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Bill Ackman filed a notable purchase this week. The Pershing Square founder and CEO bought $15.7M of PS shares on April 30. The filing landed May 4. It's a rare move — a CEO buying his own closed-end fund's stock is a…
Short sellers are making fresh moves this week. GameStop leads the charge among large-caps, with SI % FF jumping to 17.1% — up 3.5 percentage points in just seven days. The meme stock favourite is back on bears' radar.…
SNDK is the day's most talked-about stock. Shares jumped 10% after the company locked in $42 billion in AI deals, pushing the year-to-date gain to 429%. But options traders aren't buying the hype. Bearish put activity…
Now I have solid data to work with. Let me compile the article: SanDisk (SNDK) is the standout — up 429% YTD, $42B in AI deals, highest negative options bets among all stocks screened, RSI at 76.5 MaxLinear (MXLR) has…
Now I have enough data to write a comprehensive preview article. Nearly 2,000 companies report this week. Markets have no time to breathe. Today (Tuesday) gets things rolling. Coty reports, putting consumer beauty…
ON Semiconductor grabbed attention this week with the most dramatic analyst shift in the latest batch of rating changes. Multiple analysts revised their views simultaneously. The consensus average target price jumped…
Insider trading filings over the past two weeks reveal a split market sentiment. Some CEOs are putting their own money to work. Others are racing to the exit. The biggest buy signal came from TORO. CEO Petros…
Short sellers turned notably more aggressive last week. GME saw one of the biggest SI jumps among large-caps. Short interest climbed to 17.1% of free float, up from 13.6% a week ago — a 3.5 percentage point rise.…
The past week delivered a clear risk-on signal. US-focused ETFs pulled in $150B in net flows. That dwarfs every other region combined and carries a flow imbalance of 83.4 — firmly in strong buying territory. The US…
Today marks a heavy earnings day. Gilead Sciences ($163bn) reports after the bell. HIV and oncology revenue are the key numbers to watch. Electronic Arts also drops results today. Gaming demand trends will be front and…
Semiconductors dominate this week's unusual options flow. SanDisk tops the negative-bet leaderboard despite a stunning 429% gain year-to-date. Traders are loading put-side exposure — a sign many believe the run is…
I now have excellent confirmed earnings data. Let me write the article. Today (Tuesday, May 5) kicks off a packed earnings week. Electronic Arts ($50.6bn) drops its results after the close. Investors will watch for…
Analyst desks were busy on Tuesday. Target price moves hit several sectors. The most notable pattern: tech upgraded, housing trimmed. ServiceNow saw its consensus target price rise to $144.88. That's up from $142…
A hedge fund, a rocket backer, and a space billionaire all filed major sell-offs in recent weeks. The numbers are hard to ignore. Pentwater Capital Management dumped over $1.1 billion worth of CAR (Avis Budget Group)…
Now I have all the data I need to write a compelling article. Short sellers are making moves. The clearest signal from the past week comes from Avis Budget Group, where short interest as a percentage of free float…
Apple is eyeing chip production partnerships with Intel and Samsung to cut its reliance on TSMC. The report is one of the biggest stories premarket today. It signals a structural shift in the global semiconductor…
Options flow this week tells a split story. Bullish bets dominate semiconductors. Bearish money is also piling in — but on the same names. NVDA sits at the top of both positive and negative options bets over the past…
A packed earnings schedule greets investors this week. Over 1,900 companies report results across the globe between May 5 and 11. Corebridge Financial kicks off Tuesday with an earnings call at 10am ET. The $13bn…
Analysts are moving targets in opposite directions today. The divergence is sharpest across homebuilders, semiconductors, and agriculture. Lennar took the biggest hit. Analysts cut the average target price to $91.50…
Now I have solid data. Let me focus the article on the most interesting C-level and high-value trades from my earlier query, plus the CoStar CEO buy. Corporate insiders filed a flurry of notable trades last week. The…
