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The Progressive Corporation kicks off the week today. The insurance giant reports with a market cap of $126 billion. Investors watch for auto insurance margin trends amid easing inflation. The US/Canada universe has…
Scotiabank analyst Nicholas Yulico cut price targets on at least seven real estate names in a single session, a rare broad sweep that signals mounting caution on the sector. MAA took the sharpest downgrade. Yulico…
Bears stepped up pressure this week on several high-profile names. The data, current to September 16, reveals sharp moves in both directions. LCID led the charge. Short interest jumped 14.6 percentage points in a week.…
Fixed income took the top spot this week. ETFs tracking bonds pulled in $34.6B net over the past seven days. Equities were close behind at $30.3B. Over three months, the order flips — equities dominate with $553B in…
Steel stocks stole the show today. Nucor guided Q3 2026 EPS to $5.55–$5.65 per diluted share. That more than doubles the $2.63 posted in Q3 2025. Steel Dynamics matched the momentum. It sees Q3 EPS of $5.34–$5.38, up…
Scotiabank's Nicholas Yulico issued a sweeping downgrade across the real estate sector today. He cut target prices on at least seven REITs. MAA — Mid-America Apartment Communities — took the sharpest hit. Its target…
Uber's President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed with ORTEX on September 8, disclosing a $5.3 million open-market purchase of UBER shares on September 4. MacDonald bought 70,000 shares at roughly $76 each. This was a…
ImmunityBio heads into the week with a striking combination: a short score pinned above 83, borrow availability running well below normal, and a founder-CEO who controls nearly two-thirds of the company's shares —…
Rezolve AI enters the week of September 17 with its borrow market partially unwound from last week's spike — but short interest has barely flinched, and the October earnings date is drawing closer. The clearest shift…
AVGO is now down more than 12% over the past month, yet every data point in the positioning landscape points the same direction: the bears are not pressing their advantage. The clearest signal comes from short…
ASBH is a small, tightly held community lender where one fact dominates the picture right now: more than a quarter of the free float is short, the borrow market is almost completely seized up, and it costs roughly 38%…
Ondas Inc. heads into the week of September 17 carrying the weight of a transformational acquisition announcement, a 22% monthly price decline, and a lending market that remains locked shut — with short sellers showing…
Semiconductors are the session's dominant bullish theme. Options flow is flooding into the chip complex, with MU, NVDA, and AMD all absorbing heavy positive bets. RBC Capital meanwhile turned more bullish on mining…
Options flow is telling two distinct stories today. Bears are piling into insurance and real estate. Bulls are flooding into semiconductors. The clearest bearish signal sits in the insurance sector. KIE, the SPDR S&P…
Gold and copper miners grabbed the most attention from analysts this session. RBC Capital's Josh Wolfson raised his target on NEM from $135 to $155. That is a $20 jump. The Buy rating stands. Newmont carries a $127…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. LCID saw the sharpest notable rise among popular names. Its SI % of FF jumped 14.6 points in seven days to 50.1%. The EV maker has lost 21% in three months. Bears see no…
Fixed Income led all asset classes last week. ETFs tracking bonds pulled in a net $33.3B. Equities followed with $23.4B. The split signals a hedged market mood — investors are adding risk while keeping defensive…
Why this matters: Citigroup downgraded BSX to Neutral this week, slashing its target to $50 from $57. That move crystallised a bear case that short sellers began pricing in weeks ago — short interest has nearly doubled…
The Federal Reserve delivered a 25 basis point rate hike today. US equity futures rose anyway. S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 contracts all gained after the decision. That tells a clear story — markets had priced this…
Why this matters: A freight specialist just raised his rating on J.B. Hunt Transport Services the same day the stock dropped 13%. That divergence between analyst conviction and price action defines today's setup…
