Nvidia reports Wednesday after the close. At a $5.2 trillion market cap, it is the most consequential earnings print of the season. Salesforce, Synopsys, and HP also report the same day. Intuit and Dick's Sporting Goods lead Tuesday's slate. Thursday brings Canadian bank results from Royal Bank and TD Bank, alongside Marvell, Dollar Tree, and Ulta Beauty.
Short sellers are active heading into earnings week. Reddit saw short interest jump 4.1 percentage points to 17.6% of free float in just seven days. Charter Communications climbed to 32.4% short interest. The telecom name carries 9.4 days to cover — any positive catalyst could force rapid covering.
Li Auto is the sharpest squeeze watch. Availability of shares to borrow sits at just 5.8% of short interest ahead of Wednesday's earnings. The borrow market is effectively frozen.
Bill Gates filed purchases of more than $215M in Republic Services stock across August 10–18. That is sustained, deliberate buying — not a single trade. On the sell side, a DST Global Advisors filing showed $207M in Chime Financial shares sold on August 19. The fintech only recently went public. Heavy VC selling this soon after listing stands out.
Analysts upgraded Lockheed Martin from Hold to Buy this week. Defense spending expectations are driving the move. Short interest in the stock is just 1.4% of free float. Bears have little presence here.
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