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Analyst target prices shifted across several names on Monday. Downgrades dominated consumer and tech. Akamai Technologies saw its average target price cut to $157.27 from $158.79. The CDN and cloud security firm…
Bill Gates filed to disclose purchases of more than $119 million in Republic Services stock in early September. The trades — spread across September 1 and 2 — were reported on September 3. Gates bought roughly 534,000…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Several names saw dramatic moves in short interest — here are the standouts. BRVE (Braveheart Bio) tops the charts. Short interest hit a staggering 648% of free float — up…
Institutional flows are flashing a clear warning sign for US equities this week. ETFs tracking American stocks shed a net $30.8B over the past seven days. That is the largest single-geography outflow in the data. Over…
Chips dominate both the short book and the options market today. Micron Technology reports Q4 results Wednesday after the close — and bears are already positioned. Micron tops the negative options flow table for the…
Options flow is sending mixed signals across US markets today. Semiconductors are absorbing the heaviest bearish bets. Micron Technology tops the negative options flow table over the past week — notable given the stock…
Micron Technology, NIKE, and Carnival Corporation headline a busy week of earnings. Markets will be watching closely. Today — Monday, Sept 28 IDT Corporation and Vail Resorts both release results today. Vail reports…
A rare downgrade hit META today. The social media giant — worth $1.66 trillion — slipped from Buy to Hold at one firm. The consensus average target sits at $790. Short interest is just 1.4% of free float, so bears are…
A clear divide has opened up in recent insider activity. In Asia, a founding shareholder piled in. In the US, CEOs cashed out. The biggest buy: Viva China Holdings — the vehicle of Li Ning founder Li Ning himself — has…
Short sellers made decisive moves this week. Data as of September 25 shows some striking shifts across mid- and large-cap names. SpaceX betting rises. SPCX short interest climbed to 30.1% of free float, up nearly 10…
The biggest macro story today: the US and China have published the full product list covered by their $30 billion tariff cut deal. The agreement follows the Trump-Xi meeting and covers a wide range of goods. Markets…
Options markets are showing sharp two-way flows this week. Earnings season is driving the action. Micron Technology sits at the centre of it all. Micron leads both bullish and bearish options bets over the past seven…
The final week of September brings a dense earnings calendar. Several high-profile names report results today and over the next four days. Today (Monday, Sep 28): JEF kicks off the week. Jefferies Financial Group…
META received a rare downgrade today, moving the consensus from 54 buys to 53. The $1.6 trillion social media giant now carries a single sell rating. Average analyst target sits at $790.27. Short interest is just 1.4%…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree at RSG. Filings show he bought $927 million worth of Republic Services stock across 65 trades between August 10 and September 2. That's over 4.2 million shares added to an already…
Fixed income pulled in $16.3B over the past week. Equities bled $17B out. That gap tells the story of a market shifting defensively — even as the 3-month trend still shows strong risk appetite. Global Ex-U.S. ETFs were…
Fixed income is the standout story this week. $16.3B flowed into Fixed Income ETFs over the past seven days. Equity ETFs bled $17B in the same period. Over three months, both classes attracted money — equities pulled…
GME is back in the spotlight. Short interest jumped to 7.5% of free float — up from under 1% just seven days ago. That's a near 7 percentage point surge in a week. Bears are rebuilding positions in the meme stock as…
A heavy earnings calendar kicks off today. IDT opens the week with Q4 results this morning. Vail Resorts and Jefferies Financial report after the close. Wednesday is the week's key date. Micron Technology drops Q4 2026…
Options traders are loading up on defensive positions across mega-cap tech. Earnings season is driving the action. MU leads the negative options bets table by a wide margin. The chip maker is due to report Q4 2026…
