Stocks

Whether you are new to investing or a seasoned pro, you have to understand Price to Sales Ratio or P/S ratio. It is a measure of the current stock price relative to the total number of sales per share. The formula for the Price to Sales Ratio is calculated by taking the sales per share and dividing it by the current stock price. If a stock has a low P/S ratio then that means it has a better value. There are the details of three low stocks in terms of current Price to Sales Ratio: E-House (China) Holdings (NYSE:EJ), Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE:BBG), Centurylink (NYSE:CTL).

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Over the last 6 months, there have three tech stocks performing significantly worse than the other ones. They are: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC), Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE). The stock performance is measured by the returns on shares over a given time period, which could be any amount of time. Stocks can in theory be measured by days, weeks, months or years.

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Wednesday saw a fall for US crude oil prices by 4%. That sharp drop was the most drastic one in since the month of April, and it was triggered by the rise in US oil stockpiles. That rise was the first one in over two months. The change brought a shock to investors and crude traders who had not seen much change to trading prices over the last few months, despite falls in European oil. The fall was consistent with the rising demand for US oil that comes with summer and typically lasts throughout August.

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Short interest data is now released for the NASDAQ. It is for the settlement date of June 15, 2015. This information shows a share increase of 7,696,083 in total short interest for Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK); that brings it to 4, 986,079, to a rise of 54.4% since June 29, 2015.

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RSI or Relative Strength Index is a measurement that a new trader needs to understand and that traders of all levels of experience would be wise to track. If this measure reaches 70, it is considered overbought. If it falls below 30, it is in oversold territory. In terms of upcoming price accuracy, the RSI is considered a key way to assess it. It shows signs of what is to come.

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The latest short interest data is available for the NYSE for the settlement date of June 15, 2015. It shows a share increase of 4,134,256.0 in total short term interest for Westar Energy Inc. (NYSE:WR). Since May 29, 2015, it has increased by 73.8% to 2,378,657.0. What is short interest? It is another “days to cover” measurement that takes into consideration the total shares short and average volume of traded shares per day. Then, the number of shares short is related to the average volume per day to figure out the total amount of trading days at the average volume that it would take to close out all the short positions, should every share traded that was representative of a short position was traded.

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