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Options markets are pricing in a turbulent week. Big Tech reporting season is in full swing, with AMZN, MSFT, INTC and GOOGL all due to report Q3 results imminently. The chip sector is where sentiment has turned…
Microsoft and Amazon headline a dense schedule of results this week. Microsoft posts its earnings call Wednesday after the close. Amazon follows Thursday afternoon. Together the two companies carry a combined market…
The latest round of analyst updates is skewed toward target price trims, even as several companies delivered strong quarterly results. GE saw its consensus target cut to $378.90 from $382.81. ABT had its average target…
An NVDA board member filed a string of large sales in early September. Independent Director Mark Stevens reported selling more than $300 million worth of Nvidia shares across several transactions between August 31 and…
Short sellers have been busy this week. CoreWeave saw the biggest SI jump among large US names, with its short interest rising to 24.8% of free float from 21.2% over seven days. That is a 3.6 percentage point move.…
The most important earnings stretch of the year starts Tuesday. Microsoft and Amazon both report Wednesday 29 October. Intel drops the same day. Together the three carry a combined market cap above $7 trillion. Options…
Options bears are loading up on downside protection ahead of the busiest earnings week of the year. Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Intel all report in the next seven days. CoreWeave carries the most bearish options…
MSFT and AMZN dominate a packed earnings schedule this week. Both report on Wednesday 29 October, alongside INTC. Together they carry a combined market cap above $7 trillion. Tuesday brings the first major prints. SPGI…
Taiwan's export-order machine delivered its most emphatic reading in more than four decades last month. According to the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs export orders series, total orders by product group reached…
Analyst target prices shifted across several large-caps on Friday, with downgrades dominating the session's activity. GE saw its consensus target fall to $378.90 from $382.81. The stock's buy-side skew remains intact,…
The most notable discretionary insider buying in the latest filings came from UBER. Andrew Gordon MacDonald, President and COO, filed purchases totalling roughly $5.3M across two transactions, both executed on 4…
Short sellers stepped up bets on CRWV this week. CoreWeave's short interest as a percentage of free float rose 3.6 points in seven days to 24.8%. The AI cloud provider carries a $24.9 billion market cap. Cost to borrow…
Taiwan-linked ETFs are pulling in money at near-record pace. China and South Korea are close behind. The week's data shows investors chasing Asia's technology growth story, and the timing lines up with a striking data…
This week's earnings calendar is one of the heaviest of the year. Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon all report between Wednesday and Thursday. Together they will shape the market's direction into November. Intel also…
Big Tech earnings week is pulling the heaviest options activity. Micron Technology, AMD, and NVIDIA sit at the top of both bullish and bearish options bets over the past seven days. That double-sided flow signals…
Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon all report this week. The three prints will define the market's mood heading into November. Cadence Design Systems kicks things off today, Sunday. Its Q3 results land at 12:30 ET. The…
Analyst activity on Friday centred on earnings-driven target price cuts across US industrials while energy names caught modest upgrades. GE Aerospace led the downgrades in spirit, with consensus target price trimmed to…
Bill Gates spent over $926m buying shares in RSG (Republic Services) between 10 August and 2 September 2026, filed with regulators on 3 September. The purchases covered 4.2 million shares at prices ranging around $219…
Short sellers have been busy this week. CoreWeave saw the sharpest rise among liquid names. Its SI % of FF climbed from 21.2% to 24.8% in seven days, a 3.6 percentage point jump. Lucid Group already sits at 64.7% SI %…
This week is one of the most packed on the calendar. On the US side, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon all report. Coca-Cola, Intel, and Chipotle add to the queue. Europe delivers its own heavyweight slate: Mercedes-Benz…
