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DOW just had its worst week in months — down nearly 10% to $27.36 — and the analyst community chose the final day of June to deliver its most aggressive verdict yet. RBC Capital downgraded the stock to Sector Perform…
DELL closed the week at $431.46, up 4% on the day of June 30, as the short-side retreat that began before earnings has continued with conviction in the aftermath of its June 25 results. The short-unwinding story has…
MQ enters July with an unusual split: Morgan Stanley just quadrupled its price target, yet the stock pulled back nearly 3% on the day the note landed. The Morgan Stanley move is the headline this week. James Faucette…
KOMP, the SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF, closed the week on a quiet but solid footing — up 3.7% on the week to $71.50, even as the month as a whole left it down nearly 4%. The most notable development…
NIO enters July in an unusual position — short sellers have been trimming exposure all week, yet the borrow market has simultaneously grown tighter, creating a split signal that warrants attention. The most striking…
Bloom Energy enters the first week of July in a peculiar position — the stock has pulled back 6% on the week yet closed Tuesday up 10%, analysts are raising targets they can't quite reach, and the next earnings…
ARTY, the iShares Future AI & Tech ETF, enters July with short sellers unwinding positions at pace — and the borrow market telling a dramatically different story than it did six weeks ago. The headline number is…
XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, enters July with a notable reversal in the short positioning story that dominated last week's note. The most important change from the June 24 article is in the…
KKR heads into its August 4 earnings report with an unusual ownership dynamic: its own Co-CEOs and directors bought shares aggressively during February and March's sell-off, yet the stock at $91.78 remains below every…
Talos Energy heads into the first week of July with an awkward divergence: the Street is turning more constructive on the stock while the price falls, short interest ticks up, and the E&P sector trades broadly…
Construction Partners enters July with short sellers rebuilding positions and its most closely watched analyst cutting his price target — a combination that adds mild friction to what has otherwise been a constructive…
AVGO ended June with a small recovery — up 1.4% on Tuesday to close at $377.75 — but the gap between where the stock trades and where the Street thinks it belongs remains extraordinarily wide, and a cluster of insider…
Arcus Biosciences has gained 22% over the past month and 9% on the week, yet short sellers are simultaneously adding to positions at the fastest pace in months — a tension that defines the setup heading into August…
Guardant Health closes the week at $150.03 — up 15% in seven days — with its co-founder selling aggressively into the strength and analysts still racing to catch up with the move. The insider story is the clearest…
HLMN enters the first week of July having delivered its best monthly run in some time — up 13% over the past month and 8.5% on the week alone to close at $8.44 — yet a sharp and sudden rebuild in short positioning is…
Merchants Bancorp heads into its July 28 earnings with a notable analyst defection, a sharp rebuild in short interest, and a stock that has quietly reclaimed the $50 level. The standout this week is the rating change.…
IperionX closes the week at A$4.08 — down 30% over the past month — yet the most interesting tension is not the price itself but what the ORTEX short score is quietly doing in the background as the stock rebounds off…
Knight-Swift enters the final week of Q2 with a notable convergence: the Street has been sharply upgrading its view just as short sellers accelerate their exit, leaving the stock priced at a modest discount to where…
Cannae Holdings enters July with shorts unwinding and the stock up 4.4% on the week — yet the gap between the share price and underlying asset value remains the central tension for investors. Short sellers have been…
OPTU heads into July with a stock that has more than doubled in a month yet faces a lending market tightening at a pace that demands attention. The most striking development this week is how quickly borrow availability…
