Sunday, November 1, 2026

Travelzoo ($TZOO): Members Pay Up Front, GAAP Calls It a Loss, and the Market Prices It Like It's Dying. I think the stock can 4x

Travelzoo’s roughly 400,000 prepaid members generate deferred revenue while acquisition costs hit GAAP earnings immediately, masking the…

Altria: Dutiful

Altria raised 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $5.66 to $5.74 and authorized more buybacks, while on! loses share as cigarette margins hold.

Sleep Well Portfolio (Oct 2026) - SWI#25 and #26 Adding Exposure to AI.

Sleep Well Portfolio adds two AI infrastructure suppliers and trims CrowdStrike at a 140x free-cash-flow valuation and $270 billion market…

Portfolio Update October 2026

Portfolio returned over 15% in October, lifting cumulative gains to 103.5%, while adding 3i Group and increasing Floor & Decor and…

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…

Expert Call | Optical Module Ramps, Lumentum vs. Coherent Momentum, Server CPU, and Advanced Packaging Constraints

AAOI, Lumentum and Coherent 800G ramps, NVIDIA Rubin timing, and AMD, Intel and Arm server CPU demand frame an expert call on AI…

Verra veerer

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

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…

SoFi Technologies: Nobody Saw This Coming

SoFi raised its 2026 guidance after a blowout Q3 and issued a strong 2027 outlook, with revenue projected to reach $5 billion by Q4 2030.

SOFI $22B

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Life360 ($LIF): The Family App Wall Street Fell Out of Love With

Life360 has fallen 60% despite 40% revenue growth, 100 million monthly users and profitability, as its family-safety subscriptions and…

ADBE · long

Adobe INC

Adobe's dual network effects and platform entrenchment make AI fears a buying opportunity for the software compounder.

One Hour Analysis: Is Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Management High? $RMCF

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory’s new board targets a turnaround after a four-year proxy fight, but $574,000 franchisee AUVs and a…

Takeaways From McDonald's Investor Day

McDonald’s investor day framed digital loyalty scale, delivery and AI-driven offer personalization as drivers of incremental restaurant…

Summary of Q3 Public Restaurant Conference Calls

Public restaurant chains report easing commodity inflation, 3-5% labor inflation and 3-10% unit growth, while digital, delivery and…

We can get some extra votes. Pity they are worthless and scumbags are in charge of governance.

Campari’s five-year loyalty plan grants five votes per share, letting its controlling shareholder sell stock while retaining control and…

Attention Hydromer HYDI Shareholders

Value Roundup

Talen’s post-bankruptcy nuclear assets, FREIT’s $22 Kushner bid and Calithera’s failed liquidation vote illustrate unusual small-cap…

Going Nuclear with Nuveen

Nuveen municipal-bond closed-end funds could unlock illiquid Energy Harbor holdings through Vistra’s acquisition, receiving cash and a…

Letters, Presentations, and More!

Alluvial Capital’s Q3 update values We.Connect at a mid-single-digit earnings multiple, flags LICT’s $128 million rural-broadband grant,…

Essex Biotechnology (1061 HK) - Core products fund investment portfolio

Essex Biotechnology trades at 8 times earnings despite patented Chinese biologics, near-60% niche market share and a portfolio built with…