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Carlos Slim has been quietly selling PBF Energy stock for weeks. The Mexican billionaire filed this week, disclosing he sold 220,000 shares on July 20 alone. That's $14.1M unloaded in a single day. His total PBF…
Hertz is now one of the most pressured names in the market. Short interest hit 75% of free float as of July 23. That's up nearly 5 percentage points in just one week. Chewy is close behind. SI % FF climbed to 72.4%, up…
This is the biggest earnings week of the year. Over 1,500 companies report globally between July 25 and July 31. The headliners are MSFT, AMZN, META, AAPL, and QCOM. All report by Thursday. KO and SPGI kick off Tuesday…
A packed earnings calendar is driving unusual options activity this week. Bears and bulls are clashing hardest in semiconductors, megacap tech, and a handful of beaten-down names. Micron Technology sits at the top of…
The next seven days bring a blockbuster parade of results. Over 1,500 companies report globally between July 25 and July 31. Today and Monday: CDNS kicks things off Monday after the close. Cadence Design Systems…
Analysts shifted targets higher across energy, industrials, and pharma on Friday, with a cluster of upward revisions standing out from the latest changes. Thermo Fisher Scientific drew the most eye-catching move. The…
A wave of significant insider filings hit markets this week. Sellers dominate the headlines, but one European bank is drawing fresh capital from its own boardroom. VC Firm Dumps $118M in ServiceTitan Bessemer Venture…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Hertz Global Holdings and Chewy stand out as the biggest movers among larger-cap names. HTZ now sits at 75% SI % of FF — up nearly 5 percentage points in just seven days.…
The clearest story this week: US equity ETFs are bleeding cash while Asia attracts the most concentrated buying pressure in months. US-focused funds posted a net outflow of $9.4B over the past week. That is the single…
The biggest story this week is earnings. MSFT, AAPL, AMZN, and META all report this week. Options markets are pricing heavy negativity across mega-cap tech. TSLA sits at an RSI of just 29 — deep in oversold territory —…
Analysts fired off a string of upgrades on Thursday, with data center REITs and healthcare distributors drawing the most attention. Digital Realty Trust scored the session's sharpest upgrade. TD Cowen's Michael Elias…
Carlos Slim — one of the world's richest men — has been aggressively selling PBF Energy shares. Filings this week show he sold over $54M worth of stock across multiple transactions. The trades occurred between July 8…
ServiceNow is surging Friday after strong earnings. It beat expectations and raised guidance. That sent the stock sharply higher and lifted sentiment across enterprise software. Intel also delivered better-than-feared…
Analyst target price moves today split sharply. DOW drew the most attention — consensus targets fell to $36.25 from $36.67. The chemicals giant carries a $22bn market cap. Short interest sits at 4.8% of free float,…
China ETFs pulled in $12.4B net over the past week. That is the single largest geographic flow of any region. The surge is a sharp reversal from the 3-month picture, where China sat $5.6B in the red. Sentiment has…
China ETFs pulled in $12.4B net in the past week. That made China the top geography by net flow — beating the U.S. at $7.2B. The contrast with the three-month picture is striking. Over 3m, China ran a net outflow of…
GOOGL suffered a $294 billion single-day market cap wipeout. That is one of the largest one-day destruction events in market history. The scale puts the loss at nearly the entire value of Palantir. The rout dragged…
Earnings-week volatility is front and centre in the options market today. MSFT, AMZN, AAPL, and META all report this week. Negative options bets are piling into mega-cap tech names across the board. MSFT carries a…
This week brings one of the busiest earnings stretches of 2026. Over 1,300 companies report globally. The US slate alone carries several market-moving names. Tuesday and Wednesday open proceedings. SPGI posts results…
Wall Street revised targets across several sectors on July 24, with semiconductor and defence names drawing the most attention. Intel saw its consensus target price jump to $114.33 from $108.63. That is a nearly 5%…
