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Asia Surge Leads Global Risk-On Push

Equity ETFs absorbed $76.7B in net inflows last week. That is the dominant story. Money is moving decisively into risk assets, and Asia is driving the charge. Japan pulled in $13.8B in net flows over the past week. Its…

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Bears and Earnings Collide in a Turbulent August Open

Markets kick off August with earnings season at full tilt and short sellers pressing their bets across multiple sectors. Over 1,800 companies report this week. Today alone sees Marriott International and Vertex…

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Bears Load Up Into Earnings Week

An earnings-heavy week is drawing unusual options and short interest attention to several names where sentiment looks sharply divided. Hertz is the most striking case. Short interest just hit 35% of the float as bears…

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FCUV: An ETF With a Curious Short Signal

The Fidelity U.S. Value ETF (FCUV) on the TSX presents a modestly unusual setup this week: a vanilla Canadian-listed ETF carrying a cost-to-borrow rate that has more than doubled in a week, against a backdrop of…

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Chewy Shorts Rebuild as Stock Rallies Into August Earnings

CHWY heads into its August 26 earnings date with an unusual tension: the stock is up 8% on the week, yet short sellers are rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months. Short interest has become the dominant…

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KORU Borrow Hits Zero as Shorts Double Down

KORU has completed the move its lending market was threatening — availability has dropped to exactly 0%, the lending pool is fully exhausted, and short interest has more than doubled in a week while the ETF itself lost…

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Big Names Crowd an Earnings-Heavy Week

Over 1,800 companies report this week. The calendar is dense with US mega-caps. Monday (today) sees Marriott International and Vertex Pharmaceuticals both dropping results. Marriott's $98bn hotel giant faces scrutiny…

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JSW Short Score Drops Sharply — But Don't Call It a Retreat

JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — enters the final stretch before its August 20 earnings with a notable shift in the ORTEX short score, even as the lending market remains structurally hostile to fresh borrow. The most…

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WEN: Bears Rebuild Into Earnings Week

WEN heads into its August 7 earnings print with short interest climbing again, options traders rotating toward calls, and a stock that clawed back 5.6% on the week — a setup where the bear camp and the calendar are now…

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EchoStar Heads Into Earnings with Bears Fading but Not Gone

EchoStar reports on August 3 with short sellers still holding a meaningful position — but the six-week cover trade has fundamentally changed the character of that bet. The short-side story is one of retreat, not…

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VMI Lags Its Peers After Earnings Hit

Valmont Industries enters August with an unusual problem: its closest peers are surging while it sits nearly 17% below where it traded a month ago. The stock closed Friday at $481.70, down about 1% on the week and…

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SOLS Short Interest Doubles as Earnings Loom

Solstice Advanced Materials heads into its August 5 earnings event carrying a short interest position that has nearly tripled in a month — while the stock itself has shed a third of its value over the same period. The…

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PSKY Bears Hold Firm as August 3 Print Looms

Paramount Skydance Corporation enters its August 3 earnings report with the stock off 19% over the past month, short sellers still pressing, and options markets notably less hedged than usual — an unusual combination…

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Analysts Rally Behind RAL as Stock Slides Into Next Print

Ralliant Corporation enters its August 11 earnings date in an unusual position: the Street just raised targets across the board, yet the stock has fallen 12% in a month and dropped nearly 6% this week alone. The…

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