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Market Commentary

Big Names on Deck as Earnings Season Rolls On

A quiet but significant week lies ahead for earnings watchers. The biggest confirmed event lands Thursday, September 10, with two tech titans reporting after the close. ORCL — Oracle — tops the bill by market cap at…

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Market Commentary

NVIDIA Director Dumps $411M as Gates Backs Waste Giant

An NVIDIA board member filed a massive stock sale this week. Independent Director Mark Stevens disclosed selling over 1.84 million shares across seven transactions. The filings, reported September 2, show trades…

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Market Commentary

Wall Street Lifts Targets Across Tech and Life Sciences

Analysts moved target prices higher on several names on Friday, with life sciences and cybersecurity standing out. RVTY saw the biggest relative target lift. The consensus target for Revvity rose to $125.25 from…

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Earnings PreviewNX

NX Heads Into Q3 Print With Options Traders Turning Bullish

Quanex Building Products reports its Q3 fiscal 2026 results today against a backdrop where options sentiment and short positioning are sending sharply divergent signals ahead of the print. The clearest pre-earnings…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile In: Five Stocks to Watch

Short sellers moved aggressively this week. The biggest movers tell a clear story. CHWY (Chewy) tops the week's change table. Short interest jumped 4.5 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 50.8% of free…

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Earnings PreviewKFY

Korn Ferry Heads Into Q1 Print Trading Above Consensus Target

Korn Ferry reports its fiscal Q1 results today against an unusual backdrop: the stock at $85.59 has already crept above the Street's mean price target of $86.00, compressing the implied upside to near zero. That alone…

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Earnings PreviewBRC

Brady Heads Into Q4 Print After a Rare 20% Earnings Pop

BRC reports its fiscal Q4 results today with investors watching to see whether the company can follow one of its largest single-day moves in recent memory. The clearest precedent is last quarter's print. In May, Brady…

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Market Commentary

Chips, Bonds, and Gates: Thursday's Big Stories

Global bonds are under heavy pressure. The US 10-year yield touched its highest since 2023. UK borrowing costs hit their highest since 2008. Japanese yields reached peaks not seen since the 1990s. Rising energy prices…

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Market Commentary

Bears Bet Big on Chips and Volatility

Bearish options bets dominated the flow this week. Micron Technology and NVIDIA led all US names by negative options volume — a striking signal given both stocks sit near multi-year highs. NVDA is up 20% year-to-date.…

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Market Commentary

Oracle and Adobe Headline a Busy Week

Two S&P 500 heavyweights report on Thursday. Oracle and Adobe both drop results after the close on September 10. The pair together carry over $530 billion in combined market cap. Oracle, worth $420 billion, faces…

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Market Commentary

Wall Street Swings Hard on Broadcom, Moderna

Analysts made bold calls this week. Three separate firms raised price targets on AVGO on the same day — a rare show of force. Rosenblatt led the charge. Analyst Sajal Dogra lifted his target to $600, up from $500. BMO…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into Chewy and Wolfspeed

Short sellers are actively building positions in a handful of high-profile names. Data as of September 2, 2026 shows clear movers worth watching. CHWY is the week's standout mover. Short interest jumped 4.5 percentage…

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Market Commentary

Japan and US Lead the Global ETF Rush

US equities pulled in $7.2B in net inflows last week. Japan was right behind at $6.3B. These two markets dominated a broadly risk-on week for ETF flows. China tells a different story. It bled $3.6B in net outflows over…

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Market Commentary

AI Names Pop as Tech Earnings Flood In

After-hours earnings delivered the day's biggest market moves. DocuSign rose sharply on a Q2 beat, with AI momentum credited for lifting results. UiPath also topped estimates and raised its revenue outlook. Both names…

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Market Commentary

Adobe, Oracle Headline Busy Earnings Week

Three major S&P 500 names report on Thursday. Adobe and Oracle both release after the close on September 10. Copart also reports the same day. Oracle carries a $420 billion market cap. Short sellers hold just 2.9% of…

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Market Commentary

Wall Street Fires Up Broadcom Bulls

AVGO dominated analyst desks on Thursday. Three firms raised their price targets in a single session. Rosenblatt went highest at $600. BMO Capital set $575. Cantor Fitzgerald also landed at $600. All three carry Buy…

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Market Commentary

Bears Circle Chewy, GME Shorts Rebuild

Short sellers made bold moves this week. CHWY is now the most shorted large-cap name, with SI hitting 50.8% of free float — up 4.5 points in just seven days. Bears are clearly doubting the pet e-commerce giant's path…

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Trader NoteLNG

Cheniere Rallies 12% as Options Caution Fades

Cheniere Energy heads into September having resolved the split noted in last week's note — the stock is up 12% in a month and the options hedging that looked alarming in late August has quietly unwound. The most…

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Trader Note1691

JS Global Shorts Retreat as Borrow Market Finally Breathes

JS Global Lifestyle (1691) enters September in a materially different posture than the one captured in last week's pre-earnings notes — shorts have retreated sharply, borrow costs have pulled back from extreme levels,…

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Trader NoteNVDA

NVDA Confirms the Bull Case — Now Eyes November

NVIDIA posted its cleanest post-earnings week in over a year, with the stock up more than 7% on the day of the August 26 print and continuing to grind higher, settling the debate that had defined the spring: the…

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