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Short sellers are repositioning fast. Wolfspeed saw shorts cover aggressively, with SI % of FF dropping nearly 19 points to 112%. Call centre stocks are under sustained attack. Concentrix sits at 23% SI % FF. TTEC…
The Nasdaq fell 4% on Friday. Chip and memory stocks led the drop. Options markets flagged the stress before it arrived. FNF — Fidelity National Financial — drew attention with a notable shift to defensive positioning…
Three marquee earnings reports dominate the calendar from June 8–11. ORCL kicks off Tuesday evening. Oracle reports Q4 2026 results after the close on June 10. Cloud growth and AI infrastructure demand are the key…
Analysts cut price targets on a broad swathe of US utility stocks this week. At least seven names took downgrades to consensus targets. Duke Energy, Entergy, AEP, Sempra, FirstEnergy, Consolidated Edison, and PEG all…
The Walton Family Holdings Trust filed this week showing it sold 1.6 million WMT shares worth $184M on June 2. The sale was filed June 4, making it one of the largest insider disposals of the week. NVDA Director Mark…
Short sellers are shifting fast this week. Wolfspeed saw the sharpest move — SI % of FF fell nearly 19 points to 112%. Bears covered aggressively, likely triggering squeeze dynamics in the battered chip stock. Going…
Markets are bracing for a heavy earnings stretch. Oracle reports Wednesday and Adobe on Thursday. Both are key reads on AI-driven enterprise spending. Rubrik also prints Wednesday. Analysts have been raising targets.…
Oracle and Adobe headline a packed earnings calendar this week. Both report after market close — Oracle on Wednesday, Adobe on Thursday. Oracle posts Q4 2026 results on June 10. Markets will watch cloud revenue growth…
Wall Street slashed target prices on a broad sweep of US utility stocks this week. More than eight major names took cuts. WEC Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy, and American Electric Power all saw consensus targets trimmed.…
Fresh filings this week reveal a split market in corporate boardrooms. Sellers dominate the headline numbers, but targeted buying in select names stands out. DELL saw the biggest cluster of selling. Silver Lake Group,…
Bears are making fresh moves this week. Data as of June 4 shows DAVE — the fintech lender — saw its short interest jump +8.76 percentage points in seven days. SI now sits at 29.2% of free float. That's a sharp new bet…
Options markets are flashing caution signals on several names heading into a busy earnings stretch this week. FNF — Fidelity National Financial — is showing the sharpest defensive tilt. Traders are buying puts ahead of…
A broad risk-off move rattled US equities. The Nasdaq tumbled 4% as chip and memory stocks led declines. AI-linked names bore the brunt. Rising expectations of a Fed rate increase sent bond yields sharply higher. That…
Two major tech results arrive this week. Oracle reports Q4 2026 earnings on Tuesday, June 10. Adobe follows on Wednesday, June 11. Both are closely watched for cloud and AI demand signals. Oracle's database and cloud…
Wall Street turned bearish on US utilities this week. Analysts trimmed targets across at least ten major power and gas companies, with consensus ratings slipping on names including WEC, Duke Energy, Entergy, and…
Robinhood Markets drew a cluster of fresh insider buying this week. Ribbit Capital, a venture firm with a board seat at HOOD, filed two separate purchases. The first, for $20M, was filed June 1st for a May 28 trade. A…
Short sellers made dramatic moves this week. Dave Inc. saw the sharpest build-up, with SI % of Free Float jumping to 29.2% from 20.5% in just seven days — an 8.7 percentage-point surge. Fintech bears are clearly not…
Tech stocks took a hit Friday. The Nasdaq tumbled 4% as chip and memory shares led the selloff. Bond yields climbed sharply on rising expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike. That double blow — higher rates and…
Oracle and Adobe headline a busy week of earnings. Both report on Wednesday, June 11. Oracle drops Q4 2026 numbers after the close on Tuesday, June 10. Investors will watch cloud revenue growth closely. The stock has…
Analysts delivered a split verdict this week. Payroll processors got upgrades while utility stocks faced a broad wave of target price cuts. PAYX and ADP both saw consensus ratings tick up. Analysts lifted target prices…
