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Southern Copper Corporation reports earnings today with its stock at $188 — now more than 12% above the highest analyst price target on record, after a 7.4% single-session surge on July 21 that stretched the already…
RTX heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings release with options traders nudging back toward caution — a posture that has proved stubborn across multiple weeks of coverage, even as the stock has stabilised near $193.67. The…
Short sellers have been active this week. The latest ORTEX data shows some notable shifts across large and small caps alike. NLY — Annaly Capital Management — is the headline mover. Short interest jumped 61% in a…
DGX heads into tomorrow's Q2 print with the options market flipping dramatically from caution to confidence — a sharp reversal from the defensive posture described in the preview published just four days ago. The most…
Northrop Grumman heads into Wednesday's Q2 earnings with options traders more cautious than at any point in months, even as the short-selling community remains largely on the sidelines. The options signal is the…
MCO reports Q2 results today with the stock down nearly 3% from Monday's close but still up 9% over the past month — and with the same bullish positioning structure that defined the July 18 preview largely…
Lockheed Martin heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings release with the stock flat over the past month, options still leaning defensive, and the analyst community split on whether the discount to consensus targets…
JPMorgan Chase heads into today's earnings event — a second-look moment rather than a conventional quarterly surprise — with the stock at $345.23 and a Street consensus that is still running behind price rather than…
Genuine Parts Company heads into its July 23 Q2 print with options traders leaning notably more bullish than usual — a shift from the neutral positioning captured in the preview published four days ago. The clearest…
Capital One Financial reports Q2 results on July 23 with the bullish consensus intact but options traders now leaning more visibly toward calls than at any point in recent weeks. The options signal has sharpened since…
Annaly Capital Management arrives at its Q2 earnings release — scheduled for today, July 22 — with short sellers having dramatically increased their positions over the past month, even as the analyst community remains…
América Móvil heads into today's earnings print with a notable shift from the defensive setup that defined the prior two previews: short interest has retreated and options hedging has eased, yet neither signal has…
Oil and Middle East tensions are front and centre today. US petrol prices have climbed back above $4 as the Iran conflict intensifies. Brent crude briefly touched $90 after Iran targeted tankers. Tehran has since…
Options flow this week shows a clear split between chips and memory stocks. MaxLinear tops the ORTEX options score rankings. Nearly 95% of its options bets this week were bullish. The mid-cap semiconductor stock is up…
Analyst target prices moved broadly higher on Tuesday. Toy giant HAS saw the sharpest consensus upgrade. The average target rose to $108.62 from $108.29. That follows a strong earnings beat reported earlier this…
Swedish billionaire Fredrik Lundberg just filed a bold buying spree across two major Nordic companies. His investment vehicle, Lundbergföretagen, disclosed purchases totalling over $93 million in the past week…
Wolfspeed sits at the top of the short interest table. Its SI hit 79% of free float as of July 20. Shares to borrow are essentially gone — availability is at 0%. The stock has rallied 162% over three months, creating…
China ETFs pulled in $22.3B in net flows last week. That is the single biggest geographic story of the past seven days. The swing is stark. Over the prior three months, China saw a net outflow of $5.3B. Bears have…
Today marks the start of the busiest earnings stretch of the summer. Charles Schwab and homebuilder D.R. Horton open proceedings in the US. European heavyweights Novartis and Vodafone also report today. The big moments…
Today kicks off the busiest earnings stretch of the summer. Over 700 companies report across the week. Today — Tuesday, July 21: Charles Schwab ($178B) and homebuilder D.R. Horton open proceedings. European…
