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Canada sold 150,161 new trucks in August 2026, according to Canadian vehicle registration data ingested by ORTEX. That is the largest August figure in records going back to 2002, beating the previous best of 145,110…
Today the calendar kicks off with weight. Nestlé reports this morning, the Swiss food giant carrying a market cap near $250bn. Schneider Electric follows shortly after, with $162bn at stake. Also today, Regions…
Analysts cut targets across financial stocks this week while hospitality names caught upgrades. The moves paint a divided picture heading into earnings season. SCHW, SPGI, MCO, ARES and APO all saw consensus target…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed a pair of open-market purchases totalling $5.3M in early September, picking up roughly 70,000 shares. The trades were discretionary, carrying no 10b5-1 plan…
CHWY is this week's most dramatic short interest move. Its SI % of free float jumped 25 percentage points in seven days, reaching 91.3% as of 15 October. That is one of the sharpest single-week builds in the US market…
The dominant story this week is simple: US-focused ETFs pulled in $32.9B in net flows over seven days, more than four times the next largest geography. China came second at $7.3B. Together, they account for nearly all…
US core CPI hit 339.3 in September, the highest reading since the series began in 1997, per ORTEX Alt Data. The annual rate reached 3.7%, the strongest September print in two years. That keeps rate expectations…
Two automakers are driving options activity this week. Tesla reports on 21 October and General Motors on 20 October. Both face a market reading hot inflation signals. US core CPI hit 339.3 in September, its highest…
The earnings calendar is packed. General Motors kicks off Tuesday with its Q3 report. German car registration data, which leads GM revenue by 15 days with a strong fit, is running 133% above the same quarter last year.…
Analysts trimmed targets across financial stocks on Friday while raising the bar for hospitality names. The moves point to two clear themes into year-end. SCHW, SPGI, MCO, ARES, and APO all saw consensus targets nudged…
Bill Gates has been buying RSG shares at a steady pace. Filings reported between late August and early September show he purchased more than 2.7 million shares of Republic Services across roughly 14 separate…
Why this matters: SMTC reported earnings on October 15 and the stock fell 10% to $144.21. Northland Capital Markets responded with an upgrade this morning. Short sellers had been covering aggressively into the print,…
Chewy is one of the biggest short-side stories this week. Its SI % of FF jumped from 65.95% on 8 October to 91.27% by 15 October. That 25-point swing in seven days is the largest absolute move among mid- and large-cap…
RGC short sellers who retreated last week have returned. Estimated shares short jumped 35% in a single day to 826,405 on October 15, reversing the week's earlier decline. At the same time, options traders are still…
GEF has attracted three converging signals at once. Raymond James lifted its rating to Outperform this morning. Short interest has more than doubled in a month. And options traders are the most bullish they have been…
Needham's Mike Cikos downgraded VRNS to Hold from Buy on Thursday, flagging execution risk tied to reported Proofpoint acquisition talks and headwinds from the ongoing SaaS transition. The move lands ten days before…
The week's two biggest prints are still ahead. GM reports Monday and Tesla follows Tuesday. Both face a tough macro backdrop. US core CPI hit 339.287 in September 2026, its highest reading since the series began in…
Options markets are pricing for a volatile week in autos. Tesla reports Q3 results on 21 October. German new-car registrations, which ORTEX data shows leads Tesla revenue by 43 days with a strong fit, are running 269%…
Toyota Motor reports on October 30. The signals converging this week cut against the short-side narrative: a record month for Dutch car sales, a put/call ratio that has dropped to its most call-heavy reading in weeks,…
Canada's vehicle registers and US inflation data told contrasting stories in August and September 2026. Together they set the backdrop for a clutch of automotive earnings reports due next week. Canadian new truck sales…
