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Fresh filings this week reveal a split market in boardrooms. Insiders are making bold moves on both sides of the ledger. BSX CEO Michael Mahoney filed this week disclosing a $9M personal purchase. He bought 186,240…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on HTZ this week. Short interest in Hertz hit 69.6% of free float — up 5.3 percentage points in just seven days. That's one of the biggest weekly jumps among mid-cap US names.…
Semiconductor equipment makers are front and centre today. Analysts lifted price targets on LRCX, KLAC, and AMAT on August 11, with Lam Research seeing the sharpest consensus move. Yet options flow tells a cautionary…
Options signals are flashing red across two key sectors this week. Semiconductors and managed care are drawing the biggest bearish bets in the US market. Lucid Group sits at the most bearish options score among mid-cap…
A packed week of corporate results kicks off today, Tuesday 11 August. InterContinental Hotels Group reports earnings this morning. Investors will look closely at RevPAR trends amid a mixed global travel…
Semiconductor equipment makers swept analyst target price upgrades on August 11. Lam Research, KLA Corp, and Applied Materials all received higher price targets from multiple firms. Lam Research's average target jumped…
Insiders are sending mixed signals this week. A flurry of fresh filings reveals heavy selling at several blue-chip names. At the same time, one European CEO is putting his own money to work in size. JNJ CEO Joaquin…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Wolfspeed tops the movers list, with SI jumping 3.9 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 81.1% of free float. Shares to borrow are essentially gone — availability is…
Japan is the standout story this week. ETF flows into Japanese-focused funds hit $14.9B net in the past seven days. That is the largest geographic inflow by a wide margin. Flow imbalance sits at 82.8 — firmly in…
The semiconductor sector is today's central battleground. Short sellers are piling into Wolfspeed and Sandisk — both carrying extreme short positions. Wolfspeed sits at 81% SI % of Free Float. Sandisk has surged 411%…
This week's biggest name is Cisco. It reports Q4 2026 results tomorrow after the close. At a $479 billion market cap, it is the week's standout event. Cardinal Health kicked off earnings today with its Q4 call. Applied…
A heavy schedule of earnings hits this week. Today brings results from both sides of the Atlantic. CAH Cardinal Health kicked off the US session this morning with its Q4 2026 earnings call. The healthcare distributor…
Semiconductor equipment makers swept higher in analyst target prices today. Applied Materials, KLA Corporation, and Lam Research all received upward target revisions in a coordinated sector move. AMAT's consensus…
Board member Keith Meister filed disclosures last week showing he sold over $143M worth of ILMN stock. The transactions took place August 4–5. Meister, representing an asset management firm on Illumina's board,…
Short sellers are sharpening their focus on two battered names this week. Hertz and Wolfspeed top the list of biggest SI movers over the last seven days. Hertz climbs to 67.5% SI — up nearly 3 points in a week. The…
This week's results calendar is loaded with AI-linked names. Super Micro Computer reports after the close tonight. Short sellers have stalked the stock for months. The outcome could move the entire AI server space.…
Today kicks off a busy week of results. Cardinal Health ($55B market cap) reports this morning. Lumentum Holdings posts results today too — the optical components maker has been closely watched amid AI infrastructure…
Analysts pushed target prices higher across semiconductor equipment names on Monday. Applied Materials, KLA Corporation, and Lam Research all saw consensus targets revised up. AMAT's average target now sits at $633,…
The biggest insider story this week belongs across the Atlantic. Florentino Perez Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO of ACS, filed purchases totalling over $92 million in his own company. The filings, reported on August 10,…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Three names stand out for big moves in short interest, while CHWY quietly saw bears retreat. WOLF remains the most shorted large-cap name in the US. Short interest hit 81.1% of…
