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Why this matters: A freight specialist just raised his rating on J.B. Hunt Transport Services the same day the stock dropped 13%. That divergence between analyst conviction and price action defines today's setup…
RBC Capital made the boldest call of the day. Analyst Josh Wolfson raised his target on NEM to $155 from $135. That is a $20 jump for the $130 billion gold miner. RBC also lifted its target on copper giant FCX to $85…
Analysts are divided on OKTA after its earnings-driven surge. The split is sharp — and the short interest data adds a wrinkle. Bernstein's Peter Weed downgraded Okta to Market Perform on Wednesday. That alone is…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Two popular retail names saw the biggest jumps in bearish positioning. Lucid Group LCID stands out sharply. Its SI % FF leapt from 35.5% to 50.1% in just seven days — a…
Bernstein's Peter Weed cut S to Market Perform from Outperform today — while simultaneously raising his price target to $25 from $21. The mixed signal lands as short sellers quietly build positions and the broader…
Options markets and short sellers are sending the same message on PLD. The signals are converging fast. The put/call ratio hit 1.09 on September 16. That is 2.6 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.94. The…
Analysts at four major firms have cut price targets on DTE over the past month. The stock is now trading nearly 17% below the consensus mean target of $156.86. That gap is widening — yet shorts and options markets are…
Two forces are pulling SO in opposite directions right now. Short sellers have added aggressively over the past week. Options traders are buying calls. The divergence is worth watching. Short interest in The Southern…
The European Commission moved today to ban social media access for children under 13. The law sets a minimum account age of 15. Critically, it shifts the burden of proof onto platforms. META and GOOGL now have to prove…
RBC Capital made two bold calls on commodity names. Josh Wolfson raised his target on NEM to $155 from $135 — a 15% jump — while reiterating Buy. Newmont carries a $130B market cap and just 1.7% short interest. Gold's…
The founder of Chinese sportswear brand Li Ning has been aggressively buying shares this month. Viva China Holdings, the controlling vehicle of founder Li Ning himself, snapped up over $160 million worth of stock…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. LCID saw the sharpest move among mid-caps. Short interest jumped 14.5 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 50.3% of free float. Availability of shares to borrow has…
Fixed Income took in $33.3B in the past week — the biggest single asset class flow by some distance. Equity ETFs added $23.4B. Together, both are attracting capital simultaneously. That is a broad demand signal rather…
Bears are firmly in control of several high-profile names. Lucid Group short interest hit 50.3% of free float — up 14.5 points in seven days. Wolfspeed sits at 83.6% SI, with zero shares available to borrow. A squeeze…
RBC Capital is bullish on metals. The bank raised its target on NEM to $155 from $135. That is a $20 jump — nearly a 15% increase. Newmont carries a $130 billion market cap and short interest of just 1.7% of free…
Brinker International reports this morning with the stock at $210.61, up 3.5% on the day but still down 11% over the past month — the tension between yesterday's bounce and the broader pullback is exactly what the…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several high-profile names this week. Lucid Group saw the sharpest move among larger stocks. SI as a % of free float jumped 14.5 points in seven days to 50.3%. The EV maker has shed…
LEN has now reported its Q3 results, and the data tells a consistent story: short sellers have not been shaken out, analysts keep cutting targets, and the stock is sliding deeper into a sector-wide rout. Short interest…
Oil prices are the biggest story today. Chinese oil prices hit record highs after attacks on a Saudi pipeline. Beijing drew down strategic reserves to cushion the global impact — but those stocks are now running thin.…
RBC Capital is betting big on gold and copper. The bank hiked its target on NEM from $135 to $155, upgrading the miner to Buy. Newmont carries a $130 billion market cap. Short interest sits at just 1.7% of free float —…
