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NCH2 enters September with its borrow market tightening once more and a short score that has barely retreated from its all-time high — a setup that has barely changed since the note filed ten days ago, yet has subtly…
SNOW heads into the September 2 earnings event riding the tail of a unanimous analyst upgrade wave — yet Tuesday's session handed the stock a 3.5% drop to $319.80, opening a fresh gap between where the Street thinks…
136 — China Ruyi Holdings — heads into September with its lending market even tighter than it was when this column last filed, the stock now down 16% on the week and the borrow squeeze entering a new phase. The…
Options traders are still buying protection on Cisco Systems. Short sellers are still leaving. The two trends have been running in parallel for two weeks now — and they still point in opposite directions. The put-call…
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company has recovered sharply on the day — up 4% to SAR 17.55 — yet the lending market continues its steady march in the opposite direction, with availability tightening further even…
Broadcom walks into its September 2 earnings release carrying three strikes: a stock down 4% on the month, a track record of brutal post-earnings drops, and a valuation that still prices in perfection. The earnings…
Cybersecurity is today's dominant theme. Palo Alto Networks CEO is pitching a $1 trillion infrastructure replacement cycle — and analysts are buying it. The stock was upgraded today with a consensus target of $368.73.…
Markets return from the Labor Day holiday with a busy week of corporate results. Today alone brings three confirmed releases after the close. PVH Corp reports tonight. The fashion giant — owner of Calvin Klein and…
Analysts upgraded four notable names in a busy session, with cybersecurity and EDA software leading the charge. Palo Alto Networks received an upgrade from consensus analysts, with the average target price rising to…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree. Filings published this week show he acquired over 3.68 million shares of RSG across 57 transactions between August 10 and August 31. The total outlay: $808 million. The purchases…
Short sellers are active heading into September. Tenable Holdings saw the sharpest SI jump of the week. Its short interest hit 13.8% of free float, up from 9.1% a week ago — a gain of nearly 5 points in seven…
The US retained its position as the world's biggest ETF destination. American-focused funds pulled in a net $21.7B in the past week alone, against a three-month net of $337B. The buying pressure is broad but not…
September's reporting calendar is live. Dell Technologies and Medtronic both report today. Dell's AI infrastructure story remains the key watch — analysts want numbers on data-centre demand. Snowflake earnings are also…
Analysts issued a wave of upgrades on Wednesday, with Palo Alto Networks and Synopsys leading the pack. PANW was upgraded, pushing the consensus buy count from 1 to 2. The cybersecurity giant carries a $311bn market…
Bill Gates filed this week as a buyer of RSG stock. The Microsoft co-founder disclosed a $51.8 million open-market purchase of Republic Services shares on August 27. Gates paid around $219 per share, adding 235,978…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Two names stand out for very different reasons. FCEL — FuelCell Energy — saw its short interest jump 20.6% in one week. SI now sits at 37% of float, the highest since late…
PCG rebounded 5.95% on September 2. Short interest hit a one-week high. Options traders are loading calls. Three conflicting signals — one stock. Tuesday's bounce is significant. After a 20% single-day collapse…
Short sellers and options traders are circling the chip sector. MU leads negative options bets over seven days. SNDK — up 560% year-to-date — sits directly behind as a natural put target. NVDA draws the heaviest…
Semiconductor names dominate options flow this week. NVDA and MU top both bullish and bearish bets — a split signal that points to positioning ahead of key macro data rather than directional conviction. On the bearish…
Analysts revised targets higher across several sectors on Tuesday, with midstream energy and healthcare leading the way. Targa Resources Corp. drew the most bullish attention. Analysts pushed the consensus target price…
