The week's dominant theme is earnings. Alphabet reports Q2 results on Wednesday after the close. It carries a $2.2 trillion market cap and bears are largely absent — short interest is just 1.46% of free float. Options flow is call-heavy going into the print. Intel also reports Thursday. With the stock still recovering from a bruising prior year, traders are watching for any management signal that a recovery is taking shape.
Truist Financial kicked off the week's financial reporting today. Southwest Airlines follows Thursday — air travel demand and cost pressure remain the key questions for the sector.
Energy markets are flashing red. Oil traders are warning that global stockpiles are running low as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut. FT reports markets are "close to running on empty." That's a fresh escalation, not an old story. BP and are in focus as borrow costs in the energy sector rise sharply ahead of results.
Short sellers placed the biggest weekly bet against SpaceX's listed entity, with SI % FF jumping 23 percentage points in seven days. Hertz remains the most squeezed name — SI hit 70.8% with zero shares available to borrow.
On the insider front, Silver Lake's $213 million Dell exit was the week's largest filing. Broadcom and RH insiders also sold this week.
Elon Musk endorsed a prediction that internet browsers and traditional software are set to disappear — tied to AI agent adoption. That comment moved chatter around Tesla and Microsoft early in the session.
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