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China grabbed the biggest weekly inflow of any geography. It pulled in $8.1B net this week, with a flow imbalance of 63.4. That is a sharp reversal. Over the past three months, China had bled $3.4B. Money that was…
MSFT Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 results on Wednesday after the close. The $2.8 trillion company is the headline act of the week. Options activity is already elevated. The cost to borrow has doubled in recent weeks.…
Analysts lifted targets across semiconductors and healthcare diagnostics this week, while a broad wave of cuts swept through the utility sector. Oppenheimer raised its price target on NXPI to $325 from $300,…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Three popular names are drawing heavy bearish attention as ORTEX data reveals some of the sharpest short interest jumps in recent sessions. HTZ — Hertz Global Holdings —…
This week is the heaviest on the earnings calendar. MSFT Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 results Wednesday after the close. The $2.8 trillion company sets the tone for AI sentiment across markets. Options traders are…
Wall Street turned bullish on semiconductors this week. Oppenheimer raised its target on NXPI to $325 from $300, citing improving auto chip demand. Morgan Stanley lifted INTC to $84 from $75, a 12% bump — notable for a…
Three insiders at SHB A filed purchases worth nearly $94M combined in the past week. Sweden's Lundbergföretagen investment group led the charge. It bought 3 million shares across two separate days. Deputy Chairman Lars…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Three names stand out for speed and scale of change. Hertz tops the movers list. Its SI % of Free Float hit 75%, up nearly 5 points in seven days. Shares to borrow are…
China pulled in $8.1B of ETF inflows in the past week. That makes it the top geographic destination globally. The US, by contrast, bled $4.0B in net outflows — a sharp reversal from its dominant $470B three-month…
This week is one of the heaviest earnings weeks of the year. MSFT Microsoft reports Q4 fiscal 2026 results on Wednesday. Markets are watching closely. The cost to borrow Microsoft shares has doubled in a month — a sign…
Earnings-linked options activity is driving unusual signals across several names ahead of a busy late-July print season. Vertiv Holdings has drawn the most attention. Options turned defensive ahead of its July 29 Q2…
Semiconductors and health tech dominated analyst desks on Friday, with several high-conviction calls cutting through a broader wave of utility target trims. Morgan Stanley raised its price target on INTC to $84 from…
Two notable selling streaks filed this week signal caution at the top of the market. Bessemer Venture Partners filed paperwork showing it sold over $117 million worth of TTAN shares. The VC firm offloaded 1.5 million…
Short sellers are piling into a cluster of beaten-down names this week. Three stocks stand out as the most active targets, and one regional bank saw a dramatic jump in bearish bets. CHWY (Chewy) has 72% of its free…
The week's biggest event risk is a concentrated burst of mega-cap earnings. MSFT Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 results on Wednesday after the close. The $2.8 trillion company carries outsized weight for AI sentiment…
Analysts raised targets across cybersecurity and industrial names on Saturday while cutting across the utility sector in a broad repricing move. Comfort Systems USA saw the largest single target jump. The average…
The biggest insider filing this week came from Japan. Tadashi Yanai, Founder and CEO of Fast Retailing — the parent of Uniqlo — disclosed on July 22 that he sold 415,800 shares between July 10 and 14. The total value…
Short sellers sharpened their bets this week. Hertz Global Holdings saw its SI % of Free Float climb to 75% — up nearly 5 points in just seven days. Shares have gained 24% over three months, giving shorts little…
The headline story this week: US-focused ETFs shed a net $4.0B in just seven days. That reverses a three-month trend where US funds led all geographies with $470B in net inflows. Money is rotating fast, and Asia is the…
Markets are bracing for the heaviest earnings week of the summer. MSFT Microsoft leads the charge on Wednesday, with its fiscal Q4 2026 results carrying enormous weight for AI sentiment across the sector. TSLA and META…
