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Earnings season officially began Monday with PEP and LEVI set to report midweek. Options traders moved early. IBM attracted bullish positioning after BofA flagged strong Q2 signals and a possible 2026 guidance upgrade.…
Earnings season kicked off on July 7, pulling fresh options attention across several key names. With the SPY tracking the broader market, Fed Governor Waller's comments on monetary policy communication added a macro…
The first major wave of Q2 2026 earnings arrives this week, with consumer giants and airlines set to report. Tuesday, July 7 — EPAC (Enerpac Tool Group) kicks off the week after the close, reporting Q3…
Regional banks are dividing analyst opinion. Two of them face fresh downgrades. Others are seeing target price upgrades after recent earnings. Huntington Bancshares was downgraded by the consensus this week. Truist…
Analysts delivered a mixed verdict on US financials this week. The moves reveal a growing divide between Wall Street giants and regional lenders. Goldman Sachs got the headline call. Evercore ISI analyst Glenn Schorr…
Five insiders at ATLC — Atlanticus Holdings — filed $10.5 million in sales over six days. The filings hit between June 26 and July 2. CEO Jeffrey Howard and CFO William McCamey each sold 10,000 shares on June 26 at…
CRWV is one of the week's sharpest moves. Short interest jumped to 29.4% of free float — up 5.7 percentage points in seven days. The AI cloud company saw a founder sell $7.1M in stock. That insider sale appears to have…
Analysts took a knife to US trucking today. Morgan Stanley cut JBHT to Underweight, raising its price target to $200 but signalling clear caution on truckload demand. ODFL was also downgraded in the same session. Two…
The earnings season gets going this week. Big names report from Tuesday through Friday, with no IPOs on the calendar. Tuesday, July 7 brings the first mover. Enerpac Tool Group posts Q3 results after the…
Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales totalling over $49M this past week. The filings, reported July 1, covered trades on June 29–30. Dickerson sold roughly 70,000 shares across two sessions. He wasn't…
HTZ is the week's standout short target. Short interest jumped nearly 12 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 60.8% of free float — one of the highest readings among US-listed stocks. Borrow availability has…
Bears are pressing hard on chips heading into earnings season. The SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF carries 17.9% short interest as a percentage of free float. Its cost to borrow has jumped to 2.21% APR. Borrow…
Options market signals are flashing amber in the semiconductor space. The SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF carries 17.9% short interest as a percentage of free float. Its cost to borrow has jumped to 2.21% APR. Short…
The week of July 7 brings the first major earnings reports of the summer season. Two marquee names headline the calendar. PEP reports Q2 2026 results on Wednesday, July 9. The beverage and snack giant has faced…
Analysts turned bearish on US trucking and freight on July 6. Two major names took hits while semiconductor and insurance stocks saw target price increases. JBHT — J.B. Hunt Transport Services — was downgraded by the…
The past week's filings reveal a wave of selling from top executives. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales totalling over $55M worth of Applied Materials stock. The trades occurred June 29–30. Shares were sold at prices…
AI infrastructure stocks are drawing the most short seller attention right now. CRWV — CoreWeave — saw its short interest leap 4.7 percentage points in five days to 28.4% of free float. Bears are circling ahead of Q2…
The next seven days bring a mix of consumer giants, travel names, and mid-caps to the reporting stand. No major IPOs are scheduled in the window. Tuesday, July 7 opens proceedings with EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group —…
Analysts lifted price targets across the storage and semiconductor sectors on July 6. The moves point to broad optimism in data infrastructure names. Sandisk drew the highest target on the list. Analysts now peg its…
Insider filings from the past two weeks show a split market. Some CEOs are buying heavily. Others are cashing in near highs. The biggest buyer: SMMT CEO Bob Duggan filed on June 12 that he bought $50M worth of shares —…
