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Markets are heading into a key earnings stretch with short sellers firmly in control across several high-profile names. The week ahead packs a heavy slate of corporate results — and the data shows bears are positioning…
Options defensiveness is deepening across several names ahead of key summer catalysts. Three stocks stand out with unusual signals today. GME is drawing renewed attention. An upcoming investor call has triggered a…
Three marquee names headline a busy earnings stretch. ORCL, ADBE, and homebuilder LEN all report on June 11. Oracle drops its Q4 2026 results after the bell on Tuesday, June 10. Investors will watch cloud revenue…
Wall Street delivered a split verdict Friday. Two analysts cut lululemon athletica in the same session. UBS analyst Jay Sole slashed his target to $124 from $153. Telsey Advisory Group followed, cutting to $122 from…
Insider filings this week show a clear divide. Executives are cashing out at some of the biggest US names. Fresh buyers are stepping up at others. The Walton Family Holdings Trust filed sales of over $511M in WMT…
Bears made big moves this week. Dave Inc. saw the sharpest short interest jump among mid-caps. Its SI % of free float leapt from 20.5% to 29.2% in just seven days — an 8.8 percentage point surge. Shorts are clearly…
Nasdaq tumbled 4% as chip and memory stocks led the selloff. The move tracked a broader re-pricing of AI-linked names. South Korean markets fell over 5% in sympathy, with tech heavyweights dragging indices lower. Hedge…
Markets are on edge heading into a busy earnings week. Defensive options positioning and rising short interest in high-profile AI and tech names dominate the picture today. Oracle reports Q4 2026 results on June 10.…
Options defensiveness is spreading across several high-profile names ahead of earnings this week, with put activity rising sharply in multiple sectors. GME is the standout. An investor call looms and options sentiment…
Oracle and Adobe headline a packed earnings week, with both reporting on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Oracle drops Q4 2026 results after the close on June 10. The database and cloud giant has been riding AI…
UBS analyst Joshua Spector moved across the materials sector in a sweep of calls. He cut LyondellBasell to Hold from Buy, slashing the target to $73 from $82. He also trimmed Dow Inc. to Hold, lowering the target to…
The Walton Family Holdings Trust filed to disclose $510 million in WMT sales over the past two weeks. That covers 4.36 million shares across ten separate transactions. The family stake in Walmart remains enormous, but…
Short sellers are moving fast. Dave Inc. saw the sharpest weekly rise in bearish bets among US mid-caps. Its SI % of FF jumped to 29.2% from 20.5% in just seven days. That is an 8.8 percentage point surge — one of the…
AVGO triggered a sharp market selloff after its revenue outlook disappointed investors. Shares dropped 12%, wiping out roughly $285 billion in market value. The Nasdaq fell 4% as the shockwave spread across chip and…
Oracle and Adobe dominate the week's earnings schedule. Both report on Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 respectively. ORCL posts Q4 2026 results after the close on Wednesday. Wall Street will watch for cloud…
Ciena grabbed the spotlight Friday after UBS analyst David Vogt raised his price target to $508 from $285 — a near-80% jump. The stock carries a market cap of $75.8 billion. The networking equipment maker is riding…
Insider filings this week reveal a flurry of executive selling — with one CEO standing out for sheer scale. MP Materials founder and CEO James Litinsky filed nine sell transactions in three days. Between May 27 and 29,…
Short sellers moved aggressively this week. DAVE — the fintech lending app — saw its short interest jump to 29.2% of free float, up from 20.5% just seven days ago. That is an 8.8 percentage point rise. Bears are…
The Nasdaq tumbled 4% on Thursday as semiconductor and memory stocks led the selloff. Broadcom was at the centre of the storm. Its shares dropped 12% after a disappointing revenue outlook wiped roughly $285 billion in…
AVGO dominated the options tape Friday after shares sank 12%. The $285 billion valuation wipeout — one of the largest on record — followed a disappointing revenue outlook. Put activity spiked across near-term expiries,…
