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Options market pricing indicates Abbott Laboratories (ABT) shares may move about 4.5% when the company reports quarterly results on July 16 before the market opens. Historical responses around prior earnings have often exceeded implied moves, with five of the past eight reports producing larger swings than options implied.
Options pricing ahead of General Electric Co.'s July 16 premarket earnings release implies a stock move of about 4%. Historical patterns from eight prior reports show the share price moved more than the options-implied amount in five instances, with both large declines and rallies recorded across the sample.
Norwegian equities closed lower on Thursday, with the Oslo OBX index slipping 1.00% as losses in Media, Transport and Diversified Financials weighed on the market. Nordic Semiconductor, SalMar and Norsk Hydro were among the few winners, while Frontline, Hafnia and Hoegh Autoliners led declines. Commodity and FX moves included weaker crude and Brent…
Israel's equity market finished lower on Thursday, with the TA 35 slipping 0.82% as losses concentrated in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors. A larger number of issues fell than rose, while some individual names posted notable gains and losses. Commodity and currency moves included weaker crude benchmarks, firmer gold futures and a so…
Options markets are pricing in a 7% move in Intuitive Surgical Inc. shares when the company reports quarterly results after the close on July 16, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historical post-earnings reactions have sometimes outpaced these implied moves, but not consistently across recent reporting periods.
Options market pricing indicates UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) could swing by 6.1% when it reports earnings on July 16 before markets open, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Over the last eight earnings cycles, actual intraday moves have exceeded the options-implied range in four instances and fallen short in the other four, hig…
Options markets are pricing in a 7.3% move for Netflix when it reports earnings after the market close on July 16, based on Bloomberg-compiled options data. Historical comparisons show the stock has both exceeded and fallen short of options-implied moves across recent reports, with the largest two-year swing a 13.5% gain on January 21, 2025, and th…
Micron (MU) pulled back from recent highs but fundamentals and strategic U.S. investment plans argue the company is positioned to benefit from structurally higher AI-driven memory demand. This trade proposes a long stance with an entry at $1005.00, a $1250.00 target and a $900.00 stop, framed for a long-term horizon of 180 trading days.
Greece's Athens General Composite closed higher by 0.19% on Thursday, propelled by gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors. Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA, Profile Syst and Athens Water were among the top performers, while Gek Terna, Elvalhalcor and Allwyn AG ranked as the session's laggards. Market breadth was narrowly negati…
Citi's Q2 2026 survey of 100 IT decision makers finds Microsoft remains the primary vendor CIOs are planning to increase AI spending with, followed by Amazon and Google. The poll shows an improved IT spending backdrop versus the prior quarter, with forward budget growth expectations rising and data analytics and AI maintaining the top investment pr…
SK Hynix’s U.S. depositary receipt offering drew demand in excess of seven times available supply and is on track to raise roughly $26.5 billion at a reported $149 per ADR, making it the second-largest share sale on record. The funds are intended for manufacturing capacity, and the offering comes as investors price the company against U.S. peers an…
Micron (MU) has historically seen rallies followed by sharp corrections. Today the setup looks different: persistent AI-driven memory demand, tighter industry supply dynamics, and a leaner balance sheet tilt the odds toward an extended advance. This is a tactical swing idea with explicit entry, stop and target using a mid-term horizon and disciplin…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that surging compute and memory expenses are creating a clear financial headwind for the company even as it reports a significant efficiency improvement in its latest model. Altman reaffirmed Microsoft’s role as a major customer, dismissed rumors of a 5% U.S. government equity stake, said the company has made changes…
Stocks across market-cap tiers moved sharply on Thursday as semiconductor companies accounted for many of the largest advances and select biotech and small-cap names also produced outsized percentage changes. Micron and AMD were among the notable winners in the mega-cap cohort, while Gloo Holdings fell after pricing a public offering.
Morgan Stanley projects global mergers and acquisitions will reach a record $6.4 trillion in 2026, driven by stronger equity markets, renewed corporate confidence and sizeable private equity dry powder. Momentum accelerated in the second quarter with announced deals and completions rising sharply, while the prospect of interest-rate increases remai…
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams told a conference audience that he does not anticipate a sustained rise in energy prices for the remainder of the year despite a renewal of conflict in the Middle East. He reiterated that markets expect oil to decline over the next six to 12 months, outlined the Fed’s deliberative decision-making rhy…
National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) will release its third quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on July 29, 2026, followed by a conference call on July 30, 2026, featuring executive remarks and Q&A sessions. The company operates in integrated energy sectors including upstream and gathering, pipeline and storage, and utility services.
A coalition of newspapers led by the New York Times and the New York Daily News has asked a federal court in Manhattan to sanction OpenAI, arguing the company misled the court about its capacity to locate copyrighted material within its systems and removed or made inaccessible billions of related ChatGPT conversations. The newspapers seek attorneys…
Alphabet is trading well below its 52-week high despite commanding fundamentals: a ~$4.29 trillion market cap, double-digit return on equity, and $64.4B in free cash flow. Near-term macro risks have knocked the stock into value-rebalance territory. For patient, risk-aware traders, a long position sized to risk tolerance with a $320 stop and $400 ta…
Bernstein identified three U.S. business services companies that it views as top picks for investors, citing durable pricing power, recurring revenue streams and sector-specific advantages. Waste Connections and Ferguson earned Outperform ratings, while Cintas was assigned Market-Perform as regulatory uncertainty clouds an otherwise strong track re…
Monster Beverage (MNST) is trading near $96 and offers a tradeable setup that buys into durable free cash flow, category growth and strong liquidity. Valuation is rich but not irrational given 2026 growth and zero net debt. This idea is a mid-term long: entry $96.23, stop $90.00, target $110.00 over ~45 trading days.
Alibaba is trading at $110.995 with a market cap of $268.1B and a PE of 16.96. Recent momentum, improving technicals, and analyst optimism around cloud and local consumer services create a tactical long opportunity. The trade banks on quick-commerce losses narrowing and margin leverage to prompt upward EPS revisions and multiple expansion over a 18…
Prime Medicine's legal win versus a competitor reduces a key overhang and improves the risk/reward for long investors. The company still trades like an early-stage biotech: negative EPS, negative free cash flow, and a market cap near $830M. For disciplined traders, a long trade with a $4.60 entry, $7.50 target and $3.60 stop over a 180 trading-day …
IREN is a vertically integrated, renewable-powered data center operator that has rapidly expanded its pipeline through acquisitions and large customer commitments. Despite a frothy multiple and recent volatility, IREN's announced capacity wins, European entry and a growing neocloud narrative create a time-limited opportunity. This trade targets a r…
Marvell Technology shares jumped sharply in morning trading, led by a sector-wide comeback in optical communications and AI chip stocks. The stock climbed to $246.20, recovering from a multi-week decline, as peers rallied and RBC Capital Markets reiterated an Outperform rating with a $360 price target tied to robust data-center revenue growth forec…
