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Activist fund Corvex Management filed disclosures this month showing it sold over $57 million worth of ILMN shares between September 2 and 4. The filings also reveal Corvex principal Keith Meister personally sold a…
Short sellers dramatically lifted bets against BRVE this week. SI % of Free Float jumped to 352% — up from 192% just seven days ago, a gain of 161 percentage points. That signals heavy synthetic short positioning in…
IonQ is igniting the quantum computing space today. A technical breakthrough from the company is lifting sector peers. The move is drawing attention from traders who are already positioned in adjacent AI names like…
Rosenblatt Securities set a bold $1,300 price target on LITE with a fresh Buy rating. The photonics and laser company carries an $85 billion market cap. Short interest sits at 8.5% of free float — modest enough not to…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Several names show sharp short interest spikes. Three stocks stand out. Wolfspeed leads the pain trade. SI hit 80.7% of free float with zero shares available to borrow.…
Fixed income dominated the week. $20B flowed into bond ETFs over the past seven days. That dwarfs equity's $8.5B gain. Over three months, the picture reverses — equities absorbed $560B against bonds' $263B. The…
GME is the short-seller story of the week. Short interest exploded from under 1% to 7.2% of free float — a near 700% spike in a single week. Bears are piling back into the meme stock after months of calm. With a cost…
Analysts are reshaping financial sector views. Three separate upgrades landed in the space today, pointing to growing confidence in credit and banking names. BAC received an upgrade, pushing its consensus to a stronger…
GME is grabbing attention again. Short interest jumped from under 1% to 7.2% of free float in a single week — a near 700% spike. Bears are piling back in after the meme stock icon sat largely unbothered for…
A Fidelity strategist fired a warning shot at the AI trade today. The $3.3 trillion buildout is "dead money," the firm said — inflationary with unknown returns. The call hit META, MSFT, AMZN, and GOOGL simultaneously.…
Two US-listed companies saw notable open-market insider buying filed on September 8, with executives putting their own money on the line. UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed purchases totalling roughly…
Analysts are moving bullish on financial stocks. Three upgrades hit the sector today, with consumer lender SYF and wealth manager RJF both receiving fresh buy recommendations. Raymond James Financial climbed to a…
Short sellers are on the move this week. The biggest story in the data is BRVE (Braveheart Bio), where SI as a percentage of free float has rocketed to 277% — up from 191% just seven days ago. That 86-point jump is the…
Fixed income is this week's standout. Bonds pulled in $20B net over the past seven days. That dwarfs every other asset class in the 1w period. By comparison, equities added $8.5B net — solid in absolute terms, but just…
The Nasdaq 100 climbed to a new high as "AI FOMO" returned to markets. Chip stocks staged a comeback after recent weakness. NVDA remains central to the rally. California Governor Gavin Newsom complicated the backdrop,…
Senators are pressing Trump trade representative Jamieson Greer on $166 billion in tariff refunds — and asking how consumers will see any of it. The hearing landed on the radar of WMT and GM watchers alike. Retailers…
Pre-earnings options activity is sending sharp signals across several names. Three stocks stand out with unusual positioning ahead of scheduled prints. IRDM topped the options caution watch today. An activist stake…
Bill Gates filed purchases of $664 million in RSG (Republic Services) between August 18 and September 2, disclosed in filings through September 3. The Gates stake-building spanned nearly three weeks and covered almost…
HSBC downgraded NFLX from Buy to Hold today. The bank slashed its target from $96 to $76 — a 21% cut. Netflix carries a $305 billion market cap and short interest of just 2.1% of free float. The call stands out against…
Short sellers are active this week. Several mid-cap names saw sharp short interest jumps in just seven days. GameStop is back in the spotlight. SI jumped from 0.9% to 7.2% of free float in one week. That's a 6.3…
