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Short sellers turned more aggressive across several names last week, with MMED topping the weekly movers list. Short interest in MiniMed Group jumped 9.5 percentage points in seven days to nearly 80% of free float.…
Bond markets are setting the agenda. A sharp sell-off in US Treasuries is feeding through to junk-rated companies, with borrowing costs rising across corporate America. The French central bank governor warned that…
Bank earnings season kicks off this week, but the options market is pointing traders toward semiconductors rather than Wall Street. Micron Technology tops both the bullish and bearish bets lists over the past seven…
Earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. The calendar runs from today through Friday, with the biggest names arriving at the end. Levi Strauss opened proceedings today with its Q3 2026 call at 5pm ET.…
Two of the most-watched real-economy series hit all-time peaks in the most recent data. US nonfarm payrolls reached 159,044 thousand jobs in September 2026, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics dataset…
Analysts nudged up their target price for AMD to $636, from $629 previously. The chip giant carries a $1 trillion market cap and short interest of just 2.5% of free float. Broad buy-side support remains intact, with 43…
The most notable discretionary buy in the latest filings came from UBER. Andrew Gordon MacDonald, President and COO, filed on September 8 disclosing he purchased 54,325 shares on September 4 for roughly $4.1 million. A…
Short sellers have been busy over the past week. The most striking move came in MMED, where short interest as a percentage of free float jumped 9.5 percentage points to nearly 80% of FF in just seven days. That puts…
Active ETFs are the clearest signal of the week. They pulled in $78.7B in net flows over seven days, with a flow imbalance of 85.2. That is the strongest buying pressure of any strategy category. Over three months,…
Q3 earnings season opens this week with a full slate. PepsiCo reports Thursday before the bell, with investors watching whether record US payrolls are feeding through to staples pricing. September nonfarm payrolls hit…
Earnings season is back, and options markets are showing it. Put activity is heavy across the semiconductor space, with Micron, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices all topping the negative bets leaderboard over the past…
The week's most time-sensitive events hit tomorrow. Levi Strauss posts Q3 results after the close on Wednesday, October 7. Constellation Brands holds its Q2 2027 earnings call the same morning. Thursday brings the…
Rothschild & Co initiated coverage of both LMT and NOC at Buy on Tuesday, setting targets of $650 and $680 respectively. The dual initiation points to renewed institutional appetite for US defence names after months of…
Bill Gates spent $927 million buying shares in RSG between August 10 and September 2, filings show. The Gates Foundation made 65 separate open-market purchases totalling 4.2 million shares. The buying spree was…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on MMED and CHWY in the week to October 5, with both names posting sharp rises in short interest. MiniMed Group saw its short interest jump 9.5 percentage points in seven days. It now…
The dominant story today is AI infrastructure spending. Lambda, a so-called AI neocloud, is raising $4 billion in a final funding round before a planned IPO, according to the Wall Street Journal. That news lifted…
Semiconductor stocks are drawing the heaviest bullish options bets in the US market this week. Micron Technology and NVIDIA sit at the top of the ORTEX positive options bets ranking over the past seven days. Both…
Q3 earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. The big names arrive Thursday and Friday. PEP reports Q3 results Wednesday morning. Analysts will watch volume trends closely. US nonfarm payrolls hit a record 159…
The two strongest readings in ORTEX's alt data this week come from opposite sides of the Pacific. US nonfarm payrolls, tracked via the Bureau of Labor Statistics dataset ORTEX ingests, reached 159,044 thousand in…
BMO Capital delivered the sharpest call of the day, downgrading PTC to Hold from Buy. The target fell from $205 to $164, a 20% cut, leaving the industrial software firm nursing a short interest of 5.3% of free…
