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Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc (NASDAQ:VEDU) opened up its shares for public trading for the first time since it filed for IPO in March 2022. The company agreed to initially offer 4.25 million shares to the public at a $4.00 per share.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Dow Jones sinks more than 1,100 points as S&P closes down 4%, its largest fall since June 2020, and Nasdaq loses 4.7%

U.S. indices traded sharply lower Wednesday following worse-than-expected retail earnings this week. Anticipation of further Fed policy tightening has continued to weigh on stocks across sectors.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA),  is known for being outspoken on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR). He lived up to that reputation once again Wednesday. 

Investors who bought stocks during the COVID-19 market crash in 2020 have generally experienced some big gains in the past two years. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others since the pandemic bottom.

RBC Capital analyst Ken Herbert downgraded VSE Corp (NASDAQ:VSEC) to Sector Perform from Outperform on lack of near-term catalysts and strategic uncertainty. The analyst also lowered the price target for VSEC to $48 (an upside of 27%) from $65. Herbert believes that the aviation business will drive sentiment, and he likes the company's opportunities in…

Needham believes the most meaningful announcements for Cardiovascular Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSII) over the last 18 months could be: Partnership with Innova Vascular to develop a portfolio of thrombectomy devices. 

Shares of several companies in the broader tech sector, including Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), are trading lower amid overall market weakness as stocks fall following weak retail earnings this week.

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) has been upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform, and the price target was raised to $100 (an upside of 17%) from $95 by RBC Capital analyst Ken Herbert. The stock is up 44 % since the commencement of the Ukrainian war (compared to the small-cap defence sector's average growth of 15.3%);…

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on MicroStrategy. Looking at options history for MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) we detected 103 strange trades.