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BLK reports again on October 16, two days after posting Q3 results that sent the stock down 1.6% on the day, and the setup heading into this second print is materially different from the call-heavy optimism that…
Alcoa reports Q3 results today with the stock at $40.08, down another 3.4% on Wednesday and 17% over the past month, extending a slide that has already repriced the shares well below where most of the Street sits on…
Short sellers moved hard into CHWY this week. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped 21.4 points in seven days to 89.4%. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves across any large-cap US stock right…
First Horizon Corporation heads into its Q3 earnings print today with short sellers meaningfully more active than a month ago and analysts still pulling back their price targets. The sharpest positioning shift since…
September's all-items CPI-U index hit 336.94, the highest reading since the series began in 1997. The headline number is alarming on its face. But the detail underneath is more nuanced. Core CPI fell to a 2.6% annual…
Options flow this week is dominated by two forces: a crammed earnings calendar and an inflation print that is reshaping rate expectations. Chewy is attracting the most bearish attention. The stock is down 40%…
SCHW and BNY report this morning. Charles Schwab releases figures at 8:30am ET. Bank of New York Mellon posted before the open. Both follow a strong run for US financials. Tomorrow, TFC reports at 8am ET. The regional…
The US Consumer Price Index for all items reached 336.94 in September 2026. That is the highest reading since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing the CPI-U series in 1997. The headline number lands against…
A broad sweep of energy upgrades dominated analyst activity on Thursday. Target prices rose across six oil and gas majors in a single session. EOG Resources, Diamondback Energy, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy,…
Insider selling dominated the screen this week, with the biggest disclosed volumes concentrated in tech and energy names. CrowdStrike led the sell-side activity over the past month. The cybersecurity giant's stock is…
Short sellers turned aggressively bearish on CHWY this week. Short interest jumped 21 percentage points in seven days to 89.4% of free float. That is one of the largest weekly moves among stocks with a market cap above…
Japan pulled in a net $13.5B in a single week. That is the standout number in global ETF flows right now. With a flow imbalance of 89.3 out of 100, buying pressure is near-total. Over three months, Japan had been…
US consumer prices set a new September record. The CPI-U all-items index reached 336.94, its highest September reading since the data series began in 1997. Core CPI also printed at a record 339.29, beating the year-ago…
The options market is pricing in a tense week ahead. Two earnings events dominate the tape as Tesla reports Q3 results on 21 October and General Motors follows the day before on 20 October. Options bets on large US…
Today, BAC (Bank of America) reports Q3 earnings. The $377 billion lender is one of the first major US banks to print this season. PGR (Progressive) also reports today. Tomorrow, SCHW and BNY (BNY Mellon) deliver Q3…
Analysts issued a coordinated wave of target price upgrades across US energy names on Wednesday. ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, Chevron, Diamondback Energy, Devon Energy, and APA Corporation all received higher…
The most notable US open-market insider trade in the latest filing window came from UBER. Andrew Gordon MacDonald, President and COO, filed a $4.1 million purchase on 8 September, covering 54,325 shares at roughly…
Short sellers grew bolder across several liquid names this week. The biggest mover among stocks worth over $1 billion was CHWY. Its short interest jumped 21 percentage points in seven days to 89.4% of free float. Bears…
Rezolve AI has entered a new phase of borrow stress, with availability collapsing from 22% to near-zero in a single session even as the stock fell 15% on the week. The lending market tells the most urgent story right…
BTDR has reversed the cautiously improving picture from last week: short interest is climbing again, the stock has shed 16% in seven days, and the borrowing market has tightened sharply, putting the bear case back in…
