Markets reopen after the Labor Day break with semiconductors, short sellers, and a billionaire buying spree all fighting for attention.
AVGO (Broadcom) reported Q3 AI revenue up 221%. Shares fell on soft guidance anyway. Options traders were ready — both heavy call and put buying flagged the tension before results. NVDA and AVGO both lead the market in positive options bets over the past week. The two-sided positioning reflects traders bracing for big moves, not one clear direction.
DELL stole the analyst headlines. Truist Securities lifted its target 40% to $505. Evercore ISI raised its target to $575. Both cite Dell's growing AI server business as the driver. ORCL moved the other way — Jefferies cut its target from $320 to $290, though the analyst kept a Buy rating.
WOLF (Wolfspeed) sits at 73.3% SI % of Free Float with zero shares available to borrow. Bears are locked in. Squeeze risk is real. FLWS (1-800-Flowers) carries 74.1% SI % FF and 29 days-to-cover. TENB saw the sharpest weekly jump among mid-caps — SI % FF rose 4.7 percentage points to 13.8%.
Bill Gates filed purchases of over 3.68 million RSG (Republic Services) shares between August 10–31. The total cost: $808 million. That sustained accumulation signals deep commitment to the waste-management sector. On the sell side, a founding-family director at SYK (Stryker) offloaded $118 million of shares — a notable discretionary exit.
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