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Earnings Crunch, Iran Risk, China Bids: Markets on Edge

This is one of the biggest weeks of the reporting season. GOOGL Alphabet posts Q2 results Tuesday after the close. Investors want to see cloud growth and proof that AI spending is paying off. INTC Intel reports…

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Calls Stack Up Before Earnings Deluge

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.…

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Big Week: Alphabet, Intel, Amex Report

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 —…

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Earnings PreviewMCB

MCB Bulls Rush Calls as Insiders Head for the Exit

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. heads into its Q2 print on July 21 with a striking divergence: options traders have rarely been this bullish, while insiders have spent the past several weeks selling into strength. The…

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Earnings PreviewSLM

SLM Shorts Retreat as Options Turn Bullish Before Q2 Print

SLM heads into tomorrow's Q2 earnings release with short sellers having already blinked — the clearest story in the data is not caution but a meaningful reduction in bearish positioning over the past month. Short…

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Earnings PreviewTMUS

T-Mobile Bulls and Bears Split on Valuation as Q2 Print Looms

T-Mobile US heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings report with positioning that remains notably relaxed — but a Street that has spent the past two weeks methodically cutting price targets even as the stock climbed to…

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Berkshire Deal Anchors TMHC Ahead of Earnings

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation reports Q2 results on July 22 against an unusual backdrop: the stock is trading as a pending acquisition target, with Berkshire Hathaway's $72.50-per-share bid reshaping how investors…

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Earnings PreviewBAH

Analysts Cut Targets Ahead of BAH's Earnings Test

Booz Allen Hamilton heads into its July 22 earnings report under a wave of analyst target reductions, with short sellers adding pressure just as the stock trades near multi-month lows. The analyst story is the clearest…

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Analysts Trim Targets as SSNC Heads Into Q2 Print

SS&C Technologies reports Q2 results on July 23 with Wall Street revising its expectations downward on the eve of the release. The sharpest pre-earnings signal comes from analyst desks. Jefferies and JP Morgan both cut…

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Earnings PreviewHBCP

HBCP Shorts Nearly Double Ahead of Q2 Print

Home Bancorp reports second-quarter results today against an unusual backdrop: short interest has roughly doubled over the past month, yet borrow conditions remain among the loosest on record for this stock. The…

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Earnings PreviewAGNC

AGNC Bears Hold Firm as Earnings Arrive

AGNC Investment Corp. reports today with the short thesis still firmly intact — but the stock has slipped further and the analyst backdrop has darkened since the last preview. The positioning picture has shifted…

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Earnings PreviewIBKR

IBKR Options Lean Bullish Into Tonight's Print

Interactive Brokers Group heads into its July 21 earnings release with options markets signalling unusual confidence — a rare setup for a stock that has already rallied hard off its lows. The most distinctive…

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Earnings PreviewBJRI

BJRI Analysts Play Catch-Up as Stock Runs 26% in a Month

BJRI heads into Thursday's Q2 print having left its analyst consensus firmly in the dust — and the Street is now scrambling to catch up. The most striking feature of the pre-earnings setup is the gap between where the…

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