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CXW Shorts Surge as Insiders Cash Out Post-Earnings
CoreCivic enters the week after its Q2 print in a dramatically different positioning landscape — short interest has exploded, insiders are selling aggressively, and the borrow market has tightened sharply from the near-limitless availability that existed just days ago. The most striking shift in the data is in short interest, which has moved from irrelevant to material almost…
15 Aug 2026, 17:36·1 min read
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IRWD: Shorts Retreat as Options Turn Bullish
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals heads into the back half of August with a notable divergence at its core — short sellers are unwinding positions even as the stock trades at a fraction of where analysts think it should be. The short interest story has shifted materially over the past week. At 10% of free float, the position remains elevated by any measure, but the direction is clearly…
15 Aug 2026, 17:33
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Boeing's Short Covering Slows — The Recovery Trade Faces a Different Test
BA has entered a quieter phase after weeks of sharp analyst upgrades and short covering activity, and the question now is whether the fundamental story is strong enough to drive the next leg without those tailwinds. The most striking data point this week is the collapse in short interest. Shares short dropped roughly 86% in a single week — from around 39,000 shares on August 6 to…
15 Aug 2026, 17:30
Bears, Gates, and a Big Earnings Week Ahead
Bears, Gates, and a Big Earnings Week Ahead Shorts Target Semis and Biotech Short sellers are moving fast this week. Wolfspeed has become the standout semiconductor bear target. Short interest hit 85% of free float — up 6.9 points week-on-week. The stock has lost nearly 49% in three months. Replimune saw short interest jump 10 points to 37.8% of free float…
15 Aug 2026, 16:51
Analysts Trim Utilities, Lift FICO Target
Analysts Trim Utilities, Lift FICO Target Analyst activity this week is dominated by a broad sweep of recommendation removals across the US utilities sector. Firms pulled ratings on WEC, Ameren, CenterPoint, CMS Energy, DTE Energy, Sempra, and Consolidated Edison. The move suggests at least one major bank…
15 Aug 2026, 16:21
Gates Bets Big on Waste; Tech Insiders Cash Out
Gates Bets Big on Waste; Tech Insiders Cash Out Bill Gates filed purchases this week totaling over $100M in RSG Republic Services. Three separate buys hit on August 10–11. Gates paid between $214 and $216 per share across 465,000 shares. The waste management giant rarely draws this kind of high-profile attention from individual insiders. On the selling side…
15 Aug 2026, 16:12
Bears Pile Into Semis, Meat, and Bowling
Bears Pile Into Semis, Meat, and Bowling Short sellers are moving fast this week. Beyond Meat tops the pain chart — SI sits at an extraordinary 880% of free float. Bears added another 68 percentage points in just seven days. Cost to borrow spiked to 90%. Zero shares remain available to borrow. Wolfspeed is the standout semiconductor name. Bears pushed SI to 85% of…
15 Aug 2026, 16:01
Money Rotates: Bonds Rise, Japan Collapses
Money Rotates: Bonds Rise, Japan Collapses Japan was the biggest single story in ETF flows this week. It shed $75.5B in net outflows over the past week, a flowimbalance of just 9.7. That is a dramatic reversal. Over three months, Japan had been a consistent winner, pulling in $78.9B net — one of the strongest geographic inflows globally. That flip is the headline. Money that flowed into…
15 Aug 2026, 16:00
Markets Eye Retail Earnings as Chips and Biotech Draw Short Fire
Markets Eye Retail Earnings as Chips and Biotech Draw Short Fire US Market Highlights Semiconductors and biotech are the week's short-selling focal points. WOLF tops the squeeze watch list with short interest at 85.2% of free float. Shares to borrow: zero. REPL surged 10.4 points in seven days to 37.8% SI. Meanwhile, options traders are betting the other way on…
15 Aug 2026, 12:52