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Markets Navigate Earnings Wave as Fuel Costs Bite Airlines

Markets Navigate Earnings Wave as Fuel Costs Bite Airlines US Market Highlights Earnings season dominated the tape today. Comcast reported mixed results. Its broadband pivot is weighing on near-term finances. Management flagged positive early momentum converting free wireless subscribers to paid. Peacock and Telemundo recorded record World Cup…

23 Jul 2026, 12:50·1 min read

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Puts Pile Into Beaten-Down Tech Names

Puts Pile Into Beaten-Down Tech Names Bearish options bets are clustering in stocks that have lost the most ground in 2026. Tesla, Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Netflix all rank at the top for negative options bets over the past week. Oracle leads the pain trade. The stock is down 35% year-to-date. Its RSI…

23 Jul 2026, 12:50

Big Week for US Earnings: Coke, QCOM, Chipotle Due

Big Week for US Earnings: Coke, QCOM, Chipotle Due Today kicks off a packed week of S&P 500 results. Several household names report across Thursday and Friday. Today (Wednesday, July 23) sees four S&P 500 names drop numbers simultaneously. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Comcast, and PG&E all report at 9:30am ET. Southwest Airlines holds its…

23 Jul 2026, 12:33

Analysts Lift IBM and Texas Instruments Targets

Analysts Lift IBM and Texas Instruments Targets IBM led the analyst upgrade cycle Wednesday. The consensus rating moved higher after multiple firms lifted their views. The average target price rose to $262.85 from $253.94. IBM trades at a $198 billion market cap with short interest at just 3.8% of free float — bears are light here. Texas Instruments got a fresh boost…

23 Jul 2026, 12:30

Upgrades Flow In for IBM, Texas Instruments

Upgrades Flow In for IBM, Texas Instruments Analysts lifted ratings on IBM and Texas Instruments Wednesday, as Wall Street grows more positive on technology stocks. IBM's consensus rating was upgraded. The average target price rose to $262.85 from $253.94. The stock carries a short interest of just 3.8% of free float. That signals limited bearish conviction. KeyBanc…

23 Jul 2026, 12:21

CEO Dumps $208M as Insiders Split on Outlook

CEO Dumps $208M as Insiders Split on Outlook Fresh filings reveal a sharp divide in executive sentiment this week. Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing's founder and CEO Tadashi Yanai filed yesterday disclosing he sold $208M worth of stock across three trades between July 10–14. The three disposals — at roughly $65M–$74M each — covered 415,800 shares of 9983. That scale of selling…

23 Jul 2026, 12:10

NKLR Options Sentiment Flips as Shorts Retreat

A sharp one-day drop in short interest is coinciding with an unusually bullish swing in options positioning. Together, the signals suggest NKLR — Terra Innovatum Global N.V. — may be entering a different phase after weeks of tight borrow conditions. Options Market Turns Bullish The put-call ratio fell to 1.03 on July 22. That is 2.7 standard deviations below the 20-day mean of…

23 Jul 2026, 12:08

Bears Flee Microsoft, Pile Into Wolfspeed

Bears Flee Microsoft, Pile Into Wolfspeed Short sellers made a dramatic exit from MSFT this week. Short interest collapsed 94% in seven days to just 0.06% of free float. Bears are clearing positions ahead of Microsoft's July 29 earnings report. The reversal is striking. MSFT SI now sits at a multi-month low. Cost to borrow is just 0.33%. The bulls have the…

23 Jul 2026, 12:03

RPM Insiders Sell Into 6% Rally as Options Defensiveness Peaks

RPM International gained 5.8% on July 22. Eight insiders used that strength to sell. Options traders, meanwhile, are hedging at the highest rate in 52 weeks. The CEO sold $400K worth of stock on July 17. The CFO sold the same day. So did the EVP, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Chief Compliance Officer, and the Treasurer. The cluster covered eight executives in a single session at…

23 Jul 2026, 11:24