Monday, October 19, 2026

Meta’s GEM, Part 2: Finding the Scaling Law

Meta’s GEM trains smaller ad-ranking models across its platforms, with Kunlun showing performance scaling predictably as compute rises.

LXS.DE: a 2028 sale it can force

Lanxess can force Advent to buy at least half its Envalior stake in April 2028, potentially raising about €745 million to reduce net debt.

Sell Eagle Point Credit Now - Match The Loss With Portfolio Gains To Lower Income Taxes

Eagle Point Credit's NAV is down 25% YTD and shares nearly 50%, while its expense ratio climbed to 9.21% despite a 25% yield.

ECC $367M

SA Anthony Cataldo Oct 19 5 clicks

The Agentic AI Roadmap for SaaS

SaaS companies including Salesforce, ServiceNow, CrowdStrike, Synopsys and Veeva are ranked by agentic AI progress, from pilots to…

Build-A-Bear: A Narrower Path

Build-A-Bear's push into prestuffed toys and broader retail distribution tests brand stretchability, but recent results warrant caution.

The Monday Morning Briefing: Meta, Tesla, Netflix, P&G on Deck

Lennar’s land-bank costs pressure homebuilding margins, while Flowers Foods weighs a Tastykake sale after falling branded-bread share,…

LendingTree (NASDAQ: $TREE) – A Cyclical Comeback Story Priced as if the Cycle Never Turns

LendingTree derives roughly two-thirds of revenue from insurance and trades near 4 times expected adjusted earnings despite record revenue,…

Exelon: Shelter From The Storm And Nice Yield As Utilities Catch A Bid

EXC $45B

SA Michael Fitzsimmons Oct 19 4 clicks

Our Q3 2026 Update: Our Companies (OXY, RIG, VAL)

Occidental Petroleum’s debt should fall further after Q3 oil prices averaged $85 per barrel WTI and $91 Brent.

Undercovered Dozen: Hess Midstream, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Netlist, And More

Hess Midstream, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Netlist and nine other lesser-covered stocks make this week’s Undercovered Dozen.

HESM $6.3BIOVA $6.7B

SA The Undercovered Dozen Oct 18 16 clicks

ZG · long

Zillow Group INC

Zillow is pitched as a long with a $72 target, implying 58% upside from trough earnings and a trough valuation multiple.

Shaping Dollar Tree into its new era.

Dollar Tree targets 12%-15% annual EPS growth through 2028 as it shifts to multi-price merchandise, refreshes stores and uses data-driven…

Drilling Down on Disposal: Parallels Between Produced Water and Municipal Waste Disposal

WaterBridge and Secure trade at 10–11x 2025 EBITDA despite produced-water disposal economics resembling higher-multiple municipal waste…

Sector Story: Flavours & Fragrances Part I - An Introduction

Flavour and fragrance suppliers control 67% of a $40 billion market, earning recurring, protected margins through deep FMCG R&D ties.

Why I bought FTAI Aviation

FTAI Aviation’s engine exchange model, owned fleet and Chromalloy PMA partnership target lower-cost CFM56 and V2500 maintenance while…

Biographies: Investment Lessons from the Greats

Biographies offer investors pattern recognition, resilience and lessons in decision-making under pressure, with Sam Walton’s customer focus…

Bitmine Immersion (BMNR): DAT Ain't No Strategy

BitMine Immersion, an $18 billion Ethereum digital-asset treasury, faces a short thesis that its DAT model is becoming obsolete.

Stock Story: Next PLC's Capital Return Framework

Next PLC’s 9% IRR buyback hurdle helped cut its share count 53% over 20 years, lifting EPS 418% despite profit growth of just 2% annually.

Rates, jobs, and apartments - oh my!

US multifamily REITs face divergent outcomes as jobs and interest rates shape rents, development returns and M&A prospects.

Kaspi ($KSPI)

Kaspi trades at 7 times earnings while growing 40%, with its $1 billion Hepsiburada acquisition adding Turkish expansion risk.