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Today is a busy day for earnings. CSCO reports Q4 2026 results after the close. The networking giant carries a $475 billion market cap. Investors will watch for guidance on AI infrastructure spending. Also reporting…
Cardinal Health is the day's standout. Two major banks raised their price targets within minutes of each other. Evercore ISI lifted its target to $270 from $265. Morgan Stanley moved to $265 from $255. Both analysts…
Insider filings from the past week show a striking split between executives loading up on stock and others cashing out at elevated prices. The standout buyer is Florentino Perez Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO of Spanish…
Short sellers are busy this week. Data from August 11 shows sharp moves across biotech, consumer names, and a surprise in the private-prison sector. CoreCivic saw the sharpest week-on-week jump among mid-caps. SI % of…
The standout story this week is a sharp reversal in Technology. Information Technology ETFs bled $3.3B in net outflows over the past seven days. That flips the three-month picture entirely — over 90 days, Tech…
Markets lit up on August 12 after July CPI landed on target. Call-side demand surged across several high-profile names. CPI Fuels Broad Bullish Positioning July inflation data printed in line with forecasts. That…
July CPI came in line with expectations this morning. That was enough. S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq futures all moved higher on the print. Inflation fears eased. Rate cut hopes stayed alive. The data is the biggest macro…
Analysts raised targets across several names this week. Three moves stand out. Lumentum leads the upgrades. LITE saw its consensus target jump to $1,144. That is up from $1,126 just days ago. Short interest sits at…
Insiders filed a wave of significant sell transactions this week. Three separate clusters stand out from recent filings. ILMN board member Keith Meister filed sales totalling over $97M across multiple transactions…
Short sellers moved aggressively into CXW this week. CoreCivic's SI % of Free Float jumped nearly 8 percentage points in seven days — from 2.4% to over 10%. That's a dramatic shift for the private prison operator,…
Semiconductors are today's battleground. NVDA and MU sit at the top of both bullish and bearish options flow lists. That split is rare. It reflects high tension ahead of NVIDIA's next earnings print. AMD, up 119%…
Analysts raised price targets across several major tech names on August 12. The moves signal growing confidence after recent earnings beats. CrowdStrike saw its consensus target price tick up to $195.39, from $194.67.…
Insider filings this week reveal a split signal from corporate suites — heavy selling at the top, but at least one prominent CEO is betting big with his own cash. The biggest dump came from ILMN. Board member Keith…
Short sellers are piling into beaten-down names this week. Hertz leads the charge with SI % FF jumping to 69.6% — up 5.3 percentage points in just seven days. The car rental giant has shed 66% over the past three…
China ETFs shed nearly $9.8B in a single week. That is the headline number from this week's ETF flow data — and it marks a sharp reversal from the 3-month trend, where China funds had attracted $20.9B. The U.S. remains…
Semiconductors are driving markets on August 12. NVDA and MU sit atop both the bullish and bearish options flow tables simultaneously. That split signals intense two-way conviction ahead of NVIDIA's next earnings…
Options markets are flashing mixed signals on August 12. Bears and bulls are both placing big bets in semiconductors. NVDA and MU sit at the top of both bullish and bearish options flow lists. That split is rare. It…
Analyst desks were busy on August 12, with upgrades, downgrades, and notable target price lifts across several sectors. HRL received the day's standout upgrade. Hormel Foods moved higher in consensus after analysts…
Board member Keith Meister filed a flurry of sales in ILMN this week. His total disposals exceeded $108M across five separate transactions. Shares changed hands between $198 and $203. Meister sits on Illumina's board…
Short sellers are busy this week. Data from ORTEX as of August 10 shows fresh bearish positioning across several notable names — with some big movers catching attention on social platforms. Hertz leads the pile-on. HTZ…
