24/7 Wall St.
05-28-2008, 12:00 PM
24/7 Wall St. Daily News
The overall short interest on NASDAQ stocks was actually pretty dull from the end of April to Mid-May, or at least that is the case until you go straight into looking at solar stocks and other alternative energy stocks. Many of these have seen their stock prices rise sharply over the last few months. Many were viable with $70 or $80 oil, but after $100 and then $130 oil you can imagine that short sellers are targeting the most up or most speculative names. MAY 15 APRIL 30 CHANGE Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKNS) 3,280,165 3,042,025 7.83% Ascent Solar Tech...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?i=FZ2V2H</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?a=FZ2V2H) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?i=TXX9SH</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?a=TXX9SH) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?i=rDwiVh</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?a=rDwiVh)
complete story here... (http://www.247wallst.com/2008/05/short-sellers-t.html)
The overall short interest on NASDAQ stocks was actually pretty dull from the end of April to Mid-May, or at least that is the case until you go straight into looking at solar stocks and other alternative energy stocks. Many of these have seen their stock prices rise sharply over the last few months. Many were viable with $70 or $80 oil, but after $100 and then $130 oil you can imagine that short sellers are targeting the most up or most speculative names. MAY 15 APRIL 30 CHANGE Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKNS) 3,280,165 3,042,025 7.83% Ascent Solar Tech...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?i=FZ2V2H</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?a=FZ2V2H) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?i=TXX9SH</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?a=TXX9SH) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?i=rDwiVh</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/typepad/RyNm?a=rDwiVh)
complete story here... (http://www.247wallst.com/2008/05/short-sellers-t.html)