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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…
Analysts made sharp moves across sectors this week. The busiest action landed in industrials, real estate, and networking. NUE took the headline hit. Nucor was downgraded by consensus, with its sell rating count…
Kenneth Bryan Dart filed on August 26, disclosing he bought over 10 million shares of EVO — Evolution AB — across two trades in July. The combined value: roughly $716 million. The first purchase on July 21 totalled 8…
Short sellers turned notably more aggressive this week. Several mid-cap names saw sharp SI increases over just seven days. SWBI (Smith & Wesson Brands) saw the biggest move among liquid names. Short interest jumped…
US equities remain the dominant destination for ETF flows. $44.9B landed in US-focused funds over the past week alone. Over three months, that number swells to $252B. The direction is clear — domestic US exposure is…
Short sellers dominated Friday's conversation. Braveheart Bio topped the leaderboard with short interest at 226% of free float — bears outnumber the entire available float. Wolfspeed stays under intense pressure at 82%…
A busy stretch of corporate reporting kicks off this weekend. AutoZone drops Q4 2026 results Tuesday, September 22, at 9:30am ET. The auto parts giant carries a market cap of $46.6bn. Homebuilder KB Home also reports…
Analysts cut targets across homebuilders, industrials, and storage REITs on Friday, with one clear downgrade standing out. NUE received the sharpest blow. Nucor was downgraded by consensus, with analysts moving to a…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. BRVE — Braveheart Bio — stands out as the most extreme case in the market. Its short interest hit a staggering 226% of free float, up 36.5 percentage points in just seven days.…
The biggest story today hits GOOGL and the AI sector. A lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google struck an illegal agreement to slow AI development. The suit is a high-impact event for…
Options flow this week clusters around a single theme: semiconductors and earnings risk. Bears are firmly in control of the narrative for chip names, while a handful of earnings catalysts are sharpening put demand…
Three high-profile names report results this week. Costco is the marquee event. It posts Q4 2026 figures Thursday after the close. Wall Street watches Costco closely for signs of consumer spending resilience.…
Analysts delivered a split verdict Friday. Nucor took the sharpest blow — a consensus downgrade pushed the $56 billion steelmaker from Hold to Sell territory. The average target price edged down to $283.63. Short…
Three distinct insider stories stand out from the most recent filings, covering the period ending September 8. Bill Gates loads up on Republic Services. The billionaire filed a series of open-market buys totalling over…
Short sellers have been busy this week. BRVE — Braveheart Bio — tops the US short interest rankings with a staggering 226% of free float shorted. That figure jumped +36.5 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are…
The US market dominated ETF inflows this week. American-focused funds pulled in a net $23.8B over seven days. That dwarfs every other geography. It is consistent with the three-month trend, where US ETFs lead with…
A packed week of results kicks off today. AutoZone reports Q4 2026 before the open. KB Home follows in the afternoon, with housing data under scrutiny as mortgage rates stay elevated. The week's biggest event comes…
Semiconductors dominate unusual options activity this week. Negative bets are piling into the sector as earnings season heats up. Micron Technology tops the bearish options flow table. The chip stock is up 256%…
A busy week opens today with confirmed results due across consumer, tech, and housing sectors. AutoZone kicks off Monday morning with its Q4 2026 release before the open. The auto parts retailer has beaten estimates in…
Three standout insider trades filed recently show executives and major shareholders putting real money to work — and one high-profile biotech CEO cashing out at the top. Bill Gates keeps buying Republic Services. The…
