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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…
The biggest story this week: US equity ETFs saw a net outflow of $55B in the past seven days. That reverses a strongly positive three-month trend, where US-focused funds pulled in $199B net. The shift is sharp and hard…
Akamai Technologies grabbed the day's biggest headline. The stock soared after announcing an $11.6 billion deal with Anthropic. It is one of the largest AI infrastructure contracts of the year. The White House also…
Costco kicks things off today with its Q4 2026 earnings call at 5pm ET. The warehouse retailer carries a market cap of $401 billion. Short sellers show little conviction — SI sits at just 1.7% of free float. Tomorrow,…
Analysts trimmed targets across the construction materials space this week. MLM (Martin Marietta Materials), VMC (Vulcan Materials), and CRH all saw consensus target prices cut. Martin Marietta's average target fell to…
The most notable discretionary insider move filed September 8 came from UBER. President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed a purchase of 54,325 shares at roughly $75.65 each. That's $4.1 million of open-market buying.…
Short sellers moved fast this week. ORTEX data through September 23 shows sharp SI changes across several names — with some genuinely surprising moves. Braveheart Bio leads extremes. BRVE now sits at a staggering 367%…
US long-term borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2004 today. Treasury yields surged — the biggest single-session move since April's "liberation day" tariff shock. The OECD flagged growing alarm over…
Options flow on September 24 told two distinct stories: macro hedges stacking up around AI policy risk, and high short interest names flashing squeeze potential. Geopolitics lit the fuse today. Xi Jinping's Taiwan…
Insider filings from early September reveal a striking split in conviction between East and West. NVDA director Mark Stevens sold over $410 million worth of Nvidia shares across seven transactions between August 31 and…
Analysts trimmed targets across the construction materials sector Wednesday. Three major names — MLM, VMC, and CRH — all saw target price cuts on the same day, signalling a broad re-rating of the group. Martin Marietta…
Short sellers are back targeting GME. Short interest in GameStop jumped from 0.94% to 7.17% of free float in just seven days — a near 7-fold surge. The cost to borrow remains cheap at 0.46%, suggesting the move is…
The biggest money flow story this week is a sharp reversal out of US equities. American stock ETFs shed a net $44.7B in the past seven days. That is a stark turn from the 3-month picture, where US-focused funds pulled…
US equity futures are under pressure Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Bessent's comments on Iranian aviation restrictions rattled sentiment. The S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Dow Jones futures all opened lower. MU is the day's…
Insider buying and selling signals are diverging sharply this month. The ORTEX screening data shows a clear pattern: insiders are stepping into beaten-down names while cashing out of big winners. Biggest…
Analyst consensus shifted notably today across several sectors. The most striking upgrade went to PWR. Quanta Services climbed to a higher consensus rating with an average target price of $769.63. The electrical…
GME is turning heads again. Short interest jumped to 7.17% of free float — up from just 0.94% a week ago. That's a massive 6.23 percentage point swing in seven days. The meme stock crowd will be watching closely. Bears…
Fed Governor Kevin Warsh reaffirmed the 2% inflation target as "firm and fixed" this morning. That clashes with MCD McDonald's CEO, who warned that elevated inflation could persist for years. The split view adds…
Semiconductor stocks are drawing heavy options bets this week. MU tops ORTEX's negative-bets ranking. It's up 284% year-to-date. That rally may be attracting profit-takers via puts. SNDK sits close behind. Sandisk has…
