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CGGR Borrow Market Flips as Short Score Cools

CGGR, the Capital Group Growth ETF, tells an interesting story this week — not in its price, which slipped just 1.1%, but in a dramatic reversal in its borrow market conditions that happened almost overnight at the…

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MDA Space Drops 6% as Insiders Cash Out and Shorts Rebuild

MDA Space heads into the week of July 8 with a clear internal contradiction: the fundamental story remains strong, but insiders are selling into strength and short sellers just made their largest single-day addition in…

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ALHC insiders cash out into a 56% rally

Alignment Healthcare enters the final stretch before its July 30 earnings report with a striking divergence: the stock has surged 56% over the past month, yet virtually every senior insider has been selling into the…

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JEPI Options Turn Bullish as Borrow Market Tightens

JEPI enters the second week of July with an unusual split: options traders are the most bullish they've been in months, while the borrow market quietly tightens beneath the surface. The options picture is the clearest…

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UBS Lifts EQH Target to $68 as Stock Rallies 7% on the Week

EQH enters earnings season with its sharpest monthly rally in recent memory — up 15% over 30 days to $46.98 — and fresh analyst conviction behind it, yet insiders have been cashing out consistently as the price…

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SMPL Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Simply Good Foods reports tomorrow — July 9 — against a backdrop where short sellers have been quietly reducing exposure even as the stock trades more than 60% below its late-2025 levels, setting up an asymmetric read…

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UBS Lifts INVH Target Ahead of July Earnings

Invitation Homes heads into its July 22 Q1 results with analyst sentiment turning notably more constructive — even as options traders have become the most defensive they've been in months. The clearest signal on the…

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FTXL Takes a Sharp Hit as Semis Sell Off

FTXL has dropped 15% in a single week, making it one of the steeper short-term drawdowns in the semiconductor ETF's recent history — and the options market is starting to reflect the unease. The most notable shift this…

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DuPont Stands Out as Shorts Quietly Exit

DuPont de Nemours heads into the back half of July with one of the most striking short-covering stories in specialty chemicals — short interest collapsed 63% in a single month, the stock has recovered to $139.61, and…

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PJT Partners shorts rebuild ahead of July earnings

PJT Partners heads into its July 28 earnings report with short sellers quietly building positions and options traders turning notably bullish — a setup worth watching given the stock's 12% weekly surge. The short-side…

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AMH Catches Analyst Upgrades as Stock Nears Street Targets

AMH enters the week with the most interesting tension sitting squarely on the Street: a cluster of analyst target raises and one outright upgrade has pushed consensus closer to the current price, narrowing the upside…

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SMH bears hold firm as the ETF drops 11% in a week

SMH has suffered its sharpest weekly loss in recent memory, falling 11.3% to $581.45 — a stark reversal from the $655.89 close flagged in last week's note, which had celebrated shorts retreating into new highs. The…

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RGA Rallies Into Earnings as Analysts Lift Targets

Reinsurance Group of America enters the week of August earnings with its strongest monthly price performance in some time — up 12% over 30 days to $230.22 — and two fresh analyst target increases arriving back-to-back,…

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DOC Catches a Bid as Analysts Lift Targets

Healthpeak Properties enters the week of July 8 with a quiet but notable gathering of positive signals — rising stock price, a cluster of analyst upgrades, and positioning that reads as relaxed rather than…

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VEA: Broadly Owned, Lightly Shorted, Calls in Charge

VEA enters the second week of July with an unusual pattern for an ETF this size — short interest more than doubled over the past week, yet the lending market remains extraordinarily loose and borrowing costs near their…

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UBS Lifts EVR Target as Q2 Results Loom

Evercore heads into its July 22 earnings date with a fresh analyst upgrade in hand, a stock that gave back ground on Tuesday, and positioning that is remarkably unbothered for a firm heading into a key print. The most…

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KALU Heads Into Q2 Earnings With Short Sellers Piling In

Kaiser Aluminum has dropped 12.7% in a week — a sharp move in a stock trading $10 above the analyst mean target — and the setup heading into July 22 Q2 results is starting to look genuinely charged. The most telling…

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