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FedEx is the standout story today. The logistics giant is down 16% over the past month. ORTEX data shows flows and positioning are now pointing in the opposite direction — short covering and accumulating call activity…
Bank of America's Vivek Arya raised his price target on AMD to $720 from $620 on Thursday. That $100 jump is the biggest single target move in today's analyst activity. AMD carries a $1 trillion market cap. Short…
The most striking filing from early September: Viva China Holdings — the vehicle controlled by sportswear founder Li Ning himself — bought over $77 million worth of Li Ning shares across four consecutive trading days…
Wall Street's most notable move today is an upgrade of FDX. The logistics giant moved to a Buy-equivalent rating after the consensus tracker registered one new bull. Target prices cluster around $355, valuing the stock…
Short sellers moved fast this week. ORTEX data through September 24 shows some sharp single-stock moves across pharma, rail, and semiconductors. The week's biggest mover: MMED — MiniMed Group — saw its SI % of free…
The market is squarely focused on earnings. Micron Technology is the headline event — reporting Wednesday after the close. The stock is up 276% year-to-date. Options sentiment leans bullish into the print. Carnival…
FedEx picked up a fresh upgrade today. The logistics giant moved from Hold to Buy at consensus level, with the average target price sitting at $355.10. Short interest is just 2.3% of free float — bears are largely…
Three insider stories stand out from filings covering the week of September 1–8. Tutor Perini's chairman cashes out $197M. Ronald Tutor, Executive Chairman of TPC, filed on September 2 showing he sold 2.3 million…
Short sellers made a dramatic move on GameStop this week. SI % of free float jumped from 0.9% to 7.2% in just seven days. That's a 6-point surge — one of the biggest weekly moves among large-cap US names right now. The…
Institutional money made a sharp move into bonds last week. Fixed Income ETFs pulled in $14.3B net over the past five days. That compares to a $48.4B net outflow from equities in the same window. The divergence is…
Short sellers are active heading into the weekend. GME is the name turning heads. Short interest jumped from under 1% to 7.2% of free float in a single week. Borrow remains cheap at 0.46%, but the speed of the move…
Fresh insider filings shed light on sharply divided executive views across global markets this week. The headline name is Zetrix AI Berhad. Founder and CEO Wong Thean Soon filed on September 7, disclosing he sold over…
Analysts are split on the consumer sector. McDonald's took a target price cut today, with the consensus average slipping to $300.97 from $306.70. That is a near $6 drop. Short interest on the fast food giant sits at…
Short sellers got busy this week. The biggest mover in the data is BRVE (Braveheart Bio), with short interest hitting a staggering 367% of free float — up from 223% just seven days ago. That 144-point jump is the…
Short interest in SPCX jumped 7.6 percentage points in a single week, reaching 29.4% of free float. That is one of the largest short builds among large-cap names. Bears appear to be fading the $1.2 trillion space…
A big earnings week is putting options markets on alert. NKE, MU, and GME are among the names drawing unusual attention. Micron Technology heads into its earnings report with a standout backdrop. The stock is up 276%…
The earnings calendar heats up through the back half of the week. No IPOs are scheduled in the next seven days. Today brings results from UK construction group KIE. The Kier Group call lands at 10am London…
Wells Fargo picked up an upgrade from analysts today. The consensus rating moved from Hold to Overweight. The average target price now stands at $100.37. The $247B bank carries just 1.1% SI % FF, suggesting short…
Bill Gates filed a cluster of purchases in RSG worth nearly $492 million in total. The filings, submitted between August 26 and September 3, covered trades executed from August 24 to September 2. That scale of buying…
Short sellers made notable moves this week. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw its SI % of Free Float jump from 21.8% to 29.4% in just seven days. That's a 7.6-percentage-point rise, one of the largest weekly…
