IT and Consumer Discretionary stocks most shorted ahead of earnings this week

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This week sees the U.S. reach the height of its third quarter earnings season. Stocks, in the Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors are seeing interesting securities lending flow ahead of their earnings announcements, including Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM), Cavium Inc. (NASDAQ:CAVM), NetGear, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE:SFSF), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT).