12 Healthcare Stocks With Declining Short Interest

By Insider Monkey: Because of the recent economic turmoil, most investors are bearish about the market, thus some of them are betting against the stocks by increasing their short positions. But there are still a few stocks that experienced decreasing short interest, indicating that the majority of the investors are increasingly optimistic about these stocks.

By Insider Monkey: Because of the recent economic turmoil, most investors are bearish about the market, thus betting against the market by increasing their short positions. Although the overall market, specially the financial sector, performed poorly this year, there are still a few stocks experienced decreasing short interest, indicating that the majority of the investors is getting increasingly optimistic about these stocks.

By Insider Monkey: Because of the recent economic turmoil, most investors are bearish about the market, thus betting against the market by increasing their short positions. But there are still a few stocks that experienced decreasing short interest, indicating that the majority of the investors are getting increasingly optimistic about these stocks.

By Insider Monkey: During the past year, the market was pretty volatile. It was hit by the European debt crisis in the second quarter, losing more than 8%. But it started to recover in the fourth quarter and returned 2.1% including dividends. During the market turmoil, a few stocks suffered huge losses. They are also targeted by short-sellers. Contrarian investors aren’t bearish about these stocks, though. They think underperforming stocks targeted by short-sellers may actually be good investments.

Insider Monkey submits: Energy stocks are the main beneficiary of rising oil prices. Their stock prices have been in an uptrend and this has been forcing short sellers to cover. We compiled the list of energy companies that are targeted by short sellers, but have been seeing a decline in short interest.

By Insider Monkey: Recently, we provided you a list of large-cap S&P 500 stocks with high dividend yields and a dividend boost in the last few months. A recent boost in dividends can be an important criterion for some investors as it may suggest further increases in dividend yields down the road. We like dividend stocks and believe that they will outperform 10-year treasuries over the next 10 years.

By Insider Monkey: Academic research has shown that corporate insiders have an edge over ordinary investors. Insiders generally understand their companies much better than other investors and they sometimes even have material non-public information. Insider trading on such information is illegal, but there are still some insiders trading illegally on the information. Ordinary investors can also benefit from such information simply by imitating the insiders.

By Insider Monkey: Corporate insiders sometimes trade based on material non-public information they have. Other times they have an edge because they know their companies and industries much better than almost all other investors. We believe that by imitating the investments of corporate insiders, investors are more likely to beat the market in the long term.