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Semiconductors are the day's most contentious trade. QCOM filed a prospectus for 25 million new shares, wrong-footing options traders and dragging the sector into a defensive posture. Bearish options bets in chips are…
Semiconductor options flow is in focus today. A volatile week for chip stocks culminated in a sharp dilution move from QCOM. The company filed a prospectus for 25 million new shares, catching traders off guard. QCOM's…
Today kicks off a packed week of corporate results. Jefferies Financial Group reports after the close this evening, giving markets an early read on investment banking conditions. UK pub chain J D Wetherspoon also…
JP Morgan slashed its target on NKE to $33 from $40 today. Analyst Matthew Boss kept a Sell rating. The consensus target has also fallen, dropping to $41.43 from $45.63 across the broader analyst community. Nike's…
The most recent ORTEX insider data, filed through September 8, covers a wave of large institutional and executive disposals across international markets. The headline move was POSCO Co Ltd selling its stake in PSTV…
Short sellers are making bold new moves. Data from ORTEX as of October 1 shows several notable shifts in positioning across US names. MMED (MiniMed Group) sits at 78.6% SI of free float. That jumped 10.3 percentage…
POET Technologies enters October with a notable split: short interest has stabilised near its rebuilt level while the borrow market has swung sharply looser, pulling cost to borrow to a multi-month low. Ten days ago…
ON Semiconductor has added 9.5% in a week and closed Thursday at $80.08, its best level since before the September earnings drop, with Wells Fargo raising its target this morning and options positioning near the most…
NextEra Energy heads into its October 23 earnings report carrying a 31% jump in short interest over the past month, yet with borrowing conditions that remain far too comfortable to suggest a conviction short-selling…
Euro-area HICP inflation hit 3.8% in September, a third straight monthly increase. German HICP followed the same path, reaching 3.3%. Dutch new passenger-car registrations collapsed to 27,882 in September, the lowest…
Negative options bets dominated flow in US markets this week. Micron Technology led the screen for both positive and negative options bets, reflecting split sentiment ahead of its Q4 results. The stock is up 284% year…
The earnings calendar is thin heading into October, but a handful of notable names set up what could be an eventful end to the week. Today, JEF reports after the close. Jefferies Financial Group carries a market cap of…
Dutch new passenger-car registrations collapsed to 27,882 in September, according to Dutch vehicle registration data. That is the smallest September total since 2011 and a 22% drop from the 35,848 units recorded in…
NKE took the sharpest consensus hit in today's analyst activity. The average target price fell to $42.41 from $45.63. That is a drop of roughly 7%. With 26 holds and only 6 buys, the sentiment around the sneaker giant…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald spent $5.3 million buying his own company's stock on September 4. The filing landed on September 8. MacDonald picked up around 70,000 shares in two tranches, lifting his…
Talen Energy saw the biggest shift among mid-to-large-cap names this week. Short interest jumped nearly 7 percentage points in five days, reaching 12.1% of free float. Bears are circling the nuclear power firm as…
Fixed income claimed the top spot for weekly net inflows this past week, pulling in $23.8B net versus equities' $20.7B. That is a notable split. Over three months, equities still dominate with $508B in net inflows, but…
Truist Securities upgraded EXR to Buy this morning, even as it cut its price target to $147. The stock sits at $133, down 5.7% over the past month. That gap between where the stock trades and where analysts think it…
Why this matters: Three weeks before Northrop Grumman reports on October 20, a rare alignment has formed: a high-profile analyst downgrade, a doubling of the cost to borrow shares, and a spike in retail attention. Each…
September's US jobs report came in below expectations this morning. Futures for SPY and QQQ moved higher on the miss. Markets are pricing in a faster path to rate cuts. That tailwind runs directly against a global bond…
