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Short sellers added positions across several mid- and large-cap names last week, with AI cloud stock CoreWeave seeing the sharpest move among meaningful names. CRWV short interest climbed to 25.7% of free float as of…
Wednesday is the centrepiece of the earnings calendar. MSFT and GOOGL both report fiscal results after the close. AMZN and INTC follow on Thursday. The four names carry enormous weight for the broader tech sector.…
Big Tech earnings dominate the calendar this week. Markets are rotating defensively ahead of key prints from MSFT, GOOGL, META, and AMZN. Options sentiment scores rank CI (Cigna) and AEP (American Electric Power) among…
This week brings some of the heaviest earnings traffic of the year. Today, CDNS kicks things off with its Q3 call after the close. Tomorrow brings KO and SPGI before the open, followed by HLT at 9am. CNC also reports…
California's electric vehicle market delivered one of its worst quarter-three readings in years. New ZEV registrations in the state fell 37% year-on-year to 80,392 vehicles in July 2026, according to California's new…
Wells Fargo made two bold moves on Monday. Analyst Jason Kupferberg raised his target on CTSH to $77 from $67 and kept a Buy rating. On the same note, he lifted ACN to $252 from $210, retaining a Hold. Both IT services…
The standout buy filed in early September came from UBER. President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald picked up 70,000 shares worth $5.3 million on September 4, with the trade disclosed on September 8. That is a rare…
Short sellers are adding aggressively to several well-known names. Lucid Group leads the movers. Its SI % of Free Float hit 64.3%, up from 50.4% a month ago, a 14 percentage point jump. The stock has lost 44% in three…
China led all geographies last week, pulling in $23.8B net over the period. That is the single biggest directional flow in the data, driven by a flow imbalance of 81.2, well into strong buying territory. The US added…
This is one of the heaviest earnings weeks of the year. MSFT and GOOGL both report Wednesday after the bell. Together they account for over $5 trillion in combined market cap. AMZN follows Thursday. CDNS opened the…
Options markets are flashing caution across two of 2026's biggest themes: semiconductors and crypto-adjacent equities. NVDA and AMD both sit with RSI readings below 40, a level that often precedes elevated put buying.…
Today's calendar opens with CDNS releasing results at 12:30pm ET. SPGI and KO both report tomorrow morning. Coca-Cola is one to watch in consumer staples. Wednesday is the biggest day of the week. MSFT and GOOGL both…
Analysts upgraded TSLA today, pushing it from Hold to Buy territory. The consensus average target price now stands at $409.27. That follows California ZEV sales data showing new registrations fell 37% year-on-year to…
A mystery buyer has been quietly amassing a stake in Evolution AB, the Swedish live-casino operator. Kenneth Bryan Dart, listed as a main shareholder, filed purchases of nearly $716 million across late July and early…
Short sellers are not backing down from some of the market's most-watched names. CHWY tops the large-cap most-shorted list, with 86.5% of free float sold short as of October 23. Availability sits at 566%, meaning…
The biggest earnings week of the autumn is underway. MSFT reports Wednesday evening and AMZN follows Thursday. Both rank among the five largest companies by market cap. INTC also reports Thursday with its RSI at 32.8,…
Semiconductor names are drawing the heaviest options flow this week. Both bullish and bearish large-bet volumes sit highest in MU, NVDA, AMD, and INTC, per ORTEX screening data. INTC reports Q3 results this week, and…
The biggest earnings week of the autumn opens today. MSFT reports Wednesday evening, followed by AMZN on Thursday. Both are among the five largest companies by market cap. INTC also holds its earnings call Thursday.…
California new zero-emission vehicle sales fell 37% year-on-year in Q3 2026. The 80,392 units registered represent the smallest Q3 reading in three years. The prior Q3 peak was 115,240 vehicles in Q3 2024, according to…
General Electric saw the week's sharpest consensus target cut. The average analyst price target slipped to $378.43, down from $378.90, as one analyst trimmed their call. The consensus still skews bullish, with 20…
