Late August 2026 Random Ramblings
Higher rates could compress equity multiples and raise AI data center lease costs, while UWMC and Cogent raise questions about CEO-driven capital allocation.
Higher rates could compress equity multiples and raise AI data center lease costs, while UWMC and Cogent raise questions about CEO-driven capital allocation.
NN’s low-band spectrum could gain value as Apple pursues satellite-to-phone service and seeks greater control over its satellite network.
$NN has sought engineer-to-engineer collaboration with its opposition for roughly 18 months, but the opposition has declined to engage in testing.
Neonode says moving toll-system spectrum by a few MHz would cost tens of millions, while camera-based AI already handles half of toll reading.
RFID spectrum policy faces a dispute over why U.S. users need 28 MHz when Europe and Japan use 6 MHz and China uses 5 MHz.
NextNav says industry engineering and valuation professionals consider its spectrum clean, rebutting criticism of the asset’s quality.
NN’s spectrum assets are likely valuable, despite a bearish view based on a selective reading of the company’s prospects.
How ironic is it that $DAVE, a multi-billion fintech, relies on tips from its payday borrowers for its revenue. Capitalism at its finest!
Q2 2025 portfolio update added Meta and six Canadian names, sold eight holdings, and returned 6.6% versus the S&P 500's 10.6%.
Domo’s $400 million sale to Progress would leave a cash-rich public shell with $900 million of NOLs; January 2028 $5 calls cost 22 cents.
Nvidia faces questions over the durability of its long-term profit margins ahead of earnings.
AWS AI campuses cost $40–$45 billion per gigawatt, with Trainium 3 expected to lift compute per megawatt and improve infrastructure returns.
Big Tech’s $3 trillion AI commitments are disclosed and largely long-dated, with nearly 60% of Amazon’s $650 billion commitments falling…
El Al trades near 2x EBITDA after wartime near-monopoly profits, with $1.3 billion of net cash and owned aircraft weighed against…
CCC, the dominant auto physical-damage claims estimator, connects 27 of the top 30 insurers with 31,000 repair shops as takeout rumors…
Verra Mobility's new seven-year Avis agreement replaces a customer worth over 10% of revenue on materially worse economics, exposing…
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