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Brinker International reports this morning with the stock at $210.61, up 3.5% on the day but still down 11% over the past month — the tension between yesterday's bounce and the broader pullback is exactly what the…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several high-profile names this week. Lucid Group saw the sharpest move among larger stocks. SI as a % of free float jumped 14.5 points in seven days to 50.3%. The EV maker has shed…
LEN has now reported its Q3 results, and the data tells a consistent story: short sellers have not been shaken out, analysts keep cutting targets, and the stock is sliding deeper into a sector-wide rout. Short interest…
Oil prices are the biggest story today. Chinese oil prices hit record highs after attacks on a Saudi pipeline. Beijing drew down strategic reserves to cushion the global impact — but those stocks are now running thin.…
RBC Capital is betting big on gold and copper. The bank hiked its target on NEM from $135 to $155, upgrading the miner to Buy. Newmont carries a $130 billion market cap. Short interest sits at just 1.7% of free float —…
Uber Technologies' President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed on September 8, disclosing he purchased 70,000 shares worth $5.3 million on September 4. The open-market buys — not tied to a 10b5-1 plan — represent a strong…
Short sellers are on the move. The latest ORTEX data shows meaningful SI jumps across mid-cap names, with a few standouts demanding attention. CHWY is the biggest mid-cap mover of the week. Short interest rose nearly…
Fixed Income is this week's standout winner. ETF investors poured a net $33.3B into bond funds in the past week alone. That's well ahead of the $23.4B that flowed into equities over the same period. The 1-week bond…
Oil prices are climbing fast. Chinese oil prices hit record highs today after attacks on a Saudi pipeline. Beijing had been drawing down strategic stocks to cushion the global market. That buffer is now gone. Energy…
A busy stretch lies ahead for corporate results. Lennar kicks off Thursday with its Q3 2026 earnings call at 11am ET. The homebuilder's results will be closely watched. Housing demand has been volatile amid interest…
RBC Capital is betting big on metals. The bank raised its target on NEM from $135 to $155 on Tuesday. That is a 15% jump. Analyst Josh Wolfson kept his Buy rating on the gold miner. The same firm also lifted FCX to $85…
Short sellers intensified positions across several high-profile names this week. Lucid Group saw the sharpest move among larger stocks. Its SI % of FF jumped 14.5 points in seven days. It now sits at 50.3% of free…
FIVN heads into the back half of September with its two most striking stories pulling in opposite directions: a sharp short-covering wave that cut bearish positioning by a quarter in a single week, and a fresh wave of…
American Airlines heads into October earnings with short interest climbing sharply, analysts cutting targets across the board, and the stock down 14% over the past month to $12.77 — a setup that tells a consistent…
CRTO enters the final stretch before its October 30 earnings with a stock down 10% over the past month, yet options traders are positioned more bullishly than at almost any point in the past year — a striking…
ABBV gained nearly 6% on the week to close at $263.04 — the stock's second consecutive week of meaningful outperformance against a peer group that continues to struggle. Last week's note flagged the peer divergence as…
PFXF, VanEck's preferred securities ETF focused outside the financial sector, enters the back half of September with a notable shift in how options traders are positioned — even as the fund quietly drifts lower on…
Palo Alto Networks heads into mid-September on a strong footing, with a sharp weekly rally pulling options sentiment to its most bullish reading of the past year — yet short sellers are quietly adding to positions in…
Schneider National enters the final weeks of Q3 with a rare distinction in a bruised trucking sector: relative resilience, a short base that picked up sharply mid-week before retreating, and a founder-family ownership…
Diamondback Energy is posting one of its better weeks of the summer, up nearly 6% to $211.53, yet the most telling signal this week is not the price action — it is the steady stream of insider sales flowing against…
