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A packed earnings schedule greets investors this week. Several high-profile names are set to report between Sunday and Friday. Today and tomorrow bring the first wave. AIOT (PowerFleet) and CMTL (Comtech…
Analyst desks were busy on Friday. Target price upgrades dominated the tape, with restaurants, healthcare, and financials all seeing upward revisions. DRI led the consumer names. Darden Restaurants' consensus target…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Cerebras Systems saw the sharpest single-week jump — SI % of FF leapt from 6.3% to 25.6% in just seven days. Bears are clearly skeptical of the AI chip darling's…
China Hongqiao Group CEO Zhang Bo filed two major purchases this week. He bought 21 million shares on June 8 for roughly $70.9 million. He followed that with another $69 million buy two days later. The back-to-back…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Bears targeted car rental giants and AI-adjacent names while a surprise surge hit CBRS. Cerebras Systems saw the sharpest SI jump among mid-cap names. Its SI % of free float…
Two commodity moves are defining sentiment today. Oil touched a three-month low after President Trump signalled a US-Iran deal is close. That trade is reshaping energy positioning globally. Gold fell to a six-month…
A busy week of corporate results kicks off today, with five confirmed earnings calls and releases spread across Saturday through Wednesday. PowerFleet and Comtech Telecommunications both report today, June 15. Comtech…
AMD is the standout name in today's analyst activity. The chip giant received a formal upgrade, with the consensus target price climbing to $486. That marks a clear shift in sentiment for a stock carrying a near-$800…
A blockbuster week of insider filings reveals a split in market conviction across US stocks. At DELL, Silver Lake Group filed disclosures showing it sold over $603 million in shares between June 2 and June 9. The…
Short sellers made sharp moves this week. The standout mover is CBRS — Cerebras Systems — where short interest as a percentage of free float rocketed from 6.25% to 25.61% in just seven days. That's a 19-point jump.…
Macro fears are driving unusual options positioning today. Oil and gold dominate the sentiment landscape as traders react to Iran deal talks and a multi-month slump in bullion. Crude oil puts surging. Trump signalled a…
Oil fell to a three-month low Friday. Trump signalled the US is close to a deal with Iran. That sent energy prices sharply lower. Stocks and government bonds rallied on hopes an energy shock could be avoided. Gold sank…
A packed week of corporate results begins today. Several high-profile names report through Friday, with no major IPOs on the calendar. Today and Sunday bring early results. RF Industries, Quantum Corporation, and…
Analysts made a sharp split in the tech sector this week. AMD received an upgrade while Adobe took a downgrade — from two separate firms on the same day. AMD's consensus moved from 41 Hold ratings to 42. Its average…
Tech venture capital titan Marc Andreessen filed this week, revealing he sold over $31.7 million worth of Samsara shares across three days. The director offloaded roughly 906,000 shares at prices between $33.37 and…
MRK Merck received a major FDA approval today. Its combination therapy — belzutifan plus pembrolizumab — is now cleared to treat adults with renal cell carcinoma. The green light adds another label to Merck's oncology…
Two major software names are generating the most interesting options signals this Friday. ORCL and ADBE sit at the centre of a tug-of-war between bears and bargain hunters. Oracle is enduring its worst week since 2002.…
Today brings PLCE — The Children's Place — after the close. Short sellers own 33.8% of its free float. That makes this report a potential flashpoint. KMX reports Wednesday. CarMax carries 11.5% SI % FF. The used-car…
JP Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee set a $920 price target on STX today. The new target is up sharply from $775. That implies roughly 18% upside from current levels. Seagate's $196 billion market cap reflects strong…
Fresh insider filings this week reveal a split between C-suite sellers and one bold buyer making a nine-figure bet. The biggest buy of the week came from Zhang Bo, CEO of 1378 China Hongqiao Group. He filed two…
