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Emerson Electric arrives at its August 5 earnings report in a meaningfully different position than just days ago — the stock has surged 14% over the past month to $158.84, a move that raises the bar for what the…
Devon Energy heads into its Q2 2026 earnings release with short interest near a one-month high, options positioning slightly more defensive than usual, and an analyst community that has been trimming targets while…
Short sellers are piling into beaten-down names this week. Solid Biosciences saw the sharpest increase among mid-cap US stocks. Its short interest jumped nearly 8 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 39.6%…
Caterpillar has already moved — up 5.6% on Tuesday to $876.54 and 7.5% above last Monday's close — meaning the Q2 print landed this morning with immediate market impact, and the question now shifts to whether the…
ITUB reports Q2 results this morning with the stock softer heading into the release, down 3.5% yesterday to $8.19, even as short sellers quietly reduce pressure ahead of the number. The borrow market has moved sharply…
BALL reports Thursday after the prior article flagged an options signal easing ahead of what turned out to be a rescheduled print — the stock has since shed 2.1% on Tuesday and 4.7% over the week, resetting the setup…
American Financial Group delivers its Q2 results today with the same calm lending backdrop described heading into the original August 4 date — and nothing in the positioning data has shifted materially since…
A packed earnings week dominates the US tape. Palantir, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Marriott all report today. Tomorrow's slate is heavier still — Caterpillar and McDonald's both drop at 12:30 ET. CAT is a key read on…
Options flow this week points squarely at semiconductor and memory names. Bullish bets dominate two of the most active large-cap counters in the US market. Micron Technology tops the positive options bets leaderboard.…
Analyst desks were busy Wednesday, with target price moves hitting auto supplier APTV, healthcare distributor HSIC, and insurer HUM. Aptiv takes the biggest hit. Consensus cut the average target price on Aptiv to…
Insiders filed over $22M in sales at SCHW last week. Founder and Co-Chairman Charles Schwab sold nearly 189,000 shares across three separate transactions between July 24 and July 29, at prices around $102–$106 per…
China pulled in $9.1B in net ETF flows over the past week. That makes it the single biggest geographic destination for institutional money right now — beating even US-focused funds. The flow into China is a sharp…
Monday brought a burst of results. Palantir reports tonight. Markets are watching its AI revenue closely. Vertex Pharmaceuticals and ON Semiconductor also post after the bell. Marriott and Loews delivered results…
Two upgrades stand out in today's analyst activity. ON Semiconductor was lifted to a higher rating by Wall Street consensus. The chipmaker carries a $31.3bn market cap. Average target prices moved up to $109.68 from…
Four executives at THC filed sales this week totalling over $7.4 million. The COO sold $2.6M worth of shares on July 29. The CIO followed with a $2.7M sale two days earlier. Two independent directors added further…
Short sellers are moving fast. ORTEX data as of August 3 shows notable shifts in bearish positioning across several names. SLDB leads the weekly movers. Solid Biosciences saw its SI % of free float jump +7.9 points to…
SoFi Technologies surged 10.5% on Monday to $18.03 — its biggest single-day move in months — yet the short base has barely shifted, and the analysts who cover it just cut their targets, making this one of the more…
Technip Energies enters August having shed 13% in a single week — a drop that follows a brutal earnings reaction and leaves the stock at levels not seen in recent memory. The catalyst was clear. Last Wednesday's H1…
IREN heads into the week at $39.75 — up 8% on Monday and 9.5% on the week — yet the short base has grown heavier still, deepening a conflict between record bearish positioning and a stock that keeps rallying. The short…
AST SpaceMobile closed Monday at $63.52, up 9% on the week, yet the borrow market remains effectively seized — a combination that sets up a genuinely charged earnings week ahead of the August 10 print. The lending…
