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Trader NoteSOI

SOI: Quiet Repositioning in an Asian Income Fund

SOI has drifted 8.4% lower over the past month and 1.7% over the past week, closing at 425.5p, yet the borrow market shows no sign of conviction from short sellers. That tension, a meaningful price slide with almost no…

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Trader NoteDASA3

DASA3: Index Bet Now Priced In, Earnings the Next Test

DASA3 has already run well past the analyst consensus and well past the MSCI entry price, leaving the November 5 earnings release as the next event that could either validate the move or expose it. A note published…

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Trader NoteHBM

Hudbay heads into earnings with copper peers in retreat

HBM reports on October 29 having lost 21% in a month, with the stock now at CAD 30.76 and the copper sector under broad pressure heading into the print. A note published earlier today covered the week's peer-group…

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Trader NoteEDR

EDR Earnings in Five Days, Valuation the Real Story

EDR has shed 29% in a month and 10% in the past week, arriving at October 29's earnings report deeply discounted and firmly in sector-wide territory rather than a company-specific slide. The peer table confirms the…

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Trader NoteLUG

Lundin Gold Shorts Surge at Sector-Wide Selloff

Lundin Gold dropped 10% on the week to CAD 84.52, broadly in line with a sector-wide gold equity retreat, but the short interest build underneath that move is running at a pace well outside the ordinary. Among its…

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Trader NoteUNM

Unum Shorts Rebuild at a One-Year High as Q3 Results Loom

UNM has lost 2.1% this week, slightly more than the median decline of around 1.4% for its closest insurance peers, and the shares have now shed 3.3% over the past month. That modest underperformance comes at the same…

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Trader NoteL

Loblaw holds its footing ahead of November earnings

Loblaw Companies Limited enters the final stretch before its November 19 results with a stock that has pulled back modestly on the week but sits on a strong one-month run, and where the lending market continues to tell…

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Trader NoteXRPN

XRPN Shorts Pay 500% to Borrow as Index Odds Shorten

XRPN (Evernorth Holdings) is a newly-listed stock where the borrow market tells a more dramatic story than anything else on the tape this week: short sellers are paying annualised rates above 500% to maintain positions…

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Trader NotePSQL

PSQL's Borrow Costs Ease but Short Sellers Return

Pasqal Holding SA heads into the final stretch of October with a contradictory setup: shorts are rebuilding fast, yet the borrow market is loosening and analysts who have just initiated coverage are pitching targets…

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Trader NotePURR

PURR Holds $8.78 as MSCI Radar Adds a New Angle

PURR heads into its November 4 earnings date with a stock down 37% over the past month, options markets turning firmly bullish, and a potential index-buying catalyst arriving at almost the same moment as the print. The…

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Trader NoteRNW

ReNew Energy: Options Shift as Sovereign Backers Hold Firm

RNW heads into its November 20 earnings with an unusual contrast at its core: options traders have turned notably more cautious in the past week, even as the stock sits flat and its sovereign-backed ownership structure…

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Trader NoteWGS

GeneDx Drops 38% in a Month as Earnings Loom in Ten Days

WGS has shed 38% over the past month and another 16% in the last session alone, entering its November 3 earnings date with short sellers holding firm, options traders more defensive than usual, and the Street's price…

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Trader NoteHKD

HKD: Borrow Costs Jump as Shorts Exit

HKD heads into the final stretch of October with a contradictory setup: short sellers are covering at pace, yet the cost to borrow shares is rising sharply. The most eye-catching move this week is in borrowing costs.…

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