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Bill Gates has been quietly accumulating RSG stock at scale. He filed purchases totalling $927 million in Republic Services shares over 65 separate trades between August 10 and September 2. His stake now stands at…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week on a handful of mid-cap names, while GameStop shorts quietly retreated. Chewy under siege. Chewy's short interest climbed to 51.5% of free float as of September 4 — up from…
Fixed Income grabbed the biggest weekly inflow. $12.4B flowed into bond ETFs this week. That is the largest net gain of any asset class. Equities also held positive, adding $4.8B. But the tone is shifting. The standout…
Short sellers are making bold moves. CHWY now has 51.5% of its free float short — up 5 points in a week. WOLF is even more extreme at 75% short, with zero shares left to borrow. A squeeze there could be sharp. On the…
Analysts are busy reshaping software and financial data coverage this week. The standout calls are a fresh upgrade for ADSK and a consensus target lift for PLTR. Autodesk gets a lift. Autodesk jumped to a…
Insider activity picked up sharply this week. The biggest single trade came from ARGX. argenx founder and CEO Timothy Van Hauwermeiren filed a $21.1 million sale on September 5. He sold 20,000 shares at roughly $1,056…
Short sellers ran for the exits on two major names this week. NKE short interest plunged 72% in just seven days. Bears slashed their position to just 0.36% of float ahead of Tuesday's earnings print. GME saw an equally…
US markets return today after the Labor Day holiday. Investors come back to a busy week of earnings, elevated Treasury yields, and persistent pressure on consumer names. Treasury yields are back in the spotlight.…
Short sellers made notable moves this week. Chewy and Wix.com led the charge in rising short interest, while GameStop saw bears retreat. Biggest Movers Up Wix.com saw its SI % of free float jump 6.2 percentage points…
Fixed income pulled in $12.4B last week — the biggest single-week haul across all asset classes. That number tells the key story. Investors rotated away from passive equity into bonds, commodities, and actively managed…
The week's biggest headline came from the NVIDIA boardroom. Director Mark Stevens filed disclosures showing he sold over $411 million in NVDA shares across seven transactions between August 31 and September 2. Prices…
Two upgrades stood out this week. ADSK received a fresh upgrade, pushing the consensus target to $315. The design software giant carries a $45.5B market cap. Short interest is light at 3.5% of free float — bears are…
NVDA board member Mark Stevens filed disclosures this week showing he sold over $411 million in NVIDIA shares across seven transactions between August 31 and September 2. The trades — ranging from $14M to $98M each —…
Short sellers made bold moves last week. Chewy and Wix.com led the charge in new short-side interest among liquid US names. Chewy under pressure. SI hit 52.3% of free float. That's up 4.6 percentage points in just…
Markets head into a busy earnings week with short sellers piling into beaten-down consumer names while a billionaire bets big on a European gaming giant. Chewy and Wolfspeed are the week's clearest short-seller…
Two upgrades stand out in the latest analyst activity. ADSK received a consensus upgrade, pushing buy-side recommendations from 31 to 32. The $45.5bn design software maker now has an average target price of…
A secretive billionaire has made one of the year's biggest insider purchases. Kenneth Dart, listed as a main shareholder in EVO, bought nearly $570M worth of shares in Evolution AB on July 21. He followed that with a…
Short sellers are picking their targets carefully this week. Chewy leads the action with a short interest of 52.3% of free float — up 4.6 percentage points in just seven days. That is the biggest weekly jump among…
Fixed Income led all asset classes last week. It pulled in $12.4B net — the biggest haul of any category. That stands in contrast to the 3-month picture, where equities dominated with $694B in net inflows. The…
Bear pressure is intensifying across US consumer and tech stocks. Wolfspeed remains the most extreme case — short interest sits at 75.3% of free float with zero shares available to borrow. The semiconductor maker has…
