The Bid Shading Threat to Amazon Advertising
Amazon’s $69 billion advertising business faces an FTC lawsuit over alleged bid shading, threatening a revenue stream that grew roughly sixfold since 2019.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Sep 1 JPM $946B Undercovered Dozen: JPMorgan, Sezzle, Kayne Anderson And More
The Undercovered Dozen 2 clicks Sep 1 U $18B Unity Software: The Ad Network Hiding Inside A Game Engine
Jaden Mealy 1 clickFrom X
Broken Moats on X
$QXO finally in my valuation zone, acquired shares this afternoon. Rates present a challenge, soft commodities surging and geopolitical could further stress inflation/yields but you usually do not get deal when everything is firing on all cylinders
SG on X
@Zerosumgame33 Manav calling $CLMT $DAR $ADM $BG "peers" is crazy to me. Other than all touching ag, they are very different businesses with very different drivers.
Chris Camillo on X
Take-Two Interactive, $TTWO, trades weeklies around GTA 6 news and debates the benchmark for the game’s success.
Prepared Remarks on X
$orcl https://t.co/82tycGZoPl
Raging Capital Ventures on X
Sol Bier and Factorial Funds backed SPCX, Anthropic, Perplexity and ElevenLabs early. A conference interview covers Sol Bier’s venture investing.
Chris Camillo on X
@reddy67874 @Jerry19880 @piques15 only stock i added to today was $AMZN. like the risk/reward probabilities here on $TTWO, but there’s more downside if player sentiment and engagement data start moving the wrong way.
Ian Bezek on X
@sigmazerocap I own a small position in $CRM (thankfully lower cost base), and no $META, so $CRM it is. Clicks results. Wow, guess CRM is going up another 25% next quarter. Love when everyone is positioned wrongly.
Chris Camillo on X
@ryanTesling @piques15 added to $AMZN today, no surprise there
Investor Letters
All letters- Royce Investment Partners Year-to-Date Through 6/30/26 ACA $7.1BADMA $2.1B
- First Eagle Investments second quarter 2026 AEM $98BBTG $10B
- Oakmark Funds 2Q 2026 CRBG $14B
- Southeastern Asset Management 2Q26 ACI $6.1BAVTR $9.9B
- Horizon Kinetics 2nd Quarter 2026 TPL $26BAMZN $2.8T
- Baron Funds JUNE 30, 2026 SPCX $1.9TTSLA $1.4T
- Ariel Investments Quarter Ended June 30, 2026 CG $17BCLB $569M
- Artisan Partners Q2 AMD $768BBAESY $83B
- Weitz Investment Management second quarter AMZN $2.8TGOOGL $4.1T
- White Falcon Capital Management Q2 2026 AMD $768BEPAM $6B
- Merion Road Capital Q2 2026 HONA $49B
- Distillate Capital 2026 Q2 ACN $116BAMZN $2.8T
- O'Keefe Stevens Advisory Q2 2026 SHC $5.4BCALY $2.8B
- CrossingBridge Advisors Q2 2026 EVOK delistedORCL $430B
AUR 2026-08-31 Aurora Innovation: Built To Win With Less Than 1% Of The Market
Andras Tory 1 click
Veeva 2Q’26: “SaaSpocalypse” Cancelled
Veeva beat its $905 million revenue guide with $928 million, up 17.6%, while subscription growth accelerated and GAAP EBIT margin reached…
Microsoft ($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…
Meta Buys Away its Distraction at Minimal Cost
Meta’s $18 billion teen-addiction settlement makes $5.3 billion contingent on YouTube and TikTok adopting matching restrictions, while…
Making sense of Sandisk’s long-term financial model
Sandisk’s FY28-FY30 model relies on long-term NAND agreements holding near-80% gross-margin floors despite pricing 26-28% below current…
[scuttleslops] AI Data Center Economics, ADI, INTU, IDXX
AWS AI campuses cost $40–$45 billion per gigawatt, with Trainium 3 expected to lift compute per megawatt and improve infrastructure returns.
BREAKING: Modine's Anchor Multi-Billion-Dollar Customers Are Google and Amazon
Modine's undisclosed customer on a more than $4 billion agreement is Google, with potential data-center demand from AWS, Crusoe and others.
Exclusive: Walter and TWG Global Likely Can’t Use CVNA for Liquidity. Citi Already Secured It.
TWG Global’s roughly $2 billion Carvana stake is already pledged to Citigroup, limiting Walter and TWG’s ability to use CVNA shares for…
Shitcos, Griftcos, and alignment versus enrichment at $IREN
IREN awarded each co-CEO roughly 9 million RSUs, about 2.5% of shares and $400 million, in exchange for no further equity grants until…
$NU: is Nubank Capital One in 1994 or Capital One in 2006? | Vanshap Capital
Nubank's 140 million customers, 20% efficiency ratio and 30% ROE frame whether its high-teens P/E reflects a scalable fintech or a maturing…
HPE 2026-08-31 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Q3: Margins Matter More Than AI Orders
Deep Value Investing 3 clicks PYPL 2026-08-31 PayPal: Stripe Reportedly Walks Away; Here Are 2 Fallback Options
The Asian Investor 6 clicks TSEM 2026-08-31 Tower Semiconductor: Silicon Photonics Inflection, Buy The Drawdown
Miletus Research 5 clicks
Nvidia Climbing the Wall of Worries
Nvidia guided FY2028 revenue toward $700 billion, roughly 70% growth, while supply constraints and neocloud demand face concerns over…
Nvidia’s Long-Term Margin Question
Nvidia faces questions over the durability of its long-term profit margins ahead of earnings.
Big Tech Off-Balance Sheet Concerns
Big Tech’s $3 trillion AI commitments are disclosed and largely long-dated, with nearly 60% of Amazon’s $650 billion commitments falling…
The $1.5 Trillion of Hidden Debt Fueling the AI Boom | Robin Wigglesworth of FT Alphaville
Hyperscalers’ off-balance-sheet lease and purchase obligations rose from roughly $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, turning the AI buildout into…
Will Hubspot go the way of the Dodo?
HubSpot trades near its 2020 share price despite quadrupled revenue and $750 million in free cash flow, with Breeze AI upside weighed…
AI’s Achilles’ Heel: Why Everything Hinges on Anthropic & OpenAI | The Weekly Wrap
Steve Eisman argues the AI boom hinges on Anthropic and OpenAI’s importance to hyperscalers, while weighing software, CoreWeave and Cisco…
BREAKING: Nebius Told Investors Vineland Data Center Was "On Track" Days After Undisclosed Stop Orders
Nebius omitted Vineland stop orders over unpermitted Bloom Energy fuel-cell and LNG-tank work while telling investors its data-center…
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