ORTEXORTEX News

Articles

All articles20343 total

BRO logo
Earnings PreviewBRO

BRO Shorts Ease Before Sunday's Print, But Options Hedge Rises

Brown & Brown heads into its Q2 earnings release on Sunday with a notable data shift since the last preview: short sellers have quietly reduced exposure, even as options traders have turned more defensive. Short…

1 min read

Markets Brace for Big Tech Earnings Amid Oil Shock

Crude oil has broken through $100 a barrel. The move comes as Middle East tensions escalate sharply. Trump's comments about a potential "massive attack" sent Brent surging. US stocks and bonds sold off together. The FT…

1 min read

Big Tech Dominates This Week's Calendar

Today brings results from CHTR (Charter Communications), which reports Q2 2026 earnings before the open. HTH (Hilltop Holdings) hosts its earnings call at 9am ET. Monday kicks off a busy mid-week stretch. CDNS (Cadence…

1 min read

Rollins Rattles Analysts With Mixed Signals

Rollins drew the most attention in Thursday's analyst activity. Multiple firms revised their recommendations simultaneously, with the average target price falling sharply from $58.88 to $55.29. That is a $3.59 drop in…

1 min read

Executives Buy Dips, Slim Sells Energy

Insiders filed a wave of notable trades this week. The most striking: ELV CEO Gail Boudreaux bought $753,000 worth of Elevance Health shares on July 17 at $368. The board chair added another $366,000 the same day.…

1 min read

China Surge Heads a Broad Risk-On Week

China ETFs pulled in $12.3B in the past week alone. That made them the single biggest geographic draw globally. The momentum marks a sharp reversal: over three months, China saw a net outflow of $5.6B. Investors who…

1 min read

Bears Retreat, Earnings Roll In, Oil Tops $100

Tenet Healthcare stole the show Wednesday. The hospital operator raised full-year EPS guidance to $34.57–$36.43, crushing the $24.76 consensus estimate. Revenue guidance also moved higher, to $21.9B–$22.5B. The stock…

1 min read

Big Week: Coke, Amex, Qualcomm Report

Today, Roche and Nestlé kick off a massive global earnings week. Both Swiss giants carry market caps above $270 billion. BNP Paribas, Europe's largest bank by assets, also reports today. Tomorrow — Friday, July 24…

1 min read

Analysts Slash Comcast, Dump Honeywell Coverage

Analyst desks were busy on Wednesday, with target price cuts hitting Comcast and a notable coverage removal at Honeywell. Comcast saw its consensus target price trimmed to $30.89 from $30.94. The move adds pressure to…

1 min read

Execs Dump Shares, Buyers Swarm an EV Maker

Insiders at Morgan Stanley filed sales totalling over $8.7M this week. CFO Sharon Yeshaya sold $3.5M in shares on July 16. Division head Michael Pizzi followed with $5.2M in sales the next day. Both filings landed July…

1 min read
EWZ logo
Trader NoteEWZ

Brazil ETF Builds Momentum as Institutions Pile In

EWZ, the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF, is having one of its better months of the year — up 12.5% over the past 30 days and another 2.4% on the week — yet the ownership data tells a more complicated story beneath the…

1 min read
CBRS logo
ConfluenceCBRS

CBRS Borrow Market Tightens Again as Short Interest Climbs

Cerebras Systems looked like it was catching a break. Borrow availability had recovered to roughly 11.5% earlier this week. Now that relief has reversed sharply — availability has collapsed back to 5.4%, down 42% in a…

1 min read

Alphabet Earnings, Oil Spike, AMD Outlook Drive Markets

Alphabet delivered blockbuster Q2 earnings today. But the AI investment bill is stealing headlines. The company's aggressive spending on AI infrastructure is drawing investor scrutiny even as the numbers beat…

1 min read

Big Names Dominate This Week's Calendar

INTC reports today after the close. Intel's Q2 2026 results are among the most watched of the season. The chipmaker faces ongoing competition pressure from AMD and Nvidia. Tomorrow, Friday July 24, CHTR drops Q2…

1 min read

RBC Makes Bold Calls on Tesla, ServiceNow

RBC Capital fired off two high-profile initiations this week. Analyst Tom Narayan started TSLA with a Buy and a $500 price target. Separately, Matthew Hedberg initiated NOW at Buy with a $130 target. The ServiceNow…

1 min read

Uniqlo Boss Dumps $208M; Lundberg Bets Big on Sweden

Fast Retailing's founder and CEO Tadashi Yanai filed three large sell transactions this week. The filings, disclosed on July 22, reveal he sold over $208 million worth of Fast Retailing shares between July 10 and 14.…

1 min read

China Surge Signals Big Rotation Shift

The week's standout story is China. ETFs focused on Chinese equities pulled in $19B net over the past seven days. That compares to a $5B net outflow over the prior three months. The reversal is sharp and hard to…

1 min read
TSLL logo
ConfluenceTSLL

TSLL Borrow Market Hits Near-Zero as Short Interest Jumps 24%

The lending market for TSLL — Direxion's 2X leveraged daily Tesla bull ETF — has reached an extreme. Availability has collapsed to 0.12%, meaning roughly one share remains available to borrow for every 800 already lent…

1 min read

Markets Navigate Earnings Wave as Fuel Costs Bite Airlines

Earnings season dominated the tape today. Comcast reported mixed results. Its broadband pivot is weighing on near-term finances. Management flagged positive early momentum converting free wireless subscribers to paid.…

1 min read

Puts Pile Into Beaten-Down Tech Names

Bearish options bets are clustering in stocks that have lost the most ground in 2026. Tesla, Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Netflix all rank at the top for negative options bets over the past week. Oracle leads the…

1 min read