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The US Consumer Price Index for all items reached 336.94 in September 2026. That is the highest reading since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing the CPI-U series in 1997. The headline number lands against…
A broad sweep of energy upgrades dominated analyst activity on Thursday. Target prices rose across six oil and gas majors in a single session. EOG Resources, Diamondback Energy, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy,…
Insider selling dominated the screen this week, with the biggest disclosed volumes concentrated in tech and energy names. CrowdStrike led the sell-side activity over the past month. The cybersecurity giant's stock is…
Short sellers turned aggressively bearish on CHWY this week. Short interest jumped 21 percentage points in seven days to 89.4% of free float. That is one of the largest weekly moves among stocks with a market cap above…
Japan pulled in a net $13.5B in a single week. That is the standout number in global ETF flows right now. With a flow imbalance of 89.3 out of 100, buying pressure is near-total. Over three months, Japan had been…
US consumer prices set a new September record. The CPI-U all-items index reached 336.94, its highest September reading since the data series began in 1997. Core CPI also printed at a record 339.29, beating the year-ago…
The options market is pricing in a tense week ahead. Two earnings events dominate the tape as Tesla reports Q3 results on 21 October and General Motors follows the day before on 20 October. Options bets on large US…
Today, BAC (Bank of America) reports Q3 earnings. The $377 billion lender is one of the first major US banks to print this season. PGR (Progressive) also reports today. Tomorrow, SCHW and BNY (BNY Mellon) deliver Q3…
Analysts issued a coordinated wave of target price upgrades across US energy names on Wednesday. ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, Chevron, Diamondback Energy, Devon Energy, and APA Corporation all received higher…
The most notable US open-market insider trade in the latest filing window came from UBER. Andrew Gordon MacDonald, President and COO, filed a $4.1 million purchase on 8 September, covering 54,325 shares at roughly…
Short sellers grew bolder across several liquid names this week. The biggest mover among stocks worth over $1 billion was CHWY. Its short interest jumped 21 percentage points in seven days to 89.4% of free float. Bears…
Financial sector results dominate Wednesday's calendar. Bank of America and Progressive report today. Charles Schwab and Bank of New York Mellon follow on Thursday. Every print lands against the same backdrop:…
Semiconductor names are drawing the heaviest options traffic this week. Both bullish and bearish bets are stacking up in the same sector, a sign of high uncertainty rather than one-sided conviction. Micron Technology…
Bank of America and Progressive report today, kicking off a week dominated by financials, defence and two of the most-watched names in the market. No IPOs are scheduled in the next seven days. Tomorrow brings Charles…
US consumer prices set their highest September level since records began in 1997. That is the loudest signal in this week's real-economy data from ORTEX's alternative datasets. The Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U…
Analysts cut ratings on enterprise storage names HPE and NTAP on Wednesday, while target price trims swept through residential REITs, utilities, and consumer staples. Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp both suffered…
The most notable US insider activity in the latest available data shows Bill Gates making a series of large open-market purchases in RSG, Republic Services. Three separate filings in early September show Gates bought…
CHWY is the week's standout short interest mover. Its SI % of free float jumped from 65.95% to 89.4% in just five days, one of the sharpest near-term surges in the US market. Shares to borrow remain plentiful, with…
The single biggest story this week is Japan. ETFs tracking Japanese equities pulled in $13.4B in net inflows over the past week, with a flow imbalance of 87.3. That is the second-largest geography by net flow, behind…
Wednesday brought one of the heaviest earnings days of Q3. Bank of America and Morgan Stanley headlined a slate that also included ExxonMobil, BlackRock, State Street and Progressive. Results from the two big banks…
