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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…
Today kicks off with Helen of Troy hosting a Q2 2027 earnings call at 9am ET. The consumer goods group has been under pressure. Oil-Dri Corporation reports Q4 results this afternoon. Tomorrow, Thursday 9 October, is…
Analysts trimmed price targets across several names on Thursday. The moves were mostly modest, but two stand out for different reasons. Constellation Brands drew the most attention. Two separate consensus updates hit…
Bill Gates filed purchases worth more than $118 million in Republic Services on September 3, covering trades made on September 1 and 2. The buys add to Gates' existing large stake in the waste-management giant and…
MMED is the week's standout short story. Short interest hit 99% of free float on 7 October, up from 77% just seven days earlier. That 22-percentage-point jump in a single week is the biggest move among US stocks with a…
PepsiCo reports Q3 2026 results today before the open, the first major print of the season. Consumer spending concerns have dogged the stock all year. Delta Air Lines follows tomorrow. The big wave lands Monday,…
Options markets are flashing a split signal this week. Bullish flow dominates railroads and industrials. Bears are clustering around semiconductors, airlines, and beaten-down healthcare names. Across the broad US…
PepsiCo kicks things off today, reporting Q3 2026 results before the open. The beverage and snacks giant has faced pressure from slowing consumer spending. Its numbers will set the tone for consumer staples this…
Japan's machine tool order data, published by the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association, delivered a striking signal in August 2026. Total orders hit JPY 197,867 million, up 65% on August last year. Foreign orders…
Analysts trimmed price targets on several large-cap names Thursday, with TSLA and STZ drawing the most attention from the Street. Tesla's consensus target fell to $392.43, down from $396.57. The stock carries a mixed…
Bill Gates filed $492 million in purchases of RSG shares in early September. The filings, reported between 25 August and 3 September, covered 28 separate transactions across nine trading days. Gates, listed as a major…
Short sellers moved hard into several US names over the past seven days, with MMED, MiniMed Group, posting the sharpest jump in the data. Its short interest as a percentage of free float hit 90.98%, up from 74.51% a…
The dominant story this week is the surge into actively managed ETFs. Active strategies pulled in $76.8B in net flows over seven days, with a flow imbalance of 84.6. That is the highest buying pressure of any strategy…
PepsiCo reports Q3 2026 results today before the open, the first major print of the season. Delta Air Lines holds its earnings call tomorrow. The bigger wave hits Monday 13 October: Wells Fargo, Johnson & Johnson, and…
Chip stocks are drawing the heaviest options flow ahead of a packed earnings season. Micron Technology leads both the bearish and bullish options rankings this week. The stock has risen 266% year to date. Traders…
PepsiCo kicks off the week today. The beverages and snacks giant reports Q3 2026 results before the open. A follow-up earnings call from Helen of Troy also runs today. Tomorrow, Delta Air Lines holds its Q3 earnings…
Citigroup's analysts cut price targets across at least six names on Thursday, sweeping from defence contractors to freight carriers and specialty chemicals. The sharpest defence move hit LDOS. Analyst John Godyn…
Kenneth Bryan Dart, the main shareholder of EVO, filed in late August that he bought over 10 million shares in the Swedish gaming infrastructure company across two days in late July. The total outlay was $716 million.…
Short sellers made their biggest move of the week into MMED. MiniMed Group's short interest jumped to 91% of free float as of October 6, up from 74.5% just seven days earlier. That 16.5 percentage point weekly rise is…
Q3 earnings season begins in earnest this week. Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup all report Monday. UnitedHealth Group prints the same day, a closely watched result given Medicare Advantage penetration hit a…
