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The week's defining event is a bank earnings wave. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson both report Monday before the open. Bank of America follows Wednesday at 6:45am ET. State Street, Charles Schwab and Bank of New York Mellon round out Thursday. BAC enters the print with an RSI of 31.8 and is down 1.2% year to date. Analysts see 23% upside from current levels. reports Thursday too, offering a read on Nordic financial conditions alongside its US peers.
Wolfspeed remains a crowded short at 84% of free float. Its short score stands at 77.6 out of 100 and days-to-cover runs at 11.3. MMED is the week's standout mover. Short interest jumped 24 percentage points to 103% of free float. Shares available to borrow sit at just 1.1%. That squeeze setup is among the tightest in the market.
Analysts are divided on consumer names. Estée Lauder was downgraded on continued China concerns. PepsiCo received a consensus upgrade despite Citigroup cutting its target to $135. PEP's RSI sits at 36.9, firmly oversold. That combination of a rating lift and depressed technicals tends to attract call buyers.
Nordea's print this week is a key Nordic bellwether. On the index radar, Teck Resources faces a potential $982M forced exit from the TSX Composite if Anglo American's acquisition closes, with an 88% completion probability. In real-economy data, Japan machine tool sales hit JPY 147,354 million in August, the largest August on record since 2009 and 27% above the prior year. Finnish battery-electric car registrations also hit a series high in September at 4,337 vehicles.
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