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Market Commentary

Analysts Raise Bar on Vertex, Eye Homebuilders

Vertex Pharmaceuticals drew two bullish calls on Wednesday. UBS analyst Michael Yee lifted his target to $640. TD Cowen's Phil Nadeau followed at $575, up from $550. Both rate the stock Buy. The consensus target now…

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Market Commentary

Executives Buy Into Breakups and Chips

CVS Health became the week's loudest corporate story after the Wall Street Journal reported the company plans to split its pharmacy retail business from its insurance and pharmacy-benefit operations. Filed disclosures…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile In as Wolfspeed, FLWS and ARRY Hit New Highs

Short sellers stayed busy into the first week of November. Data as of 2 November shows several names attracting fresh positioning. The biggest structural story remains WOLF. Short interest on the semiconductor firm hit…

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Market Commentary

Asia Stampede Leads a Broad Risk-On Week

China and Japan led a surge of equity inflows this week, pulling money away from tech and into Asia. The pattern marks a clear shift from the three-month trend, where Japanese funds bled cash and financials were the…

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ConfluenceSIRI

Goldman Sachs Upgrade Anchors SIRI's Multi-Signal Shift

Goldman Sachs upgraded Sirius XM Holdings to Buy on Monday, raising its price target to $37 from $33. The stock closed at $29.57 on November 2, up 7.9% on the week, against a median peer gain of 1.6%. The Goldman move…

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Trader NoteFOUR

Shift4 Enters Earnings with Shorts Sitting on a 14% Rally

Shift4 Payments reports Q3 results on 5 November carrying one of the more charged pre-earnings setups in the payments space: a 14% gain over the past week, short interest still above 20% of the float, and a lending…

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Trader NoteITH

Ithaca Energy slips 8% in a week ahead of November earnings

Ithaca Energy heads into its November 19 results with the shares under pressure, the Street bullish but quiet, and a structural ownership picture that limits how freely the stock can move. The week's most striking…

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Trader NoteMDV

MDV: Near-Depleted Borrow Meets Earnings Three Days Out

Modivo heads into Thursday's results with a lending market that is almost entirely locked up and a short score near the top of its range, a combination that makes the print the week's most charged event for this…

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Trader NoteVU

Vusion Heads Into Earnings With Borrow Fully Seized

VU enters its November 5 earnings release with the lending market for its shares at a standstill, cost to borrow running above 22%, and the stock up 10% on the week. The lending picture is as tight as it gets.…

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ConfluenceBNL

BNL Bearish Positioning Holds a Week After Earnings

Broadstone Net Lease short sellers have not covered. Short interest stands at 10.9% of the free float as of November 2, up 22.6% over the past week and sitting at the same elevated level that built ahead of the October…

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ConfluenceIDXX

IDEXX Surges 22% as Puts Pile In After Earnings

IDXX jumped 21.8% on November 3, its biggest single-day gain in recent memory, after reporting results that landed well ahead of expectations. The stock closed November 2 at $671.64, up 29.6% over the past month. The…

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