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JSW Short Score Hits New Peak as CTB Whipsaws

JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — drifted 0.3% lower to PLN 25.91 on Thursday, and the week's real tension is a cost-to-borrow market that has swung violently while the ORTEX short score quietly reached another record…

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Earnings Season Dominates as Tech Bears Circle

ServiceNow is surging Friday after strong earnings. It beat expectations and raised guidance. That sent the stock sharply higher and lifted sentiment across enterprise software. Intel also delivered better-than-feared…

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Analysts Cut Dow, Lift Equipment Giants

Analyst target price moves today split sharply. DOW drew the most attention — consensus targets fell to $36.25 from $36.67. The chemicals giant carries a $22bn market cap. Short interest sits at 4.8% of free float,…

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China Flips as Active Funds Clean Up

China ETFs pulled in $12.4B net over the past week. That is the single largest geographic flow of any region. The surge is a sharp reversal from the 3-month picture, where China sat $5.6B in the red. Sentiment has…

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China Steals the Weekly Crown From U.S.

China ETFs pulled in $12.4B net in the past week. That made China the top geography by net flow — beating the U.S. at $7.2B. The contrast with the three-month picture is striking. Over 3m, China ran a net outflow of…

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Megacap Week: Tech on Trial as Alphabet Bleeds $294B

GOOGL suffered a $294 billion single-day market cap wipeout. That is one of the largest one-day destruction events in market history. The scale puts the loss at nearly the entire value of Palantir. The rout dragged…

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Options Market Braces for Big Tech Barrage

Earnings-week volatility is front and centre in the options market today. MSFT, AMZN, AAPL, and META all report this week. Negative options bets are piling into mega-cap tech names across the board. MSFT carries a…

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Big Tech and Consumer Giants Crowd a Packed Week

This week brings one of the busiest earnings stretches of 2026. Over 1,300 companies report globally. The US slate alone carries several market-moving names. Tuesday and Wednesday open proceedings. SPGI posts results…

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Analysts Lift Intel, Flag Deckers and IBM

Wall Street revised targets across several sectors on July 24, with semiconductor and defence names drawing the most attention. Intel saw its consensus target price jump to $114.33 from $108.63. That is a nearly 5%…

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C-Suite Bets and Billionaire Exits

The week's most striking insider moves span a health insurer, a tech tools firm, and a non-lethal weapons maker. Elevance Health CEO Gail Boudreaux filed a $1M purchase on July 17. She bought shares at $368. The…

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Bears Pile Into Hertz and Chewy

Short sellers are making bold moves this week. HTZ leads all notable risers. Its short interest jumped to 75% of free float. That's up from 45.5% just 30 days ago — a 29-point swing. Hertz's EV gamble and rental market…

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SOXQ Borrow Eases, But Options Sentiment Stays Bullish

SOXQ has seen a rapid reversal in borrow conditions since Tuesday. The availability squeeze that defined last week has partially unwound. Options traders, meanwhile, have pressed further into bullish territory. Why…

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IQV Options Skew Flags Caution Into Monday's Print

Options traders are leaning bearish on IQV ahead of Q2 results due July 28. The put-call ratio sits at 1.16 — nearly two standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.92. That's the clearest signal in the current…

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SPCX: The Borrow Pool Is Almost Gone

SPCX availability has hit 4.4% — the tightest level since listing. Bears keep adding. The pool has nearly run dry. Two weeks ago, availability stood at 28%. Last week it was 7.6%. Today it is 4.4%. That is not a trend.…

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State Street: Analysts Pile In After Q2 Beat

Eight firms raised price targets on STT in the week following Q2 results. That wave of upgrades is now the dominant force shaping the stock's data profile — and three signals have converged to confirm it. The scale of…

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Earnings, Oil, and AI Drive Thursday's Market

Thursday delivers a packed reporting schedule. American Express, Verizon, NextEra Energy, and HCA Healthcare all report today. Charter Communications and SLB round out the slate. Next week accelerates further.…

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Rollins Stings as Analysts Cut Ratings and Targets

Pest control giant ROL took the sharpest hit in Thursday's analyst activity. The consensus rating was downgraded as the average target price plunged from $55.29 to $47.94. That is a 13% cut. Rollins carries a $20.9…

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Insiders Pile In and Cash Out

Insider filing data captured this month reveals sharp contrasts — aggressive buyers in beaten-down names, and heavy selling from C-suite executives and major shareholders. Billionaire Carlos Slim filed to have sold…

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