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Bill Gates filed this week that he has been steadily buying RSG stock all month. The filings show he spent $562 million on Republic Services shares between August 10 and August 25. That works out to roughly 2.57…
Short sellers made sharp moves this week. Two names stand out for sudden increases in bearish bets. KVYO saw its Short Interest % of Free Float jump to 20% from 13.2% in just seven days. That's a 6.8 percentage point…
NVDA reports Q2 2027 results today after the close. It is the single most-watched event of the week. AI infrastructure spending has lifted expectations sky-high. MRVL follows tomorrow, another key read on chip demand.…
Agilent Technologies dominated analyst activity today. Three separate firms raised their price targets on the life sciences equipment maker. Stifel moved to $180 from $170. B of A Securities jumped to $180 from $155.…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree. Filings show he acquired over $562 million worth of RSG — Republic Services — across 44 separate transactions between August 10 and August 25. Each purchase was filed with…
Short sellers sharpened their bets this week. ORTEX data through August 26 shows several notable moves across a range of sectors. Klaviyo surges onto the radar. KVYO saw its short interest jump nearly 7 percentage…
The biggest story this week is a sharp reversal in US equity flows. American ETFs shed a net $24.2B in the past week, with outflows of $72B swamping $47.8B in inflows. Flow imbalance sits at just 39.9 — deep selling…
All eyes point to NVDA this evening. The AI chip giant reports Q2 2027 results at 5pm ET. Expectations are sky-high after a year of relentless outperformance. MRVL follows Thursday, giving markets a second read on AI…
Agilent Technologies dominated analyst activity today. Four separate firms — Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, B of A Securities, and Stifel — all raised their price targets on the life-science instrumentation company. Goldman…
Bill Gates has been on a quiet buying spree. Filings disclosed this week show he spent over $562 million on Republic Services shares across 44 separate transactions between August 10 and August 25. The purchases ranged…
Short sellers shook up several mid-cap names in the week to August 26. The biggest mover among sizeable stocks was KVYO. Its SI % FF jumped 6.8 percentage points in seven days — rising from 13.2% to just under 20%.…
NVDA reports Q2 2027 earnings after the close today at 5pm ET. The AI chip giant carries sky-high expectations. Tonight's print is the clearest read yet on whether AI hardware demand remains intact. Also in semis,…
Semiconductor names and beaten-down growth stocks are driving the heaviest options flow this week. Chip bulls and short-squeeze hunters are the standout stories. Micron Technology tops both the bullish and bearish…
Salesforce drew the most analyst activity Wednesday. Canaccord Genuity lifted its target to $270 from $225. Macquarie followed with a raise to $225 from $190. The consensus target climbed to $257, up from $243. Veeva…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree. The billionaire filed 30 separate purchases of RSG (Republic Services) shares this week. The total: $375 million across 1.7 million shares, traded between August 14 and August…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Two names saw short interest jump sharply. Others rushed for the exit. HPK (HighPeak Energy) saw its SI % of free float jump to 42.5% from 33.8% — an 8.6 percentage point rise…
Japan is the week's standout destination for institutional money. ETFs targeting Japan pulled in a net $14.1B over the past week. That is the single largest geographic inflow globally. It comes with a flow imbalance of…
Chips and litigation headlines are shaping options flow this week. NVDA, MU, and META sit at the centre of the most active options desks. NVDA topped news feeds after a blowout earnings report. Positive options bets on…
NVIDIA reported blowout Q2 results last night. The stock is the dominant story across all markets today. Analysts are piling in — Keybanc held its Overweight rating and kept a $330 price target. Multiple firms…
Wall Street moved on several names today. The biggest target price jump belongs to CRM. BTIG's Allan Verkhovski upgraded Salesforce to Buy and raised his target to $300 from $255. That's an 18% lift. Needham's Scott…
