A packed final week of August puts Dell Technologies and Medtronic at the top of the calendar. Dell reports Tuesday after the bell. The AI server boom has lifted the stock this year. Bears are lightly positioned at 4.7% of free float. Medtronic also prints Tuesday. At $115 billion in market cap, it's the biggest healthcare name of the week. Short sellers hold just 1.1% of free float — the market expects a clean set of numbers.
GameStop reports Monday. Options traders have stripped out their hedges heading into the print. Short interest sits at 14.7% of free float with 24 days to cover — a squeeze setup that traders are watching closely. Yext is drawing heavy call buying ahead of its September print. RSI has hit 73.8. That's overbought territory. Short interest is only 7.6% of free float, but availability runs at 854% — bears have plenty of ammo on the other side.
Bears are building in biotech. Capricor Therapeutics saw SI % of free float jump 9.2 points in a week to 45.6%. Availability sits at just 32% — a tight setup. Klaviyo is the biggest tech mover, with SI climbing from 13% to nearly 20% of free float in seven days.
France has replaced Italy as European bond investors' biggest worry. Paris borrowing costs have sat above Rome's for most of the summer. Lloyds Banking Group CFO William Chalmers filed a significant insider sale this week. Convertible bond issuance is on track for a record year as AI stock volatility pushes companies toward cheaper financing.
Bill Gates filed $88M in purchases of Republic Services stock on August 21 and 24. That's a notable bet on the waste management sector. Autodesk picked up target price upgrades from UBS and BNP Paribas. Workday faces a split consensus — analysts are divided heading into its earnings report later this week.
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