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Short sellers turned aggressive last week. Three names stand out for the size and speed of their moves. CHWY saw the biggest jump among large-cap names. Short interest climbed to 79.2% of free float — up nearly 16…
Tech ETFs shed $5.7B in a single week. That is the sharpest sector outflow on record in this data set. Over three months, the same sector pulled in $68.6B — making the weekly reversal a clear and meaningful shift in…
Celestica delivered a standout Q2 result tonight. Adjusted EPS came in at $2.54, well above the $2.30 estimate. Revenue hit $4.70B against a $4.39B forecast. The AI infrastructure boom is driving demand for its…
Today kicks off a heavyweight week for corporate results. Baker Hughes and Cadence Design Systems report this evening. F5 also posts after the close on Monday. Tuesday is the busiest day. Coca-Cola reports before the…
Analyst activity on Sunday showed a clear split between cable and defense. Charter Communications took the hardest hit. The average analyst target price fell to $187.35 from $205.00 — a drop of nearly $18. That is a…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. CHWY (Chewy) leads the movers — SI jumped nearly 16 percentage points in seven days to 79.2% of free float. That's one of the heaviest short loads of any mid-cap US stock…
Markets are laser-focused on what may be the biggest earnings week of 2026. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Qualcomm all report before Friday. Apple alone carries nearly a $4.9 trillion market cap. Together…
Analysts trimmed targets across several names on Sunday. The most striking move hit Charter Communications. Its average target price dropped sharply to $187.94 from $205. That is an $17 move lower. Charter also carries…
Insider filings this week reveal a clear trend: heavy selling at the top, with a few contrarian buyers making bold moves in beaten-down names. Carlos Slim filed on July 22 to disclose he has sold over $130M worth of…
Short sellers made bold moves in the past week. CLBK (Columbia Financial) saw the biggest jump — SI % of Free Float leapt from 5.3% to 33.8%, a 28-point surge in just seven days. CHWY (Chewy) also drew heavy attention.…
A dramatic geographic reversal defined the past week. China pulled in $8.1B in net ETF inflows, topping all geographies. That stands in sharp contrast to the 3-month trend, where China was a net loser at -$3.4B. The…
Brent crude crossed the $100 barrier this week before pulling back as Trump weighed a military strike on Iran. The spike drove a global bond sell-off. Rising inflation expectations are forcing traders to reprice…
Today already brought results from CDNS, with Cadence Design Systems reporting after the bell. Tomorrow, Tuesday, SPGI kicks off the day at 7:15am ET. KO follows at 8:30am. HLT holds its earnings call mid-morning. F…
Analyst activity on July 27 leaned bearish on healthcare and regional banks. A clear bullish turn on gold and energy stood out against the cuts. HCA Healthcare took the sharpest target price cut of the session.…
A wave of significant insider selling has hit US markets, with three stocks drawing particular attention from filings reported over the past two weeks. ServiceTitan has seen the most relentless exit. Bessemer Venture…
Short sellers made bold moves last week. CHWY and HTZ led the charge in SI increases among mid-to-large US stocks. Chewy's short interest jumped to 79.2% of free float — up from 63.3% just one week ago. That's a 15.9…
Brent crude broke back above $100 per barrel this week. That is the key macro force moving everything. The oil surge is driving a global bond sell-off. Iran said it will halt strikes as long as the US bombing pause…
Options traders placed their heaviest negative bets this week on memory and storage names. Micron Technology and Sandisk Corporation topped the negative-options-flow table for large-cap US stocks. Micron is up 222%…
Analyst activity on Sunday pointed to a clear divide: industrial and equipment names got target price boosts, while cable and telecom names faced cuts. Honeywell led the upgrades. The consensus target rose to $255.94…
Fresh filings this week reveal a sharp divide between confident buyers and cashing-out executives. Handelsbanken cluster buy. Swedish investment giant Lundbergföretagen filed nearly $94M in purchases of SHB A shares…
