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Short sellers intensified bets across several US names this week. Wolfspeed remains the most dramatic case among larger stocks. Its SI % of Free Float hit 85.2% — up 6.9 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are…
Semiconductors are pulling markets in opposite directions. Micron Technology leads bullish options flow this week. The stock is up 233% year-to-date. Analysts see a further 58% return potential. Intel drew fresh 13F…
Retail stocks grabbed attention as Telsey Advisory Group issued a pair of upgrades on Friday. TGT received a Buy rating with a new target of $170, up from $150. ROST also got a Buy from Dana Telsey, with a target of…
Three Merck executives filed sales totaling over $18M this week. General Counsel Jennifer Zachary led the way. She filed a $10.7M sale on August 13, offloading 80,315 shares at around $133 each. Divisional President…
Japan dominated the week's biggest story. ETF outflows from Japan hit $75B in just seven days. That compares to a $79B inflow over the prior three months. The reversal is stark. Investors who piled in over the quarter…
13F filings dominated today's tape. NVIDIA disclosed a 122.8 million Class A share stake in SpaceX, a rare cross-asset move from the chipmaker. Intel drew simultaneous interest from two major funds. Soros Fund…
Options activity is heating up in semiconductors. 13F filings hitting today are reshaping sentiment across the sector — and the options market is taking notice. Micron Technology sits at the top of positive options…
Bernstein analyst Varun Govindaraj raised price targets across five industrial stocks in a single session. The sweep covers JCI, EMR, TT, ROK, and PH. The biggest move was Parker-Hannifin. Bernstein lifted its target…
Bill Gates filed this week to disclose he bought $100M+ in RSG shares. The Republic Services purchases — spread across August 10–11 — add to his already sizeable waste-management bet. Gates paid roughly $216 per share,…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. The latest ORTEX data shows clear patterns — semiconductors, biotech, and a private-prison play all saw notable increases. WOLF sits at 85.2% SI of free float — up 6.9…
Semiconductor bulls dominated the tape Friday. NVDA and MU drew the heaviest bullish options flow among large caps. MU is up 232% this year. NVDA sits near $5.4 trillion in market cap. AMD, up 125% year-to-date, also…
Wall Street is turning bullish on storage hardware. Two separate firms raised targets on SNDK today. RBC Capital lifted its price target to $1,600, up from $1,300. Wells Fargo followed with its own raise to $1,550 from…
Storage and semiconductor names dominated analyst desks on August 14. Two separate firms raised targets on SNDK following strong momentum in the flash storage market. RBC Capital lifted its target to $1,600 from…
Bill Gates filed fresh purchases in RSG this week. The filings, reported on August 12, show he spent over $100M across three separate buys in Republic Services, picking up roughly 466,000 shares at prices between $214…
Short sellers are busy. ORTEX data as of August 13 shows notable moves across biotech, semiconductors, and retail — with some names seeing covering activity too. REPL (Replimune Group) saw the sharpest rise. Short…
Japan ETFs shed a net $75.8B in the past week. That is the largest single-geography outflow by far. The contrast with the prior three months is stark. Over that period, Japan had attracted $81.2B — making it one of the…
Semiconductor stocks are driving the bullish mood in US markets today. NVDA and MU sit at the top of positive options flow rankings, with AMD close behind. All three have posted massive year-to-date gains. Short…
Options data shows sharply divided sentiment across US markets this week. Bullish bets dominate semiconductors. Bearish flows are clustering in names with big year-to-date losses. NVDA and MU sit at the top of the…
A packed earnings slate greets investors this week. Home Depot is the headline act. It reports Tuesday, August 18. The retail giant's results will test how consumers are holding up under continued pressure. Also on…
Semiconductor and software names dominated analyst activity on August 14, with Applied Materials drawing the most attention. B of A Securities analyst Vivek Arya cut his price target to $650 from $720. He kept his Buy…
