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Trader NoteYNGA

Young's Brewery: Value on the Shelf, Bears Nowhere in Sight

YNGA heads into the final week of August with results just reported and bears conspicuously absent — the interesting tension is not in the short book but in whether a stock trading well below book value can close the…

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Trader NoteAEM

AEM Pulls Back After a Punishing Month of Gains

Agnico Eagle Mines enters the final week of August in a different posture than it held just days ago — the hedging and short-building noted last week have been followed by a genuine price retreat, and the question now…

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Trader Note505200

Eicher Motors Holds Firm While Indian Auto Peers Slide

Eicher Motors enters the final trading days of August with a quiet but telling divergence from its two-wheeler rivals — the stock is up 0.7% on the week while most peers have given ground. The divergence is worth…

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Trader NoteGNG

GNG Rides Earnings Pop to Multi-Year Highs

GR Engineering Services has spent the past month quietly becoming one of the better-performing small caps on the ASX, and this week's price action confirms the momentum is still running. The stock closed Friday at AUD…

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Market Commentary

Bears and Broadcom Set the Tone Into September

Short sellers extended their push into software and chips as August ends. KVYO short interest jumped nearly 7 points to 19.9% of free float this week. SPCX climbed to 23.9% SI % FF. CAPR saw the sharpest move — up 9.2…

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Market Commentary

Bears Circle Chips, Software as Week Ends

Options sentiment across US markets is tilting bearish into the weekend. Negative options bets lead positive ones among large-cap names. Mega-cap tech stocks — NVDA, AAPL, and MSFT — top the negative-count leaderboard…

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Market Commentary

Analysts Split on Workday as Targets Rise

ADSK is the day's standout name. Three analysts raised targets at once — UBS lifted its price target to $325 from $290, BNP Paribas moved to $300, and consensus ticked up to $315. The software design giant carries just…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into Klaviyo, SpaceX, and Capricor

Short sellers are on the move this week. Three names stand out with sharp increases over the past seven days. KVYO (Klaviyo) saw its short interest jump nearly 7 percentage points. It now sits at 19.9% of free float.…

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Market Commentary

Tech Dumps, Japan and Bonds Win

The biggest story in ETF flows this week is a sharp reversal in tech. Information Technology bled $3.7B in the past seven days. Over three months, the sector pulled in $52.9B — the largest sector inflow of the quarter.…

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Market Commentary

Week's Final Push: Chips, Bears, and a Busy Earnings Runway

Markets head into September with a heavy agenda. Earnings, short selling, and a divided analyst community are all vying for attention. AVGO reports after Wednesday's close. The $1.75 trillion chipmaker carries just…

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Market Commentary

Divided Street on Workday as Autodesk Wins Upgrades

WDAY is the story of the day in analyst circles. Freedom Broker downgraded the HR software firm to Hold from Buy. That came the same morning Wells Fargo lifted its price target to $225 from $215, keeping a Buy…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile In: Klaviyo and SpaceX Lead the Charge

Short sellers are active this week. The biggest movers tell a clear story. KVYO (Klaviyo) saw the sharpest jump among mid-cap names. Short interest leapt to 19.9% of free float, up from 12.96% just seven days ago.…

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Market Commentary

Markets at a Crossroads: Chips, Bears, and Broadcom

Six months into the Iran conflict, markets are showing a deep divide. Defence names like LMT and NOC have prospered. Consumers and airlines — LHA among them — are absorbing the pain. Energy bears are also circling. HPK…

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Market Commentary

Tech Titans and a Shorted Retailer Headline the Week

Five S&P 500 companies report this week. The line-up is tech-heavy and builds toward a blockbuster Friday close. Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sep 1) brings the first big tests. Medtronic posts its fiscal Q1 before the bell. The…

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Market Commentary

Analysts Split on Workday, Rally Behind Autodesk

Analyst desks were busy this week, with tech software names drawing the most attention. Autodesk dominated the upgrade list. UBS raised its target from $290 to $325, keeping a Buy rating. BNP Paribas also lifted its…

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Market Commentary

Insiders Dump, Gates Buys Big

Bill Gates has been quietly loading up on RSG. Fresh filings show he bought over $204M in Republic Services shares across five separate transactions last week. The purchases ranged from $214 to $223 per share. That's a…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile In: SpaceX, Klaviyo Lead SI Surge

Short sellers made aggressive moves this week. Data as of August 27 shows several notable spikes in short interest across tech, energy, and biotech names. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw SI jump from 18.0%…

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Market Commentary

US Money Exits as Japan and Global Funds Take the Lead

The biggest story this week: US-focused ETFs bled $8.8B in net outflows. That reverses the dominant 3-month trend, where US funds attracted $328B. Institutional money is rotating sharply into international markets…

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Market Commentary

Markets Reboot After Summer: Bears, Bets, and a Big Week Ahead

Semiconductors are the dominant theme heading into September. NVDA and MU sit simultaneously at the top of both bullish and bearish options flow over the past seven days. That split is rare. It points to a market…

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Market Commentary

Semis Dominate Bets as Puts Pile Into Chips

Options flow is telling a split story in markets this week. Bullish bets are stacking up in semiconductors. Bearish pressure is also rising in the same names — a rare two-sided tension. NVDA sits at the top of both…

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