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AMD fell another 3.5% Monday to $456.75. Yet the analyst community keeps moving in the opposite direction. This morning, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold upgraded AMD to Strong Buy and lifted his price target from…
Options positioning on Merck & Co. just flashed its most bearish read in three weeks. The put/call ratio hit 0.8468 on August 21 — 3.2 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.763. That's the loudest options…
Short sellers are stepping back from REMX. Yet options traders are placing their most bearish bets in a year. The two signals point in opposite directions — and the gap between them is the story. Short interest in REMX…
Four Wall Street firms have downgraded Weave Communications in the past week. The cluster of analyst cuts is striking — and it tells a specific story about how professionals read the Francisco Partners deal. Raymond…
A convergence report published earlier today covered Morgan Stanley's dramatic flip to Underweight on RIO. Since then, a separate signal has landed: the borrow market has swung decisively in the opposite direction from…
The gold miners ETF has rallied 38% in a month. Now the lending market is flashing its tightest signal in a year. Availability on GDX has collapsed to 55% — down from 130% just one week ago. That means only about one…
Three weeks of post-earnings pressure are leaving marks on TJX. The cost to borrow shares has surged. Analyst sentiment has fractured. And the stock is down nearly 8% on the week. Cost to borrow jumped 79% over the…
Morgan Stanley initiated RIO with an Underweight rating and a $90 target on August 24. The stock closed at $105.30. That gap — 14.5% above the new target — is the sharpest bearish signal to hit Rio Tinto in months, and…
Citigroup downgraded WB to Neutral on Thursday. The move came with a 16% price target cut — from $9.30 to $7.80. That target sits just 8% above Wednesday's close of $7.19. The stock has lost 10% over the past…
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods just made the boldest call on Progressive in weeks. The firm upgraded the insurer to Outperform and lifted its price target 10.6% to $250. The stock closed at $220.34 on Thursday — implying…
Allstate has shed nearly a quarter of its short interest in the past week. Now a second analyst firm has piled on with a downgrade — even as the bears are leaving. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded ALL to Underperform…
Analog Devices triggered a wave of analyst action on August 20. At least eight firms revised their views post-earnings. The stock sits at $370.24 — well below a consensus target that has moved sharply…
Citigroup downgraded TJX to Neutral on Thursday, slashing its price target 15% to $154. That implies 9% downside from Wednesday's close of $140.69 — a sharp reversal from Citi analyst Paul Lejuez's prior Buy rating…
Options traders are aggressively buying calls on PNC even as short sellers quietly build positions. The divergence is sharp and has been consistent across the past week. The put-call ratio on PNC hit 0.85 on August 20.…
Three firms raised price targets on Toll Brothers yesterday. Options traders rotated sharply toward calls. The borrow market went the other way — tightening even as shorts remain absent. The signals are pulling in…
Options traders just repositioned sharply on ATAT. The put-call ratio dropped to 1.53 — nearly 3 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.89. That's the most bullish options positioning in months, arriving…
ATHM reports earnings today. The borrow market has never been tighter in the past year. Availability dropped to 14.3% as of August 19 — the lowest level recorded in 52 weeks. That means roughly one share remains…
WhiteFiber, Inc. is down 25% over the past week. That slide hasn't scared shorts away. It has made the borrow market dramatically more expensive. Cost to borrow hit 30.6% on Wednesday. That is a 218% jump in one week.…
Three separate data signals are moving in the same direction on PFE. Short sellers have retreated further. The options market has grown more call-heavy. Borrow costs have halved. Together, they describe a lending and…
Options traders are pricing in the most defensive posture seen on BNY in weeks. The put-call ratio hit 1.45 on August 19 — a 3.88 sigma deviation above its 20-day mean. That's an extreme reading, and it arrived as…
