Monday, September 21, 2026

[CoStar] Homes are different

CoStar spent more than $1 billion building Homes.com to challenge Zillow, betting seller-agent leads, proprietary listing content and…

“Going Through Some Pain”

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ $2.4 billion Foot Locker acquisition nearly quadruples its store count and adds international exposure, risking a…

Goldman Sachs Sinks Toward Bear-Market Territory - Time To Buy

Goldman Sachs posted $20.98 in Q2 EPS on $20.3 billion of revenue and raised its dividend to $5 per share, with M&A and issuance activity…

GS $276B

SA Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT Sep 21 2 clicks

The Monday Morning Briefing

Latticework’s weekly briefing spotlights discounted European assets including Barco, Bolloré, Brookfield and D’Ieteren, with catalysts…

Aggressive Portfolio Trades: Buy Vail Resorts, Buy ORR, Short GEO

Vail Resorts, down 60% since 2022, is pitched for an El Niño-driven ski-season rebound; the portfolio also buys ORR and shorts GEO.

Berkshire Hathaway: The World Isn't Ready For Warren Buffett's Successor

Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel has overseen a $10 billion Alphabet investment, $6.8 billion Taylor Morrison deal and resumed buybacks as…

BRK.A $1.1T

SA Bohdan Kucheriavyi Sep 20

🍔New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Meritage Hospitality Group Inc.🍔

Meritage Hospitality, a 320-unit Wendy’s franchisee, filed Chapter 11 amid $137 million of bank debt, $391 million of leases and a…

Deep Dive: Brookfield Corporation

Brookfield Corporation, down 20% YTD, manages $1.27 trillion across asset management, insurance and operating businesses as rates, debt and…

Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett Steps Down As Chairman While Higher Rates Turn The Cash Pile Into A Bigger Asset

Berkshire Hathaway's $324.9 billion T-bill portfolio benefits from higher rates as Greg Abel succeeds Warren Buffett and BHE adds 11,000 MW…

BRK.A $1.1T

SA Steven Fiorillo Sep 20

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) Stock Rating: Do Nothing After Q4 FY7/26 Earnings

Palo Alto Networks posted 34% Q4 revenue growth to $3.41 billion, boosted by CyberArk and Chronosphere, while NGS ARR reached $9.1 billion…

PLAB · long

Photronics INC

Groupon Built a Brain

Groupon is building an AI “Brain” to personalize its app for each user, turning its turnaround plan into a product initiative.

Thoughts on PayPal Buyout Offer

PayPal faces a $60.50-per-share buyout offer from Stripe and Advent, with a rejection or counteroffer above $80 viewed as more likely.

Rebound Watchlist: July 2026

Rebound Capital's July 2026 watchlist puts AeroVironment and Coinbase under review after UnitedHealth rose more than 70% from its low.

Airbnb’s Cost of Market Creation and Regulatory Survival

Airbnb spent 1.1% of 2025 GBV on field operations and policy as regulatory costs persisted; New York’s short-term-rental crackdown cut…

$CBZ: stop the buybacks and restart the M&A flywheel? | Reference Equity

CBIZ activist Ryan Bunn urges ending buybacks, issuing equity and resuming bolt-on acquisitions to delever after the $2.3 billion Marcum…

New Position: Volatility Merchant

A digital market-infrastructure platform dominant in rates and expanding in credit trades at 22 times free cash flow, with 45%+ FCF margins…

Jet2 Earnings and easyJet's Takeover (JET2); Concerns at TerraVest (TVK.TO)

Jet2 reported £551 million PBT and launched a £250 million buyback, while Apollo’s easyJet offer values the rival at 10x EV/EBIT.

WhatsApp's New Era

WhatsApp named CRED founder Kunal Shah to replace Will Cathcart after Meta bought a 20% CRED stake for $900 million, signaling a push to…

THE MEMORY MACHINE

Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron face an antitrust suit alleging coordinated memory supply cuts drove contract prices up 697% since late 2024…