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Options sentiment turned bullish on CCI Crown Castle this week. The tower REIT heads into its Q3 print with an RSI of 71.75 and 18.6% analyst upside on the table. The stock is down 10.4% year to date, which is drawing…
Q3 earnings season shifts into gear this week. The calendar is heavy with financials, and several major names report within 24 hours of each other. JNJ kicks off Monday morning, reporting Q3 results at 6:45am ET on…
Analysts made two notable directional calls this weekend. Estée Lauder was downgraded, pushing its consensus balance further toward sells. The stock now sits at 0 buys, 14 holds and 15 sells. The average target price…
The most notable open-market insider buying in recent filings comes from two very different corners of the market, but the conviction reads the same way. Uber President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed on September 8,…
Short sellers made aggressive moves into two mid-cap names last week. MMED saw the biggest jump of any stock over $500M in market cap. Its short interest hit 102.9% of free float, up 24 percentage points in just seven…
The week's defining event is a bank earnings wave. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson both report Monday before the open. Bank of America follows Wednesday at 6:45am ET. State Street, Charles Schwab and Bank of…
Big bank earnings are the week's defining event. Bank of America reports Q3 results with its RSI sitting at a notably oversold 31.8. Analysts see 23% upside. Options flow heading into the print is being watched…
Today kicks off a busy stretch of Q3 results. UnitedHealth Group reports Monday morning, holding its earnings call at 8am ET. Johnson & Johnson also releases Q3 figures before the open on Monday. Tuesday brings The…
Japan's machine tool industry posted its strongest August since 2009. The Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association's final sales data shows August shipments reached JPY 147,354 million. That beats the previous August…
Analysts moved in opposite directions on two consumer giants this weekend. Estée Lauder was downgraded at the consensus level, shifting a sell rating from hold and pushing the stock further into bearish territory. The…
The most eye-catching open-market purchase in the latest batch of filings came from UBER. President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald reported buying 70,000 shares across two transactions on 4 September, paying a…
MMED is the week's standout mover. Short interest jumped to 103% of free float, up from 79% seven days ago. That 24-point surge, the biggest weekly increase among stocks above $500M market cap, comes as MiniMed carries…
The biggest story this week is the scale of equity buying. ETF investors pushed $113B net into equity funds in just seven days. That flow imbalance sits at 74, well above the neutral mark of 50. Over three months the…
Q3 bank reporting season takes centre stage. UnitedHealth Group opens Monday's proceedings, with Johnson & Johnson following Tuesday before the bell. The bank roll-call runs Wednesday through Friday: Bank of America,…
Options activity is skewing bearish across large-caps this week. Earnings from major US banks are the dominant catalyst. Bank of America, Truist Financial and The Bank of New York Mellon all report Q3 results this…
Q3 bank reporting season shifts into top gear this week, with a string of major US financials set to post results alongside healthcare and European names. UnitedHealth Group fires the starting gun on Monday, reporting…
Estée Lauder EL drew the most notable bearish call of the session. Consensus downgrades pushed the stock lower on the board. The average target price holds at $107.34, but the sell-side shifted a rating from hold to…
Uber President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed an open-market purchase worth $4.1 million on 8 September. He paid around $75.65 per share for 54,325 shares. A second tranche of 15,675 shares followed at $76.44, bringing…
Bitcoin miner shorts are rebuilding. MARA short interest hit 27.6% of free float as of 8 October, up from 27.0% a week earlier. CLSK sits at 32.7% and CORZ at 21.8%, both ticking higher. Bears are pressing the whole…
Q3 reporting season dominates the week. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson report Monday. Bank of America and State Street follow Tuesday. Charles Schwab and BNY Mellon print Wednesday. Options volume across…
