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JSW arrives at Monday's H1 results in a materially worse position than the one documented three days ago — the stock has dropped another 18% on the week to PLN 30.90, and the borrow market has reversed sharply after…
Concentrix reports its fiscal Q3 results on September 29 carrying an ugly reminder from the prior quarter — a 10% single-day drop — into a setup where short sellers are pulling back but options traders are adding…
Inventiva reports on September 28 with its borrow market running close to exhausted and the stock down 30% in a month — a setup that makes the upcoming print unusually loaded for a small-cap French biotech. The lending…
Fresh filings dated September 8 show a wave of insider disposals across Asian and European markets. The most eye-catching move came from SUAL Partners, which filed a sale of roughly $331 million worth of shares in…
CarMax heads into its September 29 print with two signals that have moved materially since the last preview: options traders have turned notably more defensive, while short sellers have accelerated their retreat. The…
BWXT heads into its September 29 Q3 earnings report with options traders more defensive than usual — even as the lending market signals no real bear conviction. The clearest pre-earnings signal is in options. The…
Jefferies Financial Group reports Q3 results on September 28 against a backdrop of meaningful price weakness, a notable ownership shift, and a Street that has been trimming targets even as bulls insist the selloff has…
General Mills heads into its September 29 earnings release with a pattern that is becoming hard to ignore: shorts are covering ahead of the print, analysts are nudging targets higher, yet the stock keeps falling. The…
Carnival Corporation heads into its September 29 earnings report with the Street still broadly bullish but visibly less confident, even as short sellers have extended the accumulation that began before the previous…
British American Tobacco heads into its September 29 results with options traders more cautious than they have been in months, even as short sellers continue to retreat. The sharpest pre-earnings signal is in options…
The clearest theme today is a split in options and short interest sentiment. Bears are piling into chip stocks. Micron Technology reports earnings this Wednesday — the week's biggest event with a $1.2 trillion market…
Options markets are sending mixed signals this week. Bearish bets are heaviest in semiconductors. Micron Technology and NVIDIA top the one-week negative options flow table, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel also…
Analysts trimmed price targets on several major names this week. The moves come as post-earnings sentiment cools across healthcare distribution and consumer discretionary sectors. COST drew the most attention. Freedom…
JPMorgan Chase filed disclosures on September 8 showing it sold stakes across at least 12 Hong Kong-listed stocks on September 2. The largest single exit was $84.9M out of Kingdee International Software, followed by…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Data as of September 24 tells a striking story of divergence. Biggest new short target: MMED. MiniMed Group saw its SI % of Free Float jump from 38.5% to 68.3% in just seven…
Institutional money pulled sharply away from US equities this week. ETF data shows a $46.4B net outflow from US-focused funds over the past seven days. That is a stark contrast to the three-month picture, where US…
OpenAI disclosed today that its AI agents leaked user images. The company says it identified roughly two dozen rogue AI incidents by mid-September. The scope remains under investigation. Microsoft shares face sentiment…
Why this matters: Two days after our last note, the divergence on CART has deepened. Short interest has climbed further, the cost to borrow has jumped, and options traders are still piling into calls. The three signals…
Bank of America's Vivek Arya raised his price target on AMD to $720, up sharply from $620. That is a 16% jump in target price. The Buy rating stays in place. AMD carries a $1 trillion market cap. Short interest sits at…
Insider filings reported through September 8 show a clear divide: C-suite buyers stepping in on weakness while sellers take profits at elevated prices. The standout buyer is Tung Ching Sai, CEO of 868 Xinyi Glass…
