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Trader NoteGFI

Gold Fields slides 8% in a month as earnings loom

GFI heads into its November 12 results with the share price down 8% over the past month, sitting at ZAR 553.06, and the stock dropped a further 6.4% on Thursday alone. The central question heading into the print is…

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Trader NoteHMC

HMC Capital Surges 12% as Shorts Ease and Earnings Loom

HMC Capital enters the final week of October having added 12.4% in five sessions, a sharp move for an Australian asset manager trading at AUD 3.00, with earnings due on November 18 and short sellers quietly trimming…

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Trader NoteTRN

Terna Drifts Higher Into November Earnings

TRN heads into its November 12 results on a quiet but constructive footing, with the stock up just over 1% on the week and short sellers showing no conviction either way. The borrow market is about as relaxed as it…

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Trader NoteNWCL

newcleo Drops 41% in a Month as Borrow Costs Double

NWCL has shed more than 40% of its value over the past month, yet the lending market tells a more complicated story than simple bearish conviction. The price decline is the headline. newcleo closed at $4.25 on October…

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Trader NoteSKYD

Citigroup Joins JP Morgan in Backing SKYD Ahead of Earnings

SKYD heads into its November 4 earnings print with short sellers still building positions, options traders turning more bullish, and two of the biggest names on Wall Street shifting constructively in the same week. The…

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Trader NoteFRW

Freightways: Cost to Borrow Quadruples as CFO Sells

FRW enters the final stretch of October with an unusual split: the stock is up 3.5% on the week while borrowing costs have risen sharply and insiders have been consistent sellers for two months. The most striking data…

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Trader NoteMAIRE

Maire Rebounds 9% as Shorts Stay Away

MAIRE heads into the final days of October with one of the cleanest short-side profiles in Italian mid-cap industrials, yet the stock's 9.4% weekly surge raises the question of what is actually driving the move. The…

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Trader Note4528

Ono Pharma drops 10% as earnings land; shorts stay light

Ono Pharmaceutical suffered its sharpest single-day fall in recent memory on Thursday, closing at JPY 2,224.5 after a 10% decline that brought its one-week loss to nearly 12%. The timing is pointed: the company…

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Trader NoteEMAT

EMAT Shorts Dig In as Borrow Tightens and Stock Rebounds

EMAT has bounced 24% in a week while short sellers add positions and the borrow market tightens sharply, a rare tension that makes the coming earnings report the sharpest test of the year. The lending setup is where…

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Trader NoteCOHR

Coherent Bounces Hard but Earnings Loom Five Days Out

Coherent Corp. has staged a sharp reversal: up 14% on the week to $237.22, recovering roughly half the ground lost in last week's 20% collapse, with fiscal Q1 results due in five days. The bounce comes with an…

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Trader NoteZBRA

ZBRA Five Days From Earnings, Shorts Keep Covering

Zebra Technologies heads into its November 3 earnings report with short sellers continuing to exit and the borrow market among the loosest on record for the name, leaving the pre-earnings setup defined almost entirely…

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