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Short sellers stepped up pressure across several names in the week to September 30. The clearest movers sit well away from the usual suspects. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw the sharpest rise among mid-cap names. Short…
Jefferies Financial Group reports after the bell today, marking the informal start of Q3 2026 earnings season. The investment bank sets the tone for financials. Bigger prints follow fast. Constellation Brands reports…
Earnings season is back. Jefferies fired the starting gun on Q3 reporting Friday, and the options market is already positioning across several names. Semiconductors sit at the centre of the action. Micron Technology…
Jefferies Financial Group reports after the bell today, kicking off a thin but telling first week of the Q3 2026 earnings season. The investment bank is the most watched name on the US calendar for Friday. Also…
India's vehicle market delivered one of its strongest months on record in September 2026. The data, drawn from India's auto export registers, shows the country's export unit sales rose 32% year-on-year to 304,857…
Mizuho analyst John Roberts cut targets across chemicals and materials on Friday. Albemarle dropped to a $130 target from $140, with a Hold rating retained. Dow Inc. was similarly trimmed to $32 from $35. Albemarle…
Filings dated September 8 show a wave of open-market insider purchases spanning the US, Hong Kong and Canada, with executives putting up real money in a quiet week for deal flow. The headline US trade came from UBER.…
Short sellers made bold moves in the past week. Braveheart Bio saw the most dramatic shift, with SI jumping to 691% of free float from 367% seven days ago. That is a 324-point surge. The stock is a pharmaceutical name…
Fixed income grabbed the biggest weekly inflow of any asset class. $23.8B flowed into bond ETFs in the past week, edging past equities' $20.7B. That gap matters. Over three months, equities dominate with $508B vs…
Nike opens the Q3 earnings season today, hosting its Q1 FY2027 call at 5pm ET. Bears have already retreated. Short interest in Nike collapsed 82% in a week, falling to just 0.49% of float. Availability sits at 517% of…
The biggest macro signal right now is in the bond market. US 10-year Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2002 this week. That move is pushing options traders toward rate-sensitive plays across equities. The…
NIKE fires the starting gun on Q3 earnings season today. The apparel giant hosts its Q1 FY2027 earnings call at 5pm ET. Investors want answers on tariff exposure and consumer spending trends. The week builds from…
Mizuho analyst John Roberts trimmed targets across three names on Thursday. Albemarle fell to a $130 target from $140, with the rating staying at Hold. Dow Inc. also drew a lower target, cut to $32 from $35. Both sit…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed two open-market purchases on September 8, together worth roughly $5.3 million. The trades, executed on September 4 at prices around $75 to $76 per share, are…
NKE is the standout mover this week. Short interest in Nike plummeted 82% in seven days, falling to just 0.49% of float ahead of the company's upcoming earnings. That is a sharp capitulation by bears. Availability sits…
The semiconductor story running through every corner of the market got bigger today. A new analysis puts NVDA, AMD, AVGO, MU, MRVL, and ARM at the centre of an AI chip boom that analysts say is still accelerating. The…
Micron Technology sits at the top of both bullish and bearish options flow rankings this week. The memory chip maker drew the largest volume of positive bets over seven days. Yet negative bets are equally heavy,…
NIKE fires the starting gun on the new earnings season today. The sportswear giant reports Q1 2027 results after the close, with an earnings call at 5pm Eastern. It is the most high-profile print of the week. The rest…
Taiwan's export order machine ran hotter in August than at any point in its recorded history. The Ministry of Economic Affairs reported total export orders of $103.0bn for the month. That figure beat the previous…
Analysts trimmed target prices on JBL today, pulling the consensus to $425. The contract manufacturer carries a $30bn market cap and short interest of just 2.8% of free float. The cuts come despite broader electronics…
