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Options traders are positioning hard ahead of a busy earnings week. The signals are clear: call buyers are dominant in several names, while one cannabis stock is flashing unusual activity. TLRY is the loudest story.…
Today kicks off a packed earnings week. SCHW Charles Schwab reports this morning before the open. STLD Steel Dynamics and CCK Crown Holdings hold earnings calls today too. Tomorrow is the standout day. GOOGL Alphabet —…
Analysts delivered a mixed bag of ratings Monday, with upgrades in financials and biotech offset by cuts in energy and consumer staples. MRNA grabbed attention with a fresh upgrade. The consensus rating improved as one…
Corporate insiders filed a wave of sell transactions last week. Three companies stand out for the size and pattern of recent disclosures. AVGO Chief Legal Officer Mark Brazeal filed three separate sales totalling over…
Short sellers are pressing harder on several high-profile names this week. Data as of July 17 shows notable moves across EV, AI, and fintech stocks. LCID leads the charge. Lucid Group's short interest hit 38.1% of free…
This week is the biggest of the earnings season so far. Alphabet reports Q2 results Tuesday after the close. All eyes will be on AI revenue momentum. Intel follows Wednesday — its turnaround progress remains a major…
Today kicks off a packed earnings week. AMSF reports Q2 results this afternoon. CCK holds its Q2 earnings call today as well. Tomorrow, Tuesday, brings the week's biggest name. GOOGL reports Q2 results after the close.…
Analysts made a bold move on GILD today. The $167 billion biotech was downgraded, pushing its consensus deeper into sell territory. Gilead now has 22 sell ratings against just zero buys. The average target price…
Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners filed 10 sell transactions in ServiceTitan over the past two weeks, offloading more than $66M in shares. The sales ran from July 2 through July 15. Bessemer holds a board…
Short sellers are shifting positions this week. The moves are revealing. LCID stands out. Lucid Group's short interest climbed to 38.1% of free float, up from 35.7% a week ago. The cost to borrow is an eye-watering…
AMC Entertainment soared after releasing Q2 results. The CEO declared the cinema chain has "won the fight" against at-home viewing. The move is notable — AMC has been a persistently shorted name, and any strong revenue…
Options market signals are flashing across several names Monday evening, with short-squeeze risk and earnings catalysts driving unusual positioning. CBRL — Cracker Barrel — jumped after the close on fresh news. The…
Citigroup analyst Benjamin Gerlinger upgraded three US banks in a single session, making it the standout call of the day. Citizens Financial Group jumped to Buy with a new $84 price target. That's up from $78. Regions…
Insider filings this week reveal a wave of selling across US markets. Three stories stand out. ServiceTitan is the busiest name. Bessemer Venture Partners — a board-level backer — filed sales totalling over $55M since…
Short sellers are busy in July. The biggest week-over-week SI jump among US large caps belongs to SNAP. Short interest rose 23.4% in one week to 10% of free float. Analyst downgrades and an ongoing addiction lawsuit…
A tech selloff has rattled markets heading into a packed earnings week. Chip stocks posted their worst weekly performance in over a year. NVDA and AAPL were among the hardest hit as momentum trades unwound sharply.…
GOOGL is the headline act. Alphabet reports Q2 2026 results on Wednesday, July 22, after the close. Investors will focus on AI-driven search revenue and cloud growth. Today, CCK Crown Holdings kicks things off. The…
RBC Capital's Jonathan Atkin slashed targets across the telecom and cable sector in one sweep Sunday. Charter Communications took the hardest hit — two separate downgrades from both RBC and JP Morgan in the same…
Insider activity over the past month reveals a sharp split between aggressive buyers and high-profile sellers. The standout buying story is AVO — Mission Produce. A 10% owner, GlobalHarvest Holdings, filed purchases…
Short sellers turned up the heat on electric vehicle names and high-profile private listings this week, with data as of July 17 revealing some notable moves. LCID tops the pressure chart. Lucid Group's SI % FF hit…
