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Wolfe Research made a bold sector rotation call today. Analyst Spencer Hanus upgraded TGT to Buy while simultaneously downgrading HD to Hold. The move signals a shift in preference toward discount retail over home…
Morgan Stanley's Erik Woodring lifted his price target on IBM to $267 from $225. That is an 18.7% jump. Woodring kept his Hold rating. IBM trades at a ~$237bn market cap and carries short interest of just 3.4% of free…
Five insiders at AMAT filed sales totalling over $87 million last week. CEO Gary Dickerson alone filed more than $39 million in sales across multiple transactions. He reported selling shares at prices between $590 and…
Short sellers hit hard this week. Two names saw dramatic increases in bearish bets — and both sit firmly in the AI and semiconductor space. Wolfspeed leads the charge. SI as a % of free float hit 104.7%, up from 88.9%…
US chipmakers led the market lower Tuesday. NVDA fell as the Nasdaq dropped for a second consecutive session. Rising US bond yields are the driver. SpaceX lost more than $400 billion in market value as its debut rally…
Options markets are on edge this week. Chip stocks are sliding. NVDA leads the Nasdaq lower on rate fears. Short interest sits at just 1.25% of free float, but options expiries stack up daily through June 30. MU…
Today is packed with results. MU reports Q3 2026 figures after the close — the chipmaker's numbers will set the tone for AI memory demand sentiment. JEF also posts Q2 results today. Watch for investment banking revenue…
Morgan Stanley's Vincent Andrews made the boldest move this week. He raised his price target on DuPont de Nemours from $52 to $156 — a 200% increase in a single revision. The stock carries a $19.5B market cap. Short…
A wave of insider selling hit AMAT this week. Filings dated June 17 show CEO Gary Dickerson sold $49.2M in shares on June 15–16. He offloaded 83,000 shares at around $591–$597 each. That wasn't the only sale. CTO…
WOLF has become the most extreme short in the US mid-cap space. Short interest hit 104.7% of free float as of June 22 — up from 88.9% just seven days earlier. That 15.8 percentage point jump in a single week is…
FedEx headlined Monday's earnings calendar — and disappointed. Shares slipped after Q4 results came in soft. The company guided for calendar 2026 adjusted EPS of $16.90–$18.10, with revenue growth of roughly 11%…
Today brings two major earnings calls. FDX FedEx hosts its Q4 2026 call at 5pm ET. Investors want clarity on freight demand and margin recovery. KBH KB Home reports Q2 results at the same time. Housing data has been…
Wolfe Research made a decisive retail sector call today. The firm upgraded TGT from Hold to Buy while simultaneously downgrading HD from Buy to Hold. It is a straight rotation trade — money moving from the home…
DELL tops this month's insider selling chart. Silver Lake Group — a 10% board-seat holder — offloaded over $869 million worth of shares across multiple filings in early June. Trades were priced between $420 and $435…
WOLF sits at the epicentre of US short interest right now. Short Interest hit a staggering 104.7% of free float on June 22. That jumped 15.8 percentage points in just seven days. Availability to borrow is effectively…
The Nasdaq fell for a second straight day as chip stocks led the selloff. NVIDIA, Lam Research, KLA, and Applied Materials all traded lower. Rising US bond yields are the culprit — higher rates hit high-multiple growth…
Three high-profile names report this week, with MU and FDX topping the bill on Tuesday. FedEx Corporation reports Q4 2026 results today after the close. The logistics giant carries a market cap of $78.4 billion. Short…
Kroger took the sharpest hit in Monday's analyst sweep. Citigroup slashed its target from $71 to $61, keeping a Hold rating. The grocer carries a $34 billion market cap. Short interest sits at a modest 4.8% of free…
Insider filings this week reveal a wave of selling across US tech and healthcare stocks, with AMAT at the center of the most striking cluster. Five separate Applied Materials insiders filed sales totaling nearly $87M…
Wolfspeed is the week's standout short story. Its SI % of FF jumped from 88.9% to 104.7% in just seven days. That's a 15.8 percentage point surge. Bears are piling in hard on the embattled chip maker. The broader EV…
