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Fixed income claimed the top spot for weekly net inflows this past week, pulling in $23.8B net versus equities' $20.7B. That is a notable split. Over three months, equities still dominate with $508B in net inflows, but…
September's US jobs report came in below expectations this morning. Futures for SPY and QQQ moved higher on the miss. Markets are pricing in a faster path to rate cuts. That tailwind runs directly against a global bond…
The September US jobs report came in below expectations on 2 October. Futures for the SPY and QQQ moved higher on the miss. Markets are pricing in a faster path to rate cuts. Options bets this week tell a two-sided…
Earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. Over 200 companies are scheduled to report globally, with the biggest US names arriving late in the week. Today sees Jefferies Financial Group post fiscal Q3 results…
Consensus price targets on NKE fell to $42.41 from $45.63, the largest cut among major names in today's analyst activity. The move extends a difficult stretch for the sportswear giant. Short interest stands at 8.4% of…
The most striking cluster of recent filings comes from ESSITY B, the Swedish hygiene group. Industrivarden, an investment company with board representation, bought roughly $24M of shares across multiple tranches on…
Short sellers made aggressive moves across several mid-cap names in the week to October 1. A global bond selloff added pressure to equity markets, with US 10-year Treasury yields at their highest since 2002. The…
South Korean markets fell more than 5% overnight, pulling AI-linked chip stocks lower across the board. NVIDIA and ON Semiconductor are both in focus as traders pile into semiconductor hedges. Options volume in chip…
CareTrust REIT saw its options put/call ratio hit 3.70 on Friday, the highest reading in 52 weeks. The stock fell 1.8% on the day. That ratio means traders bought 3.7 put contracts for every call, a signal of sharp…
Jefferies Financial Group kicks off the week today, reporting Q3 2026 results after the close. The investment bank carries a $10.4 billion market cap into the print. IDT Corporation also reports today, after the…
September 2026 delivered a stark contrast in vehicle data. New passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands fell to 27,882, according to the Dutch vehicle registration series, which dates to 2011. That is the…
REGN received the headline call of the day. An analyst upgraded the $74 billion pharma group, lifting the consensus average target price to $853. Short interest sits at just 2.6% of free float, a low reading for a name…
Insiders across several US-listed companies filed notable trades in August and early September, with a clear split between board-level buying in beaten-down names and large-scale selling at a chipmaker near its…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several names this week. The biggest mover was MMED. MiniMed Group's SI % of Free Float jumped from 42% to 77% in seven days. That is a 34-point leap, and one of the sharpest…
Fixed income took the top spot this week. ETFs tracking bonds pulled in $23.8B of net new money over the past seven days. That beats equities on a net basis, though equities still saw $20.7B of gross inflows. Investors…
US Treasury yields at 24-year highs are the single biggest market force right now. The 10-year yield rose half a point in a month. Bond ETFs TLT and IEF are absorbing heavy put demand as traders pay up for downside…
US Treasury yields hitting 24-year highs are reshaping options sentiment across markets. Protective put demand has spiked on bond ETFs. The 10-year yield rose half a point in a single month, its worst run in four…
Today kicks off with a full slate of confirmed earnings. JEF reports after the bell tonight. The mid-cap investment bank has been one of the more consistent performers in its peer group. IDT also reports today after…
Analysts cut price targets across the aggregates and construction materials sector on Friday. Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta, and CRH all saw consensus targets edged lower. Vulcan's average target fell to $319.61…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed a $4.1 million open-market share purchase on 8 September, according to the latest ORTEX insider data. He bought 54,325 shares at an average of $75.65. Discretionary buys by…
