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Q2 earnings season is the dominant story today. Banks, tech, and healthcare names are lining up to report this week. Markets are pricing in a busy few days.
BAC, WFC, and C kick off Monday morning. NFLX is the marquee mid-week name. JNJ, UNH, and GE follow across Tuesday and Wednesday. Options activity around all these names is elevated. The FT flagged a "perilous summer" for markets ahead of high-stakes earnings and a potential change at the Fed.
Bears are not waiting for results. CoreWeave short interest hit 33.1% of free float — up 4.8 points in a week. The AI cloud IPO from March is already drawing heavy skepticism. Wolfspeed sits at a staggering 103.1%, with zero shares left to borrow. Chewy reached 74.8%, adding 4.4 points this week ahead of its own earnings. On the flip side, CrowdStrike shorts are exiting fast — SI dropped to just 0.91%.
Insiders are selling into strength. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed over $50M in sales. BABA President J. Michael Evans filed a $65.8M disposal. These filings follow sharp year-to-date gains in both names.
SK Hynix's US-listed shares jumped 13% on their Nasdaq debut, pricing at $149 and reaching $177. That signals strong appetite for memory chip exposure. Argentina repaid $4bn in debt without tapping markets — a notable sign of fiscal discipline under President Milei. European defense stocks rallied after Ukraine ratified a $105bn EU loan deal.
Analysts backed DAL, MPC, and IFF with fresh upgrades. The bulls and bears are both active heading into a pivotal reporting week.
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