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Japan was the standout geography story of the week. ETFs focused on Japan pulled in $12.7B in net flows over seven days, with a flow imbalance of 83.4 out of 100. That is a sharp reversal from the three-month picture,…
Q3 earnings season is in full swing. UNH UnitedHealth Group kicked things off today. BAC Bank of America reports tomorrow before the open. SCHW Charles Schwab and BNY Bank of New York Mellon follow Thursday. The…
Negative options flow is piling into semiconductor and clean energy names this week, while macro concerns dominate the broader tape. NVDA, MU, and AMD top the US market for bearish options bets over the past seven…
The Q3 earnings season shifts into higher gear this week. Over 30 confirmed results and calls are scheduled across US and European markets. Today brings UNH UnitedHealth Group's Q3 numbers, one of the most closely…
Target prices are falling across several sectors this week. The cuts are broad but the drivers differ. NXPI saw the biggest semiconductor cut. The consensus target for NXP Semiconductors dropped to $306.66 from…
An NVIDIA director filed a cluster of large sales in early September, the most notable insider activity in the most recent data. Mark Stevens, an independent board member, reported selling over 1.6 million shares…
Short sellers made bold new bets last week. CHWY topped the movers list, with short interest as a percentage of free float jumping 17.5 points in seven days to reach 87.3%. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves…
The week's dominant story is earnings. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson both report Q3 results this morning. J&J carries a $630bn market cap, making it the largest print of the week. Bank of America follows…
Bearish options bets concentrated in semiconductor names this week. NVDA, AMD, and MU led the negative options flow table over the past seven days. The chip rebound seen on Tuesday stalled, and CNBC noted that the S&P…
Today kicks off a packed earnings calendar. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson both report Q3 results this morning. UNH carries a market cap of $340bn. J&J is the week's largest reporter at $630bn. Progressive…
Colorado's battery-electric vehicle registrations reached 160,820 in July 2026. That marks a fourth consecutive monthly rise, according to the Atlas EV Hub series tracked by ORTEX. Total plug-in vehicle registrations…
A cluster of heavy-industry names saw analyst target prices trimmed, with PACCAR, Caterpillar, Cummins, and Xylem all cut in a single sweep. The consensus average target on PACCAR fell to $135.06 from $140.06.…
The most recent insider filings available from ORTEX cover trades reported on 8 September 2026. The data skews heavily toward non-US markets, as the SEC EDGAR tables required for US open-market trades were unavailable…
Short sellers have been busy this week. Chewy saw the biggest move among mid- and large-caps. Its short interest jumped nearly 20 percentage points in seven days to 87.3% of free float as of 9 October. That is a…
A $12.7B weekly surge into Japan ETFs signals the sharpest geographic rotation of the week. Money left its cautious positioning from the past three months and moved decisively into risk assets. Both equities and bonds…
The biggest earnings day of the quarter opens today. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, and UnitedHealth all report this morning. The prints will set the tone for credit…
Earnings season is the week's dominant options theme. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UnitedHealth all report this week. The concentration of major prints is keeping implied…
Today delivers one of the heaviest single-day earnings slates of the quarter. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, and UnitedHealth all report this morning. The bank prints will set…
A wave of target price cuts swept across the industrials sector on Tuesday, while tobacco and pipeline names attracted fresh upgrades. PPG Industries drew a new analyst recommendation, with the consensus now split…
The most eye-catching filings in the latest ORTEX insider dataset come from two very different companies. Both saw management buying shares in the open market, the kind of discretionary move that carries more weight…
