Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The Next Consumer is a Computer

Meta’s Muse illustrates how persistent AI agents shift compute from per-query to per-user, driving heavier GPU, CPU and memory demand.

META $1.9TNVDA $5.8T

SixSigmaCapital: Navigating the Financial Markets Sep 30 7 clicks

Sep 30 CVX $409B

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Stock Rating: Move To Distribute After Q2 FY12/26 Earnings - Near-Peak Margins And The Iran War

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Sep 30 MU $1.2T

Micron (NASDAQ: MU) Stock Rating: Hold After Q4 FY8/26 Earnings - No Change To Rating

Cestrian Capital Research 5 clicks

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@John_Hempton Sep 30 1 click

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@SilverBacked737 @ishedtruth444 I know you were not talking to me. But I hope you buy more $AMC anyway.

@John_Hempton Sep 30 1 click

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@SilverBacked737 @ishedtruth444 I am not mad about you buying $AMC. I have tried to encourage it. Please buy more.

@DeepSailCapital Sep 30 2 clicks

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@P_Remarks $THEON $DLO $TOI.NE

@stockgutter Sep 30 1 click

SG on X

Happy $MKTW dividend day for those who celebrate ( $PAGS $EVC too)

@convequity Sep 30

Convequity on X

$PANW and $DDOG both put something real inside the customer's systems that an AI lab cannot recreate by calling SaaS APIs. Palo Alto's install is still harder to replace with AI. 1. Datadog's agents mostly sit outside the traffic and watch production. A bad agent version rarely takes the business down the way a bad firewall rule can. 2. Palo Alto's firewalls and SASE cloud gateways sit inside the traffic and decide what to allow, deny, decrypt or inspect. A wrong allow or deny hits live traffic and live machines. 3. Many Datadog users start the day in a coding agent and open Datadog when something looks wrong. Many Palo Alto users start in its console and stay there through alerts, triage and response. For them, an outside AI agent is an add-on. Cybersecurity work splits two ways on AI risk. Work done before code ships ("shift-left") or from outside the traffic, such as scanning code, checking cloud settings and sorting collected alerts, gives answers that are easy to check. AI agents are already taking over more of it. Work in live traffic and on live machines ("shift-right") means judging whether an attacker is still inside and whether blocking them is safe. That is more ambiguous and mistakes cost more, so enterprises move slower and demand earned trust. Palo Alto is not risk-free. In our view its exposure is the easily checked detection and vulnerability work inside its platform, which AI agents can take over sooner. The threat is not an AI-native firewall startup.

@KEDM_COM Sep 30 1 click

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American Assets Trust’s $AAT Chairman Rady continues to buy shares, now already owning 38% of s/o. The 13D also mentions that he may ‘discuss or encourage extraordinary transactions - including mergers, take‑private deals, asset sales, recapitalizations or board/management changes.’

@stockgutter Sep 30 1 click

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@grok compare the revenue $RGTI has earned ytd with the proceeds of $RGTI insider stock sales ytd

@leevalueroach Sep 30 1 click

Lee Roach on X

Pretty good thesis on $MNRO here. I think it gets sold soon. https://t.co/nx6knvA1Ng

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NASDAQ:YB 10% dividend, 2x P/E, 30% growth, AI beneficiary, secular tailwinds, founder CEO I think is as good as Bezos/Walton

Yuanbao pairs a 10.2% dividend and cash exceeding its market value with 33.5% first-half profit growth from AI-enabled Chinese insurance…

YB $590M

Calvin Blissett Sep 30 4 clicks

Undercovered Dozen: Vicor, Rayonier, Accenture And More

Vicor, Rayonier, Accenture and nine other lesser-covered stocks make up Seeking Alpha’s Undercovered Dozen.

VICR $14BRYN $5.4B

The Undercovered Dozen Sep 30 4 clicks

Why AMD Is the Most Overhyped Chip Stock | Ben Pouladian on Meta’s Muse, Anthropic IPO, & Semis

Ben Pouladian argues AMD’s Helios racks cannot match NVIDIA GPUs’ fungibility and financing appeal as agentic AI shifts the bottleneck to…

AMD $1TNVDA $5.8T

The Monetary Matters Network Sep 30 5 clicks

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) Stock Rating: Hold After Q2 FY12/26 - Why Europe's Gas Shortage Has Not Lifted The Stock

EQT remains tied to roughly $3 Henry Hub gas despite European prices near $23 per MMBtu, with US LNG export capacity limiting overseas…

EQT $31B

Cestrian Capital Research Sep 30 4 clicks

Microsoft: The Xbox Segment Revamp

Microsoft plans to rebuild Xbox after FY2026 through studio cuts, higher hardware prices, Game Pass growth, exclusive releases and the 2028…

MSFT $3.8T

Khaveen Investments Sep 30 3 clicks

3 Mergers and 1 Liquidation in the Danger Zone

Stratus Properties liquidates Austin real estate below projected distributions, while Atlantic Lithium and Intermex await approvals for…

STRS $148MIMXI $356M

Triple S Special Situations Investing Sep 30 1 click

💥Yield!💥

Beyond Meat’s Q2 2026 revenue fell 8.2% as U.S. retail and foodservice volumes declined, while a flatter, not inverted, Treasury curve…

BYND $137M

PETITION Sep 30

Research Roundup Vol. LIV

Research Roundup covers AAON's data-center cooling ramp, Knife River's margin recovery, ChronoScale's Microsoft-backed neocloud buildout…

AAON $6.8BKNF $2.9B

Monte Independent Investment Research Sep 30

Annaly Capital Management: Rate Swaps Doing The Heavy Lifting For This REIT

Annaly Capital Management’s rate swaps and MBS expansion lifted earnings available for distribution 28% year over year, supporting its…

NLY $14B

Andres Veurink Sep 30

Toll roads in the sky

Asia's elevator boom favors maintenance and modernization providers, with Otis deriving nearly 90% of operating profit from after-sales…

OTIS $25B

Asian Century Stocks Sep 29 1 click

OTIS · long

Otis Worldwide CORP

Otis Worldwide's largest global elevator installed base generates 95% recurring revenue, with service margins above 90% supporting a…

OTIS $25B

Value Investors Club May 8 2 clicks

NSTS Bancorp: Post 3-Year Thrift Conversion, Possible Sale

NSTS Bancorp’s three-year thrift-conversion anniversary could clear the way for a potential sale.

NSTS $75M

Clark Street Value May 22 2 clicks

Envista (NVST)

Envista, Danaher’s dental spin-off, is pitched as a de-risked long-term opportunity after U.S.

NVST $3.8B

Healthy Stock Picks May 22 1 click

Brookfield's New Lawsuit

Brookfield faces whistleblower allegations over its VC funds; $569 million of Q1 buybacks challenges claims that $8 million of remaining…

BN $82B

310 Value’s Newsletter May 15 4 clicks

Chinese Manufacturer with Negative Enterprise Value; ~9% Dividend Yield

Deswell Industries trades at a negative $28 million enterprise value, 0.38 times book value and a roughly 9% dividend yield despite…

DSWL $49M

XIX Value May 12 1 click

Adaptive Ad Systems: A Profitable Microcap Trading Below Net Cash

Adaptive Ad Systems trades at a $9 million market cap against $12.7 million in net cash, with profitable cable ad insertion operations and…

AATV $3.6M

Easy Value May 9

When extend and pretend is a virtue

Upstart says longer repayment terms lifted Q1 debt-settlement acceptances 50%, but does not disclose delinquency changes or the number of…

UPST $2.2B

John Hempton's Newsletter May 6 3 clicks

[P] HUBS: CiC Returns Management

HubSpot’s executive severance plan governs payouts following a change in control.

HUBS $11B

Nongaap Investing May 6

Hallador's "Beautiful, Clean Coal": Near Term Catalyst w/ 200% Upside ($HNRG)

Hallador Energy's Merom plant cleared a MISO review, setting up a potential data-center PPA that could transform the coal miner into a…

HNRG $644M

Multibagger Monitor Apr 22 9 clicks

A Modern Day Delta Duck Club?

Otto Energy trades below cash while winding down Gulf of Mexico oil interests, with a proposed AUD 40M tax-free capital return delayed…

OTTEF $27M

Iggy on Investing Newsletter Apr 10

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