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Morgan Stanley Slashes Utilities; Airlines Split

Morgan Stanley swept through the US utilities sector on Friday, cutting price targets across five names. Analyst David Arcaro trimmed PPL to $39 from $42, PNW to $89 from $94, and PCG to $20 from $22. NEE also took a…

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Director Dumps $411M in NVDA; Gates Buys RSG Dip

Three large insider moves filed in recent weeks paint a contrasting picture of corporate confidence. NVIDIA director cashes out. Mark Stevens, an independent director at NVDA, filed on September 2 disclosing he sold…

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Bears Pile In: Guns, Crocs & Quantum In Focus

Short sellers are on the move this week. ORTEX data as of September 17 reveals sharp shifts across several sectors — with a gunmaker, a footwear brand, and a chip maker all drawing fresh bearish attention. Biggest…

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Money Pours Into Bonds and US Equities

Fixed income is the standout story this week. ETFs tracking bonds pulled in $28.6B in net new money over seven days. That compares to $259B over three months — a pace that has accelerated sharply. The flow imbalance…

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Chips, Refiners, and Rates Drive a Divided Market

The chip trade remains the defining story. Micron Technology leads bullish options flow with the stock up 242% year-to-date. Call buyers are piling in ahead of its Q4 earnings. Advanced Micro Devices and NVIDIA are…

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Chips Lead the Call, Refiners Hedge With Puts

Options flow is telling two very different stories this week. Semiconductors are drawing heavy bullish bets. Energy refiners are seeing defensive positioning as geopolitical risk swirls. Micron Technology tops the…

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Earnings Light Week, Eyes on Insurance and EVs

Two confirmed earnings reports headline a quiet week. Most major names on the calendar are attending conferences, not releasing results. Today: Progressive and VinFast The Progressive Corporation reports today. The…

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Airlines Split, Utilities Cut, Ball Upgraded

Morgan Stanley swept through the US utilities sector today, trimming target prices across the board. PPL fell to $39 from $42. PG&E dropped to $20 from $22. NextEra Energy slipped to $111 from $114. NRG Energy was cut…

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Bears Double Down: BRVE, WOLF Lead This Week's SI Surge

Short sellers have been busy. Braveheart Bio tops the charts with a jaw-dropping SI of 226% of free float — and it jumped another 36.5 percentage points in just seven days. That's one of the sharpest weekly short…

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BWIN Shorts Retreat as Bulls Load Up on Calls

Three signals aligned on BWIN this week — and they all point in the same direction. Short sellers are exiting fast, options traders are skewing heavily bullish, and one analyst is worried enough to step to the…

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Ichigo Office Holds Firm as Peers Retreat

8975 enters the final stretch of September as one of the few Japanese office REITs posting a gain on the week, while the names around it sell off — and the lending data tells a quietly interesting story about how that…

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Kagome Lags Peers as Earnings Approach

Kagome heads into its October 30 earnings report as the quiet underperformer of the Japanese packaged food space — down 0.8% on the week while most peers pushed higher, with short sellers still maintaining a meaningful…

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AS ONE Lags as Borrow Costs Double

AS ONE Corporation heads into the final stretch of its fiscal calendar with a tidy 8% one-month price gain, but an unexpected doubling in borrowing costs over the same period sets up an interesting internal tension for…

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Towa Pharma jumps 7% as borrow demand quietly builds

4553 enters the week with an interesting split personality: a strong 7% weekly price gain paired with a lending market that has tightened meaningfully over the same period, suggesting some shorts are quietly pressing…

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LINTEC Borrow Costs Double as Short Score Eases

LINTEC Corporation heads into the final stretch of its fiscal half with a striking divergence: borrowing costs have nearly doubled in a month, yet the short score has dropped sharply over the same stretch — suggesting…

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Bears Circle Fluence Energy as Crypto Lifts Sentiment

Options markets sent mixed signals on September 18, with bears massing around beaten-down energy names while crypto tailwinds pushed bullish bets elsewhere. FLNC drew the most aggressive bearish positioning of the day.…

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