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A wave of insider selling hit AMAT this week. Filings dated June 17 show CEO Gary Dickerson sold $49.2M in shares on June 15–16. He offloaded 83,000 shares at around $591–$597 each. That wasn't the only sale. CTO…
WOLF has become the most extreme short in the US mid-cap space. Short interest hit 104.7% of free float as of June 22 — up from 88.9% just seven days earlier. That 15.8 percentage point jump in a single week is…
The options market is flashing its loudest warning yet on York Space Systems. The put-call ratio jumped to 1.30 on June 22 — 4.1 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.79. That is the highest PCR reading in…
FedEx headlined Monday's earnings calendar — and disappointed. Shares slipped after Q4 results came in soft. The company guided for calendar 2026 adjusted EPS of $16.90–$18.10, with revenue growth of roughly 11%…
Today brings two major earnings calls. FDX FedEx hosts its Q4 2026 call at 5pm ET. Investors want clarity on freight demand and margin recovery. KBH KB Home reports Q2 results at the same time. Housing data has been…
Wolfe Research made a decisive retail sector call today. The firm upgraded TGT from Hold to Buy while simultaneously downgrading HD from Buy to Hold. It is a straight rotation trade — money moving from the home…
DELL tops this month's insider selling chart. Silver Lake Group — a 10% board-seat holder — offloaded over $869 million worth of shares across multiple filings in early June. Trades were priced between $420 and $435…
WOLF sits at the epicentre of US short interest right now. Short Interest hit a staggering 104.7% of free float on June 22. That jumped 15.8 percentage points in just seven days. Availability to borrow is effectively…
The Fidelity U.S. Value ETF (FCUV) presents an unusual profile this week — a passive Canadian-listed ETF tracking U.S. value stocks, yet one where the lending market has tightened sharply and short interest has jumped…
Tower Semiconductor enters the week of June 23 having done something rare in semiconductor land: a 10% single-week gain that has actually pushed the stock above the Street's consensus price target. The most interesting…
The Nasdaq fell for a second straight day as chip stocks led the selloff. NVIDIA, Lam Research, KLA, and Applied Materials all traded lower. Rising US bond yields are the culprit — higher rates hit high-multiple growth…
Three high-profile names report this week, with MU and FDX topping the bill on Tuesday. FedEx Corporation reports Q4 2026 results today after the close. The logistics giant carries a market cap of $78.4 billion. Short…
Kroger took the sharpest hit in Monday's analyst sweep. Citigroup slashed its target from $71 to $61, keeping a Hold rating. The grocer carries a $34 billion market cap. Short interest sits at a modest 4.8% of free…
Insider filings this week reveal a wave of selling across US tech and healthcare stocks, with AMAT at the center of the most striking cluster. Five separate Applied Materials insiders filed sales totaling nearly $87M…
Wolfspeed is the week's standout short story. Its SI % of FF jumped from 88.9% to 104.7% in just seven days. That's a 15.8 percentage point surge. Bears are piling in hard on the embattled chip maker. The broader EV…
Markets wobbled Monday as quantum computing stocks captured options traders' attention. The catalyst: SpaceX shed over $400 billion in market value after its debut rally reversed sharply on rising US bond yields. That…
SpaceX shed roughly $400 billion in value this week. Its stock has now fallen below its IPO-day closing price. Despite the crash, bond investors rushed to lend the company $20 billion — a striking confidence gap…
FedEx and Carnival both report today, June 23. Results land after market close for FedEx. Carnival posts its Q2 numbers this morning. FedEx is closely watched as a bellwether for global trade. Any commentary on tariffs…
Analysts delivered a mixed verdict on Monday. NIKE took the sharpest blow — a fresh downgrade pulled its consensus rating lower. The average target price slipped to $58.72 from $59.22. The sportswear giant carries a…
Why this matters: The lending market for FV — the First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF — has shifted dramatically in a single session. Cost to borrow jumped 329% in a week and availability collapsed to its tightest…
