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Markets head into a critical earnings week with short sellers pressing bets on AI infrastructure and a major diplomatic development easing geopolitical pressure. Bears are moving fast into CRWV. Short interest in…
Short sellers are moving fast into CRWV and CHWY, and options market signals are tracking the shift. CoreWeave saw short interest jump 9.6 percentage points in just 14 days. SI now stands at 33.1% of free float. That's…
A packed earnings calendar kicks off today, with major US financials and global heavyweights all due to report Q2 2026 results. Monday/Tuesday: BAC reports Tuesday morning. AEHR drops its Q4 results Tuesday afternoon.…
Analysts are nudging up targets across financials, pharma, and industrials today — while trimming price expectations on GEV and DOV. Robinhood Markets sees the biggest buzz. Consensus target price rose to $116.09, up…
Fresh filings this week reveal a split in executive confidence across US stocks. RH CEO Gary Friedman filed on July 8, disclosing he sold over $20 million worth of shares between July 6 and July 8. Friedman executed…
Short sellers are tightening their grip on AI infrastructure names. CoreWeave short interest hit 33.7% of free float — up 5.3 percentage points in just one week. Super Micro Computer sits at 18.2%, with bears adding…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several high-profile US stocks this week. CoreWeave saw the sharpest move. Short interest hit 33.7% of free float. That's up 5.3 percentage points in just seven days. Super Micro…
Wall Street's mood on self-storage shifted today. Public Storage was downgraded by consensus, with the average target price sitting at $330. The $56 billion REIT carries short interest of just 4.8% of free float. Bears…
RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman filed sales totaling over $18 million this week. The trades were executed between July 6 and July 8, at prices ranging from $155 to $170 per share. That's a sharp exit at the top of a…
Short interest data as of July 8 reveals some sharp moves over the past week. Here are the names that matter. MQ jumps to the top of the movers list. Marqeta saw its SI % of free float leap from 3.95% to 14.47% — a…
Markets head into a pivotal earnings week with short sellers at extremes, top executives cashing out, and a major geopolitical story reshaping energy markets. The biggest week of Q2 reporting starts today. Netflix…
Analysts delivered a mixed bag of calls on Thursday. The standout move was a downgrade on PSKY, the newly merged Paramount Skydance entity. The consensus sell count climbed to seven from six. The average target price…
Two high-profile insiders filed major stock sales this week, while a clutch of smaller buyers stepped in elsewhere. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed to have sold $104.8 million in Applied Materials stock. The trades…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Data as of July 8 shows some striking moves heading into a packed earnings calendar. ALIT — Alight, Inc. — is the standout. SI % of Free Float exploded to 136%, up from just…
The week's big earnings calendar starts today. Hays reports Q4 results this morning as UK hiring conditions remain under pressure. The real fireworks come Monday, when Bank of America reports Q2 before the bell.…
Bears are circling several high-profile names as a major earnings week kicks off July 10. NFLX slid after the bell Wednesday. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float. But the post-hours dip signals the market…
Hays kicks off today's reporting with its Q4 results. The UK recruiter's numbers arrive as the jobs market faces pressure on both sides of the Atlantic. Monday brings a cluster of major financials. Bank of America…
Analysts swept through the financial sector Thursday, lifting targets on a broad range of asset managers and brokers after a strong earnings run. HOOD drew the sharpest upgrade. The average analyst target rose to…
Insider filings from the past week show a wave of selling across US-listed stocks, led by a $69M dump at DELL. Silver Lake Group filed sales of Dell Technologies shares worth $69M across 31 transactions. The latest…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Alight, Inc. saw the most dramatic move — SI % of free float exploded from 6.95% to 136.4% in just seven days, a jaw-dropping 129-point jump. With a market cap of just $530M,…
