Alcoa Inc (AA), Intel Corporation (INTC), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): The Dow’s 5 Most Hated Stocks

DuPont
Why are investors shorting DuPont?

• Not to sound like a broken record, but once again, blame Europe! DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT), which relies on its chemicals and agricultural business to drive growth, has seen demand stagnate in Europe because of tight government spending while not seeing the same follow-through from the U.S. and China that it has in the past, with both growing below their historical averages.

Is this short interest warranted?

• Unfortunately for DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT) shareholders, a lot depends on whether Europe’s economy improves — at least over the short term. Over the long run, DuPont’s agricultural segment looks poised to prosper as the amount of food needed to feed a growing global population is rising and farmers need better yield from their crops. So yet again, we have a company, like Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), that could struggle for a few more quarters but appears to have more long-term upside than downside potential.

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