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Reddit posts in the window covered narrow S&P 500 weakness, EWZ puts after Lula's win and a QUBT short-squeeze thesis.
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Chegg debate
r/ValueInvesting split on Chegg: one commenter built a bull case on cash-backed valuation and AI-services optionality, while another rejected it over AI-driven moat erosion and management.
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by score · day changeCentrus holder won't sell and flags nearly 30% short interest
The author sees the broad selloff as an opportunity and ties Centrus's nearly 30% short interest to laser-enrichment competition.
Yeah, I wouldn’t sell. The who market is falling which provides opportunity.Source →
S&P 500 is down 2.5% since Oct 6 while 70% of its stocks are up
The author says declines in Nvidia, Broadcom, Meta and Alphabet drove most of the drop while the equal-weight index rose, though the median stock remains well below its 52-week high.
S&P 500 is down 2.5% since Oct 6 yet 70% of its stocks are up The S&P 500 closed at
The selloff is concentrated in a few megacaps rather than broad.
Source →A trader expects EWZ puts to pay off after Lula's victory
The author expects Brazilian equities to fall because Lula's win ended expectations of free-market reforms under Flávio.
$EWZ puts are about to print, hard!Source →
QUBT has 34% short interest and 13 days to cover, says a call holder
The author lays out a short-squeeze thesis into November earnings and the Dirac-3S hardware rollout while holding October and January calls.
QUBT - 34% short interest, 13 days to cover.
Watch QUBT's November earnings and the Dirac-3S rollout.
Source →WSB post accuses Musk of manipulating the neocloud market
The author alleges Musk is manipulating the neocloud market and argues a Tesla-SpaceX merger would mainly bail out SpaceX at Tesla shareholders' expense.
Elon is Manipulating the Neocloud Market https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/2114522987018031174?s=46 He is trying to defeat SpaceX’s competitors by commentin on his platform sayingSource →
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by comments per upvoteA trader holds 957 lots of monthly October 22400 puts and is adding
The r/IndianStockMarket author holds 0.35% of open interest in monthly October 22400 puts and says they are adding more.
PS: I hold 0.35 percent OI (957 lots) of monthly October 22400 puts I'm adding more, degen for lifeSource →
Sea Limited's selloff is short-term noise, argues a value investor
The author argues Shopee margin expansion and continued growth make Sea an attractive entry point after the selloff.
Sea Limited Analysis I've had some time to think about everything going on with the company and wanted to share
Watch Shopee margins.
Source →Intel Q3 preview lists revenue, gross-margin, foundry-loss and capex tests
The preview lists consensus revenue, gross-margin, foundry-loss and capex metrics to watch and notes that options flow leans bullish.
Intel Q3 Earnings Preview: What's the Biggest Surprise Lurking?
Watch Intel's Q3 gross margin and foundry loss.
Source →Market is pricing ACM as a shrinking business, without evidence
Author argues AECOM's valuation discount reflects unspent construction cash and uncertain claim recoveries rather than a permanently shrinking design business, with upcoming cash-flow prints as the key test.
add up your own cash table and the buybacks were the debt.Source →
QQQ's fee fell from 0.20% to 0.18% after its December conversion
QQQ converted from a UIT to an open-end fund in December 2025, narrowing its cost gap with QQQM to 0.03%.
QQQ quietly changed in December — its fee went from 0.20% to 0.18% Something I only recently caught:Source →