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Sunday, August 30, 2026

Emerge Commerce ($ECOM.V) FINS Review

Emerge Commerce's $44 million COVID-era acquisitions produced losses and impairments, while modestly improved Q2 liquidity leaves its balance sheet and capital needs under scrutiny.

EMCMF $10M
Wolf's Substack 9 clicks

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BDC on X

Very constructive development here w/ $STIM. We have both the largest shareholder and a major activist investor demonstrating full confidence in the balance sheet and new management. We think the new CFO has helped here and credit to Dan Reuvers for taking the CEO role at a tricky time but demonstrating a solid turnaround plan that has obviously has the backing of shareholders. For too long this business has under-punched its weight which is why activism became a reality in the first place. Clearly the new management has things pointed in a more exciting direction. At the same time, shareholder board nominations will ensure that the new direction remains one intent on maximizing equity value.
@orrdavid 2 clicks

David Orr on X

It's not THAT clear Citadel made a good bet. Probably good. But it could be losing. Three buckets: 1. Citadel brand buying the block creates a lot of buyers short term, letting them get out. A counter to this is: how many other funds/players blew up at the same time, with how much more stock still needing to be sold at any price by brokers? And redemptions. 2. The $SOXX drop was mostly just technical and will keep going up again after this. In which case Citadel will kill it. 3. The $SOXX drop was on real fundamentals, like the market knows the trade is over. In that case, Citadel stands to get slaughtered if the move continues down. Nobody really knows. Memory seems very questionable, though. I follow $TSM well and that seems merely fairly priced here, not a screamin' buy. $NVDA seems hard today, with all this chatter of competing chips / AI getting so powerful the software moat seems like probable junk in a few years.

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Microsoft ($MSFT) - Deep Dive

Microsoft’s AI data-center buildout lifted annual CapEx from $5.5 billion in FY2014 to $115.9 billion in FY2026, resetting free-cash-flow…

MSFT $3.8T
Bearhold Research 6 clicks

The Verra Sneerer (NASDAQ:VRRM)

Verra Mobility renewed Hertz tolling management for five years. AutoKinex lets rental customers buy tolling, fuel and protection products…

VRRM $696M
The Oak Bloke 10 clicks
EGO · long 2026-06-01

Eldorado Gold CORP

Eldorado Gold (EGO) is a long-life gold and copper miner with a rare growth profile across precious and base metals.

EGO $13B
Value Investors Club 5 clicks
CNR · long 2026-06-01

Core Natural Resources INC

Core Natural Resources is a US metallurgical and thermal coal producer formed in January 2025 through the merger of CONSOL Energy and Arch…

CNR $4.9B
Value Investors Club 4 clicks
NCNO · long 2026-06-01

Ncino INC

NCino is a commercial-lending system of record for banks and credit unions, trading at roughly 3x enterprise value to sales.

NCNO $2.5B
Value Investors Club 5 clicks
CNH · long 2026-05-31

Cnh Industrial NV

CNH Industrial, the No. 2 global agricultural-equipment OEM, is pitched long at about $10 per share.

CNH $14B
Value Investors Club 5 clicks
GPK · long 2026-05-31

Graphic Packaging Holding CO

Graphic Packaging (GPK) is pitched as a long with $22 fair value, implying roughly 100% upside, based on its low-cost paper-based packaging…

GPK $3.4B
Value Investors Club 4 clicks

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