Sunday, October 18, 2026

Expert Call | Q3 2026 Optical Components Market Dynamics, Vendor Market Share, & 2027 Growth Outlook

Optical-component vendor call covers 800G and 1.6T demand, AI cluster optical density, market share, pricing and 2027 growth for Coherent,…

SiriusXM: Dirt Cheap, Looming Catalysts, Short Squeeze Candidate

SiriusXM trades at 6.5 times free cash flow, a 15% yield, with high short interest and catalysts that could drive a short squeeze.

Meritage Homes: Cheaper On Book Than Any Year-End In A Decade

MTH $3.8B

SA Tim Travis Oct 17 10 clicks

Market Cracks Under AI Debt Burden | The Weekly Wrap

Steve Eisman examines AI data-center debt, CoreWeave's tech correction and agentic AI's effect on banks as earnings season begins.

RELX: The Risk Segment Makes This Buy Less Risky

RELX’s 13-petabyte fraud and identity data moat supports its high-margin Risk segment as its valuation falls to roughly half its peak P/E.

RELX $68B

SA LA Capital Oct 16 9 clicks

OpenAI Does Math, Reward Hacking, Meta Launches Personal Agent

OpenAI and Meta push AI agents forward as reward hacking remains a core challenge for model training.

One More Note on Agents, Meta Connect, Meta Enterprise Platform

Meta ties AI agents and Meta Connect to its enterprise-platform opportunity.

2026.42: Home At Last

Stratechery’s weekly bundle covers Apple HomeView and SpaceX’s cellular ambitions.

TSOH Weekly Roundup (10/16/2026)

Bumble agreed to a $1.3 billion take-private deal, while Netflix cut about 1,000 jobs and Meta discussed its Muse superintelligence models.

Liberty Global: Things Got Much Worse, But I Am Still Greedy

Liberty Global faces VMO2 restructuring-priced bonds and Ziggo unsecured yields near 16% after owners extracted £5.15 billion since 2021.

LBTYA $2.7B

SA Andrew Mach Oct 16 4 clicks

Berkshire Hathaway’s Culture in 2050

Berkshire Hathaway’s post-Buffett culture will depend on Greg Abel and a shrinking family foundation’s voting control as Class A shares…

Staying the Course

Berkshire Hathaway ownership, rather than broad index funds, kept the investor committed through volatility, backed by trust in Buffett’s…

A Quarter Century of Investing

A value-oriented investor reports a 25-year record, arguing that only a full market cycle separates investing skill from luck.

Thinking aloud about Google remedies

Justice Department remedies could bar Google from using location data it cannot share, weakening targeted ads and traffic routing despite…

AngelAlign - Chinese clear aligners (6699 HK)

AngelAlign holds 3% of global clear aligners and sells about HK$10,000 below Invisalign in Hong Kong, alongside speculation that MBK could…

One Hour Analysis: Monarch Casino & Resort ($MCRI) What’s Not to Like? Debt Free, Shareholder Friendly, Free Cash Flowing Machine.

Monarch Casino trades at 7.2 times EBITDA with net cash, completed property upgrades and projected annual free cash flow of $120 million to…

MNST Trading Below $53 Offers Nearly Risk-Free Return

Monster Beverage’s modified Dutch auction lets odd-lot holders buy 99 MNST shares below $53 and tender them at $53 to $60.

Some Thoughts on Roaring Kitty

Roaring Kitty’s GameStop resurgence revisits GME shareholder activism and the meme-stock trading episode, with references to Bed Bath &…

(C)riminally (V)alued (S)caled Healthcare Services

CVS Health fell 20% after cutting 2024 adjusted EPS guidance to $7, but its Aetna insurance and Caremark PBM businesses support a…

Summary of Q4 Restaurant Conference Calls

Restaurant operators reported improving traffic, accelerating unit growth and higher advertising spend, while wage inflation ran 4-5% and…