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.

40 Stock Pitches (12th-18th October) 🖨️

Elutia’s antibiotic-eluting surgical matrices target breast-surgery infections, with Minot Light valuing $100 million in sales at a…

ACN · long

Accenture PLC

Accenture has been repriced as an AI loser despite its expected near-term benefit from AI adoption.

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.

Oracle and Animal Spirits

Oracle’s $455 billion RPO and four-year cloud guidance position it as OpenAI’s primary infrastructure partner, while requiring major…

High FCF Yield Stocks; Returns from Business Results vs P/E Ratio Expansion

High-FCF-yield stocks can compound through dividends, buybacks and business growth without P/E expansion.

CoreWeave (CRWV): Artificial Returns

CoreWeave (CRWV) has risen 30% in a week and nearly 200% above its IPO price, becoming a focal point of the AI infrastructure bubble.

Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) – Pricing Power Impaired?

Fair Isaac raised FICO Score royalties from roughly $0.50–$0.60 in 2022 to $4.95 in 2025, drawing regulatory scrutiny over its…

(MGGA) Make Guns Great Again

Ruger trades at a $468 million enterprise value, about 7 times normalized free cash flow, with $101 million cash and no debt as gun demand…

Cocoa and Cash Flow

Cocoa and cash flow frame a consumer-goods investment recommendation.