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Analysts trimmed targets on several high-profile names this week. The most striking individual move was a downgrade of EL (Estee Lauder). The consensus shifted from 13 holds and 16 sells to 14 holds and 15 sells, with…
The most notable recent filing activity centres on NVDA. Independent director Mark Stevens disclosed sales totalling over $410 million across filings dated 2 September. He sold roughly 1.85 million shares between 31…
Short sellers cut their RDDT position this week. Reddit's short interest as a percentage of free float fell from 16.1% on September 29 to 15.2% by October 8. The stock's S&P 500 inclusion appears to be squeezing bears…
MMED has reported, the stock barely moved on the week, and yet the short position keeps growing, making the post-earnings setup the more interesting story than the print itself. The stock closed at $19.71 on Friday, up…
LightPath Technologies heads into its November 5 earnings report carrying one of the heavier short burdens in its peer group, while the stock has shed nearly 12% in a week. Short interest is the defining feature of…
RDDT heads into its October 30 earnings report with short sellers pulling back, retail attention spiking, and options positioning nudging more defensive, all at the same time the stock has bounced 8% on the week to…
TROW heads into its October 29 quarterly print with short sellers holding a structurally elevated position and the analyst community steadily marking down price targets, even as the stock stabilises near $105. At 12%…
Iovance Biotherapeutics added another 10% on Friday to reach $14.62, reversing last week's pullback and putting the remaining short base back under severe pressure, with the next earnings print just 26 days away. The…
WFF enters the week having completed one of the more dramatic short-side capitulations on Nasdaq this year, with the stock up 411% over the past week and 540% over the past month to close at $12.29. The positioning…
SOXX fell 5% on the week to $559.40, and the options market is now signalling more defensive positioning than at almost any point in the past year. The sharpest signal this week comes from options. The put/call ratio…
The US reporting season kicks off in force this week. JNJ and UNH both report Monday morning. Tuesday brings BAC and State Street. Schwab and BNY follow Wednesday. Truist rounds out the bank week Thursday. European…
Options markets are pricing in big moves across health insurers and chip names as Q3 earnings season accelerates this week. UnitedHealth Group sits at the top of the options watch list. The stock is up 14.9% year to…
The big US bank earnings season runs at full speed this week. JNJ kicks things off Monday, reporting Q3 results before the open on October 13. UNH holds its earnings call the same morning. Tuesday brings the heaviest…
German battery-electric vehicle registrations hit 88,335 in September, up 95% year on year. Total new car registrations reached 255,698, the largest September on record since 2021, beating the previous best of 234,575…
Analysts made several notable moves across different sectors over the past 24 hours. Upgrades dominated in refining and managed care, while a high-profile cosmetics name took a hit. Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum…
NVIDIA's NVDA independent director Mark Stevens filed $397 million in sales across four trading days at end of August and early September, making him the most active insider seller in the latest data window. The trades…
Short sellers made a notable move on MDT this past week. Medtronic's short interest jumped 3.06 percentage points to 4.57% of free float, one of the largest seven-day increases among large-cap US names. The move comes…
US-listed ETFs pulled in $85B of net inflows in a single week. That dwarfs every other geography combined. Japan was a distant second at $12B. The scale of the US dominance sets the tone for everything else in the…
Q3 earnings season starts in earnest this week. UNH, JNJ, and Wells Fargo all report Monday. Bank of America and State Street follow Tuesday. Mid-week brings Charles Schwab, BNY Mellon, and [PNC…
Options flow this week splits cleanly: chip stocks are attracting the biggest bearish bets, while financials and select large-caps are seeing near-pure bullish positioning ahead of a packed earnings calendar. NVDA,…
