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Semiconductors are the day's most contested space. Micron Technology, Advanced Micro Devices, and NVIDIA sit at the top of both bullish and bearish options flow rankings — a rare split that signals deep uncertainty…
Options flow is flashing mixed signals across US markets today. Bearish bets dominate the semiconductor space. Micron Technology, Advanced Micro Devices, and NVIDIA lead the week's negative options volume among…
Tomorrow brings two marquee reports. Micron Technology posts Q4 2026 results after the close on September 30. The chipmaker carries a $1.19 trillion market cap. Investors want clarity on AI memory demand and pricing…
Bill Gates filed to disclose he bought over $927 million in Republic Services shares between August 10 and September 2. The filings hit SEC records on September 3. Gates accumulated roughly 4.2 million shares,…
Scotiabank analyst Louise Chen turned bullish on Big Pharma. She raised her target on MRK to $180 from $155. AMGN got an even bigger boost — target lifted to $500 from $450. Both carry Buy ratings. Merck's market cap…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw the biggest surge among mid-caps. SI jumped to 70.5% of free float, up from 40.5% just seven days ago — a 30-point spike. Cost to borrow stands at…
US equities absorbed the most money this week. ETF data shows $31.1B in net inflows to US-focused funds over the past seven days. That dwarfs every other geographic category. The flow imbalance reading of 58.9 confirms…
Warner Bros. Discovery has climbed 32% in a week and 7.4% in September. Yet the signals stacking up around it point in the opposite direction. The picture hasn't materially changed since Monday's convergence report —…
CMCSA has now absorbed another target reduction this morning. Barclays cut to $24 from $26 — the sixth analyst reduction since mid-September. The stock closed at $21.79, already below most of the Street's revised…
Three S&P 500 names report today. CCL Carnival Corporation holds its Q3 2026 earnings call at 10am ET. Investors want confirmation that cruise pricing holds into 2027. KMX CarMax reports Q2 2027 results before the open…
Analysts are trimming price targets on TMUS even as the borrow market remains extraordinarily loose. The cuts come ahead of October 22 earnings. Options traders briefly showed elevated hedging demand last week, though…
Options sentiment in the US market is shifting as several key catalysts drive unusual positioning this session. Corning grabbed headlines with a $3 billion fiber cable deal with AT&T. The agreement covers AT&T's…
Jones Trading downgraded PS to Hold this morning, pulling its Buy rating just as the stock trades 40% above where it stood a month ago. The timing is striking: the downgrade landed the same week the borrow market hit…
Markets get a busy slate of confirmed earnings this week. Three high-profile names dominate the calendar. CCL kicks things off today. Carnival Corporation holds its Q3 2026 earnings call at 10am ET. Cruise demand has…
Analyst activity picked up on Monday with notable target price moves across retail, fintech, and photonics. HOOD — Robinhood Markets — drew an upward consensus revision. The average analyst target rose to $130.30 from…
Bill Gates has been quietly stacking shares in RSG for weeks. Filings published September 3rd show he bought over $927 million worth of Republic Services stock between August 10th and September 2nd. That works out to…
Short sellers are ramping up positions across a cluster of well-known names. Data from ORTEX as of September 28 shows the clearest moves in the past seven days. MiniMed Group saw the sharpest jump among mid-caps. Short…
Argus Research downgraded Warner Bros. Discovery to Sell from Hold on Monday. It is the first outright bearish analyst call on the stock. The timing is striking: WBD has gained 7.4% this month and short sellers have…
Options traders just made a decisive move on VTV. The Vanguard Value ETF's put-call ratio crashed to 0.44 on September 28. That's 3.3 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.20 — extreme by any measure. For…
The lending pool for MUFG has effectively run dry. Availability has collapsed to just 0.33% — one share available for every 300 already borrowed — the tightest reading in 52 weeks. Cost to borrow stood at 0.83% a month…
