Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Matt Murphy and Michael Hurlston Fireside Chat: Irrational Recap

Marvell and Lumentum’s merger targets uVCSEL scale-in optics, combining Marvell’s DSP and analog IP with Lumentum’s laser manufacturing for…

Marvell And Lumentum Merger Doesn't Make Any Sense To Me

Marvell’s all-stock Lumentum deal exposes LITE holders to MRVL volatility while paying peak-cycle AI multiples, with US and China antitrust…

MRVL $117BLITE $48B

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Microsoft FY 1Q’27: My Confusion vs. the Market’s Certainty

Microsoft’s Azure grew 48%, but OpenAI compute may have supplied 45% of its growth, leaving Azure excluding OpenAI up roughly 31%.

Enterprise Products Partners Pulled 2027 Into 2026 - Energy Transfer Didn't

Enterprise Products Partners has pulled growth spending into 2026, while Energy Transfer’s contracted projects offer clearer EBITDA growth…

EPD $81BET $70B

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Monte Investments Market Brief Vol. CXXXIV

Intel maintained after its post-earnings sell-off, with AI inference CPU demand and foundry customer announcements expected to drive a…

Marvellous Value Destruction

Marvell’s proposed Lumentum deal risks alienating Cloudlight customers and losing engineering talent, despite limited optical integration…

Ignore The Noise And Buy Western Digital

Western Digital's Q1 2027 revenue rose 55% to $4.38 billion as hyperscaler demand lifted non-GAAP EPS 161% to $4.64.

WDC $104B

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Stellar results lift shares of AMD, Arista

AMD and Arista beat consensus on quarterly results and outlook, lifting shares and easing AI-growth concerns.

Marvell for Lumentum: a new JDS-Uniphase?

Marvell Technology and Lumentum fell sharply after announcing a historic merger, reviving comparisons with JDS-Uniphase.

Apple and Palantir are powerful businesses, maybe not great returns from here

Apple and Palantir reported very strong earnings, but their stocks may deliver weak returns from current levels.

Lagging Edge will have a Permanent Glut

Texas Instruments faces a permanent lagging-edge chip glut as Chinese capacity floods auto and industrial markets, weakening pricing and…

Crane Co.

Crane Co. sells sole-source aerospace and process-control components, with 40% aftermarket revenue and margin expansion following its 2023…

[P] UNH: Itemized Governance Signals

UnitedHealth Group's governance disclosures are assessed for investment signals.

Intel's One True Stakeholder is Here

Intel's leading-edge foundry is framed as a US strategic asset needing a government stake, anchor customers and separation from its CPU…

Earnings: Hyperscalers, AMD, ALAB, ANET

Meta Platforms (META) 2Q25: SuperMetalligence

Meta’s 22% Q2 revenue growth and AI-driven ad engagement support its core business, while planned 2026 capex of roughly $100 billion…

Costco: The Perpetual Growth Machine

Costco’s 14% maximum markup and membership model recycle scale savings into consumer surplus, supporting loyalty, low competitive appeal…

4 High-Quality Global Compounders Hiding in Plain Sight

ASML, LVMH, Mercado Libre and CSL are presented as global compounders with durable barriers, strong brands or integrated platforms, and…

Trying to get access to Google's new agentic AI

Google’s A$205-a-month AI Ultra subscription advertised Project Mariner access, but Australians were excluded from the agentic AI trial.

API Group: A reasonable path to $50+ per share

API Group targets $10.4 billion of 2028 revenue and 16% EBITDA margins as recurring compliance inspections expand, supporting a $50-plus…