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Analysts moved decisively on financials and healthcare Friday. The upgrades and target price hikes point to a broader re-rating of the sector. Morgan Stanley grabbed the top headline. Analysts upgraded the stock…
Silver Lake Group has been filing back-to-back sell orders in DELL. The investment firm offloaded over $213 million worth of Dell shares across 114 transactions. Filings hit over the past two weeks, with trades…
Short sellers made a dramatic move into SPCX this week. Short Interest as a % of Free Float jumped from 3.7% to 27.6% in just seven days. That is a +23.9 percentage point swing — one of the sharpest weekly moves in the…
Oil traders are warning that markets may be "close to running on empty" as the Strait of Hormuz closes again. Stockpiles that cushioned the earlier shock are thinning fast. The news is adding fresh pressure heading…
Short sellers and options traders are sending sharp signals across three distinct sectors today. C3.ai scored a court victory. A judge dismissed a class action complaint in its entirety. But the legal win hasn't…
The week ahead is loaded with market-moving results. GOOGL (Alphabet) leads the charge. The Google parent reports Q2 2026 figures on Wednesday, July 22, after the close. INTC (Intel) drops its Q2 numbers on Thursday,…
Analysts made sharp calls this week. Netflix took the biggest hit — a downgrade pushed the consensus average target to $98.54. That's down from $111.03 before the change. The streaming giant's $313bn market cap makes…
Corporate insiders filed a string of large exits this week. The biggest US story involves Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire. He filed to have sold nearly $40M worth of PBF Energy shares between July 8 and July 10.…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Hertz Global Holdings saw the sharpest move among larger names. Its SI % of free float jumped nearly 10 percentage points in seven days to 70.1%. The rental car company has…
Earnings season moves into its biggest week yet. Alphabet reports Tuesday after the close. Options traders are piling into calls. Short interest sits at just 1.5% of free float — bears are not in the room. Intel…
This week brings a packed earnings calendar. The biggest name drops Tuesday: GOOGL reports Q2 2026 results after the close on July 22. Investors will watch AI revenue growth and ad spending closely. Also on Tuesday,…
Analysts sent mixed signals Thursday. Two high-profile calls stand out from the latest round of rating changes. ISRG received an upgrade today. The consensus target price jumped sharply — from $547 to $509 on average —…
Insiders at major US tech companies filed significant sell transactions this week, with Dell Technologies grabbing headlines. Silver Lake Group, a board-level 10% owner of DELL, filed on July 13 disclosing it sold over…
Short sellers made bold new bets this week. Three names stand out as the biggest movers in the ORTEX data as of July 16. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — saw the week's most dramatic SI jump. Short…
US index futures slipped Thursday as markets digested a busy week of earnings and noise from Washington. The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all pointed lower in early trading. Alphabet reports Q2 results after the close…
The week kicks off with CCK Crown Holdings reporting Q2 results today, Monday. The packaging giant gives early clues on consumer demand trends. Tuesday brings AMSF AMERISAFE after the close. The specialty insurer's…
Netflix took three target price cuts in a single session. TD Cowen trimmed its target to $1,000 from $1,120. Bernstein cut to $950 from $1,000. Barclays went lower still, dropping to $800 from $850. All three analysts…
Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners filed this week to disclose it sold over $26 million in TTAN shares. The sales ran across four separate transactions between July 10 and July 15. Bessemer holds a board…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Wolfspeed tops the most-shorted list with a staggering 78.5% of free float sold short. The chipmaker's cost to borrow has climbed to nearly 8% APR. Availability of shares to…
The week's biggest corporate event arrives Tuesday. GOOGL (Alphabet) reports Q2 results after the close on July 22. Investors will scrutinise AI-driven ad revenue and cloud growth. Options positioning is call-heavy —…
