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…

GOOGL $3.9T

SA Dustin Quasney Oct 23 2 clicks

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

TEM $11BMRNA $98B

SA Edmund Ingham Oct 23 3 clicks

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…

RGLD · long

Royal Gold INC

Royal Gold, a $19 billion precious-metals royalty and streaming company, benefits from mine production without operating mines directly.

GPUs, ASICs, and the Real ROI of AI

GPUs retain an edge in AI training, while custom ASICs target predictable inference workloads with better power efficiency and cost per…

The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Copart, A Timeline-Based Assessment - ($CPRT)

Copart faces a near-term lift from pricier AV repairs and total losses, but shrinking accident volumes could eventually force its…

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…

Nvidia Is Speedrunning the Creation of a Synthetic Hyperscaler

Nvidia is building a synthetic hyperscaler around neocloud partners, GPU fleet software and financing as AI workloads strain traditional…

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…