The biggest event of the week is GOOGL on Tuesday, July 22. Alphabet reports Q2 results after the close. INTC follows Wednesday after the bell — investors want proof Intel's turnaround is real. CHTR reports Thursday before the open, with broadband subscriber trends as the key number. LUV reports Wednesday morning. Any guidance cut will hit the stock hard.
Short interest in SPCX jumped 23.9 percentage points in one week to 27.6% of free float. That is a sharp move on a near-$1 trillion market cap vehicle. UAA and FOXA also drew fresh short selling, with both rising around 5 points. Meanwhile, shorts are retreating. Short interest fell 24.6 points to 78.5%. Borrow availability is zero — shorts are covering because they have to.
Silver Lake offloaded $213 million in DELL shares over two weeks at prices up to $452. AVGO's Chief Legal Officer filed nearly $19.5 million in sales. VC firm Bessemer sold $66 million of TTAN. The selling is broad and involves large sums. One contrarian signal: a major shareholder bought $32 million of AVO shares across four days.
MS was upgraded outright. STT saw its consensus target jump by $12 to $196.89. UNH received a target boost to $471.65 from $451.31 — analysts are rebuilding confidence after recent pressure. Energy IPOs are also surging globally, per FT Markets, as investors seek AI-linked plays. The macro backdrop includes oil market stress as the Strait of Hormuz faces renewed disruption.
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