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UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed on September 8, disclosing a $4.1 million open-market purchase of 54,325 shares on September 4. That is a discretionary buy, not a grant or exercise, making it one…
Short sellers turned aggressive this past week. Data from ORTEX shows several notable positions being built across healthcare, energy and consumer names. MMED (MiniMed Group) stands out as the biggest mover. Short…
US equities pulled in $15B over the past week. But under the surface, the sector picture looks very different. Technology ETFs bled $3.1B in the past five days. That marks a sharp reversal from a $8.1B net inflow over…
The market's attention turns to corporate results. Constellation Brands reports Q2 fiscal 2027 today after the close. PepsiCo follows Wednesday with Q3 numbers before the open. The $171 billion consumer staples giant…
Chip stocks are drawing defensive options flow this week. NVDA is attracting the largest volume of negative bets across S&P 500 semiconductors. AMD and Intel show similar bias. South Korean markets fell sharply as…
The week opens with results already due. Constellation Brands reports Q2 fiscal 2027 earnings today, after the close. RPM International and Neogen also release this morning. Tomorrow, Levi Strauss posts Q3 numbers…
Analysts delivered a notable downgrade to FTNT today. The cybersecurity giant, valued at $135 billion, slipped from Hold to Sell in the consensus view. Its average target price sits at $164.32. Short interest remains…
Three stories stand out from the latest insider filing disclosures, spanning an American ride-hailing giant, a Hong Kong glassmaker, and a Canadian miner. UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed on September 8 to…
MiniMed Group is the week's standout mover. Short interest climbed to 80% of free float, up nearly 10 percentage points in seven days. Shares available to borrow sit at just 0.4% of short interest. That near-zero…
The week's biggest structural story is the start of Q3 2026 reporting season. PepsiCo reports Wednesday before the open, with markets watching for any consumer spending signals in volume data. Delta Air Lines follows…
News of fresh healthcare pricing rules pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew the most active bearish options flow in the S&P 500 this week. UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and The Cigna Group all appeared in elevated…
Earnings season starts in earnest this week. PepsiCo leads Wednesday's calendar, reporting Q3 2026 results before the open. Markets will watch for any guidance cuts tied to consumer spending pressure. Delta Air Lines…
Singapore tourism posted a landmark result in August 2026. Chinese visitor arrivals reached 435,442, the largest August figure since records began in 2008. That beat the previous peak of 403,138 set in August 2024, a…
Fortinet took the sharpest analyst blow today, collecting a formal downgrade. The cybersecurity firm now has 5 sell ratings against 30 holds and 8 buys. Its average target price sits at $164.32. The $135 billion…
Bill Gates spent roughly $927 million buying RSG shares across 65 transactions filed between late August and early September. The Republic Services stake was built steadily from August 10 through September 2. Gates is…
Short sellers have been busy this week. MiniMed Group saw its SI % of free float jump 9 points in seven days to 77.7%. Availability sits at just 1.5%, meaning borrowed shares are extremely scarce. The cost to borrow is…
Fixed income claimed the top spot this week. $30.6B flowed into bond ETFs over the past five days. Equities still attracted $21.6B, but the gap is telling. Over three months, equities led with $474.7B versus bonds at…
US nonfarm payrolls hit 159,044 thousand in September, the largest September reading since 1997, per ORTEX Alt Data. Average hourly earnings reached $37.81, also a September record going back to 2006. The numbers paint…
Suspected pneumonic plague in Russia jolted options markets overnight. Moderna, Novavax, and Vaxcyte all trended after-hours as traders rushed to price in an unexpected outbreak scenario. NVAX carries an ORTEX short…
Constellation Brands kicks off earnings season today. The drinks giant reports Q2 2027 results after the close. Beer volumes will be the focus as analysts track Corona and Modelo demand against a softening US consumer…
