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Short sellers made notable moves this week. OKLO, the nuclear power startup, saw its short interest jump 21% in seven days. SI now sits at 23.5% of free float. The stock reports earnings on June 3. Availability is…
Markets head into a heavyweight week of corporate results. MDT Medtronic reports Q4 on Wednesday pre-market. Analysts have been trimming targets going in. ULTA Beauty and DG Dollar General both report Tuesday. RBRK…
Options markets are flashing clear signals ahead of a cluster of earnings events this week. Three names stand out for unusual activity and sentiment divergence. SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation —…
A packed earnings slate runs from Monday through Thursday. No major IPOs are scheduled in the next seven days. Tomorrow — Monday, June 1 kicks things off with Uflex Limited's Q4 2026 call early in the morning. Tuesday,…
Analysts nudged up price targets on several major commodity-linked stocks this week. The moves reflect growing confidence in energy infrastructure and gold miners. Targa Resources saw its consensus target rise to…
The biggest insider story this week centres on TWLO. Board member Andy Stafman filed on May 27 showing a sale of 1 million shares worth $184 million. That is a single-day filing and one of the largest US insider sales…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. WOLF leads the charge — its Short Interest % of Free Float jumped nearly 20 percentage points in seven days to a staggering 131%. The semiconductor firm is drowning in bearish…
Markets head into a busy June earnings stretch with options markets tilting bullish. SAIC hit a year-low put/call ratio ahead of its results this week — call buyers are firmly in control. Rubrik tells the same story,…
Options markets are flashing strong bullish signals ahead of a cluster of earnings reports next week. SAIC grabbed the spotlight on Sunday. Its put/call ratio hit a year-low, meaning call buyers have overwhelmed put…
A packed earnings schedule kicks off Monday, with confirmed results and calls spread across the full week. Medtronic leads Tuesday's action. The medical device giant reports Q4 2026 results before the open on June 3.…
A wave of analyst recommendation removals hit the medical device sector Friday. Seven names — including BSX, EW, DXCM, and ABT — saw recommendations pulled simultaneously. That kind of broad medtech sweep often signals…
The past week saw a flurry of notable insider selling, with hundreds of millions in stock offloaded across US markets. The biggest US headline belongs to TWLO. A board-linked hedge fund filed on May 27 that it sold 1…
WOLF remains one of the most shorted stocks in the US market. Short interest hit 131% of free float — up nearly 20 percentage points in just one week. Borrowing costs sit at 10.7%, and availability has fallen to zero.…
The short side is getting squeezed in several high-profile names. Galaxy Digital shorts kept covering after its earnings print — ORTEX flagged this as the day's highest-impact story. Aurora Innovation is seeing the…
Options sentiment is shifting fast. Call buyers are driving the market across several high-profile names. Shorts are retreating at the same time. Aurora Innovation is one of the clearest signals. The autonomous vehicle…
A packed schedule of corporate results kicks off today and runs through Friday. Here are the key names to watch. Today — Sunday, June 1 sees Uflex kick things off with its Q4 2026 earnings call early in the…
Analysts raised targets across energy and mining this week. The moves signal growing confidence in commodities despite broader market uncertainty. TRGP led the charge. Targa Resources saw its consensus target price…
Bill Gates made a bold move in May. He bought over $202 million worth of RSG — Republic Services — across several trades filed between May 13 and May 18. He picked up nearly one million shares at prices around $197 to…
Short sellers piled into WOLF this week. Short interest hit 131% of free float — up nearly 20 percentage points in just seven days. Availability is zero. There are no shares left to borrow. That is a locked-out borrow…
The tech bull run is drawing a sharp response from both bulls and bears. TECL, the 3x leveraged tech ETF, is seeing aggressive call buying as traders pile into near-term upside bets. At the same time, short sellers are…
