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Morgan Stanley sharply raised targets on two cybersecurity giants on Monday. CrowdStrike got a new target of $227, up from $172 — a 32% jump. Palo Alto Networks was lifted to $387 from $320, a 21% increase. Both…
Venture firm Bessemer Venture Partners has filed to have sold nearly $90 million worth of TTAN shares since the start of July. The 13 separate trades span June 30 to July 17, with filings reported to regulators as…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on two notable names this week. CLBK (Columbia Financial) saw the biggest move. Its SI % of FF jumped nearly 7 points in seven days, hitting 24.2% on July 20 — up from 17.2% a week…
RDDT heads into its July 30 earnings report with short sellers trimming positions, insiders cashing out near recent highs, and options traders nudging toward defensiveness — a setup where positioning and price are…
Honeywell Aerospace enters the week in a peculiar position: a freshly listed aerospace spin-off with a falling share price, a consensus hold rating from a dozen freshly inked analyst initiations, and a borrow market so…
AST SpaceMobile heads into the week with its most congested short positioning in months — and a borrow market that has effectively shut again just days after briefly reopening. The covering that Thursday's note…
GRPN has now gained 73% over the past month and another 19% this week, closing at $27.95, yet the borrow market has tightened sharply again — and the short base remains far too large for bears to exit cleanly. The…
SITM enters its August 5 earnings date with a striking divergence between a broadly bullish analyst consensus and the most defensive options positioning the stock has seen in nearly a year. The options signal is the…
The most-watched event this week is GOOGL's Q2 results. Markets want answers on AI spending — and whether costs are coming down. Analysts are watching for clues on how the $1.7 trillion company is rationalising…
The earnings calendar heats up this week. Today, AMSF posts results after the close. Also due today: RJF reports after the bell. Tomorrow, Wednesday, is the busiest day. GOOGL releases Q2 results after market close.…
Analysts delivered a mixed bag of calls on Monday. Three standouts deserved attention: a downgrade for MMM, a cut for PWR, and a rare upgrade for SCHW. 3M gets the axe. Analysts downgraded 3M as consensus shifted…
Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has filed $117M in TTAN sales over the past month. The firm sold 1.5 million shares across 15 separate transactions between June 26 and July 17, at prices ranging from $76…
Short sellers turned up the heat on several names this week while stepping back from a handful of heavily-shorted mid-caps. Columbia Financial saw the biggest SI jump among stocks above $500M. Short interest hit 24.1%…
The biggest money flow story this week is a sharp reversal in China. Over 3 months, China ETFs bled $17.9B. This week alone, they pulled in $24.8B net — a flow_imbalance of 81, signalling strong buying pressure. That…
Short sellers in CHPY are sending contradictory signals. The cost to borrow has crashed to near zero. Yet the borrow market itself is at maximum tightness. That divergence is the story right now for the YieldMax…
Why this matters: Three separate signals have moved on XLRE in the same week. Short sellers are nearly done covering. Borrowing costs are rising despite a looser lending pool. And options traders just turned the most…
Northrop Grumman posted a Q2 double beat with a record backlog — and its stock fell anyway. That "sell the news" reaction is worth watching as the earnings calendar grows heavier. Alphabet reports after the bell…
Three macro themes are dominating market activity on July 21: an Iran-driven oil spike, an AI chip sell-off, and a US crypto CLARITY Act update. Oil names in focus. Crude touched $90 after Iran struck tankers in the…
Today brings the first test. Crown Holdings kicks things off with its Q2 call at 9am ET. AMERISAFE reports after the close. Tomorrow is the biggest day. Alphabet drops Q2 results after the bell — the market wants…
Analysts are pulling in opposite directions on financials and hospitality today. The Travelers Companies was downgraded by consensus analysts, with the average target price slipping to $351.96 from $343.54. The $77B…
