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Short sellers stepped up activity this week across several closely-watched names. WOLF leads mid-cap bears with SI at 52.7% of free float — up nearly 3 points in seven days. Availability is nearly zero at 2.4%, making…
Global ETF flows this week tell a clear story. Investors pulled money from tech and piled into energy, active funds, and foreign developed markets. The biggest single-week shift: Information Technology saw a $6.8B net…
A packed earnings slate is driving price action across US markets. McDonald's, Gilead Sciences, Airbnb, and Datadog all report today. Investors are watching each print for clues on consumer health, cloud spending, and…
Options markets are signalling clear divergence ahead of this week's earnings wave. Several names show stark sentiment splits — with bears piling into healthcare while bulls chase semiconductors. USPH tops the bearish…
Now I have a solid picture of the week. Let me compile the key confirmed earnings events across the week. Today brings a packed slate. McDonald's reports at the open. Investors want to see if consumer spending held up.…
Wall Street is pulling in opposite directions on several names after a busy round of target revisions. Fortinet stands out as the week's top upgrade story. The consensus target price rose to $91.23, up from $89.57,…
I now have all the data needed for a compelling article. Let me write it. Hedge fund Pentwater Capital filed the week's biggest exit — dumping $1.75 billion worth of CAR stock. Pentwater executed 60 separate sell…
Short sellers stepped up activity this week across a range of popular names. Data as of May 5 shows some striking moves. GameStop (GME) saw its SI % of free float climb to 16.3%, up from 13.8% just seven days earlier.…
Thursday brings a packed earnings slate. McDonald's reports pre-market with all eyes on whether value meal promotions are sustaining traffic. Gilead Sciences follows after the close. Becton Dickinson, MetLife, and…
Semiconductors are dominating options activity. Micron Technology and SanDisk sit at the top of both the bullish and bearish bets leaderboard simultaneously — a rare split signal. Both names carry RSI readings above…
Today brings one of the busiest single-day earnings slates of the quarter. McDonald's ($203B market cap) reports this morning at 8:30am ET. Investors want to know if value meals are holding traffic steady. Gilead…
The biggest price target move today hit PODD. Analysts slashed the average target on Insulet Corporation from $326 to $300. That is an $26 drop — one of the sharpest cuts in the session. OXY got a more serious blow.…
A striking cluster of insider buying emerged this week. Five executives at PATK — Patrick Industries — filed purchases on May 6, all on the same day. CEO Andy Nemeth spent $880,000. An independent director added…
Short sellers are making notable moves in two well-known names. GME short interest climbed to 16.3% of free float — up 2.5 percentage points over the past week. That's a significant jump for a stock with a $10.9bn…
Institutional money shifted sharply this week. Active ETFs absorbed $10.5B in net inflows. The clearest signal: a massive rotation out of technology and into energy, with Japan standing out as the dominant geographic…
Markets are digesting a wave of results today as earnings season hits full stride. Over 1,900 companies report globally this week. The picture is mixed — beats and misses are arriving in equal measure. Axon Enterprise…
The biggest bullish options bets this week are landing squarely in the semiconductor space. MU and SNDK top the positive bets table. Both stocks have surged hard in 2026 — Micron is up 102% year-to-date. Sandisk has…
Now I have solid data. Let me write the article. Earnings season hits full stride this week. Over 1,900 companies report globally between May 6 and May 12. Today & Tomorrow Kraft Heinz kicks off today. The food giant…
AMD dominated analyst activity on Wednesday. JP Morgan's Harlan Sur lifted his target to $385 from $270. Cantor Fitzgerald's C.J. Muse went even further, raising his target to $500 from $450. Both kept Buy ratings. AMD…
Insider filings this week reveal a sharp divide: company founders are buying, while big institutional holders are selling fast. Bill Ackman topped the buy list. The Founder and CEO of PS filed purchases totalling over…
