who keep pumping this stock??

Like
Comment
Favorite

JD88
2023-07-19

who keep pumping this stock??

Why Did Upstart Stock Jump Nearly 14% on Monday

An improving inflation picture combined with a high-short interest fueled another leg of Upstart's ongoing short squeeze.

Why Did Upstart Stock Jump Nearly 14% on Monday

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Report

Comment

Top
Latest

No comments yet

Most Discussed

Terms and Conditions·Privacy Policy

Company: TTMF Limited. Tech supported by Xiangshang Yixin.

Email：uservice@ttm.financial

{"i18n":{"language":"en_US"},"data":{"magic":2,"id":199316860072016,"tweetId":"199316860072016","gmtCreate":1689696579530,"gmtModify":1689696583486,"author":{"id":3574241875611006,"idStr":"3574241875611006","authorId":3574241875611006,"authorIdStr":"3574241875611006","name":"JD88","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"userType":1,"introduction":"","boolIsFan":false,"boolIsHead":false,"crmLevel":9,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"currentWearingBadge":{"badgeId":"972123088c9646f7b6091ae0662215be-3","templateUuid":"972123088c9646f7b6091ae0662215be","name":"Legendary Trader","description":"Total number of securities or futures transactions reached 300","bigImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/656db16598a0b8f21429e10d6c1cb033","smallImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/03f10910d4dd9234f9b5702a3342193a","grayImgUrl":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0c767e35268feb729d50d3fa9a386c5a","redirectLinkEnabled":0,"hasAllocated":1,"isWearing":1,"stampPosition":0,"hasStamp":0,"allocationCount":1,"allocatedDate":"2022.08.13","exceedPercentage":"93.36%","individualDisplayEnabled":0},"individualDisplayBadges":[],"fanSize":1,"starInvestorFlag":false},"themes":[],"images":[],"coverImages":[],"html":"<html><head></head><body><p>who keep pumping this stock??</p></body></html>","htmlText":"<html><head></head><body><p>who keep pumping this stock??</p></body></html>","text":"who keep pumping this stock??","highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/199316860072016","repostId":2352752062,"repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"2352752062","pubTimestamp":1689660300,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2352752062?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2023-07-18 14:05","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Why Did Upstart Stock Jump Nearly 14% on Monday","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2352752062","media":"Motley Fool","summary":"An improving inflation picture combined with a high-short interest fueled another leg of Upstart's ongoing short squeeze.","content":"<html><head></head><body><h2 id=\"id_1257074368\">What happened</h2><p>Shares of fintech platform <strong>Upstart</strong> rocketed 13.7% higher on Monday.</p><p>The company, founded in 2012 and public since late 2020, has long predicated itself on the use of AI to better underwrite loans. However, since late 2021, the former highflier has experienced a brutal drawdown, as buyers of Upstart&#39;s loans fled the platform in droves amid high inflation and fears of a recession. That led not only to the stock being taken to the woodshed, but for its short interest to rise to a whopping 32.5% of shares outstanding as of the end of June.</p><p>However, financial and fintech stocks appear to be rising today as well as other economically sensitive stocks especially harmed by rapidly rising interest rates. This is likely due to some better-than-expected inflation readings last week, while job growth remains robust.</p><p>Given Upstart&#39;s sky-high short interest, recent optimism over the economy is leading to a pretty epic short squeeze on the stock ahead of earnings season.</p><h2 id=\"id_776822546\">So what</h2><p>One of the dangers of short selling is that unlike buying a stock where your loss is limited to 100%, when you borrow a stock and sell it short, your losses could potentially be unlimited. Therefore, when a heavily shorted stock runs higher, the short seller&#39;s prime broker may issue a margin call and force the short seller to buy back their stock at a loss.  </p><p>That could be what&#39;s happening with Upstart today. After all, many of the economic headwinds that caused such a big sell-off over the past 18 months appear to be subsiding. In 2021, the inflationary scare caused interest rates to go higher and delinquencies to increase for Upstart&#39;s personal and auto loans.</p><p>Not only did delinquencies tick up, but because Upstart&#39;s loan buyers, mostly banks and credit unions, were seeing their cost of capital rapidly rise, with a lot of uncertainty as to how high it would go, many essentially stopped buying loans. And since Upstart doesn&#39;t have a banking license and therefore doesn&#39;t own its own deposits, it was at the mercy of these third parties.</p><p>However, inflation is now coming down, with many thinking the Federal Reserve is nearly done with its federal funds rate hikes even though the jobs market has remained strong. Moreover, Upstart has announced a couple of long-term funding deals that will provide it with some committed capital. That will help mitigate, though not totally eliminate, the threat of large capital flights in the medium term.</p><p>Investors perhaps are now anticipating a Goldilocks scenario &#34;soft landing&#34; for the economy, which would be an ideal scenario for Upstart and the worst one for its short sellers.</p><h2 id=\"id_3819029773\">Now what</h2><p>With today&#39;s rally, Upstart is now up a stunning 300% on the year and now trades at a $4.4 billion market cap and six times sales. The company is currently making losses, as it&#39;s had to decrease originations.   </p><p>It&#39;s pretty hard to value Upstart precisely because we don&#39;t really know how much funding will return when interest rates settle or how much market share Upstart can regain in the personal loan space once funding comes back.</p><p>Still, with its short interest still likely high, AI being a new buzzword, and the potential for an economic recovery and optimism this earnings season, it wouldn&#39;t surprise me to see the stock go higher.</p><p>Investors should just beware this rally may be mostly due to non-fundamental factors.</p><p>Last Wednesday, Upstart announced that it has partnered with Arbor Financial Credit Union to provide its members with personal loans. </p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">&#34;We are excited to welcome Arbor Financial Credit Union to the family of Upstart lending partners,&#34; said <strong>Michael Lock</strong>, SVP of Lending Partnerships for Upstart. &#34;As part of the Upstart Referral Network, Arbor is able to attract new members and offer them its personal loans through an all-digital lending experience.&#34;</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Upstart is an AI lending marketplace that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit.  Upstart provides a fully-digital, automated lending platform that allows for greater than two-thirds of its loans to be approved instantly.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Upstart will release its second quarter financial results on August 8 after the market close and will discuss the results during a conference call and webcast that day at 4:30 p.m. ET.</p></body></html>","source":"fool_stock","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Why Did Upstart Stock Jump Nearly 14% on Monday</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWhy Did Upstart Stock Jump Nearly 14% on Monday\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2023-07-18 14:05 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/07/17/why-upstart-rocketed-14-higher-today/><strong>Motley Fool</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>What happenedShares of fintech platform Upstart rocketed 13.7% higher on Monday.The company, founded in 2012 and public since late 2020, has long predicated itself on the use of AI to better ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/07/17/why-upstart-rocketed-14-higher-today/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"BK4585":"ETF&股票定投概念","BK4561":"索罗斯持仓","BK4166":"消费信贷","UPST":"Upstart Holdings, Inc.","BK4588":"碎股"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/07/17/why-upstart-rocketed-14-higher-today/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2352752062","content_text":"What happenedShares of fintech platform Upstart rocketed 13.7% higher on Monday.The company, founded in 2012 and public since late 2020, has long predicated itself on the use of AI to better underwrite loans. However, since late 2021, the former highflier has experienced a brutal drawdown, as buyers of Upstart's loans fled the platform in droves amid high inflation and fears of a recession. That led not only to the stock being taken to the woodshed, but for its short interest to rise to a whopping 32.5% of shares outstanding as of the end of June.However, financial and fintech stocks appear to be rising today as well as other economically sensitive stocks especially harmed by rapidly rising interest rates. This is likely due to some better-than-expected inflation readings last week, while job growth remains robust.Given Upstart's sky-high short interest, recent optimism over the economy is leading to a pretty epic short squeeze on the stock ahead of earnings season.So whatOne of the dangers of short selling is that unlike buying a stock where your loss is limited to 100%, when you borrow a stock and sell it short, your losses could potentially be unlimited. Therefore, when a heavily shorted stock runs higher, the short seller's prime broker may issue a margin call and force the short seller to buy back their stock at a loss.  That could be what's happening with Upstart today. After all, many of the economic headwinds that caused such a big sell-off over the past 18 months appear to be subsiding. In 2021, the inflationary scare caused interest rates to go higher and delinquencies to increase for Upstart's personal and auto loans.Not only did delinquencies tick up, but because Upstart's loan buyers, mostly banks and credit unions, were seeing their cost of capital rapidly rise, with a lot of uncertainty as to how high it would go, many essentially stopped buying loans. And since Upstart doesn't have a banking license and therefore doesn't own its own deposits, it was at the mercy of these third parties.However, inflation is now coming down, with many thinking the Federal Reserve is nearly done with its federal funds rate hikes even though the jobs market has remained strong. Moreover, Upstart has announced a couple of long-term funding deals that will provide it with some committed capital. That will help mitigate, though not totally eliminate, the threat of large capital flights in the medium term.Investors perhaps are now anticipating a Goldilocks scenario \"soft landing\" for the economy, which would be an ideal scenario for Upstart and the worst one for its short sellers.Now whatWith today's rally, Upstart is now up a stunning 300% on the year and now trades at a $4.4 billion market cap and six times sales. The company is currently making losses, as it's had to decrease originations.   It's pretty hard to value Upstart precisely because we don't really know how much funding will return when interest rates settle or how much market share Upstart can regain in the personal loan space once funding comes back.Still, with its short interest still likely high, AI being a new buzzword, and the potential for an economic recovery and optimism this earnings season, it wouldn't surprise me to see the stock go higher.Investors should just beware this rally may be mostly due to non-fundamental factors.Last Wednesday, Upstart announced that it has partnered with Arbor Financial Credit Union to provide its members with personal loans. \"We are excited to welcome Arbor Financial Credit Union to the family of Upstart lending partners,\" said Michael Lock, SVP of Lending Partnerships for Upstart. \"As part of the Upstart Referral Network, Arbor is able to attract new members and offer them its personal loans through an all-digital lending experience.\"Upstart is an AI lending marketplace that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit.  Upstart provides a fully-digital, automated lending platform that allows for greater than two-thirds of its loans to be approved instantly.Upstart will release its second quarter financial results on August 8 after the market close and will discuss the results during a conference call and webcast that day at 4:30 p.m. ET.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":306,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":25,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"hasMoreComment":false,"orderType":2}