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Earnings PreviewPHR

Pale Fire Looms Large as Phreesia Heads Into Q2 Print

PHR enters its September 2 earnings release with an activist shareholder dominating the register and a stock that has clawed back ground but remains deeply underwater for the year. The dominant ownership story is Pale…

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Earnings Preview1211

BYD Drops 7% Post-Results as Bears Hold Steady

BYD Company Limited arrives at its September 4 earnings event under fresh pressure, having already shed 7% since the previous article — a reversal that stands in sharp contrast to the short-covering story told just one…

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Earnings PreviewCPB

Campbell's Heads Into Q4 Print With Bears in Retreat

CPB reports its fiscal Q4 results on September 2 with one of the more striking positioning shifts in the packaged-food sector — short sellers have been covering aggressively, even as the stock remains well below where…

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Market Commentary

Bears Circle: SpaceX, Klaviyo Lead SI Surges

Short sellers turned notably more aggressive in the week ending August 28. The biggest moves came in some high-profile names — not just the usual micro-cap suspects. KVYO saw the sharpest jump among large-cap names.…

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Earnings PreviewORCL

Oracle's Defensive Hedge Intensifies Into Thursday's Print

ORCL heads into its September 4 earnings release with options positioning at its most guarded level of the past year — and the gap between hedging activity and actual short conviction has widened further since last…

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Market Commentary

September Opens Bearish: AI Deals, Earnings, and a Chip Selloff

Anthropic signed a ~$35 billion cloud deal with Lambda, Reuters reported overnight. The deal ripples across mega-cap tech. NVDA, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL all sit in the blast radius. Despite the bullish headline, negative…

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Market Commentary

Earnings Rush Kicks Off September

September opens with a packed calendar. Three marquee names report within 48 hours. Medtronic fires first. The $117B medical device giant releases results today at 6:45am ET. Short interest sits at just 1.1% of free…

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Market Commentary

Analysts Split on Cybersecurity and Networking

Scotiabank delivered the week's most striking upgrade, lifting its target on PANW to $430 from $320 — a 34% jump. The firm maintained a Buy rating on the cybersecurity giant, which carries a $303 billion market cap.…

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Market Commentary

Money Flows Into US and Japan, Tech Leads Sectors

US-listed ETFs pulled in a net $17.3B in the past week. That is the biggest single-geography inflow by a wide margin. Japan followed with $7.1B. Global diversified funds added $6.0B. The breadth of demand signals a…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into SpaceX and Klaviyo as EVCM Borrowing Costs Explode

Short sellers are making bold moves heading into September. ORTEX data through August 27 shows several stocks hit with fast-rising short positions. Here are the standout moves. Klaviyo Jumps Into the Crosshairs KVYO…

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Trader NoteHPK

HPK shorts rebuild fast as options turn bullish

HighPeak Energy enters the final week of August with a striking split in its signals: short interest has jumped 25% in a week, yet options traders have rarely been more bullish on the stock in the past year. The…

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Trader NoteTRUL

TRUL's Borrow Market Loosens as Score Rebounds

Trulieve Cannabis enters the final stretch of August with a striking divergence: the lending market is among the loosest it has been all year, yet cost-to-borrow has crept higher — a pairing that rewards closer…

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Trader NoteHOOD

HOOD Gives Back Ground as the Street's Math Gets Harder

Robinhood Markets has pulled back to $104.26 — down 5% on Friday and 3.6% on the week — putting the stock back below several analyst targets it briefly cleared in the post-August surge, and sharpening a tension that…

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