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Microsoft is weighing DeepSeek for its Copilot platform, according to Axios. That's a significant shift if confirmed. It signals that even the biggest AI spenders are shopping for cheaper models. The news adds pressure…
Today's options market reflects sharp divergence in trader sentiment across several high-profile names. HIMS carries the most notable short backdrop. Short interest sits at 28.8% of free float. Availability of shares…
Analysts cut their targets on TSCO hard today. Both Truist Securities and Piper Sandler moved to Hold, slashing their price targets dramatically. Truist dropped its target from $44 to $32. Piper Sandler cut from $36 to…
A busy stretch of corporate results kicks off this week. Today, PGR releases its May 2026 results. The $119 billion insurer carries light short interest of just 1.2% of free float. Also tonight, LZB reports Q4 results.…
Tractor Supply felt the sharpest pain Monday. Two analysts cut TSCO to Hold in quick succession. Truist Securities slashed its target from $44 to $32. Piper Sandler followed, also cutting to $32 from $36. That is a 27%…
Insider filings from the past week show a sharp split between bold buyers and heavy sellers across US markets. The biggest buyer is SMMT Chairman and CEO Robert Duggan. He filed on June 12 that he purchased $50M worth…
Short sellers made aggressive moves last week. CBRS (Cerebras Systems) saw the biggest jump — short interest leapt to 32.4% of free float from just 6.3% a week earlier. That's a 26-point surge in seven days.…
Today is June triple witching — options, futures, and index contracts all expire simultaneously. NVDA carries the deepest chain of any stock, with 29 active expiry dates. Chip stocks swung sharply last week before…
Today kicks off a busy few days. La-Z-Boy releases Q4 2026 results this afternoon. John Wiley & Sons holds its Q4 earnings call today as well. Progressive posts May 2026 results later today. Tomorrow brings the main…
Analysts issued several notable calls on Monday. Two standout upgrades grabbed attention across different sectors. B of A Securities lifted XOM to Buy from Hold. Analyst Jean Ann Salisbury set a $154 price target. The…
Silver Lake, a board-level investor in DELL, filed this week to reveal it sold over $414 million worth of Dell shares. The sales took place between June 5 and June 11, with hundreds of individual transactions reported.…
Short sellers made a decisive move into CBRS last week. Short Interest as a % of Free Float surged from 6.3% to 32.4% in just seven days. That's a jump of more than 26 percentage points. Cerebras, the AI chip startup…
Today is June options expiry — a triple-witching event putting extra pressure on key names. TSLA is under the microscope after Reuters reported the company gave European regulators misleading Full Self-Driving safety…
Progressive, CarMax, and Kroger headline a busy week of corporate earnings starting today, June 16. Today and Tomorrow Progressive releases May 2026 results after the close today. The insurer has beaten estimates in…
Three notable downgrades landed Monday as analysts reassessed media, finance, and tech names heading into mid-June. FOXA took the sharpest hit. Fox Corporation was downgraded twice in quick succession. The consensus…
The week's standout insider story is a massive exit at DELL. Silver Lake Group — a board-level 10% owner — filed disclosures showing it sold over $714 million worth of Dell shares between June 2 and June 10. The…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. The most striking numbers come from smaller-cap stocks, but the patterns in popular names are equally telling. BigBear.ai stands out among meme-adjacent AI plays. Its SI %…
Markets are getting a boost from geopolitical relief. Oil slid to a three-month low after President Trump said the US is close to an Iran deal. Stocks and government bonds both gained on hopes the energy shock will…
Three high-profile US companies post results this week. Investors have plenty to watch from Tuesday through Thursday. Today and Tonight La-Z-Boy releases Q4 2026 results after the close today. John Wiley & Sons held…
Analysts are lifting price targets across the cruise sector. Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Carnival all received upward target revisions on Monday. Royal Caribbean's consensus target now sits at $336.85.…
