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All eyes point to Wednesday. NVDA reports Q2 fiscal 2027 results after the close. The $5.2 trillion chipmaker is the biggest earnings print of the season. Reports emerged that Nvidia has notified customers of…
Lockheed Martin picked up an analyst upgrade on August 22, lifting its consensus to 13 holds and 1 buy. The $130 billion defence contractor carries a consensus target of $632.95. Short interest sits at just 1.4% of…
Bill Gates has been quietly building a position in RSG. Filings dated August 20 show he purchased $346.5 million worth of Republic Services stock across 31 separate transactions. Trades ran from August 10 to August 19…
Short sellers are on the move. Reddit saw the biggest 7-day jump among large-caps, with SI climbing 4.1 percentage points to 17.6% of free float. Bears are growing louder on the social platform even as the market turns…
Active strategies are pulling in cash at a record pace. Institutions are rotating hard into equities, fixed income, and commodities all at once. The risk-on tone is broad — but cracks are appearing beneath the…
Bond markets are under pressure. The 30-year Treasury yield is rising. US Treasury Secretary Bessent moved to boost long-term debt buybacks, but investors called it a "band-aid on a bullet hole." Japanese inflation is…
Options sentiment across US markets skews bullish this week. However, notable pockets of bearish flow are flashing signals worth watching. Micron Technology tops the negative options bets leaderboard among large caps.…
This week packs some of the heaviest earnings of the year. NVDA leads the charge on Wednesday. The chipmaker reports Q2 fiscal 2027 results after the close. With a $5.2 trillion market cap, it is the most watched print…
Analysts delivered a string of positive calls on Friday. Three names stand out: Lockheed Martin, Evergy, and CrowdStrike. LMT was upgraded by the consensus, moving one analyst from Hold to Buy. The defense giant…
Bill Gates filed a series of large purchases in RSG this week. The filings, reported between August 18–20, show Gates bought over 648,000 shares of Republic Services across six separate transactions. The combined value…
Short sellers made fresh moves this week. Reddit and Charter Communications led the charge among notable names seeing rising bearish bets. Reddit's SI % of free float climbed to 17.6% from 13.5% in just seven days — a…
NVDA reports Wednesday after the bell. The $5.25 trillion chipmaker is the biggest earnings event of the quarter. Also reporting this week: CRM, CRWD, MRVL, and INTU. Markets are on edge across the entire AI supply…
Analysts are turning more positive on defence and cybersecurity. Lockheed Martin was upgraded this week, with the consensus shifting to 13 Hold ratings from 14. The $130bn defence giant carries just 1.4% short interest…
Six insiders at IRDM filed sales totalling over $19M this week. The wave of selling hit on August 19. COO Suzanne McBride dumped $4.3M worth of shares. Chief Legal Officer Kathleen Morgan sold $1.6M. Director Thomas…
Short sellers are on the move this week. NVDA earnings dominate the calendar, and bears are repositioning across tech. RDDT saw the biggest SI jump among large US stocks. Short interest climbed to 17.6% of free float,…
The biggest story this week: US-listed equity ETFs pulled in a net $39.2B in seven days. That dwarfs every other geography. The flow imbalance hit 71.3 — well into strong buying territory. Over three months, US ETFs…
All eyes are on Wednesday. NVDA reports after the close, and the $5.25 trillion chipmaker is setting the tone for the entire week. Traders are nervous. Bears are piling in across large-cap tech names ahead of the…
Options sentiment is split heading into a key earnings week for the chip sector. Bears are circling several large-cap tech names while defensive and industrial stocks attract heavy call flow. NVIDIA dominates the…
Lockheed Martin received a fresh analyst upgrade this week. The defense giant, valued at $132 billion, moved higher in consensus rankings. Analysts now count 13 hold ratings and just 7 sells. The upgrade follows…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. NVIDIA's earnings loom on Wednesday, and the broader market is on edge as bond yields rise and bears pile into popular names. RDDT is the week's biggest mover among…
