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Today marks a busy start. Carnival Corporation holds its Q3 2026 earnings call this morning at 10am ET. CarMax and AAR Corp also report today. The biggest event comes tomorrow, September 30. Micron Technology releases…
Analysts are making bold calls today. The moves span pharma, tech, and fast food — with some notable target price swings. JP Morgan's Chris Schott lifted his price target on LLY to $1,500, up from $1,400. That's a $100…
NVIDIA board director Mark A. Stevens filed disclosures on September 2 showing he sold approximately $411 million worth of NVIDIA shares. The sales took place August 31 through September 2. Stevens offloaded roughly…
Short sellers moved aggressively this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw the biggest jump among mid-cap names. Its SI % FF leapt from 41% to nearly 69% in seven days — a 27-point surge. SPCX (Space Exploration…
Micron Technology (MU) is the week's most-watched name. It reports Q4 2026 results Wednesday after the close. Bears are already positioned. MU attracted the heaviest negative options flow of any large-cap US stock over…
Options flow is flashing mixed signals heading into the final week of September, with semiconductor names drawing the heaviest bearish positioning while healthcare bulls chase a high-profile analyst call. MU attracted…
Investors face a packed calendar this week. Several major names report between today and Thursday, with semiconductor and consumer giants in focus. Today (Tuesday, Sep 29): CCL Carnival Corporation kicks off with its…
Analysts turned bullish on pharma and bearish on fast food in Monday's session. Eli Lilly received the biggest target price hike of the day. JP Morgan's Chris Schott raised his target from $1,400 to $1,500, reiterating…
Fresh filings show two notable open-market purchases reported on September 8. The chairman of BURVA, Turkish industrial valve maker Burçelik Vana, bought shares worth $12.9 million on September 7. That is a meaningful…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on MMED last week. The medical device maker's SI % of FF jumped 27 percentage points in seven days to 68.5%. Availability sits at just 2.1% of short interest. That signals very tight…
US-focused ETFs pulled in a net $31.1B this week. That is the dominant story. Meanwhile, Industrials suffered the steepest sector outflow — $2.6B — even as it attracted modest buying over the past three months. The US…
Semiconductors are dominating every corner of the market today. Options flow in MU is two-sided — the stock has the most put AND call activity in the S&P 500 this week. MU reports Q4 2026 results Wednesday after the…
Options markets are sending a mixed signal on semiconductors. Both the largest bearish and bullish bets in the S&P 500 this week are concentrated in the same chip names — a sign traders are paying up for big moves in…
A busy week lies ahead. Over 475 US/Canada companies have events scheduled between today and October 4. Today (Monday, September 28), IDT and MTN hold earnings calls after the bell. Vail Resorts reports Q4 2026 results…
Micron Technology led Monday's analyst activity. The memory chip giant's average target price rose to $1,520, up from $1,515. That's a modest move. But it comes with a near-clean Buy consensus from 44 analysts. Short…
Bill Gates has been quietly building a massive position in RSG. Filings show he bought over $927 million worth of Republic Services shares between mid-August and early September. The purchases covered 4.2 million…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. The clearest signal came from BRVE (Braveheart Bio), where SI % of Free Float exploded to 648% — up from 237% just seven days ago. That 411-point jump is the largest weekly move…
Iran's nuclear deal pessimism hit markets hard today. Iranian officials demanded uranium enrichment continue. That broke confidence in any near-term US agreement. Oil proxies moved sharply. USO put buying spiked as…
Geopolitics and end-of-quarter positioning collided in options markets on Monday. Iranian officials signalling pessimism over a US nuclear deal drove defensive bets across energy and broad-market contracts. SPY and USO…
The final week of Q3 brings a dense earnings calendar. Several high-profile companies report between Monday and Thursday. Today (Monday, September 28) sees IDT, Vail Resorts, and Jefferies Financial Group all drop…
