铁牛 于 Goldman Sachs (GS) strategists have issued a big warning to clients hiding out in bond funds: You're about to lose your shirt. The reason: interest rates began rising this week, and if they return to the historical average yield of 3 percent, prices for long-term bonds will plummet. (By their very nature, fixed income prices must fall if rates rise
As someone who covers a lot of short ideas on this site, one of the most important items I follow is short interest data. One must always be aware of the short interest in a stock. A large short base could spark a short squeeze on good news, while low short interest could spark a huge drop on bad news. Every couple of weeks, we get an update from NASDAQ on short interest data, and I report on what I am seeing. Today, I'm here to discuss the mid-February data, and here are five names that have seen significant increases in their short interest numbers recently.