Thursday, October 22, 2026

OCP 2026: MicroVCSELs are gaining attention, but microLEDs still have a case

Credo’s microVCSEL pivot targets 10–20m data-center links where copper falls short, while microLEDs compete nearer compute on integration, power and thermal performance.

CRDO $28B

Vik's Newsletter 45h ago 5 clicks

Oct 22 LRCX $326B

Lam Research Q1 FY6/27 Earnings Review

Cestrian Capital Research 4 clicks

Oct 22 RIG $7.2B

Trade Alert - Long RIG

HFI Research 7 clicks

From X

@valuedontlie Sep 7

Colin King on X

Hard to see how $CNK doesn’t beat next Q https://t.co/sM58z3IQYp

@leevalueroach Sep 7 2 clicks

Lee Roach on X

I think I’ll do a deep dive on $FICO. I get they lost their monopoly by neop baby Bill Pulte but Jeeze this is low. https://t.co/g43xw6Lu1c

@convequity Sep 7

Convequity on X

Kirin 9050 Pro is the first Tau Scaling chip. The bigger story is Ascend. Huawei just put LogicFolding in the Mate XT 2. First commercial SoC on the Tau (τ) law He Tingbo laid out in May / updated in July. Not a surprise if you read that paper. Still a real jump: DUV + SAQP + logic stacking took density from 155 → 238 MTr/mm² on the same SMIC N+3 node. +55% in one gen. Power went down, not up. That’s N3-class equivalent density. Headline number matches Intel 18A HD (238) and sits next to Samsung SF2 (~231). TSMC N2 HD is still ahead (~313). Caveat: 238 is Huawei’s LogicFolding equivalent, not a planar N3 shrink. Same device node as 9030 Pro. Some analysts put the industry-formula read closer to ~175. Mobile scoreboard vs last-gen trifold / 9030 Pro: • Device +42% • CPU ST +24% / MT +52% • P-core 3.1 GHz (was 2.75) • CPU / GPU / NPU iso-perf power −41% / −58% / −66% • GPU render +142% • On-device 30B-total-param MoE Multi-core still trails $QCOM’s latest. The gap is no longer multi-generation. Next Tau Kirin can catch, maybe pass, a leading-edge mobile SoC. The packaging tell is sharper than the phone benches. 1.4–1.5μm hybrid-bond pitch. ~50M vertical interconnects. Western HVM hybrid bonding is still ~6μm (TSMC SoIC) to ~9μm (Intel Foveros Direct). If 1.4μm holds, that is SOTA vs Western leading-edge bonding — not the Geekbench print. Phone catch-up is the demo. AI silicon is the payoff. Apply the same fold to Ascend and the process-density gap vs $NVDA peers compresses from the lithography side over the next few quarters. Remaining bottlenecks: domestic DUV tool volume, HBM, packaging, software. I wouldn’t assume they outproduce ASML on DUV. I also wouldn’t fade the direction. Mature DUV + stacking + almost-unlimited power is enough to put China in the token-factory fight vs the US. Tables below. 🧵

@leevalueroach Sep 7

Lee Roach on X

Growth investors who bought Nike $NKE at a 0.05% free cash flow yield at the peak. https://t.co/onptAiCXtu

@leevalueroach Sep 7 2 clicks

Lee Roach on X

@JacobWolinsky Yeah it was so hyped I didn't even bother to read it. Might read it now that $NKE is crashing.

@leevalueroach Sep 7 3 clicks

Lee Roach on X

I remember back in the day all of the growth investors and VC dorks were talking up this book so much. It was literally the Bible for growth investors. But now that $NKE is in the dumps and the stock has cratered I don't see anyone diving in here trying to buy this company on the cheap. But I guess when it had a 1% free cash flow yield that was all good.

@leevalueroach Sep 7 2 clicks

Lee Roach on X

When does McDonald’s $MCD become a buy? I estimate $100 billion of real estate here on a $180 billion market cap and $220 billion enterprise value. Trades at like 15x EBITDA. I usually look at small companies but some of these larger ones are looking interesting. https://t.co/RnRauvu28K

@leevalueroach Sep 6

Lee Roach on X

There will be a point where I just slam my nuts on the table and buy $LULU. Too much hate. The more you guys hate it the better a contrarian signal. https://t.co/bZvCjLOkvk

CoreWeave: Why Patient Investors Should Hold Through Volatility

CoreWeave targets 8 GW of active power by 2030, expands into India and builds its AI cloud ecosystem through Google Cloud and partner…

CRWV $34B

Jack Elias Oct 22 6 clicks

MYR Group q3’26 Earnings Preview

MYR Group’s Q3 2026 preview cites data-center and power transmission demand, with long-term service agreements supporting margin growth and…

MYRG $4B

Monte Independent Investment Research Oct 22 5 clicks

Mosaic: Cash from Potash Now, a Recovery in Phosphates Later

Mosaic’s potash business generated $930 million after capital spending and closure cash in 2025, while phosphate operations consumed $207…

MOS $5.5B

Latticework by MOI Global Oct 22 9 clicks

Mosaic, Part One: The Story

Mosaic’s history traces the 2004 Cargill-IMC merger and the phosphate and potash mines that shaped NYSE: MOS.

MOS $5.5B

Latticework by MOI Global Oct 22 28 clicks

Mosaic, Part Two: The Deep Dive

Mosaic, NYSE: MOS, is the subject of a second audio program for professional investors analyzing fertilizer producers.

MOS $5.5B

Latticework by MOI Global Oct 22 4 clicks

Undercovered Dozen: Western Digital, Penguin Solutions, Millrose Properties And More

WDC $132BPENG $3.2B

The Undercovered Dozen Oct 22 14 clicks

Thursday Tailwinds #12: Oct 22, 2026

PJM's 6,831 MW capacity shortfall is driving nuclear uprates, with Google contracting 890 MW from 11 operating reactors.

CEG $96B

Trade Ideas Flow Oct 22 2 clicks

[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…

ISRG $153B

scuttleblurb Oct 22 7 clicks

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…

ROL $17B

Jimmy's Journal Oct 22 65 clicks

Group 1 Automotive (GPI) vs Lithia Motors (LAD)

Group 1 Automotive and Lithia Motors divide two longtime value investors: David Abrams switched to Lithia in 2018, while Greg Alexander…

GPI $2.7BLAD $6.6B

Cannibal Stocks Oct 22 6 clicks

This Week in Special Situations: Solstice, Albertsons, Brockhaus, GM

Solstice, Albertsons, Brockhaus and GM anchor a 34-case survey of activism, buybacks, M&A and strategic reviews, led by Starboard’s…

SOLS $9.5BACI $6.5B

Latticework by MOI Global Oct 22 41 clicks

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

DEO $52B

PropNotes Oct 22 7 clicks

Atour Lifestyle ($ATAT): The Hotel Chain That Is Secretly a (Sleep) DTC E-Commerce Brand

Atour Lifestyle combines an asset-light Chinese hotel franchise network with Atour Planet sleep-product sales, using guest rooms as product…

ATAT $4.5B

Substack von Philipp Oct 22 5 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…

SE $47B

Sleep Well Investments Oct 22 6 clicks

EXPE · long

Expedia Group INC

Expedia Group, one of the largest online travel companies, has roughly 3.6 million lodging properties and is expanding internationally.

EXPE $35B

Value Investors Club Jul 24 1 click

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

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.

CRWV $34B

Capitalist Letters Oct 21 42 clicks

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

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.

SNOW $111B

The Technology Letter Oct 20 11 clicks

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…

DIS $195B

Stratechery by Ben Thompson – On the business, strategy, and impact of technology. Oct 20 8 clicks

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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