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AI chip stocks and pharma names are the focus of options traders Monday as Wall Street rebounds from last week's tech selloff. NVDA leads the flow. The stock carries an ORTEX total score of 82.4 and momentum at 58.3.…
Vail Resorts kicks off the week today with its Q3 2026 earnings call. The ski resort operator has faced pressure from variable snowfall across US resorts. Tomorrow, Casey's General Stores and Cracker Barrel both…
Two firms raised price targets on ORCL on Monday. Evercore ISI lifted its target to $245 from $220. Oppenheimer went further, raising to $275 from $235. Both firms kept Buy ratings. The $614 billion tech giant is…
Insider filings this week reveal a wave of large-scale selling across US equities, with a standout buyer bucking the trend. Dell and Walmart lead the sell-off. DELL investors Silver Lake Group filed this week,…
Short sellers shifted positions sharply last week. Data as of June 5 shows notable moves across fintech, AI infrastructure, and troubled industrials. DAVE (Dave Inc.) topped the weekly movers list. Its SI % of free…
Wall Street stocks rebounded Monday after an AI-led rout rattled global markets on Friday. Chipmakers led the recovery. MRVL and MU both drew fresh analyst attention. Wells Fargo raised its target on Micron to $1,220.…
The Pentagon's move to label BABA and BIDU as Chinese military companies has lit up options markets Monday. Both names saw active near-term expiry chains, with the June 12 and June 18 dates drawing the most…
Two major technology names headline a busy week for corporate earnings. ORCL reports Q4 2026 results on Wednesday, June 10. Investors will watch closely for cloud revenue growth and AI infrastructure commentary. ADBE…
B of A Securities analyst Tal Liani lifted price targets on two networking giants on Monday. Cisco Systems got a new target of $150, up from $135. Arista Networks was raised to $200 from $185. Both carry Buy ratings.…
The Walton Family Holdings Trust filed to report selling over $511 million in WMT shares across multiple trades in May and early June. The sales span dates from May 22 through June 2. The family trust disclosed the…
Short sellers made bold moves last week. Dave Inc. saw the sharpest jump, with SI % of Free Float leaping from 20.4% to 28.8% — a gain of 8.4 percentage points in just seven days. That surge puts the fintech app firmly…
Israel and Iran exchanged missile strikes overnight, sending futures and oil sharply higher. US index futures rose as chip stocks rebounded from Friday's AI-led rout. South Korean stocks fell over 5% as tech…
ORCL and ADBE headline a busy week of earnings. Both report after the close, with results dropping Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Oracle kicks things off on Tuesday, June 10. The cloud giant carries a $615 billion…
Analysts are diverging sharply on several sectors this week. Storage and networking stocks saw opposing moves. Seagate Technology got its consensus target lifted to $871, up from $857. Oracle also saw a target raise to…
Insider buying is clustering in some notable names this week, while Walmart's founding family and Nvidia's board continue to trim holdings. Robinhood Markets attracted over $50M in fresh insider buying. Venture firm…
Short sellers shifted gears sharply this week. The biggest mover is DAVE. Its SI % of Free Float jumped to 28.8%, up 8.4 percentage points in just seven days. That's the largest weekly increase among mid-cap US…
The Nasdaq recorded its worst session since April 2025 on Friday. Chip and memory stocks led the fall. Investor sentiment has shifted to "Fear" on the greed index. Rising expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike…
This week delivers a wave of confirmed earnings reports. The biggest names drop Wednesday and Thursday. ORCL kicks off on Wednesday, June 10, reporting Q4 2026 results after the close. The $615 billion tech giant is…
Two mega-cap names took hits from analysts on Monday. Consensus target prices fell for both ACN and ADBE, with both receiving downward recommendation changes. Accenture's average analyst target slipped to $237.82 from…
Silver Lake Group filed to disclose a massive exit from DELL last week. The investment firm sold over $166M worth of shares on June 2, spread across multiple transactions. All sales were filed on June 4. Silver Lake…
