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INTC reports today after the close. Intel's Q2 2026 results are among the most watched of the season. The chipmaker faces ongoing competition pressure from AMD and Nvidia. Tomorrow, Friday July 24, CHTR drops Q2…
RBC Capital fired off two high-profile initiations this week. Analyst Tom Narayan started TSLA with a Buy and a $500 price target. Separately, Matthew Hedberg initiated NOW at Buy with a $130 target. The ServiceNow…
Fast Retailing's founder and CEO Tadashi Yanai filed three large sell transactions this week. The filings, disclosed on July 22, reveal he sold over $208 million worth of Fast Retailing shares between July 10 and 14.…
The week's standout story is China. ETFs focused on Chinese equities pulled in $19B net over the past seven days. That compares to a $5B net outflow over the prior three months. The reversal is sharp and hard to…
The lending market for TSLL — Direxion's 2X leveraged daily Tesla bull ETF — has reached an extreme. Availability has collapsed to 0.12%, meaning roughly one share remains available to borrow for every 800 already lent…
Earnings season dominated the tape today. Comcast reported mixed results. Its broadband pivot is weighing on near-term finances. Management flagged positive early momentum converting free wireless subscribers to paid.…
Bearish options bets are clustering in stocks that have lost the most ground in 2026. Tesla, Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Netflix all rank at the top for negative options bets over the past week. Oracle leads the…
Today kicks off a packed week of S&P 500 results. Several household names report across Thursday and Friday. Today (Wednesday, July 23) sees four S&P 500 names drop numbers simultaneously. Thermo Fisher Scientific,…
IBM led the analyst upgrade cycle Wednesday. The consensus rating moved higher after multiple firms lifted their views. The average target price rose to $262.85 from $253.94. IBM trades at a $198 billion market cap…
Analysts lifted ratings on IBM and Texas Instruments Wednesday, as Wall Street grows more positive on technology stocks. IBM's consensus rating was upgraded. The average target price rose to $262.85 from $253.94. The…
Fresh filings reveal a sharp divide in executive sentiment this week. Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing's founder and CEO Tadashi Yanai filed yesterday disclosing he sold $208M worth of stock across three trades between…
A sharp one-day drop in short interest is coinciding with an unusually bullish swing in options positioning. Together, the signals suggest NKLR — Terra Innovatum Global N.V. — may be entering a different phase after…
Short sellers made a dramatic exit from MSFT this week. Short interest collapsed 94% in seven days to just 0.06% of free float. Bears are clearing positions ahead of Microsoft's July 29 earnings report. The reversal is…
RPM International gained 5.8% on July 22. Eight insiders used that strength to sell. Options traders, meanwhile, are hedging at the highest rate in 52 weeks. The CEO sold $400K worth of stock on July 17. The CFO sold…
Why this matters: Equifax is trading at $170.45, down 20% YTD and 24.7% below the analyst consensus target. Since the Q2 earnings beat on July 15, bears have rebuilt aggressively. Three separate signals now confirm the…
A wave of analyst upgrades pushed price targets sharply higher this week. The stock, meanwhile, fell 13% — and options traders are hedging. That divergence is the story. Five firms raised their targets on TWLO between…
This week is the biggest of earnings season. INTC reports after the close today. Investors want to know if its turnaround is real after a brutal stretch. Wednesday brings the heaviest load. MSFT and META both post…
Today kicks off a heavy week. INTC reports after the close on Thursday, July 23. Investors want to know if Intel's turnaround is gaining traction after a brutal stretch. LVMH drops results Monday, July 27. Luxury…
Wall Street lifted targets across tech and industrials on July 23. The moves follow a busy earnings week. Texas Instruments drew the biggest absolute target jump. The average analyst target rose to $314.90, up from…
Corporate insiders have been busy filing this week, with fresh disclosures revealing a sharp split between confident buyers and determined sellers. The biggest seller story comes from Japan. Tadashi Yanai, founder and…
