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Short interest in MMED (MiniMed Group) hit 91% of free float as of October 6. That is up from 74.5% just one week earlier. The 16.5 percentage point jump in seven days is the largest move tracked across mid-cap US…
US-listed equity ETFs pulled in $86.9B in the past week alone. The breadth of that number hides some sharp rotations beneath it. Japan and active management are the week's standout stories. Financials and tech are the…
The Pacer Data and Digital Revolution ETF TRFK has hit maximum tightness in its lending pool. All three lending-market signals converged on 6 October: zero availability, rising cost to borrow, and a sharp one-day jump…
Bank of America has cut ABEV to Underperform, and the options market moved in the same direction before the ink was dry. Why this matters: Three distinct signals converged on Ambev this week. An analyst downgrade, a…
Wall Street heads into earnings season against a historically strong macro backdrop. US nonfarm payrolls hit 159,044 thousand in September, a series record since 1997. Average hourly earnings reached $37.81, also an…
Semiconductor names are dominating options flow this week. Micron Technology tops both the bullish and bearish bets leaderboard over the past seven days. That two-way positioning reflects genuine uncertainty, not…
The week opens with earnings from LEVI today after the close. The jeanswear group reports Q3 results as consumer spending data stays mixed. Tomorrow, PEP kicks off food and beverage season with its Q3 print before the…
Analyst upgrades dominated the tape this week, with technology and healthcare taking the most attention. MRVL led the semiconductor pack. The consensus target on Marvell Technology rose to $311.97 from $308.60, with 16…
AFYA drew three converging signals on Wednesday: a JPMorgan upgrade, a sharp tightening in the lending market, and a short score sitting near the top of its recent range. The stock has risen 17.7% over the past week,…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed on September 8 showing he bought $4.1 million worth of shares on September 4. He paid roughly $75.65 per share, picking up 54,325 shares in an open-market purchase.…
Short interest in MMED (MiniMed Group) jumped 16.5 percentage points in a single week. The stock now sits at 91% SI of free float, one of the highest readings across US mid-caps. Cost to borrow has climbed to 35.6% and…
Options traders are leaning hard into calls on MFA Financial even as short sellers build positions at the fastest pace in months. The two camps are pointing in opposite directions, and the gap between them widened…
The week's most important number came from the US jobs data. Nonfarm payrolls reached 159,044 thousand in September 2026, an all-time series high. Average hourly earnings also hit a record at $37.81. That backdrop…
Options markets tilted bullish on semiconductors this week. MU topped the S&P 500 for positive options bets over seven days. It sits at an ORTEX stock score of 98.74, the highest in the index. Analysts see 44% upside.…
The earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. Constellation Brands reported its Q2 2027 results today. Eyes now turn to tomorrow morning, when PepsiCo posts Q3 numbers before the open. Pepsi is a bellwether for…
The headline number from the US jobs and CPI dataset is stark. Nonfarm payrolls reached 159,044 thousand in September 2026, the highest reading since the series began in 1997. That edged past the prior record of…
MRVL drew the sharpest target price lift of the day. The consensus target rose to $311.97, up from $308.60, as analysts continued to build conviction around the chipmaker's AI networking exposure. Sixteen analysts hold…
The biggest insider sell logged in recent filings belongs to CPAY Chairman and CEO Ronald Clarke. He filed $209.5 million worth of Corpay sales across 15 trades between August 21 and August 25. That is a concentrated…
Short sellers made decisive moves in the week to October 5. The action was concentrated in energy, healthcare and retail, with a dramatic covering trade also grabbing attention. MMED (MiniMed Group) remained the most…
Active ETFs led all strategies this week, pulling in $78.7B against only $16.5B in redemptions. That is a flow imbalance score of 85.2, one of the strongest readings in recent memory. The backdrop matters: US nonfarm…
