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Options markets are flashing defensive signals across multiple sectors this week. The biggest negative options bets by dollar value are concentrated in semis and software — with NVDA, MU, and AMD all appearing at the…
A handful of confirmed earnings releases land across the next seven days. No major IPOs are scheduled in that window. RF Industries and Hain Celestial kick off the week with earnings calls today, September 14. Hain…
Adobe dominated analyst desks on Friday as at least five firms revised targets lower following the company's latest results. JP Morgan cut its target to $315 from $340, maintaining a Buy. Jefferies trimmed to $275 from…
Short sellers have been busy this week. The biggest mover is LCID, whose SI % of FF jumped from 35.3% to 49.7% in a single session on September 10 — a 14-point surge in one day. Shares to borrow are nearly exhausted,…
US equity ETFs shed $4.7B in a single week. That number tells most of the story right now. Money is rotating out of American markets and into nearly everything else — a sharp reversal from the three-month trend where…
Bond markets are the day's dominant story. US Treasury yields pushed higher despite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's $6bn intervention. Investors are calling it insufficient. German borrowing costs hit their highest…
ADBE dominated analyst activity Thursday after what appears to be a disappointing earnings reaction. At least four firms cut their price targets on the software giant in quick succession. JP Morgan slashed its target…
Short sellers stepped up their bets across several popular names this week. Data as of September 10 shows the biggest weekly movers carry eye-catching numbers. Lucid Group saw the sharpest jump among large names. Its…
Bearish options flow is clustering in chips. NVDA leads on negative bets volume this week. MU — up 242% year-to-date — carries the highest bearish options count among large caps. Profit-takers are hedging hard. INTC…
Options traders are loading up on defensive plays. Semiconductor and crypto names dominate the negative bets leaderboard this week, according to ORTEX data. NVDA leads on raw negative options volume over the past seven…
Scotiabank delivered the day's boldest call. The bank raised its target on TRGP from $257 to $314 — a 22% lift — while keeping a Buy rating. Targa Resources is a $62.6 billion midstream giant with short interest of…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree. Filings disclosed between September 1 and 3 show he spent $241M picking up over 1 million shares of RSG across six days in late August and early September. The purchases were made…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Several names saw dramatic short interest jumps in just five days — and a few carry serious squeeze risk. CHWY tops the momentum table with SI % FF jumping to 63.6%, up 12…
Fixed income grabbed the week's biggest inflow. $11.0B flowed into bond ETFs in the past seven days. That stands in sharp contrast to the 3-month picture, where equities dominated with a $668B net inflow. The…
August CPI came in at 0.4% month-on-month and 3.4% year-on-year, matching expectations. Futures on the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all ticked higher on the print. The in-line read keeps the door open for a Fed cut later…
Scotiabank made the boldest analyst move of the day. The bank raised its target price on TRGP from $257 to $314 — a 22% jump. Targa Resources carries a $62.5bn market cap. Short interest sits at just 2.6% of free…
Short sellers moved decisively this week. LCID saw the biggest jump among large names. Its SI % of free float rose to 49.7% — up 14.4 percentage points in just seven days. Availability is near zero at 0.4% of SI.…
The Dow fell more than 300 points Thursday as oil prices surged. The Fear & Greed Index remains stuck in "Fear" territory. Rising energy costs are squeezing sentiment ahead of a busy earnings week featuring KR, LEN,…
Midstream energy giant TRGP grabbed the biggest analyst headline today. Scotiabank's Brandon Bingham raised his price target to $314 from $257 — a 22% jump — while keeping a Buy rating. The $62 billion company carries…
Short sellers have been busy this week. The biggest moves came in names where fresh pessimism is clearly building — not the usual suspects. Wix.com jumps onto radar. WIX saw its short interest leap 7.5 percentage…
