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Microsoft and Alphabet both report today after the close, making Wednesday one of the busiest earnings days of the quarter. Microsoft carries a $3.96 trillion market cap into its print. Alphabet follows at $1.86…
Johnson Controls International leads today's upgrades. The building-tech firm saw its consensus rating revised upward, with the average analyst target price moving to $169.70 from $168.50. The upgrade signals growing…
The most striking pattern in recent insider filings is concentrated selling by senior executives across multiple markets, with the freshest data running to early September 2026. ARGX founder and CEO Timothy Van…
Short sellers covered hard in several mid-cap names this week. IBTA saw the sharpest move among liquid stocks. Its SI % of free float dropped 7.9 percentage points in seven days, falling to 37.3%. SVRA shed 11.1 points…
The week's most important event is already underway. Microsoft and Alphabet report after the bell today, with Amazon and Intel following tomorrow. Options activity has spiked across the board ahead of these prints.…
This week is one of the busiest on the US earnings calendar. MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, and AAPL all report in the next seven days. That concentration of mega-cap prints is pulling options activity sharply higher across the…
Today and tomorrow are the busiest stretch of the season. Microsoft ($3.96 trillion market cap) and Alphabet both report after the bell today. Amphenol, eBay, and Chipotle Mexican Grill also release numbers this…
India's broadband network crossed a milestone that few predicted at this pace. Total subscribers reached 1.11 billion in September 2026, per data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). That figure…
Barclays cut its price target on NRG Energy from $204 to $163, a drop of more than 20%, while keeping its Buy rating. The stock's $19.7bn market cap makes the move one of the sharpest target reductions in today's…
Uber Technologies' President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed two open-market purchases on 8 September, disclosing he spent roughly $5.3 million buying UBER shares at around $75 to $76 apiece on 4 September. His…
Short sellers made their biggest moves this week in three mid-cap names. LQDA saw the sharpest jump among larger stocks. Short interest climbed to 26.7% of free float, up 8 percentage points in seven days. GRND was…
China ETFs pulled in $22.5B in the past week. That is the single largest geographic inflow of any region. The US was close behind at $20.4B, but the story of the week is the rotation into China. Over three months, the…
Baker Hughes beat on both lines tonight. Q3 adjusted EPS came in at $0.64 against a $0.61 estimate. Sales hit $10.5 billion, well ahead of the $7.7 billion forecast. The result lifts energy services sentiment ahead of…
BigBear.ai is the sharpest options signal in the market today. Short interest sits at 29.2% of free float. Availability has dropped to zero. ORTEX data shows utilisation at 93.84%. Any covering rush has nowhere to…
Today Porsche AG kicks off a busy week for auto earnings. The German carmaker reports alongside a slate of Asian banks. Later today, Société Générale will also be watched after a mixed year. Tomorrow is the week's…
Abbott Laboratories was downgraded by consensus on Tuesday, pulling the average analyst count toward hold. The $181bn medical device maker carries short interest of just under 1% of free float, suggesting limited…
An NVIDIA director filed sales of more than $411 million worth of stock in early September, making it one of the largest insider disposals in the US market this year. Mark A. Stevens, an Independent Director at NVDA,…
Short sellers unwound positions sharply in CHWY this week. SI % of free float fell from 89.7% to 81%. That is still one of the heaviest short loads in the US market, but the direction is notable. Availability sits at…
Europe's car sector is centre stage this week. Porsche AG opened the earnings run today. Mercedes-Benz follows Wednesday and Volkswagen on Thursday. ORTEX alt data adds a note of caution. Dutch car registrations, which…
Options sentiment leaned negative across several big names Tuesday, with cybersecurity and chip stocks drawing fresh bearish flow and a key index rebalance putting MRNA in the spotlight. The HACK cybersecurity ETF saw…
