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German battery-electric vehicle registrations hit 88,335 in September, up 95% year on year. Total new car registrations reached 255,698, the largest September on record since 2021, beating the previous best of 234,575…
Analysts made several notable moves across different sectors over the past 24 hours. Upgrades dominated in refining and managed care, while a high-profile cosmetics name took a hit. Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum…
NVIDIA's NVDA independent director Mark Stevens filed $397 million in sales across four trading days at end of August and early September, making him the most active insider seller in the latest data window. The trades…
Short sellers made a notable move on MDT this past week. Medtronic's short interest jumped 3.06 percentage points to 4.57% of free float, one of the largest seven-day increases among large-cap US names. The move comes…
US-listed ETFs pulled in $85B of net inflows in a single week. That dwarfs every other geography combined. Japan was a distant second at $12B. The scale of the US dominance sets the tone for everything else in the…
Q3 earnings season starts in earnest this week. UNH, JNJ, and Wells Fargo all report Monday. Bank of America and State Street follow Tuesday. Mid-week brings Charles Schwab, BNY Mellon, and [PNC…
Options flow this week splits cleanly: chip stocks are attracting the biggest bearish bets, while financials and select large-caps are seeing near-pure bullish positioning ahead of a packed earnings calendar. NVDA,…
Q3 earnings season hits its stride this week. US financials lead the charge, with several major banks reporting between Monday and Friday. UNH and JNJ both report on Monday. Wells Fargo also releases Q3 results Monday…
Analysts delivered a clear upgrade for HUM this week. Humana gained one buy rating, pushing its consensus to 10 holds and 1 buy. The average target price rose to $452.87, up from $433.74. That is a 4.4% move in analyst…
The most notable US insider story in the latest filings centres on ILMN. Activist fund Corvex Management, which holds a board seat, filed a cluster of sales across 2 to 4 September, offloading roughly 231,000 shares…
Short sellers are sharpening their focus on two names above all others this week: MMED and WOLF. MiniMed Group's short interest hit 103% of free float, up from 79% just seven days ago. That 24-point jump is the largest…
Big banks dominate the calendar this week. UNH and JNJ both report Q3 results today. BAC drops numbers Tuesday at 6:45am ET. STT, SCHW, and BNY all follow later in the week. In Europe, Nordea Bank posts Q3 results…
Q3 earnings season opens this week with a sharp split in options sentiment across the S&P 500. Truist Financial sits at the most bearish end of the options spectrum. Its 7-day positive options bet percentage has…
The big US banks take centre stage this week. UNH kicks off today with its Q3 2026 earnings call. JNJ reports Q3 results at 6:45am ET on Monday as well. Tuesday brings BAC, which drops Q3 numbers before the open at…
German new-car registrations delivered the month's headline number. Battery-electric vehicle sign-ups hit 88,335 in September, up 95% on the same month last year. The figures come from the German vehicle register,…
PepsiCo received the most notable upgrade in the latest round of analyst changes. The consensus rating shifted upward. The average target price fell to $143.18 from $145.82, reflecting mixed views on valuation. Still,…
The most eye-catching insider move filed in early September came from South Korea. Kim Byeong-Soo, CEO of A108490 ROBOTIS, filed on September 8 that he sold 366,525 shares on the same day, raising roughly $75m. That is…
Short interest surged in MiniMed Group over the past week. SI hit 102.9% of free float as of October 8, up from 78.6% just seven days earlier. That 24-point jump is one of the biggest weekly moves tracked across…
Active ETFs took in $82B in a single week. That is the headline number from this week's fund flow data. It dwarfs every other strategy category and signals a clear shift in how institutional money is moving. The US…
The biggest event on the calendar this week is Q3 earnings. JNJ and UnitedHealth Group both report Monday morning. Bank of America, State Street and Charles Schwab follow through Wednesday. BlackRock reports on…
