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Now I have solid data. Let me identify the biggest names from the full earnings week ahead results and write the article: Over 1,800 companies are set to report this week. The calendar is packed from Monday through…
ABNB received a fresh upgrade from analysts on Monday. The consensus target price edged up to $149.07. The home-rental platform now carries 18 Hold ratings alongside 22 Sells — signalling caution despite the bullish…
The latest filings show a sharp split between corporate insiders buying and institutional holders cashing out. Pentwater Capital dumps $1.1B+ in Avis. The hedge fund filed multiple sell transactions in CAR on April 28,…
Short sellers are busy. Figma saw the biggest weekly jump among large US names — SI % of FF leapt from 18.7% to 24.9%, a 6.2 percentage point surge in just seven days. Vail Resorts was close behind, rising from 16.2%…
It's a packed Monday. Palantir reports after the close today — the most-watched AI name in the market. Vertex Pharmaceuticals also delivers results, with an $108 billion market cap making it one of the biggest…
Options flow is telling two stories in the semiconductor space right now. Bulls and bears are both placing large bets — and the signals are unusually mixed. NVDA sits at the top of both the bullish and bearish options…
Now I have solid data from both the S&P 500 and European universes. Let me write the article. Today is packed with confirmed earnings. Palantir Technologies reports after the close — the AI data company is one of the…
Analysts issued a rare downgrade on FirstEnergy today. The utility stock was cut from Hold to Sell, with the consensus target slipping to $53.31. It is one of the few outright downgrades in today's batch of…
A TORO CEO went all-in last week. Petros Panagiotidis filed purchases totalling over $13.8M across three separate transactions between April 22–23. He bought nearly 2.25 million shares at prices ranging from $5.04 to…
I now have all the data I need. Let me write the article. Short sellers got busy last week. Positions climbed sharply across several mid- and large-cap names, while one micro-cap blew up overnight. The biggest mover…
US-listed equity ETFs pulled in $135.8B last week. That dwarfs every other geography by a wide margin. Japan was the only other notable destination, adding $14.4B. China shed $8.5B — its outflow a sharp contrast to the…
Investors bought the dip hard last week. S&P 500 ETFs — IVV, VOO, and SPY — pulled in massive inflows as retail and institutional money poured back in. The broad market mood is cautiously optimistic heading into one of…
This week's earnings slate is testing short sellers across multiple sectors. Aurora Innovation heads into its print with shorts sitting on a 49% rally — a painful position. Lyft carries heavy short interest ahead of…
Options traders are sending mixed signals heading into a busy earnings week. Bullish and bearish bets are piling up across very different names. INSG stands out. The communications equipment firm has a short score of…
I now have strong data. Let me compile the article with confirmed earnings events grouped by day. Over 1,800 companies report this week. The calendar is packed from Monday through Thursday. Today (Monday), CNA…
Analysts have broadly lifted price targets this week. The moves span defence, utilities, cloud, and consumer goods. Textron saw the sharpest upgrade interest. The aerospace and defence group's consensus target rose to…
Hedge fund Pentwater Capital led the most dramatic insider activity of the past week. The fund filed on April 28, disclosing it dumped over $1.1 billion in CAR (Avis Budget Group) shares across April 22–23. That is a…
Short sellers piled into ONCO last week. The oncology biotech's SI % of Free Float exploded from 14% to 214% — a 200-point jump in seven days. That is the sharpest weekly move in the US market. SOUN remains a major…
US stocks hit record highs last month — Wall Street's best month since 2020. Investors bet that blockbuster AI spending would outweigh broader economic concerns. But May kicks off with fresh headwinds. OPEC+ added…
Bearish bets are piling up in US tech and energy. Options data shows NVDA, MSFT, and META leading the week in negative options flow — even as their stocks hold recent gains from a strong earnings season. NVDA carries…
