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Market Commentary

Earnings Flood as Nike Headlinesthe Week

This week delivers a steady stream of corporate results. Several high-profile names report between today and July 1. Today (June 25) kicks off with a bang. MKC McCormick & Company hosts its Q2 2026 earnings call this…

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Market Commentary

Utilities Surge, Sherwin-Williams Gets Fresh Buy

Analysts swept through the utilities sector on Wednesday, lifting target prices on more than eight names simultaneously. NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, Dominion Energy, and Consolidated Edison all received upward target…

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Market Commentary

Insiders Cash Out at SpaceMobile and Walmart

AST SpaceMobile founder and CEO Abel Avellan filed on June 23 to report he sold $146.7 million worth of stock on June 22. He unloaded 2.5 million shares at $58.68 each. That filing came just days after the stock had…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into Wolfspeed and Cerebras

Short sellers made sharp moves this week. WaterBridge Infrastructure saw the biggest jump — its SI % of Free Float soared from 30% to 83% in just seven days. That's a 53 percentage point swing. Wolfspeed remains the…

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Market Commentary

Banks Rally, QCOM Bets Big on AI

The Federal Reserve declared all major US banks well positioned to withstand a severe recession. The results landed tonight. JPMorgan moved immediately. The bank raised its quarterly dividend and announced a $50…

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Market Commentary

Earnings Flood as Quarter Closes

Today kicks off a busy week. MU — Micron Technology — holds its Q3 2026 earnings call today at 6pm ET. Micron is closely watched as a bellwether for AI memory demand. MLKN — MillerKnoll — also reports today, offering a…

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Market Commentary

Citi Sweeps Chemicals; IFF Cut Hard

Citigroup analyst Patrick Cunningham made a broad move across the chemicals sector on Tuesday. He raised targets on SHW, LIN, and PPG while cutting IFF sharply. The IFF cut is the standout. Citi slashed the target from…

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Market Commentary

Insiders Cash Out as AMAT CEO Leads $800M Week

A wave of insider selling hit markets this week. Applied Materials stands out most. CEO Gary Dickerson filed multiple sell transactions on June 17. He offloaded roughly 66,000 shares across several trades. Total value:…

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Market Commentary

Bears Pile Into Wolfspeed and Cerebras

Short sellers moved aggressively into two names this week. Wolfspeed now sits at 113% SI % FF. That is up 15 points in just seven days. The beleaguered chipmaker has faced mounting losses and debt concerns. Bears keep…

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Trader NoteONDS

ONDS: Short Interest Breaks 45% as Stock Slides to New Lows

Ondas Inc. is now a week further down the same road: short interest has broken above 45% of the float, availability remains locked at zero, and the stock has shed another 7% since the last note. The borrow market is as…

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Trader NoteAXON

Axon Shorts Keep Building, But the Borrow Pool Stays Deep

AXON enters the back half of June with short interest at its highest level in months, yet the stock just snapped back 5.6% in a single session — a combination that makes the positioning story genuinely worth…

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Trader NoteFRVO

FRVO Shorts Press On After the Print

Fervo Energy has now reported its first earnings as a public company — and the shorts that built aggressively into the event have not backed off. The June 22 print moved the stock down 6% on the day, and the selling…

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Trader NoteRMIX

RMIX Shorts Multiply Fivefold as Analysts Queue Up

RMIX heads into the last week of June with two sharply divergent signals: a fast-growing short book and an equally fast-growing analyst consensus — both accelerating at the same time. The short-interest story is the…

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Trader NoteHQ

HQ's Borrow Market Snaps Shut Again After 79% Weekly Rally

Horizon Quantum Holdings has spent the past week completing one of the more violent round-trips in small-cap quantum computing — up 79% across five sessions, then down 13% on Tuesday — and the borrow market has just…

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Trader NoteCCXI

CCXI: SPAC Arbitrage Flow Builds as Hedge Funds Pile In

CCXI is a blank-check vehicle trading close to NAV, but the hedge fund positioning behind it has shifted materially over the past month. The most notable development is not the price — up 1.7% on the week to $10.42, a…

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Trader NoteSKYD

PSKY Short Score Drifts Lower as Shorts Unwind

PSKY heads into the final week of June with an unusual mix: short sellers retreating, borrowing costs easing, and yet the stock still losing ground. The most telling data point this week is the direction of the ORTEX…

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