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Democrats winning Senate control overnight is the dominant story Wednesday. Options markets reacted immediately. SPY saw a surge in near-term hedging activity, with contracts concentrated in the next two weeks.…
Midterm results are reshaping options sentiment across US markets. Democrats winning Senate control triggered a flurry of activity in broad market ETFs overnight. SPY has 19 active expiry dates through January 2027,…
Honda, Sony and SoftBank are among the standout names on a packed earnings calendar running through to Monday. The week tilts heavily toward Japanese industrials and US media. COR Cencora holds its Q4 earnings call…
Analysts cut ratings on PayPal and Marriott on Wednesday, while Gartner won an upgrade that lifted its consensus to a majority buy. PayPal was downgraded, with the consensus shifting one notch toward sell. The average…
The most recent insider filings show a sharp divide between executives cashing out and board chairs stepping in with fresh capital. The largest C-suite disposal came from ROBOTIS Co., where CEO Kim Byeong Soo filed the…
Short sellers have been active this week, with Wolfspeed topping the most-shorted list among sizeable names. Its SI % of FF hit 86.5%, up from 80.6% a month ago. The SiC chipmaker has struggled with weak demand and…
QUALCOMM posts Q4 results after Wednesday's close. The stock is down 5% year-to-date with an RSI of 37, close to oversold territory. Options traders have spread bets across eight expiry dates. McDonald's holds its…
A packed earnings calendar is driving options activity this Wednesday. QUALCOMM reports Q4 results this week. Traders have positioned across eight expiry dates, with the nearest Friday (6 November) the most active. The…
Wednesday brings a string of S&P 500 results. QUALCOMM posts its Q4 figures after the close today, alongside McDonald's earnings call at 8:30 a.m. eastern. CVS Health also reports this morning. Motorola Solutions,…
Japan's domestic machine tool orders jumped 46% year-on-year in September to JPY 63,929 million, up from JPY 43,645 million a year earlier. The Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association data marks a sharp acceleration…
Vertex Pharmaceuticals drew two bullish calls on Wednesday. UBS analyst Michael Yee lifted his target to $640. TD Cowen's Phil Nadeau followed at $575, up from $550. Both rate the stock Buy. The consensus target now…
CVS Health became the week's loudest corporate story after the Wall Street Journal reported the company plans to split its pharmacy retail business from its insurance and pharmacy-benefit operations. Filed disclosures…
Short sellers stayed busy into the first week of November. Data as of 2 November shows several names attracting fresh positioning. The biggest structural story remains WOLF. Short interest on the semiconductor firm hit…
China and Japan led a surge of equity inflows this week, pulling money away from tech and into Asia. The pattern marks a clear shift from the three-month trend, where Japanese funds bled cash and financials were the…
A busy reporting slate is running through Tuesday. AMGN posts results after the US close, a $251bn biotech that will set the tone for pharma sentiment. Ferrari also reports today. ORTEX Austrian car registration data,…
Semiconductors dominate unusual options flow this Tuesday, with the most active negative-bet volumes clustering in the chip sector as RSI readings push into deeply oversold territory across several names. Micron…
Today delivers a packed slate. AMGN reports after the US close, a $251bn biotech that will set the tone for pharma bulls. GRAB also posts today, with the Southeast Asian super-app market watching for signs of…
US carrier stress is retreating sharply. Inactive carrier registrations tracked by ORTEX US trucking data fell 76% year-on-year in October 2026, to 274 from 1,132 a year earlier. That marks five consecutive months of…
Filings reported on 8 September show Uber President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald made two open-market purchases in early September, spending a combined $5.3M on 70,000 shares. The trades were filed at an average…
Analysts downgraded MRVL on Tuesday, trimming the consensus target to $327.36 from $333.09. The chipmaker lost one Buy rating, leaving 39 Buys and 5 Holds against zero Sells. Marvell has been a favourite AI…
