Friday, October 23, 2026

Philip Morris: Taking the Fight to the U.S.

Philip Morris reported Q3 growth across heated tobacco, combustibles and e-vapor in Europe while gaining U.S. nicotine-pouch share.

Amazon’s Trainium Takes a Strike at the Training King

Amazon’s Trainium3 adds native PyTorch training support, targeting CUDA-trained researchers with standard APIs, eager mode and…

Alphabet: Gemini 4 Argon Is Coming For ChatGPT's Lunch

Alphabet's Gemini 4 Argon aims to undercut rival AI models using proprietary TPUs, while Android, Siri and Google Cloud distribution…

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Capital Wars

CoreWeave’s $35 billion to $39 billion 2026 spending plan relies on debt as unsecured yields reach 15%, making its GPU cloud expansion a…

Spotify 3Q’26: Built for the Background

Spotify's third-quarter results met or exceeded guidance, with 306 million Premium subscribers and €672 million operating income, while…

Big Tech Will Spend More on AI This Year Than Walmart Sells

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft plan nearly $800 billion of AI infrastructure spending, testing whether incremental returns can stay…

TSOH Weekly Roundup (10/23/2026)

TSOH Weekly Roundup covers Ally’s improving credit and capital returns, Pepsi’s weak beverage brands, and Match Group’s plan to revive…

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) Stock Rating: HOLD After Q3 FY12/26 Earnings

Texas Instruments reported Q3 revenue of $6.06 billion, up 28%, with 47% operating margin and Q4 guidance above seasonal norms; Cestrian…

Tempus AI: Moderna's New Cancer Vaccine Partner Is The Pick Of The AI Biotech Bunch

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Putting bear cases to rest

Medpace authorized $1 billion of buybacks through 2028 after Q3 revenue rose 8.5% to $716 million; service revenue grew roughly 12% as…

Deep Dive: Palantir ($PLTR)

Palantir’s forward-deployed engineering model underpins its AI software growth, but AWS, Microsoft and AI labs are copying it at scale as…

Kyber Midplane Design, Making NVL72x2 Work, and All Roads Lead to CPO

Nvidia's Kyber NVL144 midplane must replace 5,000 copper cables with roughly 20,000 PCB connections, driving manufacturing and signal-loss…

Hated Moats Brief: SAP in 10 Minutes

SAP’s deeply embedded ERP systems support its cloud transition, but slowing backlog growth and AI disruption fears drove a 33% YTD share…

Blue Chips

Project Kilby, a planned Texas behind-the-meter data center twice Project Stargate’s size, would reshape Permian gas flows and boost demand…

Elanco: Taking Share from Zoetis Blockbusters

Elanco’s pet health launches are taking share from Zoetis blockbusters, driving high-single-digit revenue growth and low-double-digit EPS…

Portfolio Update June 2026

Portfolio added Zoetis, Pool Corp and Tractor Supply in June, lifting holdings to 13.

Blackstone's Subs - Inside the Jersey Mike's IPO.

Jersey Mike’s IPO filing shows 47% adjusted EBITDA margin after Blackstone cut founder spending, ad subsidies and Area Director fees, while…

Let's Break Down Where NVIDIA's Datacenter Demand' Actually Comes From

Nvidia reported more than $75 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 data center revenue and reorganized reporting around hyperscalers and AI clouds,…

Microsoft: Undervalued & Undisruptable!

Microsoft is framed as an undervalued, durable business whose competitive position is unlikely to be disrupted.

Qualcomm: Stock to buy?

Qualcomm targets $10 billion in automotive and $14 billion in IoT revenue by FY2029 as it replaces $6 billion of Apple modem sales lost…