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Analysts are sending mixed signals on AMAT this week. RBC Capital's Srini Pajjuri raised his target to $600 with a Buy rating. But B. Riley's Craig Ellis cut his target sharply to $700 from $790, also maintaining Buy.…
NVIDIA arrives at its August 19 earnings gate with the same defining characteristic it has carried all summer — nobody is making an aggressive bet in either direction. The price tells the most recent part of the story.…
Viking Holdings heads into its August 19 print having shed nearly all of its recent gains in a single week, transforming what looked like a smooth setup into a more charged test of fundamental conviction. The stock…
Bill Gates filed this week that he bought nearly $82M worth of RSG shares across two days. The Republic Services purchases, disclosed on August 12, covered 377,866 shares at prices around $216. It signals fresh…
QXO heads into its August 19 earnings report with one of the market's most persistent short-covering trends still intact, yet the stock continues to lose ground — a disconnect that defines the setup going into the…
TJX heads into its August 19 earnings release with options positioning flashing its most defensive signal in months, even as the fundamental debate remains firmly tilted toward the bulls. The clearest pre-earnings…
LOW heads into its August 19 print with the options signal having quieted but the analyst community continuing to trim — and peers suggesting the home improvement sector is under broader pressure. The options picture…
Estée Lauder reports Q4 fiscal 2026 results on August 19 against a backdrop where analyst sentiment is quietly improving but the stock has stumbled again in the final days before the print. The clearest setup tension…
DY heads into its August 19 earnings report with short sellers quietly adding exposure while options traders rotate toward calls — a split that makes the print's outcome genuinely consequential. The most notable…
Chip stocks are pulling in the biggest options bets of the week. Micron Technology leads on positive call flow — up 240% year-to-date with analysts still seeing 55% more upside. SanDisk is the more dramatic story, up…
Call flow is dominating the options market this week. Semiconductor stocks are pulling in the most bullish bets across US exchanges. Micron Technology tops the list for positive options bets over seven days. The stock…
Analysts are reshaping their views on the U.S. utilities sector. Several major firms removed recommendations across a cluster of names including AEE, WEC, ED, DTE, CMS, SRE, and CNP simultaneously — a rare coordinated…
A flurry of fresh insider filings this week shows executives putting real money on the table — while others quietly cashed out. Cluster buying leads the headlines. APTV saw three insiders buy in August. CEO Kevin Clark…
Short sellers had a busy week. Wolfspeed (WOLF) remains the most-shorted US stock above $500M market cap. Its SI hit 85.2% of free float as of August 13. That's up another 6.9 percentage points in just seven days. Zero…
Japan ETFs bled $75B in a single week. That dwarfs every other geographic move and marks a sharp break from the three-month trend. Over three months, Japan was a top inflow destination, pulling in a net $78B. The…
The week ahead is headlined by Home Depot, reporting Tuesday August 18. Consumer resilience is the central question. Progressive Corporation follows Wednesday. It has been among 2026's best-performing insurers. In…
Almonty Industries has delivered a sharp reversal since its August 12 earnings print — short interest has rebuilt aggressively while the stock recovered, creating a charged setup heading into the rest of the month. The…
Iovance Biotherapeutics is now up 78% in a single month and the short book, despite a week of further trimming, remains one of the heaviest in biotech — a standoff that grows more expensive for bears with each passing…
AMGN heads into the back half of August riding an 18% one-month surge, yet the positioning data tells a more cautious story beneath the surface. The most striking feature of the current setup is the distance the stock…
IBM enters the back half of August with a familiar tension: one of the most constructive analyst consensus readings in the sector sits alongside weakening internal momentum scores and a stock that has slipped roughly…
