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The week ahead is defined by one morning: Monday, October 13. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, and UnitedHealth Group all report on the same day. JPM has drifted to an RSI of…
Options markets are in focus ahead of a bank-heavy earnings week. JPMorgan Chase hit an RSI of 32 this week. That is deeply oversold territory for the largest US bank by assets. The stock is up just 2.3% year-to-date…
Delta Air Lines kicks off today with an earnings call at 10am Eastern. The airline sector will be watching closely after a volatile summer for travel demand. The real action arrives Monday. Six of Wall Street's biggest…
AppLovin took the sharpest analyst hit of the day. Jefferies analyst James Heaney cut his price target from $550 to $375, a drop of $175, while keeping a Buy rating. The ad-tech company carries an $85.6 billion market…
An NVDA director filed a flurry of sales in early September. Mark Stevens, an independent director at NVIDIA, reported selling roughly 1.85 million shares across several transactions filed on September 2. The total…
PKE reports today carrying a short interest profile that has been unwinding steadily, even as the stock has slipped 5% over the past month to close at $29.66. Shorts representing 6.3% of the free float have been pulled…
Oil-Dri Corporation of America reports its fiscal year results today against a backdrop of sharp recent selling, an active activist position on the register, and short sellers retreating rather than pressing. The stock…
Short sellers have turned dramatically negative on MMED (MiniMed Group) in recent weeks. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped from 26% to 99% in just 30 days. The ORTEX short score stands at 92 out of…
PSO enters its October 12 results with a notable shift in analyst sentiment working against a stock that has quietly recovered 4% over the past month. The most striking feature of the pre-earnings setup is the pace of…
DAL fires the first shot in Q3 earnings season today, reporting at 12:30pm ET. The heaviest week lands Tuesday. JNJ, WFC and UNH all report before the open. UNH carries a $337 billion market cap. Its medical cost ratio…
Q3 earnings season opens this week. Banks and big pharma dominate the calendar, and options positioning is already shifting. UNH, WFC, BAC, JNJ and STT all report in the coming days. Negative options bets have…
Earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. Over 340 US and Canadian companies are scheduled to report between Friday and Thursday. DAL fires the starting gun today, releasing Q3 results at 12:30pm ET. The airline…
Japan's machine tool sector posted its sharpest year-on-year jump in recent memory. Numerically controlled machine tool orders hit 193,463 JPY million in August 2026, up 63% on August 2025, according to the Japan…
Jefferies trimmed its target on APP sharply. The price target fell from $550 to $375, a drop of 32%. The Buy rating was kept, but the move signals growing caution on the ad-tech name after a strong run. WDAY also got a…
Andrew MacDonald, President and COO of UBER, filed disclosures on September 8 showing he bought $4.1 million worth of Uber shares in the open market. A second filing on the same date brought the total declared interest…
Short sellers made a decisive move this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw its short interest leap to 99% of free float, up from 77.6% just five days ago. That is a 21-percentage-point jump in under a week. Availability of…
US equities dominated the past week. ETFs tracking American stocks pulled in $67.2B net, dwarfing every other geography. The flow imbalance hit 68.6, pointing to solid buying pressure rather than a close contest…
Iran headlines are driving sentiment across both regions. CNBC reports that Asia-Pacific markets are trading higher as investors assess U.S.-Iran peace deal diplomacy. European equities have been pulled in both…
American Express drew heavy bearish options interest Thursday after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency slapped a $350 million fine on the firm. Regulators cited deficiencies in Bank Secrecy Act and…
The earnings calendar heats up fast this week. Delta Air Lines kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, with its Q3 call at 10am Eastern. Investors want to know whether strong travel demand held through the summer months. The big…
