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Semiconductors dominated trading today. SK Hynix surged on fresh momentum, lifting the broader memory sector. NVIDIA continued attracting both bullish and bearish options flows — a sign of deep uncertainty at its $5.4…
UBS dominated Wednesday's analyst tape. The bank issued a flurry of target price revisions across consumer and retail names, producing some of the sharpest moves of the day. TGT was the standout. UBS analyst Michael…
Insider filings this week show a clear split. Corporate chiefs are cashing out. One major investor keeps buying. Bill Gates filed purchases of RSG stock totalling $263M across 19 trades between August 10–17. Republic…
Short sellers made a notable move into RDDT this week. Reddit's SI % FF jumped to 18.1% — up 4.6 percentage points in just seven days. That's one of the sharpest weekly rises among mid- and large-cap US stocks. Bears…
US-focused ETFs pulled in $28.1B in net inflows last week. That was the single largest geographic flow by a wide margin. Over three months, the US has attracted $356B — the clear dominant destination for institutional…
Fed's Mary Daly spoke today. She said policy is "in a good place." Recent jobs and inflation data have not changed the Fed's outlook. Rising long-term yields are a global issue, she added. That tempers any rate-cut…
A busy week lies ahead for earnings watchers. Today — Thursday, August 20 — brings several confirmed results across healthcare, financials, and mining. AEG kicks off the day. The Dutch insurer Aegon reports today with…
MRK is the day's most notable downgrade. Analysts cut the pharma giant to Hold, trimming the consensus target to $145.8. That follows a prior $142.5 target. The stock carries a $333bn market cap. Short interest sits at…
Bill Gates has been buying RSG (Republic Services) aggressively. Filings this week show he purchased over $180M worth of shares across multiple transactions between August 10 and 17. Individual trades ranged from $21M…
Short sellers turned up the heat this week. RDDT saw the biggest jump among large US names. Its short interest rose to 18.1% of free float — up 4.6 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are clearly skeptical of…
Options traders just repositioned sharply on ATAT. The put-call ratio dropped to 1.53 — nearly 3 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.89. That's the most bullish options positioning in months, arriving…
ATHM reports earnings today. The borrow market has never been tighter in the past year. Availability dropped to 14.3% as of August 19 — the lowest level recorded in 52 weeks. That means roughly one share remains…
WhiteFiber, Inc. is down 25% over the past week. That slide hasn't scared shorts away. It has made the borrow market dramatically more expensive. Cost to borrow hit 30.6% on Wednesday. That is a 218% jump in one week.…
Three separate data signals are moving in the same direction on PFE. Short sellers have retreated further. The options market has grown more call-heavy. Borrow costs have halved. Together, they describe a lending and…
NVIDIA dominates the calendar this week. The AI chipmaker reports Q2 fiscal 2027 results on Wednesday August 26. Options markets show heavy activity on both sides. Bullish bets are large. But negative flow is elevated…
Today brings the first results. ROST (Ross Stores) reports Q2 this afternoon. AAP (Advance Auto Parts) holds its earnings call this morning, giving investors a read on the auto parts sector. Tomorrow, Ping An Insurance…
Analysts upgraded two major cell tower REITs Wednesday. Crown Castle and American Tower both received upgrades. The moves signal a broader re-rating of the tower sector. Crown Castle carries a $31.5B market cap. Its…
AEHR saw a wave of insider selling this week. Six executives and directors filed sales totalling over $12M in just two days. CEO Gayn Erickson filed the largest single trade — dumping $5M worth of shares on August 12,…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several names this week. WOLF (Wolfspeed) stands out as the most extreme case in the US large-cap space. Its SI % FF hit 86.5% — up 5.5 percentage points in just seven days.…
US equity ETFs absorbed $28.1B in net inflows over the past week. That dwarfs every other geography. The flow imbalance of 67.8 confirms strong buying pressure. Over three months, the US total reaches $356B. The story…
