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ESS Bulls Hold the Line as Q2 Print Arrives

Essex Property Trust delivers its Q2 results today with options positioning still at a historically bullish extreme — and short interest now moving in the opposite direction. The options story published here four days…

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Bears Pile Into Chewy as Chip Stocks Wobble

Short sellers made a decisive move on CHWY this week. Short interest jumped to 81.2% of free float — up from 65.8% just seven days ago. That 15-point weekly surge is the largest single-week rise across large-cap US…

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EPD's Midstream Stability Faces a Peer Divergence Test

Enterprise Products Partners heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings release having outpaced its midstream peers, with the positioning data reflecting confidence rather than caution. The most striking change since the July…

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EIX Short Interest Ticks Up Into Tomorrow's Print

Edison International reports Q2 earnings on July 30 with short sellers nudging back into the stock even as the options market pulls back from last week's defensive peak. Short interest has climbed roughly 9.5% over the…

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DTE Call Skew Holds but Stock Slips Ahead of Wednesday Print

DTE Energy arrives at its July 30 earnings release with the same striking call-heavy options signal that defined the July 25 preview — but the stock has moved lower since, making the bullish positioning look more…

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CHD Bulls Tested as Q2 Results Land Thursday

Church & Dwight heads into its July 31 Q2 earnings report with the stock up 4.4% on the week and short sellers showing no sign of pressing their case. The positioning picture is broadly relaxed. Short interest has…

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CMS Energy's Options Alarm Grows Louder Ahead of Q2 Report

CMS Energy reports Q2 results on July 30 with options traders now more defensive than at any point captured in the prior preview — and the signal has intensified since the last article. The put/call ratio has climbed…

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Boeing Surges Into Q2 Print — Bulls Now in Control

BA has dramatically changed its character since the last two previews: the stock closed Tuesday at $221.56, up nearly 5% on the day and 8% on the week, erasing the pressure that defined earlier coverage and narrowing…

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Tech Sell-Off and Iran Tensions Dominate Markets

Chip stocks tumbled on July 28 as an AI-driven sell-off deepened. The Nasdaq 100 briefly entered correction territory ahead of a packed Big Tech earnings week. NVDA sits at RSI 42. TSLA is more extreme — RSI just 27.3…

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Analysts Split on Steel, Managed Care, and Glass

Analyst target prices shifted across several sectors today. The moves point to diverging views on industrials and healthcare. NUE led the positive revisions. The consensus target for Nucor Corporation rose to $273.88…

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Insiders Sell Big, Volvo Bucks Trend

Insider filings this week reveal a wave of selling — but one European standout is moving in the opposite direction. The biggest story out of Japan: Fast Retailing's founder and CEO Tadashi Yanai filed disclosures on…

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Bears Pile Into Chewy and Hertz

Short sellers turned aggressive this week. CHWY saw the biggest move — its short interest jumped to 81.2% of free float, up 15 percentage points in just seven days. Bears appear unconvinced by any near-term recovery…

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Tech Exodus Masks a Broad Risk-On Surge

Institutional money poured into equities and bonds last week. The overall tone is risk-on, but the cracks inside sectors tell a sharper story. Equity ETFs pulled in $30.0B net in the past week. Fixed income added…

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Earnings Season Hits Full Stride on July 28

Tuesday, July 28 is one of the busiest earnings days of the season. Over 30 S&P 500 names report. Markets are digesting results across logistics, beverages, aerospace, and payments — all at once. Meanwhile, a tech…

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Wall Street Trims Targets, But One Name Gets Lifted

Analysts cut targets broadly on Monday. Most changes were modest, but the tone was mixed across sectors. Hubbell was the session's standout. Analysts upgraded the electrical products maker. The consensus moved from…

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Corning Results Land — Now Watch the Follow-Through

Corning reported its Q2 results on July 28, the event the market had been waiting for after a brutal month-long slide, and the critical question now shifts from whether numbers could arrest the decline to whether…

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