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The semiconductor sector is dominating options flow this week. Micron Technology and Sandisk Corporation top both the bullish and bearish bets leaderboards. That two-sided action signals a sector at an inflection…
Citigroup analyst Steven Zaccone made contrasting moves in retail on August 13. He cut his target on LOW from $285 to $267 while keeping a Buy rating. That puts the home improvement giant under pressure as the housing…
Filings dated August 12 show a wave of selling at LTH (Life Time Group Holdings). Five insiders unloaded a combined $466 million worth of shares. The two largest trades came from directors John Danhakl and John…
Short sellers are on the move. ORTEX data to August 12 shows sharp divergence between stocks gaining and losing bearish interest. REPL saw the largest SI increase among mid-cap US stocks this week. Short interest hit…
Options traders are piling into semiconductors. Micron tops bullish flow rankings, up 219% year-to-date. Sandisk carries the highest ORTEX stock score in the screener at 94.92, up 466% YTD. Analysts at Truist lifted…
Options sentiment is sharply split this week. Bullish bets dominate the semiconductor space. Bears are piling into beaten-down names. Micron Technology tops the positive options bets leaderboard with an ORTEX options…
Today brings results from AMAT — Applied Materials, one of the largest chip equipment makers on the market. Investors will scrutinise its Q3 numbers for signs of continued semiconductor spending. Also reporting today:…
Wall Street is upgrading targets across tech and healthcare. The moves signal growing confidence after a mixed earnings season. CSCO received the biggest bullish call of the day. Truist Securities analyst Matthew…
Several C-suite leaders filed large stock sales this week. The data reveals a split: most executives sold, while one billionaire quietly bought. RSG Republic Services attracted attention after filings showed Bill Gates…
Short sellers made some sharp moves this week. Several mid-cap stocks saw short interest spike fast, while one pet retailer remains trapped in a squeeze. REPL (Replimune Group) saw the sharpest jump among larger names.…
Japan ETFs suffered the biggest single-week geography outflow on record — $69B left in seven days. That reversed a three-month trend completely. Over the prior 3 months, Japan had attracted $62B in net inflows. The…
Fed Governor Barkin said today that consumers have kept spending, backed by solid employment. He added that high uncertainty has become the new baseline for business leaders. That framing suggests the Fed is in no…
Analyst activity picked up on Wednesday, with upgrades and target price lifts spread across healthcare, tech, and materials. ABBV earned the day's most notable upgrade. AbbVie's consensus moved up after at least one…
Short sellers made fresh moves this week across biotech and an unlikely corner of the market — private prison operators. REPL (Replimune Group) saw its short interest jump to 43.3% of free float, up nearly 11…
Chips are dominating both sides of the trade today. NVIDIA and memory plays Micron and Sandisk are drawing heavy bullish options flow. Micron is up 204% year-to-date. Sandisk has surged 435%. Bulls are loading calls…
A broad slate of companies reports this week, with today kicking off the action across multiple sectors and continents. Today's highlights include NOMD — Nomad Foods — delivering its latest quarterly numbers. The…
Analyst desks were busy Wednesday, with target price upgrades dominating the tape and one notable downgrade standing out in semiconductors. Coherent Corp. drew the most attention. The photonics and optical connectivity…
Short sellers turned notably more aggressive on several mid-cap names this week. ORTEX data through August 11 shows clear moves that stand out from the usual noise. REPL saw the sharpest jump among larger names. Short…
Japan dominated the headlines this week — but not in a good way. ETF outflows from Japanese-focused funds hit $69B in just seven days, the largest single-geography bleed by a wide margin. That alone tells the story:…
This week brings the heaviest S&P 500 earnings slate of the month. Applied Materials reports today after the close — the $435 billion chipmaker is the week's most-watched name. Home Depot follows Tuesday morning, a key…
