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Over 140 S&P 500 companies report this week. Palantir kicks things off Monday after the bell. The AI data firm is up more than 200% over the past year. Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Marriott International also report…
Options flow is sending a clear bearish signal ahead of a packed earnings calendar. The biggest negative bets over the past seven days have clustered in semiconductors and mega-cap tech. Micron Technology sits at the…
The earnings calendar is packed this week. Over 140 S&P 500 companies report between Monday and Friday. Today and tomorrow bring the heaviest action. Palantir reports Monday after the bell. The AI data firm carries…
Analyst consensus shifted upward for biopharma names and lower for materials and chemicals on August 1. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals saw its average analyst target price nudge up to $832.43. The $73.8 billion biotech…
Short sellers made aggressive moves this week. The biggest targets: consumer names with weakening fundamentals and a rental car sector under pressure. HTZ leads the charge. Short interest hit 84.6% of free float — up…
Filings from the past week show a wave of selling across US companies, with Charles Schwab's founder leading the charge. Charles Schwab himself disclosed $19.8M in sales at SCHW. The founder and Co-Chairman sold shares…
Short sellers are on the move. The biggest story this week is the rental car sector, with bears swarming HTZ and CAR. Hertz now sits at 84.6% SI % FF. That rose nearly 10 points in just seven days. Availability is zero…
August 1 opens with markets juggling a record-heavy earnings week, fresh FX volatility, and growing bearish pressure in consumer names. Over 170 S&P 500 companies reported this week. Today's slate includes ExxonMobil,…
Rental car stocks are drawing heavy bearish attention as August begins. HTZ carries a staggering 84.6% short interest as a percentage of free float. Availability sits at 0% — shares to borrow have effectively run dry.…
Analyst target price moves on August 1 showed a clear split. Wall Street trimmed housing-related names. It raised pharma and insurance. BLDR took the sharpest hit. Builders FirstSource saw its average analyst target…
Charles Schwab is cashing out. The founder and Co-Chairman of SCHW filed to disclose $19.8M in sales over three days this week. He sold 95,450 shares on July 29 alone, netting $10.1M at around $105.82 each. A family…
Short sellers are piling into beaten-up consumer names. Hertz leads the charge, with SI % of FF hitting 84.6% — up nearly 10 points in just seven days. That's one of the biggest weekly jumps among large-cap…
Institutional money moved decisively into equities last week. A net $76.9B flooded into equity ETFs in a single week. That dwarfs every other asset class combined. The U.S. led all regions with $31.3B in net inflows…
Friday, July 31 marks one of the heaviest earnings days of the season. Over 170 S&P 500 companies report this week. ExxonMobil and Chevron headlined the morning as oil majors face pressure from weaker crude. AbbVie…
Options flow turned bearish on semiconductors into July month-end. Micron Technology topped the negative bets leaderboard across US stocks this week. The memory chipmaker is up 206% year-to-date. Traders are hedging…
Analyst desks were busy Thursday with a mix of upgrades and target price revisions across industrials, pharma, and consumer sectors. Citigroup makes a bold industrial call. SWK received an upgrade to Buy from…
A 10% shareholder in VSXY (Victoria's Secret) filed this week to reveal over $96M in sales across multiple transactions. Singapore-based BBRC International sold more than 1 million shares between July 22 and July 28.…
Short sellers are turning aggressive on two beaten-down sectors. Hertz Global Holdings and Chewy lead the week's biggest SI moves. HTZ now sits at 84.6% SI of free float. That jumped nearly 10 percentage points in just…
Friday brings one of the heaviest earnings sessions of the year. ExxonMobil and Chevron both report this morning, facing pressure from softer crude prices. AbbVie releases pharma results at 9am ET — Skyrizi and Rinvoq…
GVA's options market lit up on July 31. The put/call ratio spiked to 0.84 — its highest level in 52 weeks. That reading sits 4.3 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.12. Options traders rarely show fear this…
