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Bill Gates spent over $926m buying shares in RSG (Republic Services) between 10 August and 2 September 2026, filed with regulators on 3 September. The purchases covered 4.2 million shares at prices ranging around $219…
Short sellers have been busy this week. CoreWeave saw the sharpest rise among liquid names. Its SI % of FF climbed from 21.2% to 24.8% in seven days, a 3.6 percentage point jump. Lucid Group already sits at 64.7% SI %…
This week is one of the most packed on the calendar. On the US side, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon all report. Coca-Cola, Intel, and Chipotle add to the queue. Europe delivers its own heavyweight slate: Mercedes-Benz…
A packed earnings calendar is driving heavy options activity this week. Negative bets are concentrated in semiconductors and megacap tech, where traders appear positioned for volatile prints rather than clean…
European industrials and Asian carmakers dominate the calendar this week. Investors get reads on luxury goods, semiconductors and pharma before Thursday's auto-sector avalanche. UCB kicks off Monday with a pharma…
The biggest week of the US earnings season arrives with MSFT, GOOGL, and AMZN all reporting between Tuesday and Thursday. Markets will be watching closely for signals on cloud spending, AI monetisation, and consumer…
Taiwan's export machine produced an all-time high in September 2026. Total export orders reached NT$3,622.3bn, according to the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs series that dates to 1984. That compares with…
Analysts raised targets across several names on Friday. The moves cover crypto, financial services, and life sciences. COIN saw the most attention. Coinbase's average consensus target edged up to $213.55, with analysts…
Insider trading data from the vendor table, current to September 8, 2026, shows limited open-market activity for US names this week. The EDGAR Form 4 tables used for first-party SEC filings were unavailable in this…
CoreWeave topped the week's short interest movers among large caps. SI as a percentage of free float rose 3.6 points to 24.8% in seven days. The AI cloud company carries a $25.5 billion market cap, yet bears continue…
Taiwan's export orders hit a record $95.7B in September 2026, the highest since the series began in 1984. ETF flow data tells a similar story. This week, money moved decisively toward Asian tech and away from defensive…
The heaviest earnings stretch of the season is here. MSFT and GOOGL report Wednesday after the close. AMZN and INTC follow Thursday. Options markets are already pricing in large moves across all four names. CNC carries…
Big Tech earnings are dominating options sentiment this week. AMZN, GOOGL and MSFT all report in the days ahead. Traders are pricing in moves across the board. Defensive positioning has jumped ahead of the prints. RIVN…
The heaviest earnings week of the season hits Thursday. MSFT reports Wednesday after the close. GOOGL follows on the same day. AMZN and INTC drop results on Thursday. Today, CDNS posts numbers at 12:30 ET. Celestica…
AXTA heads into its October 26 print with an agreed takeover by Akzo Nobel already reshaping how investors read every data point. The most significant context is the pending acquisition. ORTEX forecasts an 84%…
CoStar Group reports third-quarter results on October 27, trading at $33.92 after a 18% rally over the past month that has brought short sellers' conviction to its lowest point in at least a year. The clearest signal…
Robinhood Markets enters Tuesday's Q3 print down 23% over the past month to $95.07, while the average analyst price target has climbed to $134.90, leaving a gap of roughly 42% between where the Street thinks the stock…
Rivian reports third-quarter results on October 27, and the electric truck maker arrives at that date having lost more than a fifth of its value in the past month, down to $11.83, with short sellers firmly in control…
Phillips Edison & Company gained just 0.4% over the past week, a poor showing against a median of roughly 2.1% for its closest retail REIT peers. Kimco rose 4.1% over the same period, Brixmor added 3.0%, and Federal…
SoFi Technologies reports third-quarter results on October 26, with short sellers holding their largest position in at least a year and analysts cutting targets ahead of the release. Short interest has settled at 18.0%…
