despite Buyback, RIMM Short Interest Increases to New Highs Ahead of Earnings

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Research In Motion (RIMM) will report earnings Friday, September 15. As usual, I will be most interested in finding out how aggressively RIMM has executed on its latest stock repurchase authorization that began in July.The … Read more

Unimpressed By CEO’s Purchase of Molycorp Shares

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) I usually interpret insider buying by company executives as an extremely positive development. However, I am unsure what to think of CEO Mark Smith’s recent purchase of shares of Molycorp (MCP) stock (hat tip to … Read more

How to Play Research In Motion’s Imminent Buyback

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) If you followed anything I have written about Research In Motion (RIMM), you know that the company may begin its latest massive share buyback as early as Monday, July 11. RIMM will buy up to … Read more

Shorts Retreat Ahead of Earnings Warning for Lender Processing Services, Puts Soar

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) After discovering that shorts ramped ahead of earnings for Research In Motion (RIMM), I decided to check in again on the short interest in Lender Processing Services (LPS)… {snip} Source: NASDAQ.com So LPS caught bulls … Read more