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Tesla kicks off the week's biggest earnings today, reporting Q3 2026 results. German car registrations, a dataset that leads Tesla's revenue by 43 days, are running 269% above the same quarter last year. That is a…
Taiwan's export order data landed with exceptional force in September. The Ministry of Economic Affairs reported total orders of TWD 36,223 hundred million, up 69% on September last year. Orders measured by destination…
Truist Securities upgraded FTNT to Buy and raised its target to $200, up from $183. The cybersecurity firm carries a $126 billion market cap. Short interest sits at just 2% of free float, suggesting little bearish…
The most striking filings from the latest reporting window show two blockbuster moves on opposite sides of the ledger. Bill Gates filed purchases of RSG (Republic Services) totalling nearly $492 million across 28…
Short sellers have been busy this week. The data as of 19 October shows some clear moves worth watching. CoreWeave saw the sharpest rise among large-cap names. Its short interest jumped 3.1 percentage points in seven…
China and Taiwan pulled in the biggest regional hauls this week. China ETFs attracted $15.1B in net inflows over seven days, with a flow imbalance of 79.8. Taiwan added $7.6B, nearly all of it fresh money. That…
Super Micro Computer delivered the biggest after-hours shock of the session. The company raised its Q1 sales guidance to $18.5 to $19.5 billion, up sharply from the prior range of $14.5 to $15.5 billion. The new…
Nicolet Bankshares is flashing the loudest options signal of the day. Its put/call ratio spiked to 1.0, the highest since inception. That reading sits 4.3 standard deviations above its own 20-day mean of 0.13. For a…
NFLX kicks off the week today after market close. The streaming giant reports Q3 results. It carries a $291 billion market cap. Tomorrow is the headline slot. TSLA reports after the bell on Tuesday, with Tesla's $1.45…
Analyst desks were busy on Tuesday, with energy, financials and cybersecurity all drawing notable target price moves. CEG Constellation Energy saw its consensus target nudge up to $337.80. That is a fresh call in a…
An UBER executive placed his own money on the line in early September. Andrew Gordon MacDonald, the company's President and COO, filed purchases totalling roughly $5.3 million. The trades were made at prices around $75…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several names this week. The biggest mover among large caps was CRWV. CoreWeave's short interest rose 3.1 percentage points in seven days to 22.2% of free float. Cost to borrow…
Southwest Airlines reports Q3 results tomorrow, and options traders spent Tuesday loading up on downside protection. The put/call ratio hit 0.93, a reading 2.25 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.79. That…
Options positioning on AYI just hit its most bullish extreme in at least 52 weeks. The put-call ratio fell to 0.18 on October 19, 2.68 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 0.68. That is a dramatic swing: two…
Jefferies downgraded SAN to Hold from Buy today, the first rating cut from any major firm in over four years. The timing is notable: cost to borrow has doubled in 30 days, the stock has shed 9% over the past month, and…
Werner Enterprises fell 7.9% on Monday. Four analysts cut price targets on the same day. Baird delivered the sharpest blow, downgrading from Outperform to Neutral and slashing its target 26%, from $43 to $32. The…
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals heads into its November 6 earnings with an unusual burst of defensive options activity against a backdrop of easing short interest and a stock that has quietly recovered nearly 11% in the past…
WEN has added 5.9% this week to $6.68, its best weekly gain since late summer, yet short interest remains anchored at a quarter of the free float with the ORTEX short score near its highest reading on record. The short…
PEPB34, PepsiCo's Brazilian depositary receipt, posted its best weekly gain in months, rising 7.3% to BRL 44.90, as the underlying US stock reacted to Q3 results that landed October 14. The earnings reaction tells a…
Auntea Jenny has shed nearly a quarter of its value over the past month while the cost of borrowing its shares has risen fourfold, a pairing that sets up an awkward question ahead of its October 30 earnings print. The…
