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Geopolitics grabbed the wheel today. The US and Iran exchanged strikes on tankers before fresh ceasefire diplomacy emerged. Markets remain edgy. Japan's government bond yields hit a 30-year high as debt concerns grow.…
Today marks the start of a packed earnings stretch. LEVI reports Q2 results today, alongside AZZ and PEP, which hosts its pre-recorded Q2 call this evening. Tomorrow, NTIC kicks off the day with its Q3 earnings call.…
Truist Financial took the day's sharpest blow. Analysts downgraded the $64 billion regional bank. The consensus hold count ticked down as one more sell recommendation landed. Truist shares carry just 3% short interest,…
Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed $55.5M in stock sales last week. The trades happened June 29–30 at prices between $700 and $735 per share. His CTO, Omkaram Nalamasu, also sold heavily in mid-June, offloading…
Short sellers have been busy this past week. Data from ORTEX as of July 7 shows notable moves in both well-known names and smaller caps. CHWY saw its SI % FF jump to 75.4%, up 5.6 percentage points in just seven days.…
Why this matters: MIDD is sending three simultaneous signals — options positioning at an extreme bullish reading, shorts still covering, and a stock that has fallen 22% in a single day. The gap between where the stock…
The borrow market on CLVT remains effectively closed. Availability stands at 1.1% — barely a rounding error above yesterday's 52-week low of 0.43%. Every share in the lending pool is lent out. This has now been the…
Nebius Group has fallen 29% in the past week to $195.19. The short book — already at 24% of free float — remains entrenched. And the CEO sold $11M of stock on July 1, just days before the sharpest leg of the…
The week's biggest corporate calendar gets underway today. PEP posts Q2 results, followed by LEVI after the close. DAL reports Thursday, with investors watching for demand signals amid ongoing fuel cost pressure. The…
Today marks the start of a busy week for corporate results. LEVI reports Q2 numbers today after the close. PEP also posts its Q2 results today, with the call recorded for Thursday morning. Tomorrow, NTIC holds its Q3…
Analysts raised their average target on VRTX to $554.28, up from $552.68. The consensus shift is modest but positive. Vertex carries a $134 billion market cap and just 1.8% SI % FF. That signals very little…
Five insiders at ATLC filed sales totalling over $10.2M in a single week. The CEO, CFO, Founder, Chief Accounting Officer, and a related party all sold shares between June 26 and July 1. Atlanticus Holdings CEO Jeffrey…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on three very different names this week. Data as of July 6 shows CHWY leads all US stocks by short interest. Bears now hold 72.4% of the free float shorted — up another 3.3 percentage…
Why this matters: Three separate signals are flashing on SPYG simultaneously. The put/call ratio just hit a 2.2-standard-deviation extreme. Short interest is climbing. Cost to borrow is rising too. Together, they…
The biggest macro story overnight is a renewed Strait of Hormuz disruption. ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum spiked after hours on the news. The move comes as US airline fuel bills already topped $6bn in May. Energy…
GNRC landed the day's most notable upgrade. Analysts moved the $15 billion power generation company from Hold to Buy. The consensus target price sits at $290.27. The move follows rising demand for backup power systems.…
AMAT insiders filed a wave of stock sales last week. CEO Gary Dickerson alone sold over $50M worth of shares between mid-June and June 30. Filings dated July 1 show Dickerson sold 50,332 shares at $700.21 on June 29.…
CHWY heads into its Q1 2026 earnings report on July 9 with short sellers pressing their bets and options traders tilting toward calls — a split that makes the positioning story genuinely interesting. The bearish…
Albertsons Companies heads into its July 10 earnings report with the Street broadly supportive but visibly lowering its sights, even as short sellers hold a meaningful position heading into the release. The analyst…
AEHR heads into its July 8 earnings report having lost nearly a third of its value in a single week — a collapse that makes the print one of the most consequential in the company's recent history. The stock fell 7.4%…
