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AMN Options Turn Bearish Ahead of August Earnings

AMN Healthcare Services heads into its August 6 earnings report with shorts rebuilding, options traders hedging heavily, and a fresh analyst upgrade that the market has not fully priced in. The most striking signal…

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AAR Corp. Rallies Into Earnings With Street Lifting Targets

AAR Corp. delivered a clean 5% week after reporting quarterly results on July 21, closing at $141.40 and sitting precisely in line with the Street's mean price target of $141 — a rare moment of equilibrium that makes…

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XOP Bears Hold Firm as Shorts Build and Borrow Tightens

XOP, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF, has staged a sharp recovery — up 13% over the past month — yet the short positioning against it has grown more aggressive through the rally, not less. The most…

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AXT Earnings Week: Short Book Eases, Options Turn Bullish

AXT, Inc. arrives at its July 30 earnings print with the internal contradiction that defined the past two weeks finally resolving — in one direction at least. The short position has started to unwind. Bears held 25.2%…

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NU Options Flash Caution Before August Earnings

Nu Holdings heads into its August 6 earnings report with options traders more defensive than they've been in months, even as the stock rallies and analysts turn more constructive. The clearest signal this week is in…

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TLT Bears Consolidate but Show No Fresh Conviction

TLT has spent the past week going sideways on positioning — the bears that rebuilt aggressively into mid-July have neither added meaningfully nor retreated, leaving the ETF in a holding pattern as it drifts another…

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KORU Borrow Market Tightens as Short Interest Explodes

KORU, the Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X Shares ETF, has become one of the most unusual lending-market stories in the leveraged-ETF space this week — with short interest climbing at a pace that doesn't square…

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Mega-Cap Earnings Season Hits Top Gear

The biggest story today is earnings. Alphabet reports after the close, with investors watching closely for AI revenue data. It is a $2 trillion company under real scrutiny. IBM, Texas Instruments, and AT&T also post…

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Analysts Lift GEV, IBKR Targets

GE Vernova drew fresh analyst attention today. The average target price rose to $1,222.57 from $1,215.32. That is a modest lift. But 29 out of 37 covering analysts already rate it a Buy. The energy transition play has…

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Executives Cash Out While Elevance Buys the Dip

Insider filings from the past two weeks reveal a sharp split between sellers and buyers across US equities. RH CEO dumps $21M. Gary Friedman, Chairman and CEO, filed sales of 125,000 shares worth over $21 million,…

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China Flips the Script on Global Flows

China ETFs pulled in a net $22.3B in the past week. That makes China the single biggest geographic story right now. The contrast with the prior three months is stark. Over the 3m period, China posted a net outflow of…

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ASST: Options Bulls, Borrow Desert

Why this matters: Three distinct signals are converging on ASST — Strive, Inc. — at once. Options traders are making aggressive bullish bets. The borrow market has been bone-dry for weeks. And short interest has…

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Mega-Cap Earnings Collide With Oil Surge

The busiest earnings week of 2026 is underway. Alphabet reports after the close today, with investors fixated on AI revenue. IBM and Texas Instruments also drop results. AT&T already delivered a positive surprise — the…

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Target Prices Rise on SMCI and Arista

Analysts lifted price targets on several major names today. Super Micro Computer led the action. The consensus target rose to $38.13 from $38.00. Short sellers hold 19.3% of the free float — one of the highest readings…

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Bears Target Aircraft, Bowling, and Chips

Short sellers are making bold moves across sectors. Three stocks stand out as clear targets this week. WLFC is the biggest mover among large-caps. Willis Lease Finance's short interest jumped to 55.7% of free float —…

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MUFG Borrow Market Tightens as Bulls Flood Options

Two forces are pulling in opposite directions on MUFG. Short sellers are scrambling to hold existing positions as the borrow market dries up. Options traders, meanwhile, have never been more bullish on the stock. That…

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