Thursday, October 22, 2026

[ISRG – Intuitive Surgical] the robot is the easy part

Intuitive Surgical built a razor-razorblade model around da Vinci robots, with procedure growth driving recurring instrument revenue and…

4 Boring Non-AI Stocks Trading at Attractive Valuations

Rollins, North America’s largest pest-control provider, gets 75–80% of revenue from recurring contracts but has fallen about 45% year to…

Diageo: Gen Z Is Drinking Again, And They Want Cocktails

DEO $52B

SA PropNotes Oct 22 7 clicks

Sea Limited (SE) Sea Cloud and Monee IPO

Sea Limited plans Sea Cloud and a Monee IPO, using 40-plus data centers and 25,000 GPUs while risking heavier capex and prolonged thin…

Strategy: I Called The STRC Repeg, Now The Bitcoin Machine Can Restart

Strategy spent $1.84 billion repurchasing STRC below $100, bringing it near par and potentially reopening a preferred-share issuance…

MSTR $55B

SA Geneva Investor Oct 21 6 clicks

CoreWeave: It’s Not Dying, Not Anytime Soon

CoreWeave is compared with Amazon's early public years, when investors expected bankruptcy amid losses and dependence on outside capital.

Berkshire Put Bending Spoons On My Radar

Bending Spoons has spent about $10 billion on software acquisitions, including pending Miro, while Q2 organic growth was 3% and all…

BSP $29B

SA Jack Bowman Oct 21 10 clicks

Use of AI is boosting Snowflake’s revenue while mortal companies may take longer

Snowflake says internal AI use is lifting revenue and profit, while customers show early implementation success.

Netflix Earnings, Business or Franchise, Disney’s Deal

Netflix’s earnings raise questions about whether its growth profile still merits a franchise valuation, alongside discussion of Disney’s…

From Fat to Follicles - Is Hair Loss the Next Blockbuster?

Novo Nordisk has only floated hair loss, while Veradermics’ Phase 3 oral minoxidil data lead a field of licensing and takeover candidates.

CDNS · long

Cadence Design Systems INC

Cadence Design Systems sells chip-design software as AI computing drives a structural increase in semiconductor design complexity.

Sea Limited (SE) Q2'26 - Profitable growth, shares up 70% from lows

Sea Limited’s Shopee lifted adjusted EBITDA margin to 0.7% in Q2 2026 as revenue rose 48%, targeting 2-3% through fulfillment efficiencies…

OCP APAC: Copper vs. Optics Contradictions

Nvidia, Broadcom and OCP APAC speakers debate copper interconnects, optics and emerging alternatives for scaling AI data-center networks.

New Position: Long-Term Compounder in Surgical Robotics

Globus Medical combines a discounted 11x earnings valuation, expanding margins and spinal-implant leadership with upside from its…

Trading Post August 12, 2026

Mercado Libre (MELI) long position was increased at $1,850.

Permian Basin Q2 Update – Power, Water, Solid Waste, and Data Centers

GFL’s proposed acquisition of Secure follows 19% revenue growth at Secure and 14.8% EBITDA growth at GFL, with Permian produced-water and…

Research Roundup Vol. XLVIII

Palantir’s Q2 revenue beat, Sony’s physical-media exit and Diamondback’s Permian gas constraints frame a roundup on AI adoption, oil prices…

Mercado Libre (MELI) Q2'26 Business Update - Credit Issue?

Mercado Libre’s Q2 revenue and financial income rose 50% past $10 billion, while operating margin fell 550 basis points to 6.7% as Mercado…

Lumentum Q4 FY26 Earnings

Lumentum’s CW lasers offer wider mode-hop-free operating ranges for co-packaged optics, supporting premium pricing and 80–90%…

Trading Post August 11, 2026

Molina Healthcare was increased at $198 to a full position, with political-season benefits supporting the long-term thesis.