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The post-Labor Day session is dominated by a wave of AI-related earnings. AVGO (Broadcom) posted Q3 AI revenue up 221% but shares slid on soft guidance. MSFT restated Q4 Azure revenue at $29.4B and guided Q1 Azure…
Semiconductor names are driving the bulk of options activity on September 2, as a wave of after-hours earnings prints reshapes sentiment across the sector. NVDA leads all US stocks by positive options bets over the…
DELL dominated Wednesday's analyst activity. Two firms lifted their price targets sharply. Truist Securities raised its target from $360 to $505. Evercore ISI Group moved from $550 to $575, maintaining a Buy rating.…
Short sellers made fresh moves this week. TENB (Tenable Holdings) saw the biggest short interest jump among mid-cap US names. SI climbed to 13.8% of free float, up from 9.1% just seven days ago — a 4.7 percentage point…
Cybersecurity is today's dominant theme. Palo Alto Networks CEO is pitching a $1 trillion infrastructure replacement cycle — and analysts are buying it. The stock was upgraded today with a consensus target of $368.73.…
Markets return from the Labor Day holiday with a busy week of corporate results. Today alone brings three confirmed releases after the close. PVH Corp reports tonight. The fashion giant — owner of Calvin Klein and…
Analysts upgraded four notable names in a busy session, with cybersecurity and EDA software leading the charge. Palo Alto Networks received an upgrade from consensus analysts, with the average target price rising to…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree. Filings published this week show he acquired over 3.68 million shares of RSG across 57 transactions between August 10 and August 31. The total outlay: $808 million. The purchases…
Short sellers are active heading into September. Tenable Holdings saw the sharpest SI jump of the week. Its short interest hit 13.8% of free float, up from 9.1% a week ago — a gain of nearly 5 points in seven…
The US retained its position as the world's biggest ETF destination. American-focused funds pulled in a net $21.7B in the past week alone, against a three-month net of $337B. The buying pressure is broad but not…
September's reporting calendar is live. Dell Technologies and Medtronic both report today. Dell's AI infrastructure story remains the key watch — analysts want numbers on data-centre demand. Snowflake earnings are also…
Analysts issued a wave of upgrades on Wednesday, with Palo Alto Networks and Synopsys leading the pack. PANW was upgraded, pushing the consensus buy count from 1 to 2. The cybersecurity giant carries a $311bn market…
Bill Gates filed this week as a buyer of RSG stock. The Microsoft co-founder disclosed a $51.8 million open-market purchase of Republic Services shares on August 27. Gates paid around $219 per share, adding 235,978…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Two names stand out for very different reasons. FCEL — FuelCell Energy — saw its short interest jump 20.6% in one week. SI now sits at 37% of float, the highest since late…
Short sellers and options traders are circling the chip sector. MU leads negative options bets over seven days. SNDK — up 560% year-to-date — sits directly behind as a natural put target. NVDA draws the heaviest…
Semiconductor names dominate options flow this week. NVDA and MU top both bullish and bearish bets — a split signal that points to positioning ahead of key macro data rather than directional conviction. On the bearish…
Analysts revised targets higher across several sectors on Tuesday, with midstream energy and healthcare leading the way. Targa Resources Corp. drew the most bullish attention. Analysts pushed the consensus target price…
Short sellers targeted HPK and CAPR hard this week. HighPeak Energy's SI jumped 8.4 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 43% of free float. Capricor Therapeutics hit 45.2% — up 8.2 points over the same…
The past week's ETF flows told a clear story. The US attracted $22.5B in net inflows, making it the dominant geography by far. Japan added $5.2B. Meanwhile, China bled $5.9B — the sharpest single-country outflow of the…
September 2 is an active earnings day. Medtronic reported before the bell. Dell Technologies follows after market close, with AI server demand the key question for analysts. Short interest in Dell stands at just 4.7%…
