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ADM Back at the Print, Now Trading Below the Bear's Target

Archer-Daniels-Midland returns to the earnings window on August 4 in a materially different position than it occupied a week ago — the stock has given back nearly all of its recent gains and now trades below the mean…

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AME Bulls Stay in Charge Ahead of Tuesday's Q2 Print

AME enters its August 4 Q2 earnings report with positioning that has grown even more call-heavy since last week's preview, as options traders continue to lean decisively bullish ahead of the print. The call-side skew…

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AFG Heads Into Q2 Print With Bulls Ahead on Targets

American Financial Group reports second-quarter results on August 4 against a backdrop that is notably calm — lending conditions are loose, short sellers are quiet, and options traders are not positioned defensively…

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Bears Pile Into Rental Cars and Chewy

Short sellers are on the move. The biggest story this week is the rental car sector, with bears swarming HTZ and CAR. Hertz now sits at 84.6% SI % FF. That rose nearly 10 points in just seven days. Availability is zero…

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Rental Cars, Earnings Rush, and a Yen Shock

August 1 opens with markets juggling a record-heavy earnings week, fresh FX volatility, and growing bearish pressure in consumer names. Over 170 S&P 500 companies reported this week. Today's slate includes ExxonMobil,…

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Bears Swarm Rental Cars, Options Signals Flash

Rental car stocks are drawing heavy bearish attention as August begins. HTZ carries a staggering 84.6% short interest as a percentage of free float. Availability sits at 0% — shares to borrow have effectively run dry.…

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Analysts Cut Homebuilder Targets, Lift Pharma and Insurance

Analyst target price moves on August 1 showed a clear split. Wall Street trimmed housing-related names. It raised pharma and insurance. BLDR took the sharpest hit. Builders FirstSource saw its average analyst target…

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Schwab Founder Dumps $20M in Shares

Charles Schwab is cashing out. The founder and Co-Chairman of SCHW filed to disclose $19.8M in sales over three days this week. He sold 95,450 shares on July 29 alone, netting $10.1M at around $105.82 each. A family…

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Bears Circle the Rental Car Lot

Short sellers are piling into beaten-up consumer names. Hertz leads the charge, with SI % of FF hitting 84.6% — up nearly 10 points in just seven days. That's one of the biggest weekly jumps among large-cap…

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Money Flows Into U.S., Japan, and Tech

Institutional money moved decisively into equities last week. A net $76.9B flooded into equity ETFs in a single week. That dwarfs every other asset class combined. The U.S. led all regions with $31.3B in net inflows…

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Bears Circle Semis as Puts Dominate July Close

Options flow turned bearish on semiconductors into July month-end. Micron Technology topped the negative bets leaderboard across US stocks this week. The memory chipmaker is up 206% year-to-date. Traders are hedging…

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Citigroup Lifts Stanley Black & Decker; Generac Cut

Analyst desks were busy Thursday with a mix of upgrades and target price revisions across industrials, pharma, and consumer sectors. Citigroup makes a bold industrial call. SWK received an upgrade to Buy from…

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Insiders Sell Big, Buy Quietly

A 10% shareholder in VSXY (Victoria's Secret) filed this week to reveal over $96M in sales across multiple transactions. Singapore-based BBRC International sold more than 1 million shares between July 22 and July 28.…

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Bears Pile Into Rental Cars and Pet Retail

Short sellers are turning aggressive on two beaten-down sectors. Hertz Global Holdings and Chewy lead the week's biggest SI moves. HTZ now sits at 84.6% SI of free float. That jumped nearly 10 percentage points in just…

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GoDaddy Slips After Earnings as Analysts Split on AI Roadmap

GoDaddy reported Q2 results on July 30 and the market's initial enthusiasm gave way to a 5.5% pullback — yet the stock still closed the week up 13%, leaving investors to weigh a strong run against a suddenly divided…

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Latitude Group Holds Flat as Borrow Costs Stay Elevated

LFS enters the final week of July in an unusual position: the stock has barely moved, yet the lending market tells a story of structurally high borrowing costs that have persisted for nearly a year. The most striking…

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