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General Motors drew the most bullish analyst call today. The consensus target price rose to $97.54 from $96.65. Twenty analysts now rate it a Buy. The automaker carries just 3% short interest. Bears look thinly…
Venture capital exits are dominating US insider filings this month. A major boardroom-level sell-off is running at TTAN — ServiceTitan — where Bessemer Venture Partners has offloaded over $124M in shares across nearly…
Short sellers found fresh targets this week. Columbia Financial saw the biggest jump among mid-cap US stocks. Its SI % FF rose to 24.2% — up nearly 7 points in seven days. Wolfspeed remains the most heavily shorted…
China ETFs pulled in $22.3B net in just one week — the single largest geographic flow of the period. That dwarfs the U.S. at $11.7B. The contrast is striking. Over the past three months, China was actually in net…
GOOGL reports after the close today, kicking off the most crowded earnings week of the year. IBM and TXN also report today. Wednesday brings INTC and RTX. Investors are watching AI revenue at Alphabet closely. RTX…
Today kicks off one of the busiest earnings weeks of the year. GOOGL reports after the close today. The $2 trillion company is under the spotlight as investors watch AI revenue contribution closely. IBM and TXN also…
Today is one of the busiest reporting days of the season. GOOGL posts results after the bell. Markets want answers on AI spending and Search ad revenue. RJF also reports today after the close. Tomorrow, Thursday, INTC…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on several notable names this week. WOLF leads the pack with a staggering 79.3% SI % of FF — and availability of shares to borrow has dropped to zero. That means new short positions…
Analyst desks were busy on July 22, with target price cuts hitting healthcare and finance while autos drew fresh buying interest. DHR took the sharpest blow. The average analyst target fell to $231.52 from $242.52 — an…
Insiders at several major US companies filed large stock sales over the past two weeks, with AVGO and RH topping the list. Broadcom's Chief Legal Officer, Mark David Brazeal, filed two separate sales totalling $19.5…
Short sellers have been active this week. The latest ORTEX data shows some notable shifts across large and small caps alike. NLY — Annaly Capital Management — is the headline mover. Short interest jumped 61% in a…
Oil and Middle East tensions are front and centre today. US petrol prices have climbed back above $4 as the Iran conflict intensifies. Brent crude briefly touched $90 after Iran targeted tankers. Tehran has since…
Options flow this week shows a clear split between chips and memory stocks. MaxLinear tops the ORTEX options score rankings. Nearly 95% of its options bets this week were bullish. The mid-cap semiconductor stock is up…
Analyst target prices moved broadly higher on Tuesday. Toy giant HAS saw the sharpest consensus upgrade. The average target rose to $108.62 from $108.29. That follows a strong earnings beat reported earlier this…
Swedish billionaire Fredrik Lundberg just filed a bold buying spree across two major Nordic companies. His investment vehicle, Lundbergföretagen, disclosed purchases totalling over $93 million in the past week…
Wolfspeed sits at the top of the short interest table. Its SI hit 79% of free float as of July 20. Shares to borrow are essentially gone — availability is at 0%. The stock has rallied 162% over three months, creating…
China ETFs pulled in $22.3B in net flows last week. That is the single biggest geographic story of the past seven days. The swing is stark. Over the prior three months, China saw a net outflow of $5.3B. Bears have…
Today marks the start of the busiest earnings stretch of the summer. Charles Schwab and homebuilder D.R. Horton open proceedings in the US. European heavyweights Novartis and Vodafone also report today. The big moments…
Today kicks off the busiest earnings stretch of the summer. Over 700 companies report across the week. Today — Tuesday, July 21: Charles Schwab ($178B) and homebuilder D.R. Horton open proceedings. European…
Morgan Stanley sharply raised targets on two cybersecurity giants on Monday. CrowdStrike got a new target of $227, up from $172 — a 32% jump. Palo Alto Networks was lifted to $387 from $320, a 21% increase. Both…
