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Tesla reports Wednesday. ORTEX Alt Data shows German car registrations running 269% above the same quarter last year, a dataset that leads Tesla revenue by 43 days and has tracked consistently for three consecutive…
TSLA dominates options desks ahead of its Q3 2026 earnings tomorrow. The stock is down 21% year-to-date. Negative bets rank among the largest in the large-cap universe over the past week. Short interest sits at just…
General Motors reports tomorrow, Tuesday. Tesla follows on Wednesday. Both are the week's marquee prints, and real-economy data already points in the same direction. German car registration data, which ORTEX Alt Data…
EU airports, European vehicle registries and Canadian bank regulators all logged records in their latest data releases. The signals are pulling in different directions depending on the sector. EU airports handled 145.2…
The most striking target price move today comes from ILMN. Canaccord Genuity lifted its target on Illumina to $300 from $205, a 46% jump. The analyst maintained a Hold rating, suggesting caution despite the bullish…
The most striking pattern in recent filings is the relentless accumulation of Li Ning Company by its controlling vehicle. Viva China Holdings filed a series of open-market purchases across late August and early…
CHWY leads the most-shorted list with 91.5% of its free float sold short. That figure rose another 4.3 percentage points in just seven days. Short sellers are not letting up on the pet retailer. LCID holds 62.8% SI %…
US equities remained the single largest destination for ETF money this week. But the most telling signal sits underneath: China pulled in $10.3B in net flows over seven days. Its flow imbalance hit 76.5, showing strong…
The biggest event of the week is shaping up fast. GM reports Q3 results tomorrow, followed by TSLA on Wednesday. ORTEX Alt Data shows German car registrations running 133% above the same quarter last year for GM and…
Pre-earnings volatility is driving unusual options activity across automotive and chip names this week. TSLA reports Q3 results on 21 October. The stock has fallen 21% year-to-date but a leading indicator tracked by…
The week's most-watched print arrives Tuesday, when GM kicks off the automotive earnings season with Q3 results. TSLA follows Wednesday. German car registration data tracked by ORTEX Alt Data shows a leading indicator…
Office real estate landlord BXP received a fresh downgrade today, with consensus shifting to a more cautious stance. The average analyst target price sits at $74.10. Short interest in BXP runs at 7.5% of free float,…
Andrew MacDonald, President and Chief Operating Officer of UBER, filed a disclosure showing he bought $4.1 million worth of shares on September 4. The open-market purchase covered 54,325 shares at roughly $75.60 each.…
Short sellers added pressure to CHWY last week. Short interest hit 91.5% of free float as of October 16, up 4.3 percentage points in seven days. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves among mid- and large-cap US…
Tesla and GM dominate the week's agenda. GM reports Tuesday 20 October. Tesla follows on Wednesday. Both carry short interest below 2.5% of free float, suggesting bears are not betting against either name into the…
Options markets are keenly focused on two auto names this week. Tesla reports Q3 results on 21 October. GM follows the day before, on 20 October. Tesla carries a short interest of just 2.5% of free float. Its ORTEX…
EU airports handled 145.2 million passengers in March 2026. That is the largest March figure on record since tracking began in 2017. It beat the prior best of 142.4 million set in March 2019, a number that had stood…
GM reports tomorrow, Tuesday 20 October, followed by TSLA on Wednesday. Both are the headliners in a week dense with auto and financial sector results across the US and Europe. GM kicks things off first. Short interest…
Analysts reshuffled ratings across technology and financial stocks on Monday, with cybersecurity names winning the day and utilities taking hits. Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Palantir Technologies all received…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed on 8 September, disclosing he bought 54,325 shares on 4 September at around $75.65 apiece. The open-market purchase was worth roughly $4.1 million. A second tranche of…
