Monday, September 28, 2026

What the AI Boom Looks Like From Inside Cisco with Sam Badri | The Real Eisman Playbook Ep 77

Cisco’s Sam Badri says roughly 90% of AI users remain at basic prompting, with few advancing to skills files or AI agents.

CSCO $441B

Steve Eisman Sep 28 5 clicks

Sep 28 ZS $33B

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) Stock Rating: Accumulate After Q4 FY7/26 Earnings

Cestrian Capital Research 3 clicks

Sep 28 META $1.8T

Dox for Me, O Muse: Meta’s New AI Agent Built Lists of People in Vulnerable Groups on Request

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@leevalueroach Sep 25 1 click

Lee Roach on X

$EVC https://t.co/OzRDf5rSVJ

@pennycheck Sep 25 2 clicks

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This is pretty interesting given betaville doubled down this week on the ft report from last month that NXPI was buying $AMBA https://t.co/sTFBugyWZx

@junkbondinvest Sep 25 1 click

junkbondinvestor on X

Remember during COVID, everyone upgraded their backyards and built pools and Leslie's decided to expand past 1,000 stores like this was all permanent? Well, it wasn't. And now now they're preparing to file for Chapter 11. Its lenders are equitizing and taking control of the business. The pandemic literally pulled forward years of pool spending. $LESL

@calvinblissett Sep 25 1 click

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AI think it is more a question of pricing (LLPA grid) for a $FICO scored loan than predictive power and has been for some time. A FICO loan and a VS loan do not command the same price by mortgage buyers, resulting in absurd amounts of money left on the table for sellers of securitized mortgages, and a much higher mortgage for individual buyers

@ActAccordingly Sep 25 5 clicks

PAA Research on X

And so will $AAPL $AMZN $GOOG, they will all attempt to protect their walled gardens. Nothing new or surprising there. https://t.co/ZzqZmFtBwO

@RagingVentures Sep 25 2 clicks

Raging Capital Ventures on X

Along with our great guest speakers (outlined below), our Ideas & Networking Conference next Thursday, October 1st in NYC will feature a few investment ideas from yours truly. Over the years, we’ve highlighted some good ones, including: 2023 — $EFXT below $6, now $23+; $FPH below $3, now $4.65 2024 — Alphawave Semiconductor, subsequently acquired by $QCOM at a 70% premium; $MRAM below $6, now $18; $WBD below $9, now $30 2025 — Short $ORCL at $285 Plus, many more ideas along the way. We’re down to just a handful of seats for next week. Click below to register: https://t.co/NZIcFTuLGW

@leevalueroach Sep 25 5 clicks

Lee Roach on X

I really like Liftoff $LFTO here. All of the ad tech businesses look too cheap. https://t.co/OzZE77AtrE

@John_Hempton Sep 25 6 clicks

John_Hempton on X

Gee I love $AMC Apes. https://t.co/qqCkWZUjJU

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Uber: The Aggregator on Trial

Uber's $193 billion in gross bookings and $10 billion in free cash flow contrast with modest stock gains as autonomous vehicles and…

UBER $140BDASH $81B

MBI Deep Dives Sep 28 2 clicks

Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) Stock Rating: Distribute After Q2 FY1/27 - Significant Gains To Bank

Veeva Systems moved VEEV to Distribute at $277 after a 41% gain in less than two months, despite Q2 revenue growth of 18% and 45% EBITDA…

VEEV $45B

Cestrian Capital Research Sep 28 4 clicks

Quick Value #332 - Gentherm (THRM)

Gentherm’s Oct. 1 Reverse Morris Trust with Modine adds commercial and off-highway operations, leaving THRM at 7.4x pro forma EBITDA with…

THRM $1BMOD $9.9B

Value Don't Lie Sep 28 3 clicks

Inside AMD and Meta’s Equity-for-Compute Deal

AMD granted Meta warrants for nearly 10% of its shares tied to a 6 GW compute commitment, creating roughly $100 billion of potential…

AMD $1TMETA $1.8T

SixSigmaCapital: Navigating the Financial Markets Sep 28 1 click

RTX Corporation: Improving Margins Could Unlock More Value From Its Backlog

RTX’s $289 billion backlog and margin gains at Raytheon and Collins support its 2026 sales target of $95–96 billion, while Pratt & Whitney…

RTX $250B

Vishal Jadaun Sep 28 3 clicks

On’s Premium Playbook

On Holdings targets premium growth through 2029, using LightSpray soccer cleats and higher pricing, with ASPs rising from $145 to $170…

ONON $9.8B

TSOH Investment Research Sep 28 4 clicks

Oracle: Here's How Badly The AI Trade Could Go (Rating Downgrade)

Oracle faces rising credit and spending risks as OpenAI-linked backlog, Project Jupiter delays and higher component costs threaten FY27…

ORCL $419B

Tech Stock Pros Sep 28 2 clicks

The Monday Morning Briefing: Micron and Nike Earnings on Deck

Micron and Nike earnings headline a weekly briefing featuring Exor’s NAV discount, Meta’s Muse agent and Bellway’s UK housing valuation.

MU $1.2TNKE $53B

Latticework by MOI Global Sep 28 3 clicks

Campbell's: Profit Continues To Fall, But The Stock Is Becoming Interesting

Campbell’s $500 million savings program and Rao’s growth could lift EBIT despite weak FY2027 guidance, while volume declines and inflation…

CPB $5.9B

Investor Overview Sep 28

An open letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren

NAIC oversight missed Delaware Life’s $13.34 billion affiliated-bond exposure and permits capital treatment that props up Brighthouse’s…

BHF $2.9B

Mispriced Assets Sep 27 1 click

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Stitch Fix INC

Stitch Fix’s 2017 IPO rested on overly ambitious long-term growth expectations and an unrealistic definition of its addressable market.

SFIX $347M

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💥A Bright Line to Bankruptcy💥

U.S. Treasury yields climbed above 5% as markets priced further Fed tightening, while Meta’s AI-agent announcement lifted risk appetite…

META $1.8T

PETITION Sep 27 2 clicks

One Hour Analysis: What would it take to break $BPRE's NAV?

BPRE trades 45% below NAV as Saba and Bulldog press for buybacks or a manager change, challenging Bluerock’s incentive to preserve…

BPRE $1.8B

Investing 501 Sep 27 4 clicks

Greenland Energy Company: A Speculative Play On The Monetization Of Greenland

Greenland Energy Company holds 2.1 million acres in the Jameson Land Basin, but drilling permits, political risk and warrant dilution cloud…

GLND $227M

Ron Ferrie Sep 27

Hindsight Capital

Hindsight Capital tests crisis-era investment decisions using anonymized company financials, including TransDigm, Halma and Texas Pacific…

TDG $60BTPL $23B

Rebound Capital Sep 27 6 clicks

Neighborhood Intelligence Is Starting To Look Like A Mess

Neighborhood Intelligence, NXH, faces a cash shortfall after failed and restructured acquisitions, as losses and limited financing options…

NXH $273MFTHM $14M

Vince Martin Sep 27 1 click

Abridged - Capital Cycle IQ & Forensic Files on the Big 5 Hyperscalers (MSFT, AMZN, ORCL, META, GOOG)

Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Meta and Alphabet face another two years of record AI data-center investment amid $3 trillion in commitments,…

MSFT $3.8TAMZN $2.7T

Cassandra Unchained Sep 26 9 clicks

Intuit: Bargain Price, But With Some Risks

Intuit trades at historically low multiples as DIY tax pricing pressure and customer losses test its growth, while assisted tax, Money and…

INTU $72B

Daniel Schönberger Sep 26 2 clicks

New Buy : Honeywell Aerospace $HONA

Honeywell Aerospace, newly spun off as HONA, fell 41% from post-listing highs after Q2 2026 as supply-chain bottlenecks delayed revenue…

HONA $49B

D Invests Sep 26 13 clicks

VersaBank: The Bank Behind the Bank – How a Canadian Branchless Pioneer Wants to Make Asset-Backed Securities Obsolete

VersaBank uses cash holdbacks and put-backs to buy point-of-sale loan cash flows, with C$7 billion in assets and AI-enabled real-time…

VBNK $720M

Substack von Philipp Sep 26 5 clicks

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