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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…
Semiconductors are the week's most contested trade. NVDA and AMD face heavy negative options flow even as the Nasdaq 100 hit a fresh high on returning AI enthusiasm. The index's recovery from its summer sell-off is…
Multiple executives at WBD have filed sales in recent weeks. Director Kenneth Lowe filed two separate sales — $3.2M on August 12 and $5.7M on September 4. Division President Jean-Briac Perrette filed an $3.7M sale on…
NFLX took a notable hit from Wall Street today. HSBC analyst Mohammed Khallouf downgraded the streaming giant from Buy to Hold. The target price dropped to $76 from $96 — a 21% cut. Netflix carries a $305 billion…
GameStop is back on short sellers' radar. SI jumped from 0.9% to 7.2% of free float in just seven days. That's a 6.3 percentage point spike. The meme-stock king hasn't seen a move like this in months. The biggest…
Fixed income pulled in $20B in net new money this week. That beat every other asset class by a wide margin. Equities added $8.5B but look less impressive beside the bond surge. The gap matters. Over three months,…
Chips are the day's defining story — and traders are split. Micron tops both the bullish and bearish options leaderboards heading into its Q4 results. Advanced Micro Devices mirrors that divided picture. The stock is…
Semiconductor stocks dominate options activity this week. The signal is unusually split — and that split tells a story. MU topped both the positive and negative options bets rankings over the last seven days. That…
Jefferies made the boldest calls today. The bank downgraded both MPC and VLO to Hold from Buy. Analyst Lloyd Byrne set price targets of $413 and $401 respectively. Marathon carries a $113B market cap. The dual cut…
Insider buying momentum is strongest at Republic Services this month. ORTEX data shows the waste-management giant leads the US market for insider purchases over the past 30 days. The timing is notable. Earnings just…
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5 today, cutting costs by 40% versus its predecessor. The model runs on AMZN, GOOGL, and MSFT cloud platforms. All three stocks benefit from AI infrastructure demand. Oppenheimer raised…
Semiconductors and AI names are dominating options desks on September 22. Micron Technology sits at the top of both the bullish and bearish options bets leaderboard this week. That dual presence signals a market…
Jefferies analyst Lloyd Byrne cut both MPC and VLO to Hold from Buy on Monday. The twin downgrades signal a souring view on US refining margins. Marathon Petroleum carries a $113B market cap. Valero is similarly sized…
An NVDA board member filed one of the largest recent insider sales on record. Mark Stevens, an independent director at NVIDIA, sold over 1.85 million shares across August 31 to September 2. Total value: $411 million.…
GME just flashed one of the most dramatic short interest moves of the week. Short interest as a percentage of free float rocketed to 7.15% on September 21. That's up from just 0.90% a week earlier — a jump of over 700%…
Equity ETFs took in $65.9B last week. That dwarfs every other asset class. The pace is consistent with the 3-month trend, where equities absorbed $581B. Risk appetite is clearly on. But look closer and the picture gets…
Markets are catching a bid. Global stocks rose Monday as AI optimism pushed the Nasdaq close to a record high. Taiwan's tech-heavy index is now up over 60% this year, its highest level ever. The rally reflects renewed…
Options markets are flashing clear bullish signals in semiconductors. The week's biggest positive bet volumes are clustering around chip names, with MU and AMD topping the leaderboard for call-side activity. AMD is up…
Jefferies made two notable moves in the energy refining space today. The bank downgraded both MPC and VLO from Buy to Hold. Both stocks carry market caps above $118 billion. The refiner cuts signal a sector-wide…
GME is back in the spotlight. Short interest jumped from 0.9% to 7.2% of free float in just seven days. That is a near 7x increase. Bears are rebuilding positions after years of meme-driven squeezes. Braveheart Bio…
