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UBS led analyst activity this week with a string of target price cuts across tech and financial names. DDOG took the sharpest hit. UBS analyst Karl Keirstead slashed the target to $280 from $315 — an 11% cut — while…
Fresh filings this week reveal a sharp split in executive sentiment. Most C-suite insiders are selling. One stands out by going the other way. BSX CEO Michael Mahoney filed on August 5th that he bought $9M worth of…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Three names stand out for very different reasons. HTZ — Hertz Global Holdings — sits at a jaw-dropping 82.6% SI % FF. Zero shares are available to borrow. That combination…
Japan is the standout story this week. ETF flows into Japanese equity funds hit $13.9B net over the past seven days. That is the single largest geographic inflow of any region this week. The flow imbalance score…
S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped Friday as a chip stock rebound ran out of steam. Semiconductor names had staged a comeback mid-session but could not hold gains into the close. Earnings season hit its peak today. AIG, Aflac,…
Today brings a packed slate. Four S&P 500 companies report Friday, August 7. AIG kicks things off early today. The insurer carries a $42 billion market cap. Aflac — worth $64 billion — also reports today. So does power…
Citigroup fired off two notable target price upgrades on Thursday. The bank lifted its target on AMGN to $405 from $345. That is a $60 jump. Analyst Geoff Meacham kept a Hold rating, signaling caution despite the…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Two names stand out: SPCX (SpaceX) and CRWV (CoreWeave). SpaceX saw its short interest climb 3.6 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 36.4% of free float. Cost to…
OKLO heads into its August 7 results with founders selling stock, short interest at an 18-month high, and the borrow market tightening sharply — a confluence that makes this earnings print unusually charged. The…
Insmed just delivered the biggest single-day move in its recent history, with shares up 34% Thursday to close at $132.55 — a weekly gain of 31% that appears directly tied to earnings and pipeline data released August…
Mediobanca heads into August with its strongest monthly gain of the year and a lending market so loose it barely registers as a short story — the real tension this week is whether the stock's 7% one-month rally can…
Discovery Limited approaches its September 3 results date in a position that most South African insurers would envy — short sellers have almost entirely vacated the stock, earnings momentum is running near multi-year…
Airbnb exits its Q2 earnings print with the Street raising targets almost uniformly, even as the founders who sold aggressively into the report now sit on a stock that has barely moved. The analyst reaction is the most…
DOCS heads into its August 20 results with short sellers quietly retreating, borrowing costs ticking higher, and a stock that has recovered 13% over the past month — a modest but meaningful shift in tone for a name…
The day's biggest story is OpenAI's warning about its Astra model. The company said it cannot rule out critical cyber capabilities in Astra. It has paused internal activities involving the model and is tightening…
Options traders are piling into semiconductor names. The sector dominates positive bets over the past seven days, with MU, AMD, and NVDA all ranking at the top for bullish options flow. MU stands out with a 71% analyst…
Today brings a flurry of confirmed earnings from S&P 500 names. AIG kicks things off early Friday morning. Vistra Corp and Take-Two Interactive both report today. Aflac, with a $64bn market cap, also delivers results…
Guggenheim cut TTD to Hold from Buy on August 7. The move is stark — the analyst's target dropped from $25 to just $12. That implies roughly 37% downside from current levels. Short interest already sits at 17.7% of…
A board member at ILMN filed over $148 million in sales this week. Keith Meister, an asset management-linked director, disclosed 14 separate transactions between August 4 and August 5. The trades span a wide price…
Short sellers ramped up bets across a range of US names this week. Data as of August 6 shows clear movers in both directions. SpaceX (SPCX) leads the week's risers. Short interest climbed 3.6 percentage points in seven…
