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Japan topped all geographies this week with a $28.4B net inflow. That beat the U.S., which pulled in $24.6B. The gap is striking. Over three months, the U.S. leads with $674.6B vs Japan's $316.5B — but the weekly…
Markets got a boost today from a US-China trade truce, with both sides agreeing to a 90-day tariff pause. The Dow and S&P 500 jumped sharply at the open. Risk appetite returned fast. BABA — Alibaba — reported earnings…
Options markets are flashing unusually mixed signals. Iran war headlines are driving a sharp split between energy bulls and tech bears. Energy names dominate call-side activity. OXY, HAL, and CVX all show dense…
Now I have everything I need to write the article. Over 1,500 companies report this week. The biggest name due today is BABA — Alibaba Group posts results at 7:30am ET Tuesday. The Chinese e-commerce giant carries a…
Analyst target prices shifted across several sectors on Monday, with energy names seeing the sharpest cuts and semiconductors attracting fresh upgrades. Power and Solar Under Pressure Vistra Corp. saw its consensus…
Fresh filings reveal a split picture in boardrooms this week. Executives at GEHC are buying aggressively. Meanwhile, energy infrastructure insiders are cashing out hundreds of millions. GE HealthCare: Four Insiders…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Three popular names saw short interest jump sharply between May 4 and May 11. WOLF leads the charge. Wolfspeed's SI % of Free Float rocketed from 52.1% to 72.5% — a 20-point…
Semiconductor stocks dominated today's session. NVIDIA and Micron led the charge. Options flow on both names remained heavily bullish despite elevated RSI readings. Qualcomm was the outlier — shares sank 11% as…
Options flow tells a two-track story today. Chip stocks are drawing the heaviest bullish bets. Energy names are seeing defensive activity as geopolitical risk builds. Micron Technology tops the positive options bets…
Excellent data. I now have all I need. Key confirmed earnings this week: Today (May 12): Millicom (TIGO), JBS (JBS) Tomorrow (May 13): Alibaba (BABA), Cisco (CSCO), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Nebius (NBIS) Wednesday…
Good — I have solid confirmed US S&P 500 names. Now I have what I need to write the article. Today (Tuesday, May 12) is relatively quiet for US results. The action heats up from tomorrow. Cisco reports after the close…
Fresh filings this week reveal a clear split in executive sentiment. At GEHC, insiders are buying. At FIX, they're running for the exit. GE HealthCare: Executives Step Up Six insiders at GE HealthCare filed purchases…
Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani made two headline-grabbing moves on Monday. He raised his price target on STX from $750 to $1,000. That is a 33% jump in one move. He also lifted his target on VRT from $350 to $425,…
Apple's board chairman Arthur Levinson filed $71M in stock sales on May 8. The trades, executed on May 6, came as AAPL shares hovered near $285. Quanta Services CEO Duke Austin unloaded over $60M in shares last week.…
The biggest story this week is a decisive rotation back into US equities. American markets pulled in $12.0B net in the past week alone. Over three months, the US has attracted $673B — the single largest geographic flow…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed saw the biggest jump. Its SI % of Free Float hit 72.5% — up a massive 20.4 percentage points in just seven days. Availability has hit zero, meaning new short positions…
Equities absorbed $18.9B in net ETF flows last week. That is the dominant story. Risk appetite is clearly on. Fixed income added $9.7B. Every major asset class was in the green. The US pulled in $12.0B in net flows…
April US inflation came in hotter than expected today. Futures for the SPY S&P 500 ETF and QQQ Nasdaq 100 fell sharply on the print. The data complicates the Fed's path. Rate cut bets are being trimmed. Options traders…
Now I have enough data to write the article. The key signals are: Oil sector dominates news due to Iran war + Hormuz closure - options expiry clusters for XOM, CVX in near-term Semiconductors (MU, AMD, INTC) showing…
Now I have excellent data. Let me compile the article with the key confirmed earnings events this week. The week of May 12 brings a heavy slate of results. Markets will be closely watching three major names: CSCO,…
