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Tesla and General Motors headline a packed earnings week. Both report against a striking backdrop from German car registration data, which leads their revenue by 43 and 15 days respectively and is running at +269% and…
Wall Street turned broadly positive on technology on Friday. Two of the day's most notable upgrades landed in semiconductor equipment and cybersecurity. AMAT received a consensus upgrade from analysts, with the average…
The most striking open-market purchase in the latest filings came from UBER. Andrew Gordon MacDonald, President and COO, filed on 8 September that he bought roughly $5.3 million worth of shares across two transactions…
Short interest in CHWY jumped sharply this week. Its SI % of free float hit 91.3%, up 25 percentage points in just seven days. That is the biggest single-week surge among US stocks with a market cap above $500 million.…
The week's biggest event cluster centres on autos and tech. Netflix kicks off Monday evening. General Motors and Tesla follow Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. ORTEX alt data adds an unusual angle: German car…
Options sentiment is tilting defensive ahead of a packed reporting calendar. Tesla reports on 21 October and General Motors one day earlier. Both are drawing heavy negative options bets. The ORTEX screening data shows…
UK battery-electric car registrations reached 147,185 in Q2 2026. That is the largest second quarter on record since data collection began in 2015, according to UK vehicle registration data tracked by ORTEX. The figure…
The week's biggest event hits Monday evening. NFLX reports Q3 results after the close on Monday October 20. Subscriber growth and ad-tier revenues are the key metrics to watch. GM reports Tuesday, October 20. German…
Analysts lifted ratings on AMAT and PANW in Friday's most notable calls. Both saw consensus upgrades, pushing average target prices higher across a broad analyst base. Applied Materials now carries a consensus target…
The most striking cluster in recent filings centres on NVDA. Independent Director Mark Stevens filed seven sell transactions between August 31 and September 2, offloading roughly 1.85 million shares for a combined $411…
CHWY is the week's standout short story. Its short interest jumped to 91.3% of free float as of October 15. That is up 25 points in just seven days from 65.9%. The pet-products retailer carries a market cap of $8.6…
Technology pulled in $11.6B of ETF money in the past week. That is the single biggest sector flow of the period, and it runs against the 3-month picture, where IT net inflows were a far thinner $7.7B on enormous…
The week's biggest story is auto earnings. GM reports Monday and Tesla follows Wednesday. Real-economy data backs both prints. ORTEX Alt Data shows German car registrations running 133% above the same quarter last year…
Options traders are positioning hard ahead of a packed earnings calendar, with TSLA and GM both reporting within days. The auto sector is at the centre of the market's attention this week. Tesla reports Q3 results on…
The week opens with GM reporting Tuesday and Tesla following Wednesday. Both prints arrive in a strong read-through environment. German car registrations, a dataset that leads GM revenue by 15 days, are running 133%…
Semiconductor equipment and cybersecurity are back in favour. Applied Materials (AMAT) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) both received consensus upgrades on Friday. AMAT's average target price moved to $627.83, while PANW…
Bill Gates filed disclosures in early September showing he bought roughly $365 million of RSG (Republic Services) shares over a five-day window between August 28 and September 2. The purchases totalled around 1.65…
Chewy is the week's most striking short interest mover. Its SI % of Free Float jumped to 91.3%, up from 66.0% just seven days ago. That 25-percentage-point surge in a week is one of the largest single-week increases…
The week's main event is a heavyweight earnings queue. General Motors reports Monday and Tesla follows on Tuesday at 4pm ET. ORTEX alt data tracking German car registrations, a leading indicator of GM revenue by 15…
Options sentiment across US markets is skewed defensively this week. Traders are betting against several names ahead of a packed earnings calendar. CHWY carries the heaviest bear load. Short interest sits at 91.3% of…
