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Steve Eisman argues AI extinction warnings from Dario Amodei and Sam Altman seek regulation that creates pricing moats.
Friday, September 18, 2026
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If you liked $FTAI at $209, you’re going to love it $186… https://t.co/J40mboCyG8
Lee Roach on X
Rayonier’s $1.86B debt costs 2.29% after swaps and Farm Credit patronage refunds, giving its four million timber acres a cheap fixed-rate funding edge through 2028-29.
JabroniCoin.USD on X
$ACMR https://t.co/gzKlQTn1pF
Lee Roach on X
@SovietInvestor ok well $RYN sells for $1,800 per acre...
RiverRoadPartners on X
FT: Big tech giants booked a $160B+ windfall last qtr from investments in other AI companies. $GOOG, $AMZN, $NVDA, & $MSFT all had lg boosts to their pre-tax profits from ‘other income’ in theory P&L, due largely to valuation gains on equity stakes in other leading AI companies
Myles on X
A fun trade I've had in is arbing convertible preferreds. Long $PCGPRX short $PCG, long $QXOPRB short $QXO. Trading below the convertible price while pocketing a nice dividend with cheap financing.
SG on X
$BMRN up premarket on settlement agreement. I continue to like/own. https://t.co/a6WZ9ksaeH
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All letters- Pendelhaven Asset Management B.V. Q3 2026 DR0 $469MALM $4.2B
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Planet's Next Constellation Is Bigger Than Just An Upgrade
Planet Labs’ $116.1 million second-quarter revenue, 70% defense mix and planned Owl constellation position satellite imagery and AI data as…
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TSOH Weekly Roundup (09/18/2026)
TSOH Weekly Roundup covers organized retail crime, Home Depot’s centralized operating missteps under Bob Nardelli, and research updates on…
QNT: The 100× Question
Quantinuum's improving logical-qubit error correction, 1,504 successful-circuit benchmark score and paid deployments at RIKEN, BMW and…
Deep Dive: Grab Holdings ($GRAB)
Grab generates 53% of revenue from delivery, 36% from mobility and 10% from financial services, using its Southeast Asian marketplace to…
Quantum Computing: Continuing To Evolve And Transition From The Lab To Commerce
Quantum Computing, QUBT, sold its first Dirac-3 system, added a second fab through acquisition and is building photonics capabilities…
Marc Gerstein 
Research & Analysis: Ultra Clean Holdings (NASDAQ: UCTT)
Ultra Clean Holdings targets a $4 billion annualized revenue run rate by H2 2027 through manufacturing expansion and a broader…
Anterix: The Spectrum Case Is Real, But The Chart And The Insiders Say Wait
Anterix’s 900 MHz spectrum could be worth $2.5–$7 billion, versus a $1.41 billion enterprise value, but insider selling and lumpy…
The Market Auditor 2 clicks
This Week in Special Situations: Cooper Companies, Sturm Ruger, Grab Holdings, Boston Omaha
Special-situations survey flags Cooper’s $3 billion buyback, Grab’s $900 million repurchase, and Beretta’s $44.80 partial tender for Sturm…
House of Weichai
Weichai Power built a global engine group through Baudouin and a 46% stake in PSIX, positioning both for large-bore generator demand from…
Power Semiconductors: The Follow-Up
STMicroelectronics, Navitas and Wolfspeed offer contrasting power-semiconductor cases tied to NVIDIA’s 800V AI data-center architecture,…
Diamond Estates: Research Note
Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits plans to expand grocery and export sales, invest in six brands, and improve winery operations through FY29.
Problems at Jackson Financial ($JXN)
Jackson Financial administers $287 billion in retirement accounts while a report says its captive, hedge-loss installment plan and…
Copart 4Q26 Business Update
Copart's U.S. insurance volumes fell 7.5% in 4Q26, largely from one customer loss, while international insurance units rose 11.2% and…
Viridian Therapeutics: Two Products, One Commercial Buildout
Viridian Therapeutics is building a shared commercial platform for Lumvoa and investigational elegrobart in thyroid eye disease, with…
Equity Eagle 
Broadcom q3’26 Earnings Update
Broadcom’s AI semiconductor revenue rose 221% year over year, reaching roughly 80% of $21 billion in Q3 Semiconductor Solutions sales as…
PBF Energy: Even If It's Cyclical, I'm Not Passing It Up
PBF Energy benefits from elevated crack spreads as refinery capacity cuts and oil prices support margins, with 67.5% of spread increases…
Andres Veurink 1 click
Vizsla Silver (VZLA)
Vizsla Silver's Panuco project in Sinaloa remains shut after nine workers were found dead, delaying construction of a fully funded 17.4 Moz…
DiamondRock Hospitality Company: Still A Buy, Though Not As Cheap
DiamondRock Hospitality raised 2026 guidance after Q2 RevPAR rose 7%, AFFO climbed 25.7% to $0.44 a share, and net debt to EBITDA reached…
Philip Wang 
Figure Technology (FIGR): The "Hypoport of America" Growing 100% With 55% EBITDA Margins – and Priced Like the Story Is Broken
Figure Technology's HELOC platform grew Q2 2026 revenue 113% with a 54.6% adjusted EBITDA margin, while shares trade 57% below January's…
EFXT · long Enerflex LTD
Enerflex, a $3 billion natural gas infrastructure and equipment company, blends contracted energy-services cash flows with equipment…
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