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Highly shorted names ahead of earnings

This week is a busy week for corporate earnings announcements on both sides of the Atlantic. We highlight those stocks targeted by short sellers ahead of reported results and highlight unprecedented levels of short interest in high profile Internet...

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Are short sellers swayed by analyst recommendations?

We use securities lending flows to highlight where short sellers follow convention or go against Wall Street analyst expectations. Stocks highlighted...

American Greetings Corporation (NYSE:AM), Americas, Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (NASDAQ:GLPW), Inc. (NASDAQ:IPCM) and SonoSite, Inc. (NASDAQ:SONO)., IPC The Hospitalist Company, IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN), Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY), The Pep Boys - Manny

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The regulators are coming

Europe

Supermarkets discounted by investors

AEON CO LTD. (TYO:8267), Americas, Carrefour SA (EPA:CA), Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY), Supermarkets, SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE:SVU), Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES)

South African power shortage driving negative sentiment

Kumba Iron Ore (JSE:KIO) and Anglo American Platinum (JSE:AMS), Metals and Mining, South Africa

European oil and steel firms shorted ahead of earnings
Americas, Europe

Mixed investor sentiment towards natural gas companies
Americas, BG Group (LON:BG), Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG), Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP), Energy, Patriot Coal (NYSE:PCX) and James River Coal (NASDAQ:JRCC)., Poseidon Concepts Corp (TSX:PSN), U.K.

Short Sellers Hang Tight Despite Rising Shares Prices

Investors not keen on holidays
Americas, Inc. (NYSE:LCC), JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU), Thomas Cook Group Plc (LON:TCG), Travel and Leisure, Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ:TZOO), Tui AG (ETR:TUI1), Universal Travel Group (NYSE:UTA), US Airways Group, USA, EU, Europe

Hedge fund activity in the Netherlands
Imtech N.V. (AMS:IM), Postnl Nv (AMS:PNL), TomTom NV (AMS:TOM2), Unilever N.V. (AMS:UNA), Vistaprint NV, Netherlands, EU, Europe

Most shorted shares ahead of earnings
Americas, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX); US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC); JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU), Inc. (NYSE:MEG); Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX); Mellanox Technologies, Internet; Airlines, ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT); Meredith Corporation (NYSE:MDP); Media General, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX); Netflix

Investors optimistic about French large caps
Air France (EPA:AF), Airlines, CGG Veritas (EPA:GA), European Aeronautic Defence And Space (EPA: EAD), Oil and Gas, France

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Will Duff Gordon

Will has worked in the Securities Financing industry for many years specialising in data analysis for Hedge Funds and Pension Funds.

Len Welter

At Morgan Stanley Len was responsible for the global development of new securities lending analytic tools and trading systems

David Carruthers

David worked as a fund manager, risk manager and risk consultant with experience in equities, fixed income, currencies, cash management and derivatives

Andrew Dyson

Andrew was Head of Business Development and Risk for Securities Lending at Prudential M&G. Previously he worked at DB's Agency Securities Lending Business

Neerav Aggarwal

Neerav is a quantitative analyst who specialises in securities lending and short selling.

Neerav has a MSC from the University of Edinburgh

Yi Wu

Yi is a quantitative analyst who specialises in securities lending and short selling

Yi has worked at Barrie and Hibbert and has a MSC from the University of Edinburgh.