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Today kicks off a busy week for corporate earnings. BMO reports Q2 2026 results after the close tonight. Eyes are on Canada's banking sector. Tomorrow, Wednesday May 27, is the heaviest day. CRM Salesforce drops Q1…
Barclays analyst Andrew Mok raised targets across five managed care names on Monday. The sweep covers UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Elevance Health, CVS Health, and Centene. The most striking call was on Humana. Mok…
Two sharply contrasting insider trade clusters filed this week stand out in the ORTEX data. GeneDx Holdings attracted aggressive buying from two board-linked funds. Corvex Management and Casdin Capital filed purchases…
Short sellers made bold moves in the week ending May 25. The biggest headline belongs to WOLF. Wolfspeed's short interest hit 117.5% of free float — up nearly 6 percentage points in seven days. Availability is now at…
Tuesday's after-market close brings a trio of high-stakes tech reports. Salesforce, Marvell Technology, and Synopsys all report today. AI-driven cloud demand is the central question for CRM. MRVL's $172B valuation…
Options traders are leaning bullish on NVDA ahead of a cluster of near-term expiries. The chipmaker carries 28 active expiry dates through September. Open interest is concentrated around deep in-the-money calls. That…
Salesforce, Marvell Technology, and Synopsys all report today, Tuesday May 27, after market close. These are three of the most closely watched tech names this quarter. CRM carries a $147B market cap. Short interest…
Analysts reshuffled ratings across the managed care sector on May 26. The moves signal a divided view on insurers after months of turbulence. UnitedHealth Group led the positive revisions. Its consensus target price…
The past two weeks have seen striking divergence in US executive trading. Two founders sold big. One new CEO bought in hard. MPWR founder and CEO Michael Hsing filed on May 20 that he sold $59.3 million worth of stock…
WOLF has become the most extreme short in the US market. Short interest hit 117.5% of free float on May 25. That figure rose nearly 10 percentage points in just one week. Availability stands at zero — there are no…
US futures pushed higher Tuesday after reports of American "defensive strikes" on Iran. Defence names caught a bid. LUNR and Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems were both in focus. Iran tensions have been driving oil…
Today and tomorrow bring a flurry of high-profile results. AZO AutoZone kicks things off today with Q3 2026 numbers. BMO Bank of Montreal reports Q2 2026 results this evening. Tuesday is the busiest day of the week.…
INTC faced fresh pressure after analysts cut their consensus rating on the chipmaker. The downgrade pushes the sell count among covering analysts from 12 to 13. Intel's average target price barely moved, sitting near…
Short sellers tightened their grip on Wolfspeed this week. SI hit 117.5% of free float — one of the highest readings among US mid-caps. Borrowing costs stand at 10.2% APR. Critically, availability has dropped to zero,…
Five major earnings events land this week. Tuesday kicks off with AZO AutoZone dropping Q3 results before the open. Tuesday evening is the busiest slot. CRM Salesforce reports Q1 2027 results after the bell. Short…
Analyst rating data is temporarily unavailable. The following is based on ORTEX short interest data as of May 21, 2026. Short sellers are moving fast inside the S&P 500. CVNA saw the sharpest rise. Its short interest…
A flurry of significant insider filings hit this week, with both large-scale buying and heavy selling appearing across multiple sectors. The biggest buy came from Capital Group, which filed Thursday that it picked up…
UK gilts staged their biggest weekly yield drop since 2023. Chancellor Burnham pledged to stick to fiscal rules. That calmed nerves around British debt after weeks of pressure on Prime Minister Starmer. European stocks…
Short sellers are making bold bets across several US names. Options markets are reflecting rising hedging pressure in the most shorted stocks. WOLF tops the list with short interest at 98.2% of free float. Availability…
Wednesday kicks off a packed few days. AutoZone reports Q3 2026 results on Tuesday, May 26, giving investors an early read on consumer spending. The real action hits Wednesday. Salesforce drops Q1 2027 numbers after…
