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FLNC Enters Earnings With Shorts Dug In and Street Divided

Fluence Energy heads into its August 5 earnings report in a difficult spot — down 37% over the past month, carrying nearly 20% short interest, and facing an analyst community that upgraded the stock just as it fell…

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HUT's Relative Shield Erodes as Sector Rout Deepens

HUT has slipped another notch this week — and for the first time in this sell-off cycle, the relative resilience story that defined the stock is showing signs of strain. Tasco's shares closed at VND 14,900 on Friday,…

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MU Gives Back Friday Gains — Earnings Loom in September

Micron Technology enters the final days of July nursing a 6% single-day drop even as the weekly tape shows an 8.6% gain, a split signal that puts the focus squarely on what comes next: a Q4 earnings print scheduled for…

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Markets on Edge as Big Tech Earns and Bears Pile In

Short interest is spiking in several distressed names. HTZ now has 75% of its free float sold short. CHWY sits at 72.4%. WOLF carries the heaviest load at 80.2% of free float — with zero shares available to borrow in…

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Citigroup Bets Big on Healthcare and Rails

Citigroup's Daniel Grosslight lifted McKesson to Buy with a $1,000 price target. That is up sharply from $945. The drug distributor carries a $98 billion market cap. Grosslight also upgraded Cardinal Health to Buy,…

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Insiders Buy Banks, Dump Tech Stocks

A cluster of fresh insider filings this week reveals a clear split: executives and major shareholders are backing European financials while quietly offloading tech holdings. Handelsbanken Confidence…

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Bears Double Down on HTZ, CHWY and WOLF

Short sellers are piling in hard this week. Three names dominate the bearish radar: HTZ, CHWY, and WOLF. Hertz tops the movers. SI jumped nearly 5 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 75% of free float.…

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US Money Pulls Back as Asia Takes the Lead

China grabbed the biggest weekly inflow of any geography. It pulled in $8.1B net this week, with a flow imbalance of 63.4. That is a sharp reversal. Over the past three months, China had bled $3.4B. Money that was…

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Microsoft, Semis, and Bears Drive a Loaded Sunday

MSFT Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 results on Wednesday after the close. The $2.8 trillion company is the headline act of the week. Options activity is already elevated. The cost to borrow has doubled in recent weeks.…

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Semis and Diagnostics Lead Analyst Upgrades

Analysts lifted targets across semiconductors and healthcare diagnostics this week, while a broad wave of cuts swept through the utility sector. Oppenheimer raised its price target on NXPI to $325 from $300,…

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Bears Double Down: HTZ, CHWY, WOLF Under Fire

Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Three popular names are drawing heavy bearish attention as ORTEX data reveals some of the sharpest short interest jumps in recent sessions. HTZ — Hertz Global Holdings —…

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Earnings Week Takes Centre Stage as Bears Circle Key Names

This week is the heaviest on the earnings calendar. MSFT Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 results Wednesday after the close. The $2.8 trillion company sets the tone for AI sentiment across markets. Options traders are…

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Chips Rally, Utilities Slide in Analyst Calls

Wall Street turned bullish on semiconductors this week. Oppenheimer raised its target on NXPI to $325 from $300, citing improving auto chip demand. Morgan Stanley lifted INTC to $84 from $75, a 12% bump — notable for a…

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Insiders Load Up on Handelsbanken

Three insiders at SHB A filed purchases worth nearly $94M combined in the past week. Sweden's Lundbergföretagen investment group led the charge. It bought 3 million shares across two separate days. Deputy Chairman Lars…

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Bears Pile In: HTZ, CHWY Lead the Week's Sharpest SI Jumps

Short sellers made bold moves this week. Three names stand out for speed and scale of change. Hertz tops the movers list. Its SI % of Free Float hit 75%, up nearly 5 points in seven days. Shares to borrow are…

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China Steals the Show From US Equities

China pulled in $8.1B of ETF inflows in the past week. That makes it the top geographic destination globally. The US, by contrast, bled $4.0B in net outflows — a sharp reversal from its dominant $470B three-month…

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Earnings Week Puts Markets on Edge

This week is one of the heaviest earnings weeks of the year. MSFT Microsoft reports Q4 fiscal 2026 results on Wednesday. Markets are watching closely. The cost to borrow Microsoft shares has doubled in a month — a sign…

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Options Market Braces for Earnings Shock Week

Earnings-linked options activity is driving unusual signals across several names ahead of a busy late-July print season. Vertiv Holdings has drawn the most attention. Options turned defensive ahead of its July 29 Q2…

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Cox Infrastructure: Expensive to Borrow, Cheap on Earnings

COXG heads into its July 28 results with a striking contradiction — the founder has been a heavy net buyer, yet the stock has dropped 5% in a week and costs more than 36% annually to borrow. The founder and Executive…

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