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Two private equity firms are circling GPN in a potential $40 billion takeover, the biggest deal story of the day. That kind of bid would be one of the largest PE transactions in fintech history. FIS is also named in…
Options traders are piling into beaten-down real estate names and bracing for a packed SPY expiry calendar, as chip stocks stage a fragile comeback on Wall Street. Opendoor Technologies is drawing the most unusual…
The week is dominated by autos. Ferrari reports Tuesday, November 3. Austrian car registrations, a dataset ORTEX measures as a revenue leading indicator for Ferrari with a 22-day lead, are running 75% below the same…
India's vehicle register delivered the sharpest reading of the week. New two-wheeler registrations fell to 407,743 in October 2026, according to ORTEX's ingestion of Indian manufacturer registration filings. That is…
Evercore ISI's Mark Mahaney cut RDDT from Buy to Hold on Monday, slashing his price target from $265 to $120. That is a 55% target reduction on a stock carrying 15% short interest as a share of free float. The…
The most recent insider filing data available covers trades reported on 8 September 2026. The largest single move came from Nippon Paper Industries, which sold a $397M stake in Japanese labelling firm LINTEC…
Short sellers shifted positions sharply in the week to 30 October. The biggest movers tell a cleaner story than the static rankings. Energy and AI attract fresh shorts. TLN saw its SI % of FF nearly double in a week,…
Japan was the sharpest turn in this week's ETF flow data. Over three months, Japan ETFs bled $15.9B in net outflows as investors retreated from the market. This past week, that trend reversed sharply. Japan pulled in…
AAPL reports after the close today. With a market cap above $5 trillion, it is the single most-watched print of the week. PLTR also reports today. Palantir has been one of the S&P 500's best performers this year, and…
EVgo dominated options desks Monday after LS Power Equity Advisors agreed to acquire the EV charging firm for $2 per share. The deal effectively caps upside and makes existing call options worthless above the offer…
AAPL reports today after the close. It is the biggest print of the week. The company carries a market cap above $5 trillion. PLTR also reports today. The data-analytics firm has been one of the year's best-performing…
Wall Street made two sharp calls on Monday, cutting price targets on Fair Isaac Corporation while raising them on Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. The consensus target on FICO fell to $897 from $937. That is a $40 drop in a…
The most recent insider data available from ORTEX covers filings through 8 September 2026. US EDGAR first-party tables were unavailable for this query, so the findings below draw on non-US vendor data only. The…
Short sellers turned notably more aggressive on a handful of mid-cap names in the week to 29 October, with WOLF and CBRS leading the charge. Wolfspeed remains the standout target among names with real market heft. Its…
Apple reports after the close today. The $5 trillion company is the biggest print of the week. Options markets are pricing high demand for near-dated strikes, with 11 active expiry dates this week alone. Amgen follows…
Options markets are pricing a busy week with Apple at the centre. The $5 trillion tech giant carries 11 active expiry dates this week alone, including a November 4 weekly that captures Q4 earnings. That density of…
AAPL reports today, Monday, after the close. The $5 trillion company faces scrutiny over Services margins and AI product uptake. It is the biggest print of the week by far. Also today, MAR releases results before the…
India's two-wheeler market recorded its weakest October since 2017 last month. The Society of Automotive Manufacturers' registration data counted just 407,743 new units, down 87% on October last year. That is the…
Xcel Energy is the sharpest downgrade of the session. The utility was cut to a lower rating from the consensus view. Its short interest sits at 8.2% of free float. Short availability is extremely loose at 1,425%,…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed two open-market purchases totalling roughly $5.3M, with trades dated 4 September 2026. The filings show 54,325 shares bought at around $75.70, plus a further 15,675…
