Steve Ballmer Sells $1.3 Billion of Microsoft Shares
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer sold about $1.3 billion worth of his company shares recently, the first time he's done so in seven years.
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Daily Blogwatch: Two Stocks Hotter Than Apple
Among today's top online stories for investors: Why holiday spending will surprise; two stocks hotter than AAPL; and are insiders trying to tell us something with all this selling?
Plenty of Optimism Could Signal a Bear Market Ahead
Investor sentiment is a remarkably accurate contrarian indicator: When investors become exuberantly bullish, the market is nearing a high, and when investors are strongly bearish, market lows are a good bet. Be warned: Right now, the charts show the sort of optimism that precedes a fall.
What U.S. Markets Sorely Lack: Investors' Faith
Two crashes in recent years are bad enough, but investors are also facing high-frequency traders, bearish insiders, less-than-honest corporate self-portrayals and a moribund mortgage market. It's no wonder they've lost confidence in the nation's equity markets.
