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AMD, AMC, and Bears in Focus as New Week Begins

AMD is the week's must-watch name. Options markets are pricing a 12% swing in either direction ahead of its Q2 results. The stock has rallied 122% year-to-date. That run creates a high bar for results to clear. Traders…

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AMD Earnings Bet Dominates Options Flow

Options markets are pricing a 12% swing in AMD ahead of its Q2 earnings report. That makes it the most actively watched earnings-driven options play this week. AMD has climbed 122% year-to-date. That kind of run puts…

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Downgrades Hit Controls and Pharma Giants

Two high-profile downgrades landed this week. Analysts cut their ratings on both JCI and BMY, the latest signs of caution in industrials and biopharma. Johnson Controls took a downgrade from a Buy-equivalent to Hold.…

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Short Sellers Double Down on Rentals and Retail

Bears have been busy. The week ending July 30 delivered some striking short interest moves across multiple sectors. HTZ now carries a staggering 84.6% short interest as a percentage of free float — up nearly 10 points…

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Asia Surge Shakes Up ETF Flows

China and Japan are pulling the most dramatic money in this week. Those two markets alone attracted $26.7B in net ETF inflows over the past seven days. That stands out sharply against a three-month backdrop where the…

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Shorts, Chips, and a Heavy Earnings Week Ahead

Bears are moving decisively into the rental car sector. HTZ (Hertz) now has 84.6% of its free float sold short — up nearly 10 points in a week. Rival CAR (Avis Budget) rose 7 points to 36.2%. Short sellers see…

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Chips Lead the Options Charge as Bears Target Tesla

Micron Technology and Sandisk dominated options flow this week. Both stocks ranked at the top of negative options bets in the US market — a striking signal given their explosive YTD gains of 188% and 412%…

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Big Week: Amgen, Allstate Headline Earnings Rush

Over 1,800 companies report this week. The US calendar is heavy with names spanning biotech, insurance, and tech. Tomorrow, Monday August 3, ALG Alamo Group kicks things off after the close. L Loews Corporation also…

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Downgrades Hit Controls and Pharma

Two notable downgrades landed this week. Johnson Controls International and Bristol-Myers Squibb both took cuts from Wall Street analysts. Johnson Controls slipped a notch in consensus ratings. The building automation…

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Insiders Sell Big, Buyers Emerge

A 10% shareholder in SAFT (Safety Insurance Group) went on a sustained selling run. SRB Corp filed this week showing it dumped over $132M worth of shares across multiple transactions in July alone. The heaviest day was…

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Bears Pile Into Auto Rentals and Chewy

Short sellers have been busy this week. The biggest 7-day jump came from WYFI (WhiteFiber), where SI % of Free Float leapt 14 percentage points to 53.4%. Shares to borrow cost over 7% annually and availability is…

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SK Hynix: Analysts Move In as the Stock Stays Down

SK hynix Inc. has fallen another 7% on the week to $143.73 — the third consecutive week of losses since the July 23 Q2 print — and the Street's first coordinated analyst coverage is landing into the decline rather than…

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LUNR Founders Sell, Shorts Build — Earnings Due Thursday

Intuitive Machines heads into its August 7 earnings report with its own insiders selling aggressively, short interest near a third of the float, and the stock down 42% in a month. The insider story is the hardest to…

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CAT shorts build steadily into August earnings

CAT heads into its August 18 earnings date with short sellers adding positions at a pace that stands out even against a buoyant Australian software tape. Short interest has climbed relentlessly over the past six weeks,…

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PLTR Earnings Are Here — Now What Do Shorts Do?

Palantir Technologies reported Q2 results on August 3 with the short unwind already complete — the real question now is whether the bears who covered into the print come back. The short-covering arc that prior notes…

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Earnings Week Puts Bears and Bulls on Collision Course

Markets are heading into one of the busiest earnings weeks of the year. Over 1,800 companies report results. The biggest names hit Tuesday through Wednesday. Palantir kicks things off today after the close. The AI-data…

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Bears vs Bulls: Options Clash at Earnings

Options flow is sending mixed signals ahead of a packed earnings week. Bearish bets dominated parts of the market. Bulls pushed back hard in semiconductors. Negative flow dominates large-cap tech. Sandisk and Micron…

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Wall Street Turns Cautious on Three Names

Analysts issued a wave of downgrades on Saturday. Three mid-to-large-cap stocks drew the sharpest cuts. Johnson Controls International was downgraded, with the consensus target slipping to $162. The building-tech giant…

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