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Bulls Chase Datadog and DexCom Higher

Analysts lifted targets across several key names on Thursday. Technology and healthcare dominated the upgrades. Datadog saw its consensus target rise to $269.97 from $268.55. The cloud monitoring firm carries an $87…

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Bears Circle Car Rentals as Short Interest Spikes

Bears piled into car rental stocks this week. Hertz hit 84.6% short interest as a percentage of free float on July 30. That is up nearly 10 points in just seven days. Avis Budget Group is not far behind. Its SI% FF…

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Bears Pile Into Car Rentals and Retail

Short sellers turned bearish on rental car stocks this week. Hertz SI % of FF hit 84.6% on July 30 — up nearly 10 points in just seven days. Rival Avis Budget Group also saw shorts climb to 36.2% of FF, a 7-point…

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UFO Borrow Market Tightens Fast as Short Interest Hits 40%

The Procure Space ETF UFO has seen a dramatic shift in its lending market over the past week. Short interest has climbed to 40.4% of free float — and availability has collapsed with it. Short interest sat near 5% of…

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VFS Borrow Market Hits Maximum Tightness

Why this matters: Every share of VFS available to lend is now out on loan. The borrow pool hit maximum tightness on July 30. Cost to borrow has jumped 66% in a week. Availability for VinFast Auto has collapsed. As of…

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Amazon Steals the Show in a Packed Earnings Week

Amazon is the morning's biggest story. Shares surged 12% in pre-market trading after blowout Q2 results. Analysts say the company is already generating meaningful returns from its AI investments. The move puts Amazon…

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Big Week Ahead: Lilly, AMD, Palantir Report

Today is packed with major releases. XOM (ExxonMobil), ABBV (AbbVie), and CVX (Chevron) all report Q2 results this morning. LIN (Linde) also delivers figures today. These four alone carry a combined market cap above…

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Analysts Split on Utilities and Entertainment

Analysts delivered a sharp downgrade to EIX on Thursday. Edison International fell from Hold to Sell at consensus level. The California utility's average target price now sits at $76.25. Short interest is a modest 4.2%…

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Executives Cash Out as Insiders Dump $50M

A wave of insider selling hit US and European markets this week. The biggest names filed fresh disclosures showing heavy exits near multi-year highs. Healthcare leads the sell-off. At MEDP, founder and Chairman/CEO…

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Bears Double Down: Hertz, Chewy in Shorts' Sights

Short sellers stepped up pressure on several US names this week. Hertz leads the charge with the biggest weekly jump among mid-cap stocks. SI hit 84.3% of free float — up nearly 11 points in seven days. Availability is…

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US and Japan Hoover Up ETF Cash

Equity ETFs pulled in a net $75B in a single week. That is the dominant story in global fund flows right now. Risk appetite is firmly on. The U.S. led all regions with $40.2B in net inflows last week. Flow imbalance…

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Apple Sinks $390B as Earnings Week Gets Brutal

AAPL dropped as much as 6% in after-hours trading Thursday night. The selloff wiped roughly $390 billion in market cap in under an hour. Jim Cramer pinned the move on "memory and currency" headwinds. The drop sets a…

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Big Week for Pharma, Chips, and Oil

Today kicks off one of the busiest earnings weeks of the summer. Energy giants XOM and CVX both report this morning. ExxonMobil releases numbers at 6:30 AM ET. Chevron follows at 9:30 AM. Oil prices and refining…

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Analysts Split on Crypto, Pharma, and Water

Analyst target price moves today show a broad range of calls across sectors. Several names stand out. META saw its consensus target trimmed slightly to $773.59, down from $777.80. Analysts left their buy-heavy ratings…

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Healthcare Realty Shorts Retreat as Print Looms

HR heads into today's Q2 earnings with short sellers backing away and options traders turning notably more cautious, creating a split signal into the release. The clearest shift in positioning is on the short side —…

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Needham Lifts Target as Stagwell Rallies 20% Into Earnings

STGW heads into its July 31 print on the back of a remarkable 20% surge over the past week — and an analyst stepping up to acknowledge it. The standout development heading into the release is a fresh target-price raise…

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ThredUp Shorts Stay Heavy Into Monday's Print

ThredUp heads into its August 3 earnings release with nearly one-in-five shares sold short — and options traders moving in the opposite direction entirely. Short interest is the defining feature of the setup. At 18.9%…

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