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US plug-in vehicle registrations fell to 21,482 units in July 2026. That is the smallest July reading in four years, according to ORTEX's tracking of US state EV fleet data. The figure sits well below the prior July…
Consensus target prices fell on several large-cap names this week. The moves are small but broad, spanning consumer staples, industrials and financials. McCormick saw its average analyst target price dip to $54.46 from…
The most recent insider filing data available from ORTEX covers trades reported on 8 September 2026. Fresh US SEC EDGAR Form 4 data could not be retrieved from this environment, so the figures below draw on the global…
Short sellers added to positions across several high-profile names this week, with CoreWeave drawing the most attention among larger stocks. CoreWeave's SI % of Free Float rose to 24.8%, up 3.6 points in seven days.…
China ETFs pulled in $14.6B net in a single week. That is the largest geographic inflow of the period, beating even the US at $14.0B. The buying pressure score of 77.5 out of 100 signals firm conviction behind the…
The heaviest earnings stretch of 2026 arrives this week. Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Intel all report within days of each other. Options flow reflects the pressure. Micron Technology leads all US…
Big Tech dominates the calendar this week. Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Intel all report within days. Options flow reflects the tension. Negative bets are heaviest in a cluster of high-momentum names…
The busiest stretch of the US reporting season arrives this week. Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon all report within 48 hours of each other. Today (Sunday/Monday): Cadence Design Systems kicks off the week in the US,…
A broad pattern of target price cuts dominated analyst activity this week. Defensive and industrial names bore the brunt. McCormick drew the most attention. The consensus target fell to $54.46 from $54.85. The spice…
The most striking open-market insider move in recent filings came from EVO. Kenneth Bryan Dart, the largest outside shareholder of Evolution AB, filed purchases totalling over $715 million across two tranches in late…
Short sellers added to positions in CoreWeave this past week. SI as a % of free float climbed 3.6 points to 24.8%. The AI cloud company remains highly watched heading into a busy earnings period for big tech. Hertz…
This is the busiest earnings week of the autumn. Microsoft reports Wednesday and Amazon follows Thursday. Together they account for more than $6.5 trillion in market cap. Intel also prints Thursday. Options traders are…
Options sentiment is skewing defensive ahead of a packed Big Tech earnings week. MSFT, AMZN, and META all report this week. Traders are bracing for moves in both directions. MU leads the negative options flow screen.…
The biggest earnings week of the autumn kicks off today. Over 1,500 companies report globally between Monday and Friday. Microsoft posts results on Wednesday after the close, with analysts watching cloud growth and AI…
US plug-in vehicle registrations fell to a four-year low in July 2026. That headline reading from the ORTEX Alt Data layer, sourced from US state fleet registers, sets the tone for a week in which several real-economy…
Analyst target price cuts dominated activity on Sunday 25 October, with several large-cap names absorbing downgrades as earnings season sharpens expectations. General Electric drew the most notable cut. The consensus…
Uber Technologies President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed on 8 September, disclosing he purchased roughly $5.3 million worth of UBER shares on 4 September. The two tranches totalled 70,000 shares. Open-market…
Short sellers are loading up on CoreWeave. Its SI % of FF climbed to 24.8% this week, up from 21.2% just seven days ago. That 3.6 percentage point jump is one of the largest moves among US stocks with a market cap…
China and Japan pulled in a combined $21.3B in ETF flows last week. That eclipsed every other geography and set the tone for a market tilting clearly toward Asia and away from passive active strategies. China was the…
The week's dominant story is a packed earnings calendar. Microsoft and Amazon both report this week, with a combined market cap above $6.5 trillion. Chipotle and Intel follow later in the week. On Tuesday, Coca-Cola…
