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Short sellers turned aggressive this week on several well-known names. Chewy saw the sharpest move among large-cap stocks. Its short interest jumped 17.5 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 87.3% of free…
The single biggest story this week is Japan. ETFs focused on Japanese equities pulled in $13.4B net over the past week, with a flow imbalance of 87.3. That is the strongest buying pressure of any geography other than…
Citigroup cut SECZ to Neutral on Tuesday, even as the September borrow squeeze that defined the past month continues to unwind at speed. Peter Christiansen at Citigroup moved his rating from Buy to Neutral but raised…
Q3 earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. BAC reports Wednesday at 6:45am ET, with the market watching closely for net interest income trends. SCHW follows Thursday, where margin pressure has been a running…
Geopolitical jitters and an AI stock rout pushed options markets into defensive posture on Tuesday. Bearish bets dominated screens, with negative options flows most concentrated in the semiconductor sector. NVDA led…
Q3 earnings season hits its stride this week. Major financials report first, with streaming and autos arriving by Monday. Tomorrow, Wednesday 14 October: BAC kicks things off at 6:45am ET. The bank's Q3 results will…
TD Cowen swept through the life sciences sector with a string of target price upgrades. Thermo Fisher Scientific got the biggest absolute lift, with its target raised to $760 from $675. Revvity saw the most dramatic…
Bill Gates filed multiple purchases in RSG (Republic Services) in early September, disclosed on 1 to 3 September. The three open-market buys totalled roughly $94M, picking up around 424,000 shares at prices between…
Short sellers piled into CHWY last week. Short interest hit 87.3% of free float on 12 October. That is up 17.5 percentage points in just seven days. Availability stands at 506%, so borrowing shares remains easy for…
Options positioning on ADIG just hit its most bearish reading in 52 weeks. The put-call ratio reached 5.63 on Oct. 12, a 2.2 standard deviation move above its 20-day mean of 3.75. That extreme arrives alongside a JP…
Kotak Mahindra Bank enters its Q2 results on October 24 with the stock running its strongest multi-week stretch in months, setting up a straightforward question: whether the price move has already priced in the good…
Robinsons Land Corporation heads into its November 6 earnings release with an unusual combination: analysts firmly in the buy camp, valuation multiples at deep discount levels, and a stock that has clawed back 5.1% on…
Hornbeck Offshore Services heads into the week of October 13 with a notable contradiction: short sellers have been cutting positions at a meaningful pace while the stock itself has shed nearly 17% over the past month,…
Tata Steel heads into its Q2 FY27 results, due November 6, with the share price under steady pressure and the broader steel sector offering little cover. The stock closed at INR 172.30 on Monday, down 3.2% on the week…
Turker Vangolu Enerji Yatirim Anonim Sirketi (VEYAS) heads into mid-October with one of the sharper drawdowns in the Turkish energy space, down 42% over the past month and still falling, raising questions about whether…
OMC reaches its October 13 Q3 earnings release with short interest climbing back toward the month's highs, a put-heavy options market, and an analyst community that trimmed targets just days before the print. The most…
APL Apollo Tubes heads into its October 30 results carrying a quiet lending market, a firm price, and a Street that has not updated its views in months, making the upcoming print the single most important data point…
Short sellers have added heavily to KD over the past month. Options markets are pushing back. Short interest in Kyndryl Holdings stands at 15.1% of free float, up 11.4% over the past week and 18% over the past month.…
Options traders are positioning defensively in DAR with put demand jumping to its highest level in almost a year, while short sellers have been rapidly covering. Earnings land on 29 October. The put-call ratio hit…
Constellation Brands has climbed 11.5% over the past week to $126.40. The analyst picture has shifted slightly. The short position keeps growing. Two things are now new since the last report: JP Morgan raised its…
