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Scotiabank analyst Louise Chen turned bullish on Big Pharma. She raised her target on MRK to $180 from $155. AMGN got an even bigger boost — target lifted to $500 from $450. Both carry Buy ratings. Merck's market cap…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw the biggest surge among mid-caps. SI jumped to 70.5% of free float, up from 40.5% just seven days ago — a 30-point spike. Cost to borrow stands at…
US equities absorbed the most money this week. ETF data shows $31.1B in net inflows to US-focused funds over the past seven days. That dwarfs every other geographic category. The flow imbalance reading of 58.9 confirms…
Three S&P 500 names report today. CCL Carnival Corporation holds its Q3 2026 earnings call at 10am ET. Investors want confirmation that cruise pricing holds into 2027. KMX CarMax reports Q2 2027 results before the open…
Options sentiment in the US market is shifting as several key catalysts drive unusual positioning this session. Corning grabbed headlines with a $3 billion fiber cable deal with AT&T. The agreement covers AT&T's…
Markets get a busy slate of confirmed earnings this week. Three high-profile names dominate the calendar. CCL kicks things off today. Carnival Corporation holds its Q3 2026 earnings call at 10am ET. Cruise demand has…
Analyst activity picked up on Monday with notable target price moves across retail, fintech, and photonics. HOOD — Robinhood Markets — drew an upward consensus revision. The average analyst target rose to $130.30 from…
Bill Gates has been quietly stacking shares in RSG for weeks. Filings published September 3rd show he bought over $927 million worth of Republic Services stock between August 10th and September 2nd. That works out to…
Short sellers are ramping up positions across a cluster of well-known names. Data from ORTEX as of September 28 shows the clearest moves in the past seven days. MiniMed Group saw the sharpest jump among mid-caps. Short…
Markets head into the final days of September with earnings, macro policy, and short squeezes all converging at once. Micron is the week's marquee event. Results drop Wednesday after the close. The memory chip maker is…
Quarter-end is here. Options markets are showing sharp positioning shifts across several names heading into a flood of earnings reports. MU tops both the positive and negative options bets tables this week. The chip…
The final week of September brings a cluster of confirmed earnings reports. Markets are watching closely as fiscal quarters close out. Today (Tuesday, Sept 29), CAG hosts its Q1 2027 pre-recorded call. CCL reports Q3…
Wall Street turned more positive on two names today. HOOD saw its average analyst target price nudge up to $130.31. The fintech brokerage now carries a bullish consensus from 24 analysts. Its market cap has surged to…
Bill Gates filed a cluster of purchases in Republic Services worth over $260 million across late August and early September, disclosures filed September 1–3 show. Gates bought roughly 1.2 million shares in multiple…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week across several notable names. Data as of September 25 shows sharp moves in both directions. SPCX, the SpaceX tracking vehicle, saw short interest jump nearly 10 percentage…
The biggest story this week is a sharp reversal in Industrials. The sector bled $2.6B in net outflows over the past week. That stands in stark contrast to the 3-month picture, where Industrials still holds $735M in net…
Options markets are buzzing heading into a packed earnings week. Micron Technology sits at the top of bullish options bets. It ranks second only to Meta for positive options flow over the past seven days. Micron's…
Micron Technology is the week's defining story. The stock is up 279% year-to-date. It reports Q4 2026 results tomorrow after the close. Options traders are the most active in the market on MU — loading up on both…
Options traders are loading up on both sides of the semiconductor trade heading into a packed earnings week. Micron Technology leads all US stocks for both bullish and bearish options bets over the past seven days. The…
Markets face a packed schedule this week. Confirmed earnings calls and releases span tech, consumer, and industrials. Today and Tomorrow CAG kicks off today with its Q1 2027 pre-recorded earnings call after markets…
