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The biggest story in ETF flows this week is a sharp reversal in tech. Information Technology bled $3.7B in the past seven days. Over three months, the sector pulled in $52.9B — the largest sector inflow of the quarter.…
Markets head into September with a heavy agenda. Earnings, short selling, and a divided analyst community are all vying for attention. AVGO reports after Wednesday's close. The $1.75 trillion chipmaker carries just…
WDAY is the story of the day in analyst circles. Freedom Broker downgraded the HR software firm to Hold from Buy. That came the same morning Wells Fargo lifted its price target to $225 from $215, keeping a Buy…
Short sellers are active this week. The biggest movers tell a clear story. KVYO (Klaviyo) saw the sharpest jump among mid-cap names. Short interest leapt to 19.9% of free float, up from 12.96% just seven days ago.…
Six months into the Iran conflict, markets are showing a deep divide. Defence names like LMT and NOC have prospered. Consumers and airlines — LHA among them — are absorbing the pain. Energy bears are also circling. HPK…
Five S&P 500 companies report this week. The line-up is tech-heavy and builds toward a blockbuster Friday close. Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sep 1) brings the first big tests. Medtronic posts its fiscal Q1 before the bell. The…
Analyst desks were busy this week, with tech software names drawing the most attention. Autodesk dominated the upgrade list. UBS raised its target from $290 to $325, keeping a Buy rating. BNP Paribas also lifted its…
Bill Gates has been quietly loading up on RSG. Fresh filings show he bought over $204M in Republic Services shares across five separate transactions last week. The purchases ranged from $214 to $223 per share. That's a…
Short sellers made aggressive moves this week. Data as of August 27 shows several notable spikes in short interest across tech, energy, and biotech names. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw SI jump from 18.0%…
The biggest story this week: US-focused ETFs bled $8.8B in net outflows. That reverses the dominant 3-month trend, where US funds attracted $328B. Institutional money is rotating sharply into international markets…
Semiconductors are the dominant theme heading into September. NVDA and MU sit simultaneously at the top of both bullish and bearish options flow over the past seven days. That split is rare. It points to a market…
Options flow is telling a split story in markets this week. Bullish bets are stacking up in semiconductors. Bearish pressure is also rising in the same names — a rare two-sided tension. NVDA sits at the top of both…
Analysts are divided on two enterprise software names this weekend, with Autodesk drawing bullish upgrades while Workday faces a conflicting pair of calls. Three firms raised price targets on Autodesk in rapid…
Bill Gates spent over $207M buying RSG shares this past week. Filings disclosed on August 26 showed the Microsoft co-founder snapping up Republic Services stock across multiple days. He paid around $222 per share. It…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week on a handful of names. KVYO saw the biggest move among mid-caps. Klaviyo's SI % of FF surged to 19.9%, up from 13.0% just seven days ago — a near-7 percentage point jump. The…
Short sellers and options traders are aligned on semiconductors. NVDA leads negative options bets by raw dollar volume despite a 16.7% YTD gain. MU — up 226% this year — tops the negative options flow table as traders…
Analysts are sending mixed signals on WDAY after a week of clashing calls. Freedom Broker downgraded the HR software firm from Buy to Hold. Wells Fargo moved the other way. Michael Turrin raised his target to $225 from…
Insider selling pressure hit NSSC hard this week. Founder, Chairman, and CEO Richard Soloway filed two large sell trades on August 28. Combined, he offloaded $16.5M worth of shares over just two days — 379,529 shares…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Data as of August 27 shows some sharp moves across popular names. Klaviyo saw the biggest surge among mid-caps. SI % of FF jumped nearly 7 percentage points in seven days,…
US equity ETFs bled $8.8B last week. That is the headline number. But look past the home market, and the picture shifts sharply toward international exposure and active management. Japan is the standout winner of the…
