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A handful of stocks are entering or about to enter the worrisome so-called death cross. A death cross can also be indicative of a forthcoming bear market pattern. Intel Intel disappointed Wall Street's first-quarter expectations last week, when it posted a beat in earnings per share but came up light in revenue. McDonald's McDonald's has also drawn a death cross. CVS Health Unlike the other two names, CVS Health is nearing a death cross.

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Stock market volatility is ramping up, and some companies slated to report earnings this week could see some sharp moves. Overall, nearly 40 S & P 500 names will have reported earnings by the end of the week, according to FactSet. Amid an uncertain market environment, investors may want to buckle up ahead of certain earnings reports this week. Some semiconductor names also made the cut. Financial heavyweight Blackstone and regional bank names Citizens Financial , Fifth Third and Comerica could also make significant post-earnings moves this week.

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Stocks have been on a tear, but analysts can't agree on which names they like going forward. Analysts are becoming increasingly divided on names such as Tesla and International Business Machines — which have struggled recently despite the broader market rally. Against this backdrop, CNBC Pro set out to find the stocks in which analysts are most divided. is largely favored by Wall Street, receiving buy ratings from 40% of analysts covering the stock, and sell ratings from just a fifth. Other stocks analysts are divided on include sports apparel retailer Lululemon , which still has buy ratings from 50% of analysts covering the stock, and United Rentals , which has a 50-50 split in analysts' buy and sell ratings.

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As the market continued to soar this month, hedge funds are betting against a handful of health-care and auto stocks. CNBC Pro used FactSet data to look for stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Exchange with the most short interest as of Feb. 15. Here are the names of these heavily shorted stocks: Some health-care stocks saw a sizable increase in short interest. Biomea Fusion saw short interest increase by about 19% to 11.8 million shares, or about 43% of float. Children's Place saw short interest increase by more than 200% during the first half of February.

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While the stock market raced toward record highs in late 2023, some hedge funds mounted bets against a myriad of names. Against this backdrop, CNBC Pro screened FactSet data for stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Exchange with the most short interest as of Dec. 15. Lucid Group , another EV maker, also saw a notable short interest increase, to about 27% of its float. Short interest also increased for used car retailer Carvana , climbing more than 7% to 35 million shares, or about 37% of its float. Companies that have continued to see notable short interest since November include plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat and solar energy companies Sunnova Energy and SunPower .

Organizations: CNBC Pro, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Exchange, Lucid Group, Sunnova Energy Locations: U.S, Austria

Executives of some beaten-down companies, including one battered biotech name and a popular soft drinks maker, scooped up shares of their own stock in the past week. Here are the top insider buys: Energy Transfer — Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren bought one million shares Monday at $13.53 per share for a total value of $13.53 million. Shares are up more than 2% over the past month. Enstar Group CEO bought swathes of shares Wednesday, the day after the company reported its earnings for the third quarter. The stock has gained about 8% so far this year and shares are up roughly 4% over the past month.

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Investors raised their short bets against various solar stocks and electric vehicle charging companies as the stock market breaks down. Hedge funds, in turn, are raising their bets against stocks they feel are particularly vulnerable in a downturn. Short interest in ChargePoint increased 23% to roughly 91 million shares, while short interest in Plug Power rose 9% to 139 million shares. Short interest reached about 32% and 26% of the float in both of those companies, respectively. A handful of aviation stocks also saw a jump in short interest bets, namely Frontier Group and Archer Aviation , which saw short interest rise to 8% and 7%, respectively.

Persons: SunPower, Frontier, Grindr Organizations: Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange, Frontier Group, Archer Aviation, Marathon, Cipher Mining, Canada Goose Holdings Locations: Wayfair

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