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Short sellers pushed hard into several names today. CHWY now has 82.4% of its free float sold short. HTZ sits even higher at 84.6%. Both stocks are drawing heavy Reddit attention. A squeeze risk is rising fast. SOC saw…
Options flow on August 1 tells a split story. Bearish bets dominate in memory hardware. Bullish money is also landing in the same sector — a sign of high conviction on both sides. Sandisk tops the negative options bets…
Analysts lifted price targets across several sectors on Friday. The moves reflect broad confidence after a strong earnings season. Hasbro saw the most notable consensus shift. The toymaker's average target rose to…
Short sellers turned aggressively bearish this week on several high-profile names. The biggest mover was SOC — Sable Offshore — where SI % of Free Float jumped 11 points in seven days to 43.7%. Bears are finding zero…
Equity ETFs pulled in $76.9B in the past week. That is the clearest signal of the current market mood: risk-on, and investors are buying aggressively. The U.S. leads all regions. It attracted $31.3B in net inflows over…
Markets open August with a heavy earnings calendar, rising short pressure in beaten-down names, and options traders positioning defensively across tech. The week's biggest catalyst is a packed S&P 500 reporting…
Analysts lifted their consensus price target on HAS to $109.29, up from $109.07. The toy giant's $13.4 billion market cap gives it renewed interest amid a strong earnings cycle. Agribusiness group CTVA saw a split…
Short sellers ramped up bets across several high-profile names this week. Hertz and Chewy lead the action — both hit fresh highs in short interest. Hertz sits at 84.6% SI of free float. Bears added nearly 10 percentage…
The biggest earnings week of 2026 is here. Markets are bracing for results from biotech, travel, and consumer names simultaneously. Short sellers, options traders, and insiders are all taking sides before the data…
A packed earnings calendar greets investors this week. S&P 500 heavyweights from pharma to travel are all set to report. Today and Tomorrow MAR kicks things off Monday. Marriott reports at 8:30am ET. Travel demand data…
Analyst consensus shifted notably on August 1, with target price upgrades dominating the pharma space while construction materials drew cuts. REGN received a target lift to $833.54. That is up from $830.02. Regeneron…
Insider filings dominated headlines this week, with sellers far outnumbering buyers across US markets. Charles Schwab, founder and Co-Chairman of SCHW, filed three separate sell transactions between July 24 and July…
Short sellers sharpened their bets heading into the busiest earnings week of 2026. The biggest mover was WYFI (WhiteFiber). Its short interest jumped +14 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 53.4% of free…
Institutional money moved decisively into equities last week. Across all asset classes, equity ETFs pulled in a net $76.9B in the past seven days. Fixed income added another $8.0B. Commodities and currencies bled out,…
Over 140 S&P 500 companies report this week. Palantir kicks things off Monday after the bell. The AI data firm is up more than 200% over the past year. Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Marriott International also report…
Options flow is sending a clear bearish signal ahead of a packed earnings calendar. The biggest negative bets over the past seven days have clustered in semiconductors and mega-cap tech. Micron Technology sits at the…
Ultra Clean Holdings heads into its August 3 earnings call with options traders making an unusually sharp pivot toward downside protection — a move that stands out even after Thursday's sector-wide bounce. The clearest…
Paramount Skydance Corporation reports again on August 3 — its second earnings event in roughly two weeks — with the stock down nearly 20% over the past month and short sellers continuing to press their advantage. The…
Firefly Aerospace heads into its August 3 earnings report with options traders making one of the most aggressively bullish bets seen on the stock in a year. The clearest signal is in the options market. The put/call…
Tempus AI heads into its August 4 earnings report with the same split between short sellers and options traders that defined last week's preview — except the options signal has now intensified further. The put/call…
