There has been virtually no short covering ahead of Microsoft's earnings report as bearish investors hold their positions.

The rise of AI is fueling a software consolidation wave that structurally benefits platform giants while posing an existential threat to niche players. Microsoft is executing flawlessly, leveraging ...

Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope ...

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Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish ...

When Microsoft introduced Copilot in early 2023, it looked like the sort of audacious bet only Microsoft could make. Imagine generative AI infused through Word, Outlook, Teams not as a novelty, but as ...

MicrosoftMSFT is due to report earnings on July 29, and the options market is pricing in an 8.9% move in either direction. Microsoft stock has struggled in 2026, but has bounced of the late-July low ...

Last week, Michael Burry disclosed via Substack that he had bought December 2028 LEAP call options on Microsoft with strikes near $700 struck well above the roughly $356 to $360 level the stock was ...