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Options bears are piling into semiconductor names. NVDA leads negative options bets by raw dollar volume this week. MU tops the bearish flow table after a 226% year-to-date run. Traders appear to be locking in…
Options markets are flashing bearish signals in pockets of the market. Chip stocks and defense names are drawing the most defensive positioning right now. DRS — Leonardo DRS — sold off hard Friday while peers like LHX,…
DELL, MDT, and CIEN headline a busy week of corporate results as Wall Street returns from summer. Monday/Tuesday — Dell and Medtronic Lead Off Dell Technologies reports Q2 FY2027 results on Tuesday, September 1. The…
Autodesk dominated analyst activity Friday. Three separate firms lifted their price targets on the software maker. UBS raised its target to $325 from $290. BNP Paribas moved to $300 from $295. The consensus target now…
Bill Gates filed $167M in fresh purchases of RSG this week. The filings, disclosed August 26, cover trades made between August 20–25. Gates bought Republic Services shares at prices ranging from $219 to $224. This is a…
Short interest is moving fast this week. Traders are piling into marketing software firm KVYO, where SI jumped nearly 7 percentage points in seven days to hit 19.9% of free float. The move tracks wider bearish pressure…
A Trump deal giving the US access to Venezuela's oil reserves hit wires today. CVX is directly in focus. The news adds a new dimension to energy markets heading into September. France's borrowing costs topped Italy's…
Options markets are sending mixed signals across the tech sector. Bullish flow dominated chip names this week. Negative bets piled into a handful of high-profile software stocks. NVDA topped the leaderboard for…
Autodesk is the clear standout in today's analyst activity. UBS lifted its price target to $325 from $290, BNP Paribas raised to $300 from $295, and the consensus target ticked up to $315. The $55B CAD software giant…
Three names dominated US insider filings this week: ILMN, FIX, and NSSC. All three saw significant sell activity reported within the last 48 hours. Illumina leads the dump. Board member Keith Meister filed sales…
Short sellers ramped up positions sharply this week. The biggest movers reveal fresh bearish conviction across tech, energy, and biotech. KVYO saw the steepest jump among large-caps. Short interest as a % of free float…
US equity ETFs bled $12.1B in the past week. That is the single biggest outflow story in the current data. The shift is sharp and broad — but it does not signal a full risk-off retreat. Money is moving, not…
The most important story this week is the earnings calendar. AVGO headlines a packed schedule — Broadcom reports Wednesday after the close. AI chip demand and guidance are the key focus. DELL and PANW both report…
Wall Street is divided on WDAY. Freedom Broker cut the stock to Hold from Buy on Friday. At the same time, Wells Fargo raised its target to $225 from $215. UBS stayed bullish too. The split signals real uncertainty…
Bill Gates filed disclosures this week showing he bought over $200 million of RSG stock across five days. The trades ran from August 20 to 25. Gates paid between $220 and $224 per share for Republic Services, the waste…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. The biggest movers tell the real story. CAPR saw the sharpest jump. Capricor Therapeutics' SI hit 45.6% of free float — up from 36.4% just seven days ago. That's a 9.2…
Options traders are placing bullish bets ahead of a packed earnings schedule. Call flow dominated bearish activity across the market's most-active names this week. NVDA topped the positive options bet rankings. The…
The week ending September 5 brings a wave of major earnings. Semiconductor giant AVGO headlines the list. Broadcom reports Wednesday after the close. Investors will focus on AI chip demand and guidance. DELL reports…
WDAY is drawing conflicting calls from Wall Street. Freedom Broker downgraded the HR software firm to Hold from Buy. Yet Wells Fargo raised its target to $225 from $215 on the same day. The divergence leaves Workday…
Bill Gates filed this week to reveal fresh purchases in RSG Republic Services. He bought nearly $88M worth of shares across two trades — one on August 21 and another on August 24. That's a rare show of conviction from…
