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Big Week: Netflix Leads Earnings Rush

Today is one of the busiest days of the quarter. NFLX reports Q2 2026 results after the close. Subscriber growth and ad-tier revenue are the key numbers to watch. ISRG holds its Q2 earnings call today as well. The…

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Wall Street Lifts Banks, Clips Airlines

Analysts raised target prices on a clutch of US financials today. Morgan Stanley got a TP bump to $221 from $218. M&T Bank moved to $251 from $246. PNC Financial climbed to $273 from $267. All three follow strong Q2…

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Execs Cash Out as Tech Rally Peaks

Corporate insiders across US markets have been filing a wave of sell transactions this month. The pattern points to executives taking profits after strong recent gains. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson led the list. He filed…

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Q2 Season Fires Up as Oil Shock Rattles Markets

Q2 reporting kicks off in earnest tonight. NFLX reports after the close, with investors focused on subscriber growth and ad-tier momentum. ISRG also reports today. Options positioning into both names is call-skewed,…

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Earnings Season Puts Options in Play

Q2 earnings season is heating up. Options traders are positioning fast ahead of major results this week. NFLX reports on July 16. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float. That low bearish conviction in the stock…

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Big Names Line Up for Q2 Season

NFLX and ISRG kick off the week today, Thursday July 16. Netflix reports Q2 results after the close. Investors are watching subscriber growth and ad-tier momentum. Intuitive Surgical holds its earnings call the same…

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Banks and Pharma Lead Target Price Wave

Analysts raised targets across financials and healthcare on Tuesday, with Goldman Sachs seeing the sharpest jump. The average consensus target for GS rose to $1,085 from $1,037. That is a near-$50 increase. Goldman…

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Insiders Dump Big Across Tech and Retail

A wave of significant insider selling has hit US markets this month, with filings landing as recently as July 14 and 15. The biggest story sits at DELL. Silver Lake Group — a 10% board-level owner — filed sales…

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Bears Pile Into SpaceX, Hertz, and Willdan

Short sellers made notable moves this week across a range of US stocks. Data as of July 14 shows some sharp increases in bearish positioning. Space Exploration Technologies saw the biggest mid-to-large cap jump. Its SI…

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HTZ: Bears Add Again as the August Print Looms

Hertz Global Holdings has now shed 64% in a month, shorts have added another leg, and the lending market remains fully locked — yet the options market continues to lean toward calls rather than puts. The short interest…

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EVCM: Insiders Sell Daily as Borrow Market Stays Frozen

EverCommerce enters the week before its August 6 earnings with a borrow market still effectively shut, insiders selling into every uptick, and a short score that has now pushed to its highest recorded reading — a…

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SoFi Bounces Into Earnings Window With Bears Paring Back

SoFi Technologies has clawed back to $18.55 this week — up 4.5% — with short sellers quietly trimming exposure and Goldman Sachs lifting its target just days ago, setting up an interesting pre-earnings dynamic ahead of…

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ZS Options Caution Meets Short-Score Reset

Zscaler has now moved 17% higher in a month and short sellers have mostly stepped aside — but options traders are quietly loading up on downside protection as the September earnings date comes into view. The options…

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XTB Rallies 19% in a Month as Shorts Quietly Retreat

XTB has spent July doing what bears least want to see — rallying hard while the borrow market moves entirely the wrong way for short sellers. The stock closed at PLN 130.70 on July 14, up nearly 8% on the week and…

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Aptiv Shorts Build Into August Earnings

APTV heads into its August 4 earnings date with short interest climbing sharply and the stock down 15% over the past month — a combination that sets up an unusually charged pre-print setup. Short interest has jumped…

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