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SBS heads into its July 30 earnings release with options traders showing their most cautious posture in months, even as the lending market stays relatively relaxed. The clearest pre-earnings signal is in options. The…
Vale S.A. arrives at Thursday's Q2 earnings release with the analyst community actively trimming targets, even as the stock clawed back ground this week. The clearest pre-earnings signal is the direction of analyst…
Carpenter Technology heads into its July 30 earnings print with the stock up sharply, analysts chasing targets higher, and insiders cashing out at the highs — a setup defined less by positioning extremes than by a…
Camden Property Trust heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings report with short sellers quietly stepping back and the analyst community turning more constructive — a combination that frames the print as a test of whether…
BTI reports first-half results on July 30 with one of the most striking shifts in its lending market in months — short sellers have almost entirely withdrawn from the stock in a single session. The most notable…
Bristol-Myers Squibb reports second-quarter results on July 30 with the stock riding its strongest stretch in months, but the debate heading into the print centres on whether a rebuilt pipeline can replace the revenue…
BorgWarner heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings report with options traders markedly more defensive than usual, even as short sellers have been quietly stepping back. The options market is the clearest signal of…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. CHWY leads the charge among larger names, with SI % of free float at a massive 72.4% — up nearly 6 percentage points in seven days. Bears see little sign of letting go.…
Baxter International enters its July 30 earnings report in a curious position: short sellers have been retreating even as the stock climbs, but the analyst community remains divided on whether the recovery has…
BBVA heads into its July 30 second-quarter earnings release with options positioning decisively tilted toward optimism and the borrow market almost entirely relaxed. The clearest pre-earnings signal is in options, and…
Avery Dennison arrives at its Thursday earnings release with the most striking development now in options markets — where sentiment has undergone a dramatic reversal in the week leading into the print. The options…
This week belongs to earnings. MSFT, AAPL, and AMZN all report in the next four days. Microsoft is the single biggest event — its $2.8tn market cap means every line of cloud and AI revenue moves markets. KO and SPGI…
Three of the world's largest companies report results in the next four days. Markets are bracing for a critical stretch of earnings. CDNS kicks off today after the close. The EDA software giant carries a $90bn market…
Citigroup analyst Ariel Rosa made two aggressive calls on US railroads. He lifted UNP to Buy with a $349 target. That is a $23 jump from the prior $326 target. He also upgraded NSC to Hold with a target of $376, up…
A wave of insider selling has hit US markets over the past two weeks, with filings revealing coordinated exits across several names. Dell Technologies saw the biggest disclosed activity. Silver Lake Group, a…
China pulled in $8.1B in a single week. That is the standout story in global ETF flows right now. It topped every other geography. Meanwhile, US-focused funds bled $4.0B over the same period — a sharp reversal from…
Brent crude pushed back above $100 a barrel. That is now the dominant macro force in markets. Bond yields are rising in response. Inflation expectations are being reset globally. The move is lifting energy stocks.…
Options sentiment in the S&P 500 is skewing bullish this week. Union Pacific tops the index for positive options flow. Its RSI sits at 72.8. The stock is up 33% year-to-date. Earnings are due soon, and traders are…
Citigroup's Daniel Grosslight raised his price target on MCK to $1,000 from $945 today. That's a $55 lift, and Citi kept a Buy rating. Grosslight also bumped CAH to $265 from $245, another Buy. Both drug distributors…
Sellers dominated insider filings this week. Silver Lake Group filed to reveal it sold $228 million worth of DELL shares in late June and early July. The private equity firm made 239 separate transactions, unloading…
