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When the liquidity does not add up

Arbor Realty Trust’s dividend suspension is presented as creating $60 million of liquidity, raising questions about its ability to meet 2027 debt maturities.

ABR $2.2B
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$ZURA Q3 report looked fine to me. All eyes awaiting H2 readout. Just bought this last week, covered by calls. Options premia were off the charts then and still are quite large (e.g. while the stock was trading 3.36, my net price for the portion I covered with Nov 5C was 2.46. Even less for the portion I covered w Mar 7.5C). I realize readout could occur before Nov expiry and the options reflect the risk of a bad readout. I'm comfortable taking that risk.
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Fajasy on X

The IPO price, share count, and run-rate revenue as of October 31, 2026 are still blank, and so is how much cash Anthropic will spend on employees' taxes for RSUs that settle at the IPO. Anthropic plans to list on Nasdaq as $ANT, with $GS and $MS leading the deal. Five of Anthropic's co-founders are also selling shares in the IPO, although the S-1 leaves the number blank. Anthropic's lock-ups release shares in stages, with 23 scheduled release dates over its first year as a public company, starting on its first trading day. So instead of one lock-up expiration, insider shares can hit the market every few weeks for a year. Read the S-1 yourself on SECSift: Read the S-1 yourself on SECSift: https://t.co/1JG6dtlTu7
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Fajasy on X

Anthropic also had three run-ins with the U.S. government in 2026: 1) On February 27, the President ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's models, and the Department of War designated the company a supply-chain risk to national security. Anthropic largely won its district court case, but lost a separate 2-1 ruling at the D.C. Circuit on September 25, 2026, and has asked the full court to rehear the case. 2) In June, Anthropic disabled its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all customers when the Commerce Department restricted their export worldwide (since lifted). 3) In October, the FTC sent Anthropic a civil investigative demand (a formal request for information) on its consumer protection, data protection, and privacy practices, and the safety and security of its products. Anthropic also still owed $1.2B of its $1.5B Bartz settlement with book authors as of June 30, 2026, and faces training-data suits from music publishers, Canadian authors and news publishers, and Reddit $RDDT.
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Fajasy on X

Anthropic's ~16.9B fully diluted shares already include: → 1.84B Class N shares from $AMZN's notes, which convert at the IPO. → 846.8M shares Anthropic gave its own Public Benefit Fund, which can later sell or donate the shares. More can be added after the IPO: → Anthropic's board can give the fund up to 2% more of the company each time the stock rises 50% above the prior milestone, starting from the IPO price. → Anthropic's new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan reserves up to 2.95B Class A shares for equity awards (equal to ~17% of fully diluted shares), plus annual increases. In other words, every 50% gain in the stock can cost shareholders up to 2% of the company.

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Verra Mobility’s Avis termination threatens 2027 earnings, while Government Solutions profit rose 25% and implied fourth-quarter guidance…

VRRM $505M
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FTAI 3Q26: Aero margins in focus

FTAI’s Aerospace Products margin rebounded to 31% as CFM56 module output rose, while Power deposits and contracted deliveries fund its 2027…

FTAI $16B
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Microsoft's AI Boom Has A Cost

Microsoft’s Azure grew 48% as AI monetization accelerated, but doubled CapEx, largely for CPUs and GPUs, reduced quarterly free cash flow…

MSFT $3.9T
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CVX Earnings Review

Chevron’s Q3 revenue rose 35% to $65.2 billion and EBITDA 75% to $20.2 billion, while production trailed guidance and refining margins…

CVX $465B
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SNY Earnings Review

Sanofi raised FY26 guidance after Q3 sales grew 14.3% at constant currency, led by 34.8% Dupixent growth; vaccines declined 6.6%.

SNY $108B
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Parsons CORP

Parsons generates roughly half of its $6.4 billion revenue from Federal Solutions, serving defense and intelligence customers.

PSN $5.6B
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AMZN Q3 FY12/26 Earnings Review

Amazon reported $201.9 billion Q3 revenue and 39% AWS growth, while $220 billion in 2026 capex drove trailing free cash flow to a $42.4…

AMZN $2.6T
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