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INFY Borrow Cost Doubles as Earnings Loom Three Days Out

Three days before INFY reports on July 23, the cost to borrow its shares has doubled in a week. That's the sharpest escalation in the data since the borrow market first broke down in early June. Cost to borrow hit…

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Earnings Season Kicks Into High Gear

Earnings season enters its most critical stretch today. GOOGL reports Wednesday after the bell, with a $2 trillion market cap on the line. AI monetisation and cloud growth are the key questions. Options hedging is…

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Big Week Ahead: Alphabet, Intel Headline Earnings Rush

Markets face a packed schedule this week. GOOGL kicks off the heavyweight action on Wednesday, July 22, after the bell. The $2 trillion search giant reports Q2 2026 results — AI monetisation and cloud growth will be…

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Banks Split, Airlines Lift Off in Analyst Calls

Analysts delivered a split verdict on US financials today. U.S. Bancorp earned an upgrade, lifting its average target price to $69.64. Truist Financial went the other way. It was downgraded, with consensus shifting…

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Insiders Dump $213M in Dell

Silver Lake Group — a 10% owner and board member at DELL — filed over $213 million in sales this month. The firm offloaded shares across more than 100 separate transactions. Prices ranged from roughly $408 to $452 per…

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Bears Pile Into SpaceX, Hertz Hits 70%

Short sellers made dramatic moves this week. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw the steepest rise among large-caps. SI % of FF jumped from 3.7% to 27.6% in just seven days. That's a near-24 percentage point…

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Intel: Three Signals Align as Earnings Day Nears

Why this matters: Three distinct data streams — options positioning, short covering, and borrow costs — are moving in the same direction for INTC with three days until the July 23 Q2 print. The convergence is notable…

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Earnings Season, AI Jitters, and a Bear Pile-On

This week's calendar is packed. GOOGL Alphabet reports Q2 on Wednesday — a $2 trillion print watched for AI ad revenue and Cloud growth. TSLA Tesla heads into its own earnings with options hedging at a two-year high.…

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Earnings Week Puts a Hedge on Options Markets

Options hedging in TSLA has hit a two-year high ahead of its earnings print. Traders are paying up for downside protection with short interest sitting at just 3% of free float — bearish conviction is coming through…

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Big Week: Alphabet, Intel, Southwest Report

The week's biggest earnings event lands Wednesday. GOOGL — Alphabet — reports Q2 2026 results after the close on July 22. Investors will focus on AI-driven ad revenue growth and Google Cloud momentum. Also Wednesday,…

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Wells Fargo Steps Back as IMAX Shorts Ease Into the Print

IMAX heads into its July 23 earnings with a notable analyst split forming just days before the release — even as short sellers have been quietly cutting exposure. The most striking development is the Wells Fargo…

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Intel Earnings: Analysts Chase, Stock Retreats

Intel heads into Thursday's Q2 print at $95.04 — down 19% over the past month and 13% on the week alone — a stock that has given back almost all of its post-April surge and now trades meaningfully below the consensus…

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Analysts Cut Targets, Shorts Pile In Before DOW's Q2 Print

Dow Inc. heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings report with analysts retreating and short sellers building positions — a combination that raises the stakes for what the company delivers on the morning of the print. The…

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Woori Financial Shorts Retreat as Earnings Loom

WF heads into its July 24 results with short sellers decisively retreating — a meaningful shift for a stock under pressure on the price side. The standout is the rapid unwinding of short positions. Short interest has…

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FTI Shorts Double as Bulls Hold Their Ground

TechnipFMC heads into its July 23 Q2 print with short sellers increasingly active — even as the stock trades near multi-month highs and the analyst community stays firmly constructive. The most striking positioning…

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