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US-listed equity ETFs pulled in $86.9B in the past week alone. The breadth of that number hides some sharp rotations beneath it. Japan and active management are the week's standout stories. Financials and tech are the…
Wall Street heads into earnings season against a historically strong macro backdrop. US nonfarm payrolls hit 159,044 thousand in September, a series record since 1997. Average hourly earnings reached $37.81, also an…
Semiconductor names are dominating options flow this week. Micron Technology tops both the bullish and bearish bets leaderboard over the past seven days. That two-way positioning reflects genuine uncertainty, not…
The week opens with earnings from LEVI today after the close. The jeanswear group reports Q3 results as consumer spending data stays mixed. Tomorrow, PEP kicks off food and beverage season with its Q3 print before the…
Analyst upgrades dominated the tape this week, with technology and healthcare taking the most attention. MRVL led the semiconductor pack. The consensus target on Marvell Technology rose to $311.97 from $308.60, with 16…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed on September 8 showing he bought $4.1 million worth of shares on September 4. He paid roughly $75.65 per share, picking up 54,325 shares in an open-market purchase.…
Short interest in MMED (MiniMed Group) jumped 16.5 percentage points in a single week. The stock now sits at 91% SI of free float, one of the highest readings across US mid-caps. Cost to borrow has climbed to 35.6% and…
The week's most important number came from the US jobs data. Nonfarm payrolls reached 159,044 thousand in September 2026, an all-time series high. Average hourly earnings also hit a record at $37.81. That backdrop…
Options markets tilted bullish on semiconductors this week. MU topped the S&P 500 for positive options bets over seven days. It sits at an ORTEX stock score of 98.74, the highest in the index. Analysts see 44% upside.…
The earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. Constellation Brands reported its Q2 2027 results today. Eyes now turn to tomorrow morning, when PepsiCo posts Q3 numbers before the open. Pepsi is a bellwether for…
The headline number from the US jobs and CPI dataset is stark. Nonfarm payrolls reached 159,044 thousand in September 2026, the highest reading since the series began in 1997. That edged past the prior record of…
MRVL drew the sharpest target price lift of the day. The consensus target rose to $311.97, up from $308.60, as analysts continued to build conviction around the chipmaker's AI networking exposure. Sixteen analysts hold…
The biggest insider sell logged in recent filings belongs to CPAY Chairman and CEO Ronald Clarke. He filed $209.5 million worth of Corpay sales across 15 trades between August 21 and August 25. That is a concentrated…
Short sellers made decisive moves in the week to October 5. The action was concentrated in energy, healthcare and retail, with a dramatic covering trade also grabbing attention. MMED (MiniMed Group) remained the most…
Active ETFs led all strategies this week, pulling in $78.7B against only $16.5B in redemptions. That is a flow imbalance score of 85.2, one of the strongest readings in recent memory. The backdrop matters: US nonfarm…
The week that matters most to US financials is here. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup all report in the days ahead. Options traders are already positioned across the sector. Delta Air Lines posts Q3 numbers on…
Bank earnings kick off the week, and options traders are already positioning hard. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup all report in the days ahead. That earnings corridor is drawing heavy options flow across…
Today brings the first results of this earnings season. Constellation Brands held its Q2 2027 earnings call this morning. Levi Strauss reports Q3 figures after the close, a read on consumer spending under…
Wall Street's most notable moves today cut across materials, chips, and pharma. Both VMC and MLM saw consensus target prices trimmed. Vulcan Materials fell to $315.22 average from $317.00. Martin Marietta slipped to…
Uber Technologies' President and Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Gordon MacDonald, filed a $4.1 million open-market purchase of UBER shares in early September. He paid roughly $75.65 per share for 54,325 shares. The…
