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TSLL Borrow Market Hits Near-Zero as Short Interest Jumps 24%

The lending market for TSLL — Direxion's 2X leveraged daily Tesla bull ETF — has reached an extreme. Availability has collapsed to 0.12%, meaning roughly one share remains available to borrow for every 800 already lent…

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Markets Navigate Earnings Wave as Fuel Costs Bite Airlines

Earnings season dominated the tape today. Comcast reported mixed results. Its broadband pivot is weighing on near-term finances. Management flagged positive early momentum converting free wireless subscribers to paid.…

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Puts Pile Into Beaten-Down Tech Names

Bearish options bets are clustering in stocks that have lost the most ground in 2026. Tesla, Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Netflix all rank at the top for negative options bets over the past week. Oracle leads the…

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Big Week for US Earnings: Coke, QCOM, Chipotle Due

Today kicks off a packed week of S&P 500 results. Several household names report across Thursday and Friday. Today (Wednesday, July 23) sees four S&P 500 names drop numbers simultaneously. Thermo Fisher Scientific,…

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Analysts Lift IBM and Texas Instruments Targets

IBM led the analyst upgrade cycle Wednesday. The consensus rating moved higher after multiple firms lifted their views. The average target price rose to $262.85 from $253.94. IBM trades at a $198 billion market cap…

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Upgrades Flow In for IBM, Texas Instruments

Analysts lifted ratings on IBM and Texas Instruments Wednesday, as Wall Street grows more positive on technology stocks. IBM's consensus rating was upgraded. The average target price rose to $262.85 from $253.94. The…

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CEO Dumps $208M as Insiders Split on Outlook

Fresh filings reveal a sharp divide in executive sentiment this week. Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing's founder and CEO Tadashi Yanai filed yesterday disclosing he sold $208M worth of stock across three trades between…

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NKLR Options Sentiment Flips as Shorts Retreat

A sharp one-day drop in short interest is coinciding with an unusually bullish swing in options positioning. Together, the signals suggest NKLR — Terra Innovatum Global N.V. — may be entering a different phase after…

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Bears Flee Microsoft, Pile Into Wolfspeed

Short sellers made a dramatic exit from MSFT this week. Short interest collapsed 94% in seven days to just 0.06% of free float. Bears are clearing positions ahead of Microsoft's July 29 earnings report. The reversal is…

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EFX Bears Dig In as Borrow Cost Doubles

Why this matters: Equifax is trading at $170.45, down 20% YTD and 24.7% below the analyst consensus target. Since the Q2 earnings beat on July 15, bears have rebuilt aggressively. Three separate signals now confirm the…

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TWLO: Analysts Lift Targets as Stock Drops 13%

A wave of analyst upgrades pushed price targets sharply higher this week. The stock, meanwhile, fell 13% — and options traders are hedging. That divergence is the story. Five firms raised their targets on TWLO between…

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Markets on Edge as Earnings Season Peaks

This week is the biggest of earnings season. INTC reports after the close today. Investors want to know if its turnaround is real after a brutal stretch. Wednesday brings the heaviest load. MSFT and META both post…

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Big Tech Dominates a Packed Earnings Week

Today kicks off a heavy week. INTC reports after the close on Thursday, July 23. Investors want to know if Intel's turnaround is gaining traction after a brutal stretch. LVMH drops results Monday, July 27. Luxury…

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Chips and Cloud Lead Analyst Target Upgrades

Wall Street lifted targets across tech and industrials on July 23. The moves follow a busy earnings week. Texas Instruments drew the biggest absolute target jump. The average analyst target rose to $314.90, up from…

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Exec Sells Mount as Buyers Emerge

Corporate insiders have been busy filing this week, with fresh disclosures revealing a sharp split between confident buyers and determined sellers. The biggest seller story comes from Japan. Tadashi Yanai, founder and…

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Bears Pile Into Hertz While Wolfspeed Shorts Stay Trapped

Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Two names stand out for very different reasons. HTZ leads the charge on the bearish side. Hertz short interest jumped to 76.7% of free float — up 6.3 percentage points in…

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China Surge Flips the Geographic Story

The biggest single shift this week: China ETFs pulled in $19.0B in net inflows over seven days. That is a dramatic reversal. Over the prior three months, China was a net outflow of $5.0B. A flow imbalance reading of 76…

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WFC Options Caution Rises as Stock Slips from Recovery High

Wells Fargo pulled back 1.5% on Wednesday to $86.42. Options traders are the most defensive they've been in two weeks. The put/call ratio hit 1.38 on July 22. That's 2.2 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of…

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Earnings Avalanche Meets Rising Oil and Crowded Bears

Today is one of the most important days on the calendar. GOOGL reports after the close tonight. Investors are watching AI revenue closely. IBM and TXN also print today. The week builds from here. INTC, RTX, and TMUS…

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