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A packed earnings schedule greets investors this week. Nine S&P 500 companies report confirmed results between Monday and Friday. Today — Monday, Aug 10 Simon Property Group kicks things off today. The mall REIT…
Wall Street is lifting targets across energy and tech this week. The moves follow a broad sweep of rating changes captured by ORTEX. SNDK earned a formal upgrade. Sandisk now carries a consensus average target of…
Board member Keith Meister filed sales of over $130 million worth of ILMN stock this week. The Illumina director offloaded shares across multiple tranches between August 4–5, at prices ranging from $198 to $203. That's…
Short sellers have been busy this week. SPCX — the listed vehicle for Space Exploration Technologies — saw its SI % of FF jump to 36.4%, up 3.6 percentage points in seven days. That is one of the biggest week-on-week…
Japan topped all geographic flows this past week. ETFs tracking Japanese equities pulled in a net $14.0B. That is the strongest single-region reading across all geographies in the 1-week window. China tells the…
Memory and AI chip names are dominating markets this weekend. Micron leads bullish options bets among large-cap US stocks, up 207% year-to-date with analysts pencilling in a further 71% upside. Sandisk sits on the…
CSCO is the marquee name this week. Cisco reports Q4 2026 results after market close on Wednesday, August 12. The networking giant carries a $479 billion market cap. Analysts will watch closely for signs of AI-driven…
Analysts delivered a split verdict on Friday. Tech software giant WDAY took the sharpest blow — a fresh downgrade pushed its consensus lower. The stock carries 14.6% short interest as a % of free float. That elevated…
Memory and AI silicon are the week's hottest trading arena. Micron leads bullish options flow, up 207% year-to-date. Analysts see another 71% upside from here. Sandisk is the opposite — analysts upgraded the stock, but…
Memory and AI chip stocks are drawing the biggest options bets in the market right now. Micron Technology and Sandisk Corporation top the ORTEX options activity rankings this week. Sandisk is up 411% year-to-date. That…
The most striking calls today cut across tech, industrials, and pharma. WDAY took a downgrade on Sunday. Workday's consensus slipped from Buy to Hold as analysts trimmed conviction on the $36 billion HR software firm.…
Filings published this week reveal a wave of insider selling, with one activist investor leading the charge in genomics. Keith Meister — a board member at ILMN through his asset management firm — filed on August 6 to…
Short sellers made fresh bets across several names this week. The biggest mover was SPCX, the SpaceX tracking stock, where SI % FF rose to 36.4% — up 3.6 percentage points in seven days. Shares to borrow are nearly…
Japan ETFs pulled in $14.0B in net flows last week. That makes Japan the single biggest geographic destination for fresh institutional money right now. The flow imbalance sits at 79 — strong buying pressure. The…
This week is front-loaded with high-profile results. Super Micro Computer reports Q4 2026 on Tuesday. Bearish options flow has been building. Short score sits at 64 and days to cover is 2.5. Cisco Systems reports…
Analysts delivered a mixed bag of rating changes on Sunday, with enterprise software bearing the brunt of selling pressure while storage and networking names attracted fresh buying interest. WDAY was the most notable…
A flurry of fresh insider filings landed this week, revealing sharp divergence between buyers and sellers at the top. The boldest buyer was Florentino Perez Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO of ACS. He filed this week…
Short sellers are pressing hard into a clutch of well-known names this week. Data from ORTEX as of August 6 highlights some eye-catching positions. HTZ (Hertz) tops the mid/large-cap short table. Its SI % of FF hit…
The week opens with a packed calendar. Simon Property Group kicks off Monday, with investors watching retail real estate demand closely. Super Micro Computer reports Q4 2026 on Tuesday. SMCI carries a short score of 64…
Bears are making noise in the options market this week. Negative bets dominate several key names as earnings season hits full swing. SMCI stands out with an elevated short score of 64. The stock is up just 6%…
