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Earnings PreviewGPN

GPN Shorts Dig In Despite 17% Post-Earnings Rally

Global Payments heads into its November 5 print with a stock that has just surged 17% in a week, a short base that barely flinched, and an analyst community that is still divided on whether the Worldpay integration…

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Earnings PreviewARW

Arrow Options Turn Defensive as Stock Slides Into Earnings

Arrow Electronics reports Q3 results on November 5 with options traders more cautious than they have been for most of this year. The clearest signal heading into the print is in the options market. The put/call ratio…

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Earnings PreviewAEE

Ameren Short Interest Climbs to Year High Before Q3 Report

AEE short interest has risen 20% over the past month to 5.8% of the free float, the highest level in at least a year, setting an unusual tone ahead of Q3 results due November 5. The climb in short positions is the most…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile In: Chips, EVs and Energy in Focus

Short sellers stepped up pressure across several names last week. The data for 29 October shows some notable moves worth watching. Wolfspeed remains the most heavily shorted name among mid-cap stocks. Its SI hit 88.6%…

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Market Commentary

Chips Rout, Auto Earnings, and an Italian M&A Clock

The dominant story today is semiconductors. Alphabet admitted its "AI mode" hurt traditional search, with sales and profits missing expectations. Its shares fell sharply, dragging NVDA, AMD, and MU lower. Options bears…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into Chips as AI Spending Spooked Market

Options traders turned sharply negative on the semiconductor sector this week. Fears over AI capital spending have rattled megacap tech, and the put-heavy flow in chips is the clearest sign yet of how far sentiment has…

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Market Commentary

Autos, Luxury and Index Drama Fill a Busy Week

Today brings confirmed earnings from MONC (Moncler), luxury goods bellwether, and L (Loews Corporation) in the US. ABDN (Aberdeen Group) also reports in London. No IPOs are scheduled in the next seven days. The busiest…

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Market Commentary

Analysts Turn Bullish on Defence and Waste

Aerospace and industrial names dominated analyst activity on Monday. Several rating upgrades and target price increases signal improving sentiment across defence, healthcare and environmental services. L3Harris…

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Market Commentary

Bears Circle Cerebras, Talen, and Wolfspeed

Short sellers have been busy this week. The biggest moves in SI % of Free Float over seven days come from Cerebras Systems, Talen Energy, and Wolfspeed. Cerebras, the AI chip maker that listed last month, saw its SI %…

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Market Commentary

Money Flows Into Japan and China as Tech Faces Selling

Active managers captured $15.8B in fresh ETF money this week. That is the clearest single signal from the latest fund flow data: passive is still dominant, but active is closing the gap fast. Japan was the week's most…

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