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Earnings Pressure Drives Shorts, Sells, and SpaceX Squeeze Fears

This week's calendar is packed. Micron Technology is the headline act, reporting Q4 2026 results on Wednesday. The stock is up 279% year-to-date. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float — but options traders are…

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Earnings Wave Puts Bears on Alert

Options markets are buzzing ahead of a packed earnings calendar. Micron Technology, NIKE, and Carnival Corporation are all due to report imminently. Bears and buyers are converging on all three names. MU is the most…

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Tusa Fires Shots Across Industrials Sector

Wells Fargo's Stephen Tusa kicked off a wave of coverage initiations on Friday, taking aim at key industrials and data centre names with sharply divided views. VRT was the standout Buy call. Tusa set a $340 target on…

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NVIDIA Director Dumps $411M in Shares

An NVDA board member filed a massive stock sale in early September. Mark Stevens, an independent director at NVIDIA, sold $411 million worth of shares between August 31 and September 2. The filing was reported on…

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Bears Circle Micron as SpaceX Shorts Surge

Short sellers are busy ahead of a key earnings wave. MU reports this week and bears are watching. SI sits at just 2.4% of free float. But the real action is elsewhere. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw SI…

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US Equity Exodus Hits $46B in One Week

Fixed income absorbed $14.4B last week as investors pulled a net $46.4B from US equity ETFs — the single biggest redemption story in current flow data. That reversal is stark against the three-month backdrop, where…

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Bears Load Up Ahead of Earnings Wave

Options flow is flashing caution ahead of a packed earnings week. Micron Technology topped the ORTEX negative options bets screen for the week. The chip stock has surged 279% year-to-date. Traders are paying up to…

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Markets Brace for Micron, Nike, Carnival

A packed week of earnings kicks off Monday. IDT reports Q4 2026 results on Monday. Vail Resorts and Jefferies Financial Group also release numbers the same day. Tuesday brings the biggest name of the week. Carnival…

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Tusa Sweeps Industrials; Vertiv Wins Buy

Wells Fargo analyst Stephen Tusa made a bold move Friday. He initiated coverage on five industrial names in a single sweep. Vertiv Holdings was the standout. Tusa gave the data centre power giant a Buy rating with a…

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NVDA Director Unloads $411M in Shares

An NVDA director filed disclosures today showing the sale of $411 million worth of shares. The filing landed as NVIDIA's stock sits near record highs, with a market cap of $5.4 trillion. The scale of the transaction is…

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Bears Circle MiniMed, Micron Ahead of Earnings

Short sellers are making bold moves this week. MiniMed Group saw the biggest SI jump among mid-caps. Its short interest rocketed from 38.5% to 68.3% of free float in just seven days. Cost to borrow sits at 18.2%.…

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Micron in the Crosshairs as Bears and Analysts Circle

Micron Technology is everywhere today. Short sellers piled in ahead of the chipmaker's earnings print. Options bears lean hard on the name too. Analysts have been trimming targets across tech. All roads point to…

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Analysts Trim Targets on Paychex, CRL

Analysts cut their consensus target price for PAYX by nearly 3% this week. The payroll services giant now has a consensus target of $113.93, down from $117.29. The stock has lost 9.4% year-to-date. Its RSI sits at a…

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NVDA Director Dumps $411M in Shares

NVIDIA board director Mark Stevens filed disclosures on September 2 revealing he sold approximately $411 million in stock over three days. The trades spanned August 31 through September 2. Stevens offloaded roughly…

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Bears Storm MiniMed and Micron Into Earnings

Short sellers made big moves this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw its SI % of FF jump from 38.5% to 68.3% in just seven days — a near-30 percentage point spike. The stock has gained 40% over three months. Bears appear…

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US Equities Bleed Cash as Bonds and Active Funds Win

US-focused ETFs shed $46B in a single week. That is the biggest geography outflow by a wide margin. Meanwhile, global ex-US funds pulled in $8.2B — a sharp contrast to the three-month picture where the US attracted…

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Micron, Shorts, and Analyst Cuts Dominate Friday's Session

MU is the week's most-watched name. Options bears have piled in ahead of the Q4 print. Micron is up 279% year to date. Traders appear to be fading that rally hard. Short interest is elevated. The result will set the…

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Bears Pile Into Micron Ahead of Print

Options bears are leaning hard on MU this week. Micron leads all large-cap names in negative options bets over the past seven days. The semiconductor giant — up 279% year to date — faces Q4 results soon. Traders appear…

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Analysts Cut Targets on Costco and Delta

Wall Street trimmed price targets on several large-cap names Friday. Costco Wholesale saw the most activity, with Freedom Broker analyst Georgy Vashchenko cutting his target to $1,010 from $1,030. He maintained a Buy…

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