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Jefferies trimmed its target on APP sharply. The price target fell from $550 to $375, a drop of 32%. The Buy rating was kept, but the move signals growing caution on the ad-tech name after a strong run. WDAY also got a…
Andrew MacDonald, President and COO of UBER, filed disclosures on September 8 showing he bought $4.1 million worth of Uber shares in the open market. A second filing on the same date brought the total declared interest…
Short sellers made a decisive move this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw its short interest leap to 99% of free float, up from 77.6% just five days ago. That is a 21-percentage-point jump in under a week. Availability of…
US equities dominated the past week. ETFs tracking American stocks pulled in $67.2B net, dwarfing every other geography. The flow imbalance hit 68.6, pointing to solid buying pressure rather than a close contest…
Iran headlines are driving sentiment across both regions. CNBC reports that Asia-Pacific markets are trading higher as investors assess U.S.-Iran peace deal diplomacy. European equities have been pulled in both…
American Express drew heavy bearish options interest Thursday after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency slapped a $350 million fine on the firm. Regulators cited deficiencies in Bank Secrecy Act and…
The earnings calendar heats up fast this week. Delta Air Lines kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, with its Q3 call at 10am Eastern. Investors want to know whether strong travel demand held through the summer months. The big…
PLTR earned a consensus upgrade this week. The average analyst target now stands at $200.88, up from $199.84. That move reflects growing Wall Street confidence in the AI data firm. VLO saw the biggest target price jump…
Uber Technologies' President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed on 8 September that he bought 70,000 shares of UBER on 4 September, paying roughly $75.65 to $76.44 per share. The two tranches combined were worth…
Short sellers moved aggressively in the past week. The biggest mover was MMED (MiniMed Group), where short interest as a percentage of free float jumped 22 percentage points in seven days to 99%. Shares have a ORTEX…
The day's biggest deal came from pharma. VTRS announced it will acquire PCRX in a move to build out its non-opioid painkiller portfolio. The buyout is the clearest sign yet that generic drug makers are looking beyond…
Semiconductor stocks are pulling options flow in opposite directions this week. Bearish and bullish bets are piling into the same names, a sign of elevated uncertainty around the sector's next move. Micron Technology…
The week's biggest earnings action lands at the end of the period. BAC holds its Q3 2026 call on Wednesday 14 October, followed the same day by STT. BNY reports Q3 on Wednesday evening, with its call on Thursday 15…
Japan's machine tool orders delivered one of the sharpest readings of the year in August 2026. Total orders hit JPY 197,867 million, up 65% on August 2025, according to the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association…
PLTR topped the analyst action table today. The consensus rating was upgraded, with the average target price rising to $200.88 from $199.84. The stock carries a market cap above $446 billion. Short interest sits at…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed a significant open-market purchase on September 8, disclosing he bought 54,325 shares at $75.65 apiece. The transaction totalled $4.1 million. The trade is discretionary.…
Short sellers made their sharpest moves this week in housing and consumer names, according to ORTEX data as of October 7. LEN saw the biggest jump among large-caps. Lennar's short interest rose to 14.1% of free float,…
The headline story this week is active management. Active ETFs pulled in $76.8B in net flows over the past seven days alone. That compares with $177B over three months, meaning the pace has sharply accelerated. The…
Iran-Israel tensions are driving markets today. Chip stocks bore the brunt of risk-off selling earlier this week. South Korean markets fell more than 5% as tech heavyweights dropped sharply. A partial recovery is under…
Geopolitical stress is reshaping options flows this week. Iran-Israel tensions dominated headlines, and the options market responded with a split between defensive buying in aerospace and hedging activity in chip…
