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Earnings PreviewNVDA

NVDA: Three Days Out, Quality Intact, Price Still Lagging

NVIDIA enters the final three days before its June 24 earnings print in a state that has defined the past month: fundamentals pointing one way, the stock moving another. The price action has been a grind. After a brief…

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Earnings PreviewIOT

Samsara Bears Build Ahead of June Print

Samsara heads into its June 24 earnings report carrying the heaviest short interest it has seen in months, alongside a fresh wave of insider selling that adds a layer of complexity to an otherwise bullish analyst…

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Market Commentary

Bears Ramp Up — AI and Chips in Crosshairs

Short sellers are piling into select names this week. The moves are sharp and deliberate. Wolfspeed tops the most-shorted list. Its SI % FF hit 103% — up 8 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are essentially…

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Earnings PreviewGIS

Bears Circle General Mills Ahead of Tuesday's Print

General Mills heads into its June 24 earnings report with one of the more bearish analyst setups in the packaged-foods space — and a short interest position that, despite easing slightly, remains meaningful. The short…

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Market Commentary

Chips, Bears, and Earnings Collide

Semiconductors are at the heart of this week's action. Micron Technology is the marquee earnings event, reporting Q3 results after Wednesday's close. Investors want clarity on AI-driven memory demand. Options activity…

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Market Commentary

Analysts Split on Tech and Retail Giants

Wall Street sent mixed signals on Saturday, with upgrades and target cuts spread across consumer, tech, and healthcare names. Take-Two Interactive drew the most bullish attention. Analysts lifted the consensus target…

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Market Commentary

Insiders Dump $80M as Chips Rally

Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales of over $80.6M worth of stock this week. The trades were reported on June 17. Dickerson sold more than 82,000 shares across June 15–16 at prices ranging from $590 to…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into AI and Crypto Names

Short sellers made bold moves this week. SharonAI saw the biggest jump among $1B+ stocks. SI % of FF leapt from 12.8% to 54.5% in just seven days. That's a 41.7 percentage point swing — one of the sharpest single-week…

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Market Commentary

Markets Pivot on Rates, Earnings, and Insider Exits

A "hawkish shift" in US rate expectations is reshaping markets today. Expectations of a Fed rate rise have triggered a reversal in emerging market and commodity currencies. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower as chip…

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Market Commentary

Big Week: FedEx, Micron, Carnival Report

Three high-profile names hit the earnings calendar this week, with Monday already passed and action kicking off Monday through Thursday. Monday is quiet. The week really opens Tuesday (June 23) with CCL Carnival…

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Market Commentary

Wall Street Shifts Targets Across Sectors

Analysts trimmed targets on ACN today. The consensus price fell from $208.16 to $197.65. That is a sharp drop for a $78 billion company. Accenture faces ongoing pressure from AI disruption in IT services. ALB got a…

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Trader NoteWULF

WULF Leads the Mining Pack With Shorts Caught Offside

WULF has jumped 14% in a week and 37% in a month, and with 26% of the free float still short, the rally is happening against a wall of bearish positioning that has barely moved. The short interest story is the most…

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Trader NoteCIFR

CIFR Shorts Hold Firm While the Street Debates the Ceiling

Cipher Digital enters the week after a 29% rally with a genuinely split picture: short sellers aren't retreating, analysts are trimming targets into strength, and insider selling continues — yet options traders remain…

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Trader Note002409

Yoke Technology's 31% Rally Runs Ahead of the Street

002409 — Jiangsu Yoke Technology — has become one of the more striking momentum stories on the Shenzhen exchange, climbing 31% over the past month and 11.4% in the past week alone to close at CNY 150.16. The tension is…

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Trader NoteSJVN

SJVN Lags Peers as Earnings Momentum Builds

SJVN enters the back half of June with a familiar tension: strong underlying earnings momentum pulling in one direction, and persistent relative weakness against sector peers pulling in the other. The fundamental…

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Trader NoteCAPR

CAPR Short Sellers Lose Ground as Stock Reclaims $28

Capricor Therapeutics has delivered its sharpest weekly gain in months — up 13.3% to $28.38 — and for the first time since the bear campaign peaked, the short position is visibly retreating rather than merely…

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Trader Note5406

Kobe Steel Trades Cheaply but Trails the Pack

5406 enters the week with a modest recovery that still leaves it behind most of its Japanese steel peers — a gap that reflects a stock priced for caution but not yet for a re-rating. The price action tells a mixed…

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Trader NoteFCIT

F&C Investment Trust: Quiet Positioning, Strong Recent Run

FCIT has had a solid few weeks, with the shares up 6.7% over the past month to 349.8p — yet the lending market tells a story of almost complete indifference from short sellers. The positioning picture here is about as…

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