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Morgan Stanley Doubles Its Target — and Still Trails the Tape

MU added another 19% on the week to close at $1,064, yet the most telling detail is that Morgan Stanley's freshly raised price target of $1,050 — doubled from $520 in a single action filed Tuesday — is already below…

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MSFT Gives Back Gains as the Street Lifts Targets

Microsoft pulled back 4.2% on Tuesday to $441.31 — handing back a chunk of last week's 6.1% rally — yet the analyst community responded by raising targets, not cutting them. That divergence between price action and…

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MAR options traders turn cautious as shorts quietly exit

Marriott International heads into early June with a notable split in its positioning signals: options traders are hedging more aggressively than they have all year, even as short sellers trim positions at a pace not…

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Deutsche Bank Turns Bullish on Macerich as Shorts Pile In

MAC is navigating one of the sharper short-interest builds in the retail REIT space, even as a high-profile analyst upgrade this week argues the market is mispricing the stock. The positioning story has turned notably…

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Lilly dips from highs as Foundayo risk enters the debate

Eli Lilly and Company has given back a sliver of its remarkable May recovery, closing at $1,064 on June 2 — down 1.7% on the day but virtually unchanged on the week, as fresh safety questions around newly launched…

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J&J Shorts Ease But the Pressure Isn't Gone

Johnson & Johnson has stabilised at $222.89 this week, but the short-selling story that defined last week's note has taken a twist — shorts are pulling back even as the stock continues to slide. Last week's report…

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Jacobs Solutions shorts surge 55% in a month

Jacobs Solutions enters the first week of June with short sellers making their most aggressive move in years — SI up 55% in a month — even as the CEO steps in to buy the dip. The short-side buildup is striking in both…

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JPMorgan Slips as Insider Sales Persist Into June

JPMorgan Chase heads into the first week of June down nearly 2% on the week, with the stock at $300.96 — and the executive selling cadence that has defined this note for a month now showing no sign of reversal. The…

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IBM Shorts Rebuild as Stock Screams Past Analyst Targets

IBM enters June in a striking contradiction: the stock has rallied 31% in a single week and 42% over the past month to close at $329.23, yet short sellers have been quietly and persistently adding to positions at every…

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Intel Pulls Back — Analysts Chase the Stock Higher

Intel has given back another leg of its historic rally, falling 12.6% on the week to $107.93, yet analysts are still scrambling to raise targets — a dynamic that tells you everything about how dislocated this stock…

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IDT heads into Q3 earnings day with insiders cashing out

IDT Corporation reports its third quarter fiscal 2026 results today — and the more interesting setup heading in is not the positioning of short sellers, but the cluster of insider selling that preceded the print. The…

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Goldman Lifts HON Target as Next Earnings Loom

Honeywell International enters its June 8 earnings event with fresh analyst momentum at its back — and a market that has quietly unwound most of its pre-event defensiveness since the last preview. Goldman Sachs moved…

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HD Settles Into a Quiet Week as Bulls Stay in Control

Home Depot enters the first full week of June in a holding pattern — the post-Q1 repricing is largely digested, short sellers are not pressing their case, and options traders remain the most bullish they have been all…

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Hartford Slips 6% as Sector Sells Off, Street Holds Its Nerve

HIG enters June having lost 6% in a week — closing at $127.17 — as the broader property and casualty sector pulled back sharply alongside it. That price slide is the defining tension this week: a stock the Street still…

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GS Options Hedging Deepens Even as the Stock Climbs Higher

Goldman Sachs has continued its extraordinary run — up 7% on the week to $1,064.58 — but the options market is sending its most defensive signal in months, a contrast that defines this week's setup. The put/call ratio…

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