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A busy earnings week drove a wave of target price changes across Wall Street on July 30. IQVIA Holdings saw the biggest boost. The average analyst target jumped to $269 from $253 — a $16 lift. All 18 covering analysts…
The past two weeks of filings reveal a split market. Buyers are concentrated in insurance and pharma. Sellers are cashing out of financials and refining names. Goosehead Insurance gets the most attention on the buy…
Short sellers are piling into consumer names. Chewy saw its SI % of Free Float jump 14 points in seven days to 80.4%. That is a sharp move for a $5.3B stock. Bears are clearly betting the pet retailer faces a rough…
ETF investors poured money into equities this week. The flows were broad, deep, and tilted firmly toward risk assets. The US attracted $37.0B in net inflows over the past week. That is the largest single geography flow…
The market is braced for its most consequential earnings night of the year. MSFT, LRCX, and QCOM report after Tuesday's close. Tomorrow brings AAPL and AMZN. Markets have been volatile. Chip stocks took a hit after…
Today kicks off one of the busiest earnings weeks of the year. Three of the world's five largest companies report results in the next 48 hours. MSFT holds its earnings call today at 5:30 PM ET. The $2.9 trillion…
Analysts delivered sharp blows to CSGP and VLTO today. Both stocks were downgraded, with CoStar's consensus target dropping from $44.05 to $37.20 — a 16% cut. CoStar's downgrade shifted its consensus balance. Hold…
Fresh filings this week reveal a split market for insider conviction, with C-suite sellers outnumbering buyers at major US firms. Citizens Financial Group CEO Bruce Van Saun disclosed a $9.3M sale on July 28. He sold…
Short sellers intensified bets across several names this week. Chewy saw the biggest weekly jump — SI % of free float leapt to 80.4%, up from 66.2% just seven days ago. That's a 14-point swing. Bears show no sign of…
The AI sell-off is reshaping options markets. Chip stocks tumbled Tuesday after South Korea's SK Hynix missed analyst expectations. The ripple hit NVDA hard. Short interest sits at just 1.4% of free float. But with the…
The heaviest earnings week of 2026 collides with a Federal Reserve decision today. Microsoft and Meta both report after the close tonight. Apple and Amazon follow tomorrow. All four names carry significant short-side…
Analysts turned more positive on several names today. Humana was the standout, receiving an upgrade from a sell-side firm. Its consensus target price rose to $351.71, up from $347.96. The managed care giant carries a…
Short sellers are moving fast this week. Chewy saw the biggest jump among mid-to-large caps. Its SI % of FF leapt from 66% to 80% in just seven days. Shares to borrow are abundant at 381% availability, so bears aren't…
Japan is the week's standout story. ETFs targeting Japanese equities pulled in a net $9.3B over the past seven days. That compares to $155B over three months, meaning demand is not slowing. Flow imbalance hit 73.5 —…
Markets are on edge today. The Nasdaq 100 briefly fell into correction territory this week. Chip stocks are leading the slide. SK Hynix earnings disappointed, sending fresh shockwaves through the AI trade. Hedge funds…
Today and tomorrow bring the heaviest earnings slate of the season. Four mega-cap names report in quick succession. Microsoft and Meta both release results today, July 29, after the close. Microsoft investors will…
CoStar Group took the sharpest hit in today's analyst activity. The real estate data firm was downgraded by the consensus. The average target price fell to $38.89 from $44.05. That is an 11.7% cut. Short interest sits…
Filings this week reveal a sharp split in insider conviction across US and global markets. The biggest seller story belongs to SAFT. SRB Corp, a 10% owner of Safety Insurance Group, filed yesterday to disclose it sold…
Short sellers accelerated positions in several notable names this week. CHWY saw the biggest jump. Short interest hit 80.4% of free float on July 28 — up 14.2 percentage points in just seven days. HTZ is close behind.…
The week's dominant theme is earnings. Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Apple all report in the coming days. Their AI spending guidance will set the tone for markets into August. Today's slate is already busy. Procter &…
