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The Jackson Hole symposium (aka conference) runs August 27-29, 2026, with Kevin Warsh's first keynote as Fed chair on Friday morning, August 28. The dates, the schedule, and what could move markets.
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2026-08-27
8:30 PM ETIs Dollar General (DG) a Buy Before Earnings on August 27?Updated · Earnings · $DG · 5 min read · first published 2026-08-15- 8:25 PM ETMarvell (MRVL) Q2 Earnings Aug 27: The $0.04 QuarterUpdated · Earnings · $MRVL · 6 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 8:20 PM ETDollar General and Dollar Tree Earnings, August 27: The Refund Neither GuidedUpdated · Earnings · $DG · 9 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 8:20 PM ETIs Nvidia a Buy Before August 26 Earnings? Yes, With One Caveat That Decides the SizingUpdated · AI & Semiconductors · $NVDA · 5 min read · first published 2026-08-10
- 8:20 PM ETNvidia Earnings Preview (August 26): The $91 Billion Bar, Zero China in the Guide, and What Beats Are WorthUpdated · AI & Semiconductors · $NVDA · 11 min read · first published 2026-08-10
- 8:15 PM ETBest Buy (BBY) Earnings Aug 27: The Guide Needs a -1.2% Back HalfUpdated · Earnings · $BBY · 8 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 6:50 PM ETShein IPO Prices August 31: $1.7B In, Up to $3.5B OutEarnings · 6 min read
- 10:50 AM ETDick's Sporting Goods Cut Its Year 18%. Foot Locker Went From a Profit to a $32 Million Loss.Updated · Earnings · $DKS · 10 min read · first published 2026-08-25
- 8:20 AM ETIs Zymeworks (ZYME) a Buy Before the August 25 FDA Decision? A $250 Million Check Is on the LineUpdated · Single Stocks · $ZYME · 14 min read · first published 2026-08-16
- 5:30 AM ETSalesforce (CRM) Earnings Aug 26: Consensus Sits Above the GuideUpdated · Earnings · $CRM · 9 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 4:35 AM ETSynopsys (SNPS) Earnings Aug 26: Revenue Up 40%, Profit Up 9%Updated · Earnings · $SNPS · 9 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 4:35 AM ETNutanix (NTNX) Earnings Aug 26: Revenue Up 12%, Cash FlatUpdated · Earnings · $NTNX · 10 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 4:35 AM ETPCE and Nvidia on August 26: Hour by Hour, and Why 3.3% Hides a Firmer MonthUpdated · Macro & The Fed · $SPY · 7 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 4:35 AM ETIntuit (INTU) Earnings Aug 25: The Guide Implies 11% GrowthUpdated · AI & Semiconductors · $INTU · 8 min read · first published 2026-08-15
- 4:35 AM ETCrowdStrike (CRWD) Earnings Aug 26: The Split Broke the EPS MathUpdated · Earnings · $CRWD · 6 min read · first published 2026-08-15
Markets Today
The daily tape: what moved and why
$ADBT · 2026-08-21
Advasa Holdings (ADBT): Nasdaq Debut Pushed to Aug. 25
Advasa Holdings pushed its ADBT direct listing from Aug. 18 to Aug. 25. Two customers make up 99.8% of its $10 million, Japan-only revenue, per its own S-1/A.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-18
Why Is the Stock Market Down Today? August 18: $91 Oil, a 2007-High Bond Yield and a Chip Pullback
Nasdaq down 1.4% late morning as Brent held above $91 after the US-Iran ceasefire expired, the 30-year yield sat at 2007 highs near 5.3%, and chips gave back Monday's memory rally.
Read →$TREO · 2026-08-18
Tactical Resources (TREO): A SPAC Trust That Fell 99.8% Before the Bell
Tactical Resources starts trading on Nasdaq as TREO today. Its SPAC trust fell from $282.5 million to $497,828 over five votes, and the rare earth project it's buying is still just an option.
Read →$AVB · 2026-08-15
AvalonBay Merger Closes Monday: AVB Holders Get a 10% Raise
AvalonBay's merger with Equity Residential closes Monday, August 17. Each AVB share becomes 2.793 shares of Vivmark Residential (VMRK), and the income on it rises 10.2%.
Read →$RDDT · 2026-08-14
Why Is Reddit (RDDT) Stock Up? S&P 500 Add, a 13% Short Float, and the Calls I'm Passing On
Reddit joins the S&P 500 on August 18. Index funds must buy about 14m shares against 19.21m sold short. The stock closed up 12.63% and next Friday's calls need another 5.4%.
Read →$FGI · 2026-08-13
Why Is FGI Industries (FGI) Stock Up Today? A Tariff Refund Did the Work
FGI Industries closed near $11.72, up roughly 145%, after Q2 revenue grew just 2.9% to $31.9M. A one-time IEEPA tariff recovery, not demand, drove the margin swing to profit.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-13
Retail Sales Fell 0.6% in July. Take Out Online and the Core Rose
July retail sales fell 0.6% to $763.6 billion against a +0.1% to +0.3% consensus, and the control group fell 0.5%. Strip out nonstore retailers and the rest of the control group rose 0.4%.
Read →$IWM · 2026-08-13
Russell 2000 Record High: Small Caps Are Beating the AI Trade
The Russell 2000 closed at a record 3,045.48, up 22.7% in 2026 against the Nasdaq 100's 19%. What is driving it is the collapse in September Fed hike odds, and that carries a dated risk.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-08-13
Kospi Enters a Bull Market, and Is Still 27% Below Its Record
The Kospi fell as much as 6.8% on August 19 as a 19-year-high Treasury yield hit chip stocks, Samsung down 7% and SK Hynix 9%, pulling the index back under the 20% bull-market line.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-12
August 13 Hour by Hour: PPI at 8:30am, Applied Materials After the Bell
July PPI and jobless claims land at 8:30am ET Thursday, August 13, then Applied Materials reports after the close. Every event, every time, and why PPI carries more than CPI did.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-08-12
SK Hynix, Samsung Surge as Temasek Eyes First Korea Bet
SK Hynix closed up 5.5% and Samsung 6.7% in Seoul, and the KOSPI gained 3.7% to 6,579.04, on a report Temasek plans its first Korean stock bet. Temasek disputed part of it hours later.
Read →$MU · 2026-08-12
Mag 7 Slides, Memory Rips: The AI Trade Splits in Two
Six of the Magnificent Seven fell while Micron, SanDisk and SK Hynix rose 7% and CoreWeave jumped 19%. What split the AI trade in two on August 12.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-12
July CPI 3.4%: Why September Is Still a Coin Flip
July CPI landed at 3.4% with core at 2.5%, both dead on forecast. Why September hike odds barely moved, and why the August print on September 11 decides it.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-11
CPI at 8:30am, Then Cisco and Tencent Earnings: The Hour-by-Hour Guide to Wednesday, August 12
July CPI lands at 8:30am ET Wednesday, August 12, then Cisco and Tencent report earnings the same day. Every event, every time, and what each one decides.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-11
Super Micro Guided $72 Billion and CoreWeave Hit $129 Billion of Backlog: The Last 2.4% Still Belongs to CPI
Super Micro guided fiscal 2027 to $65-72 billion; CoreWeave disclosed a $129.2 billion backlog and jumped 12-14% after hours. CPI at 8:30am Wednesday holds the door to new Nasdaq records.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-07
Why Is SpaceX Stock Up After the Lock-Up? 911.5 Million Shares Came Free and the Selling Never Came
SPCX rose 6.1% to $114.92 on August 6, the day 911.5 million shares unlocked and the float grew 143%. Why the crash never came, what we got wrong, and why September's rebalance matters.
Read →$MU · 2026-08-03
Why Is Micron (MU) Stock Down Today? Korea Gave Back a Third of Its Record Day Overnight
Micron fell about 3% premarket on August 3 2026 to roughly $801 after Seoul's KOSPI dropped 5.12% and SK Hynix fell 7.92%. The overnight catalyst, the Apple problem nobody has priced, and the trade.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-31
Why Is the KOSPI Up 17.91%? The Biggest Day in Its History, at the End of Its Worst Month Since 1997
South Korea's KOSPI closed up 17.91% at 6,595.45, its largest one-day gain ever, with SK Hynix locked limit-up. Why it happened, and why July was still the worst month since 1997.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-29
Stock Market Today, Thursday July 30: Microsoft +8%, Meta -5%, and a Core PCE Print the Fed Cannot Ignore
What to watch Thursday July 30: whether Microsoft's 8% gap and Meta's 5% drop hold, core PCE and Q2 GDP at 8:30am, then Apple and Amazon after the close. Hour by hour.
Read →$MSFT · 2026-07-29
Microsoft Is Up 8% After Hours. Can It Save Tech Stocks?
MSFT jumped 8% on $678B of contracted backlog, hours after the Dow fell 2.19%. Nasdaq 100 futures are up only 0.7%. What Microsoft can rescue, and the two things it cannot.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-29
The Fed Held, Three Members Voted to Hike, and the Bond Market Called It a Mistake. What Now?
The Fed held at 3.50-3.75% on a 9-3 vote with three dissents for a hike. The Dow fell 2.19% to 51,594.14, the 30-year hit 5.193%, and the Nasdaq is now 10% off its high. What happens next.
Read →$QQQ · 2026-07-29
The Nasdaq 100 Just Entered a Correction: 10% Below Its Record, and the Chips Are 20% Down
The Nasdaq 100 opened July 29 down 10% from its June peak of 30,660, the official correction line. What broke, why the Dow is up while tech bleeds, and what to do about it.
Read →$EWY · 2026-07-29
Why Is the Korean Stock Market Crashing? The Kospi Has Lost 40% Since June, and Samsung and SK Hynix Are Most of It
The Kospi closed at 5,663.24 on July 29, down 39.7% from its June record, with circuit breakers halting Seoul two days running. Why Korea is crashing, and why Samsung and SK Hynix are most of it.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-28
Why Is Everything Crashing? MU, SNDK and SPCX Got Wrecked on July 28 and the Index Barely Moved
Why is everything crashing? July 28 2026: the Kospi fell 10.8%, MU dropped 6.7% and SNDK 7.3% premarket, yet the S&P 500 lost only 0.38%. The catalyst, and the options plays that fit it.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-27
Stock Market Today, July 27, 2026: Dow Climbs 262 Points on Cheap Oil While Nvidia's 5% Drop Sinks the Nasdaq
Stock market close July 27 2026: Dow +0.51% to 52,210.08, S&P 500 +0.02% at 7,413.18, Nasdaq -0.18%. Nvidia fell 5% on a $250 billion OpenAI backstop report.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-27
KOSPI and SK Hynix After the Crash: Buy the Dip, Buy Puts, Sell Cash-Secured Puts, or Wait?
SKHY has broken below its $149 IPO price to around $139 after Korea's worst-ever session for SK Hynix. Four ways to play it, scored honestly, and the one we'd actually take.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-27
SPY Is Only 3% Off Its Record. So Why Does It Feel Like a Bear Market?
The S&P 500 sits near record highs while semis are down 18% from June and the Mag 7 shed $800B in a session. Why the index is lying to you about what your portfolio is doing.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-27
Stock Market Today, July 27: Stocks Opened Green and Gave It Back. The Sell-Off Was Underneath.
Stock market today July 27: Nasdaq futures ran up 1.4% on a 6.3% oil crash, then the open faded and memory broke. Why Micron, SanDisk and SPCX sold anyway.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-27
Stock Market Today, July 27: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Futures Rise as Oil Crashes From $102 on an Iran Pause
Stock market today: Dow and S&P 500 futures gain 0.8% and Nasdaq futures 1.6% as Brent crude slides toward $86 on an Iran pause, with LVWR up 80% and SAFT up 42% premarket.
Read →$RSP · 2026-07-19
Money Is Fleeing AI for Walmart. The Bond Market Says That's Not a Plan.
The 2026 rotation out of AI stocks into Walmart, Target and Home Depot, explained: the hyperscaler liquidity suck, tech bonds trading at a discount, 13% credit card delinquencies, and what the Engels' Pause says about AI and your wages.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-16
87% of Companies Are Beating Earnings and the Market Is Selling. Here's What That Means
Q2 2026 earnings season is running an 87% beat rate, one of the strongest on record, yet the Nasdaq fell 1% on July 16. What history says happens when great earnings stop moving prices, and how to position for it.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-16
Marking Our Memory Thesis to Market: $900 Broke, China Showed Up, Here's the Updated Call
Marking the memory supercycle thesis to market. MU broke $900 on CXMT's IPO, and SanDisk's Q4 print confirmed the NAND leg at an 84.6% gross margin while its guide missed consensus.
Read →$XLV · 2026-07-16
The S&P Heatmap Flipped: Healthcare Green, Tech Deep Red. This Is the Rotation
The July 16 S&P sector heatmap inverted: healthcare, staples and utilities led while technology fell 2%+. Why money rotated to defensives instead of leaving, and whether the rotation has legs.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-16
Market July 16: AI Stocks Dumped, Healthcare Ripped, and the Index Shrugged
Chip stocks sold off hard on July 16 with Micron and Arm down 8%, while UnitedHealth and Abbott powered a rotation into healthcare. Why AI dumped, where the money went, and what Thursday's TSMC print decides.
Read →$EWY · 2026-07-14
Is It Time to Buy the KOSPI Dip?
The KOSPI just crashed 25% to 6,807, deeper than its 20% Feb-April war dip. Recovery, dead cat bounce, or more downside? Here's the data-driven case, with strong conviction and the one thing that changes it.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-14
Market July 14: Inflation Cooled, Banks Ripped, and IBM Fell Off a Cliff
June CPI cooled to 3.5%, JPMorgan posted a record $16.9B profit, and IBM cratered 22% in its worst day since 1987. The S&P and Nasdaq rose while the Dow fell. Today's movers and what's coming the rest of the week.
Read →$UKX · 2026-07-13
The FTSE 100 Front-Ran Its Whole Year by February. Then the S&P Ate Its Lunch
The FTSE 100 was up 7.6% by mid-February and looked set to beat the S&P 500 two years running. Five months later it's still up 7.6% while the S&P rocketed to record highs. Here's exactly why the UK stalled.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-13
The KOSPI Just Crashed 9% and Took Every Memory Stock With It
South Korea's KOSPI fell 8.95% on July 13, triggering a circuit breaker as SK Hynix dropped 15.4% in its worst day ever. Why the Korean market crashed and what it means for MU, SNDK and US memory stocks.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-13
Market July 13: War Over the Weekend, Asia Crashed, and US Futures Barely Care
US and Iran traded strikes all weekend, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, and the KOSPI crashed 9%. US futures opened Monday down less than 1%. Today's premarket movers and what to expect this week.
Read →$DIA · 2026-07-12
Dow Jones Closed Above 53,000 for the First Time Ever. Nobody Clapped
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 53,000 for the first time this week, wobbled on Iran war headlines, and recovered. Why the Dow lags the Nasdaq, and why its options are the cheapest bet on the board.
Read →$QQQ · 2026-07-12
Nasdaq 100 Rides Chip Stocks Higher While a War Restarts in the Background
The Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) jumped over 1.5% on SK Hynix's blockbuster Nasdaq debut in the same week the Iran war reignited. What's driving QQQ, the concentration risk, and the trade.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-12
SK Hynix (SKHY) Just Pulled Off the Biggest Foreign IPO in US History
SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in its Nasdaq debut, popping 13% on day one under ticker SKHY. What the biggest foreign IPO in US history means for MU, SNDK, and how to trade the new listing.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-12
S&P 500 Shrugs Off Iran War, Closes 0.6% From All-Time Highs
The S&P 500 dropped just 0.28% the day the Iran ceasefire ended, then closed the week 0.6% off its all-time high at 7,575. Why the index ignored the war, and the trade from here.
Read →$UKX · 2026-02-18
FTSE 100 vs S&P 500: Why The UK Is Beating The US (YTD + Last Year)
The UK boomer index is dunking on the S&P. Here are the actual numbers for 2025 and 2026 YTD, plus the boring reasons that somehow make you money.
Read →$WMT · 2026-02-18
WMT: The Rotation Shelter (Week +0.5%, Month +6.4%)
Tech chops and WMT just keeps grinding near highs. Here’s why the market hides in Walmart, what the chart looks like, and what earnings could do next.
Read →$SPY · 2026-02-03
Why MSTR (Strategy Inc) rose 34% today
A violent rotation out of software and semiconductors hammered the S&P 500 today, while energy and defensives caught a bid.
Read →Macro & The Fed
Inflation, jobs and rate decisions
$SPY · 2026-08-22
Stock Market Week Ahead (August 24-28): Nvidia, July PCE, and Warsh at Jackson Hole
Week ahead August 24-28: July PCE and Nvidia's fiscal Q2 both land Wednesday, Kevin Warsh gives his first Jackson Hole keynote Friday, and the 30-year yield sits at 5.27%.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-19
August CPI Report: Friday, September 11 at 8:30am ET, Five Days Before the Fed Decides
The August 2026 CPI report lands Friday, September 11 at 8:30am ET, five days before the Fed's September 16 decision. July printed 3.4% dead on forecast and settled nothing; August is the tiebreak.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-17
August Jobs Report: Friday, September 4 at 8:30am ET, and the Bar After a Negative July
The August 2026 jobs report lands Friday, September 4 at 8:30am ET, eleven days before the Fed decides. July payrolls fell 23,000; a second negative print would bury the September hike.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-17
September 2026 Fed Meeting: Dates, Hike Odds, and the Six Events That Land First
The September 2026 FOMC meets Tuesday-Wednesday, September 15-16, decision at 2:00pm ET. Hike odds sit near 30%, and six scheduled events land before the vote. The full runway.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-16
August 19 Hour by Hour: Tariffs at Midnight, Fed Minutes at 2pm
Canada's 50% tariff starts 12:01am ET August 19, four retailers report before the open, a $16bn 20-year auction closes at 1:00pm and the July FOMC minutes at 2:00pm. Three guides have no room left.
Read →$TLT · 2026-08-15
20-Year Bond Auction Aug 19: The 5.245% Record Line, an Hour Before the Fed Minutes
Treasury sells $16 billion of new 20-year bonds Wednesday at 1:00pm ET, an hour before the FOMC minutes. Above 5.245% and it is the highest 20-year auction yield since the tenor came back in 2020.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-15
PCE and Nvidia on August 26: Hour by Hour, and Why 3.3% Hides a Firmer Month
July PCE, the second estimate of Q2 GDP and durable goods all land at 8:30am ET on August 26, then Nvidia reports. Core holds near 3.3% on the year while the monthly rate more than doubles.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-15
FOMC Minutes August 19: What Time, and the Hawkish Trap
The July FOMC minutes come out Wednesday, August 19 at 2:00pm ET. Three officials voted to hike. Everything printed since has cut September hike odds from 58% to about 33%.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-14
Stock Market Week Ahead (August 17-21): Walmart, Target, Home Depot and the Fed Minutes
Week ahead August 17-21: retail earnings week lands three days after retail sales fell 0.6%. Home Depot Tuesday, Target and the FOMC minutes Wednesday, Walmart and Alibaba Thursday.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-14
Consumer Sentiment Fell to 51.0 in August. Inflation Expectations Went Up
Preliminary August consumer sentiment fell to 51.0 from 55.2, against a 54.5 consensus, while one-year inflation expectations rose to 4.3%. What that mix does to the September hike case.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-13
Japan PPI 7.2%: A September BOJ Hike Now Lands the Day After the Fed
Japan's July producer prices rose 7.2% and the yen sits near 159.3, half its intervention gain gone. The BOJ meets September 17, one day after the Fed decides.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-13
July PPI Report: Flat, and the Margin Gap Shrank to 1.3 Points
July PPI came in unchanged on the month and 4.7% on the year, down from 5.5%. Against 3.4% consumer inflation the gap narrowed to 1.3 points, though energy did most of the work.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-10
CPI Report August 12: What Time It Comes Out, the Forecast, and What Decides a September Hike
The July CPI report comes out Wednesday, August 12 at 8:30am ET. Consensus expects 3.4% headline after June's 3.5%, and the print decides whether the Fed hikes on September 16.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-07
Stock Market Week Ahead (August 10-14): CPI Wednesday, Cisco, Super Micro, CoreWeave and Applied Materials
Week ahead August 10-14: July CPI lands Wednesday 8:30am ET and decides the September hike. Sea Limited, CoreWeave and Super Micro Tuesday, Cisco Wednesday, Applied Materials Thursday.
Read →$HD · 2026-08-04
Home Depot Earnings August 18: The Guide Needs a Rescue the Mortgage Market Won't Give
Home Depot beat fiscal Q2 2026 estimates on August 18: $4.92 adjusted EPS against $4.73 consensus, comps up 1.7% against 0.9% expected, and the full-year guide reaffirmed.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-02
Stock Market Week Ahead (August 3-7): Palantir, AMD, Disney and Novo Nordisk Earnings, 911 Million SpaceX Shares Unlocking and the July Jobs Report
Week ahead August 3-7: Palantir Monday, AMD and Caterpillar Tuesday, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Disney Wednesday, GTA 6 maker Take-Two Friday, plus payrolls and 911.5m SpaceX shares.
Read →$TLT · 2026-07-29
What Is a Bear Steepener? Why Stocks Fell 2% When the Fed Did Nothing
The 2-year fell to 4.236% while the 30-year jumped to 5.193%. That shape is a bear steepener, and it explains a 2.19% Dow drop on a day the Fed changed nothing.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-29
Core PCE and Q2 GDP, July 30: The Print That Decides Whether Three Fed Dissents Become Five
June core PCE is expected at 3.3% year over year, down from a three-year high of 3.4%, with Q2 GDP near +2.3%. Why this 8:30am print matters more than Apple or Amazon.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-28
Fed Decision Tomorrow at 2pm ET, Then Microsoft and Meta Earnings: The Hour-by-Hour Guide to Wednesday, July 29
The Fed announces at 2pm ET Wednesday July 29, then Microsoft and Meta report after the close. Every time, what each event decides, and how to position for the biggest day of the summer.
Read →$TLT · 2026-07-26
10-Year Treasury Yield Forecast: The Bond Market Is the Real Fed Trade This Week
The 10-year Treasury yield sits near 4.7% into the July 29 Fed decision. Why bond yields drive stocks, gold and bitcoin, and what a hike, hold or hawkish hold does to the curve.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-25
Fed Decision Preview (July 29): Hike, Hold, or Signal, and How Stocks Trade Each One
The July 29 FOMC decision under Warsh with a hike genuinely on the table. What a hike, a hold, or a hawkish hold does to stocks and bonds, and how to position going in without guessing the outcome.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-25
Stock Market Week Ahead (July 27-31): The Fed Decision Plus Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon Earnings
The biggest week of the summer: a July 29 Fed decision under Warsh, plus Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon earnings. Every date, what matters, and how to position going in.
Read →$NLY · 2026-07-21
Annaly (NLY) Q2 2026 Earnings: Book Value Rose to $20.15 and the $0.75 Dividend Was Covered
Annaly's Q2 2026: book value per share rose 1.7% to $20.15, earnings available for distribution of $0.79 covered the $0.75 dividend at 105.3%, and economic return was 5.5% for the quarter.
Read →$TLT · 2026-07-16
PPI Went Negative and It's a Gasoline Illusion. The July Prints Bite Back
June PPI fell 0.3%, but two-thirds of the drop was a 12% gasoline crash from oil that's already reversed. Annual PPI still runs 5.5%. Why the second cool inflation print in two days is less dovish than it looks.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-14
Inflation Cooled to 3.5%. The Market Cheered the Wrong Number
June CPI came in at 3.5% versus 3.8% expected, and stocks rallied on hopes the Fed pivots. But the print predates the war-oil spike, and Trump just reinstated an Iran blockade. Why the relief is premature.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-13
The June CPI Report Came In Cold: Headline 3.5%, Core 2.6%, and the Biggest Monthly Drop Since 2020
June CPI landed well below forecast: headline inflation fell to 3.5% against 3.8% expected, core eased to 2.6% against 2.9%, and prices fell 0.4% on the month as energy slumped 5.7%.
Read →$IWM · 2026-07-13
57,000 Jobs. The Report Everyone Ignored Is the Scariest Number on the Board
June nonfarm payrolls came in at 57,000 versus 115,000 expected, with 74,000 in downward revisions and participation at a five-year low. Why the jobs report matters more than CPI now, and what August 7 decides.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-13
Six Prints in Three Weeks Decide Everything. Here's the Full Gauntlet
CPI July 14, PPI July 15, retail sales July 16, PCE late July, the FOMC July 28-29, and the jobs report August 7. The complete macro calendar, what each print decides, and how to position through all of it.
Read →$TLT · 2026-07-13
The Warsh Fed Faces Its First Real Test on July 29
Kevin Warsh replaced Jerome Powell as Fed chair in May after the narrowest confirmation in history. The July 28-29 FOMC is his first meeting with a war, a weak jobs report, and a hike debate on the table.
Read →$JPM · 2026-07-12
Five Megabanks, a CPI Print, and Netflix Walk Into One Week
JPMorgan, Goldman, BofA, Wells Fargo and Citi all report July 14, June CPI hits July 14 the same morning, and Netflix and TSMC land July 16. Why this is the most important week of Q2 earnings season and how to trade it.
Read →$TLT · 2026-07-12
Waiting for a Fed Rate Cut in 2026? The Dot Plot Says You're Getting a Hike
Markets price just 21% odds of any Fed rate cut in 2026, and nine FOMC members want a hike. What the July 28-29 Fed meeting means for stocks, bonds, and your portfolio.
Read →$GLD · 2026-07-12
Gold Is Down 26% From Its Record and the Reason Isn't Peace
Gold hit $5,589 in January and trades at $4,119 now, down 26%. Why gold is falling despite an active war, what Fed hike odds have to do with it, and where the price goes next.
Read →$ITB · 2026-07-12
Mortgage Rates Are Stuck at 6.5% and Nobody Is Coming to Save You
30-year mortgage rates sit at 6.49% and Fannie Mae sees 6.4% through the end of 2026. Why rates won't drop, what the July CPI and Fed meeting mean for them, and how investors trade a frozen housing market.
Read →$SPY · 2026-02-12
Jobs report 11th Feb 2026
A violent rotation out of software and semiconductors hammered the S&P 500 today, while energy and defensives caught a bid.
Read →AI & Semiconductors
The trade the whole market hangs on
$3223 · 2026-08-23
Ingenic Semiconductor IPO: HK$100 Price, 689x Demand, Aug. 25 Debut
Ingenic Semiconductor's Hong Kong debut closed flat at HK$100, unchanged from its IPO price, despite a 689x-oversubscribed retail book. The chipmaker now trades as 3223.HK.
Read →2026-08-21
Nvidia Backs an 8-Gigawatt Ohio Campus, and the AI Ledger Tops $880 Billion
Nvidia's $105B residual value guarantee for a 4.25GW OpenAI campus in Ohio pushes the AI Compute Deal Ledger to $880B binding. Two Axe Compute leases and a HIVE GPU deal also added this week.
Read →$NVDA · 2026-08-20
DeepSeek Raised AI Prices 4.5x the Week OpenAI Hit Pause. What It Says Before Nvidia's Print
DeepSeek raised V4-Pro output from $0.87 to $3.96 per million tokens on August 16, days after OpenAI paused its largest RL run. Both read as AI cooling. I read them the other way.
Read →$AVGO · 2026-08-19
Broadcom Earnings Sept 2: The $16B AI Number Again
Broadcom (AVGO) reports fiscal Q3 2026 after the close on September 2. Guidance calls for $29.4 billion revenue and $16 billion of AI chip sales, up over 200%. The same guide got sold once in July.
Read →$EYPT · 2026-08-17
Why Is EyePoint (EYPT) Stock Down Today? A Trial Miss With An Asterisk
EyePoint shares were down about 69% intraday Monday after DURAVYU missed the primary endpoint of the LUGANO Phase 3 wet AMD trial, though a post-hoc analysis found non-inferiority.
Read →$RUM · 2026-08-17
Is Rumble a Buy? The AI Math, a 20% Short Float, and Weekly Options at Squeeze Prices
RUM traded near $8.37 on August 17, up about 35% in four sessions since Q2. The AI valuation on the full 503M share count, the 20% short float, and whether August 21 weeklies are worth paying for.
Read →$KEYS · 2026-08-17
Keysight (KEYS) Earnings Aug 18: Orders +56%, Guide +1%
Keysight beat fiscal Q3 2026 estimates on August 18: revenue of $1.85bn and adjusted EPS of $3.07 topped guidance, orders held above $2bn a second straight quarter, and Q4 revenue guidance was raised.
Read →$CME · 2026-08-16
AI Compute Futures Launch Oct 5. One H100, Two Prices.
CME lists compute futures on October 5, with ICE close behind. The same H100 rents for $2.74 on neo-clouds and $7.20 at hyperscalers, and the two exchanges measure that gap by incompatible methods.
Read →$FN · 2026-08-15
Fabrinet (FN) Beat Guidance Again and Fell 18%. Free Cash Flow Explains Why
Fabrinet beat its own fiscal Q4 guide again and fell as much as 18% intraday, its biggest post-earnings drop yet, as free cash flow collapsed to $4.2 million from $207.3 million.
Read →$DELL · 2026-08-15
Dell (DELL) Earnings Sept 3: $24.4bn Booked, and a Guide That Steps Down
Dell reports Q2 FY27 on September 3. It booked $24.4bn of AI orders in a single quarter, yet the $60bn full-year AI server guide implies revenue falls from Q1.
Read →$WOLF · 2026-08-15
Is Wolfspeed (WOLF) a Buy Before Earnings? Options Price 14%, and the Last Two Prints Blew Past It
Is Wolfspeed a buy before August 19 earnings? Options price a 14% move on a stock that did 45.2% against 24.8% implied in May. The verdict on the shares, and the trade I'd rather have.
Read →$AMD · 2026-08-15
Is AMD a Buy After the $1,250 Call? That's $2 Trillion
Baird doubled its AMD target to $1,250 and the stock closed Friday at $514.39, up 6.50%. That target is a $2.04 trillion company and needs about $27 of earnings, against the $20 management guided.
Read →$INTU · 2026-08-15
Intuit (INTU) Earnings Aug 25: The Guide Implies 11% Growth
Intuit reports fiscal Q4 after the close on August 25. Subtract nine-month revenue from the raised full-year guide and the quarter is about $4.26bn, roughly 11% growth against 20% a year ago.
Read →$AVGO · 2026-08-14
Why Is Broadcom Stock Down? The $370B Number Isn't a Loss
Bank of America put $370 billion on Broadcom's AI financing backstop and AVGO closed down 5.92%. The figure in Broadcom's own 10-Q is $29 billion. What the gap between them actually measures.
Read →2026-08-14
Riot Becomes Anthropic's Sixth Compute Deal, and Nvidia Backs Wall Street
The AI Compute Deal Ledger adds Riot's $9.1B Anthropic lease, Nvidia's $500B Wall Street financing framework, and two deals that predate this week: Digi Power X-Cerebras and CoreWeave-Jane Street.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-08-14
SanDisk Investor Day: The 80% Margin Is the Floor Case
SanDisk guided to roughly 80% gross margins through fiscal 2030 and the stock rose 13.67%. It earned 84.6% last quarter. The 80% is what $93.9bn of contracted revenue pays at the floor.
Read →$KXIAY · 2026-08-14
Why Is Kioxia Stock Up Today? Japan's Memory Giant, Explained
Kioxia jumped as much as 8.7% in Tokyo on SanDisk's guidance, closing +3.75%. It briefly beat Toyota as Japan's biggest company, then halved. Here's the whole arc.
Read →$BIDU · 2026-08-14
Baidu (BIDU) Earnings Aug 18: AI Passed Search, and the Chip Unit May Be Worth More Than Baidu
Baidu missed Q2 2026 estimates on August 18: revenue in line at $4.62 billion, adjusted EPS well short of consensus, and the stock closed down about 13% as AI growth failed to offset the ad decline.
Read →$ADI · 2026-08-14
Analog Devices Earnings Aug 19: 49% Margins, Guided Flat
Analog Devices beat fiscal Q3 on August 19: $4.02bn of revenue, $3.45 adjusted EPS, a 50% operating margin and a fiscal Q4 guide of $4.3bn at 52%. The stock still closed down 0.89%.
Read →$BZAI · 2026-08-13
Why Is Blaize (BZAI) Stock Down? A $130M Guide Became $40M
Blaize cut full-year 2026 revenue guidance from $130m to $40-43m and fell about 35% after hours. Innventure and AmpliTech pulled their 2026 guides the same evening, for related reasons.
Read →$GLOB · 2026-08-13
Why Is Globant (GLOB) Stock Down? The Guide Turned Negative
Globant closed Friday at $37.38, down 8.81% from Thursday's $40.99, after a cut 2026 outlook and four sell-side downgrades led by Wedbush's target cut to $37 from $54.
Read →$WOLF · 2026-08-13
Wolfspeed (WOLF) Earnings Aug 19: Up 29%, Sales Falling, And One AI Number With No Denominator
Wolfspeed reported FQ4 revenue of $149.6m on August 19, a GAAP loss of $2.81 a share, and guided Q1 to the same $140-160m. AI data center revenue still has no dollar figure attached.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-13
SPCX Is Above Its IPO Price Again. 319 Million Shares Land Next Week, and I'm Still Not Buying
SPCX closed at $146.15 on August 12, up 9.65% and back above its $135 IPO price. But 319 million shares unlock around August 20 and Cursor costs 411 million more. Why I am still not buying.
Read →$AMAT · 2026-08-12
Is Applied Materials a Buy Before Earnings? Not at 43x Into a 7.5% Move
Applied Materials beat Q3 and guided Q4 about $700 million above consensus, then fell about 5% in Friday's premarket. The pass on shares at 43x, and the price I would pay, are scored here.
Read →$MRVL · 2026-08-12
Why Is Marvell (MRVL) Stock Up Today? Inside the AI Memory Bet
Marvell (MRVL) shares were up roughly 4.6% intraday Wednesday, extending a rally that started August 4 when it unveiled a new AI memory infrastructure portfolio at FMS 2026.
Read →$NBIS · 2026-08-12
Is Nebius a Buy After Q2 Earnings? Revenue Beat, Burry's Short Still Live
Nebius beat Q2 2026 estimates with revenue up 454% to $582.3 million and the stock ripped over 20%. Burry's short at $211.77 is underwater; the funding math is still unresolved.
Read →$RIOT · 2026-08-11
Why Is Riot Platforms (RIOT) Stock Up Today? The Anthropic Deal, and the Fade
Riot Platforms jumped as much as 25% on a $9.1 billion, 20-year Anthropic data center lease, then closed Tuesday up just 4.33% at $20.24. What the fade means for RIOT stock.
Read →$LITE · 2026-08-11
Lumentum Q4: Revenue Up 109%. So Why a $7.2B Loss?
Lumentum's Q4 revenue jumped 109% to $1.01 billion and beat guidance, but GAAP results show a $7.2 billion loss. Here's what actually happened to LITE stock.
Read →$PANW · 2026-08-10
Is Palo Alto Networks a Buy After the AI Hacking Scare? The Thesis Is Right, the Day Is Wrong
Is Palo Alto Networks a buy after jumping 4.4% on reports of AI agents hacking in the wild? The AI-security thesis is real, with $370-400 targets behind it. Yes, but not on a headline day.
Read →$RDDT · 2026-08-10
Is Reddit a Buy 42% Off Its High? Cheap for a Reason, and the Reason Is Google
Is Reddit a buy at $156, 42% below its high, after growing revenue 61%? No: the Google search problem that dropped RDDT 21% on a beat is structural, and the discount is not a mispricing.
Read →$MU · 2026-08-10
Is Micron a Buy Under $900? The CXMT Fear Is Now 30% of the Price
Is Micron a buy under $900? MU trades at $877, about 30% below its $1,255 high, while the analyst average sits near $1,502. Yes: the China DRAM fear is real and now generously priced.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-08-10
SanDisk Crashed 48% While Sales Grew 370%. I Think the Market Blinked
Is SanDisk a buy at $1,223, about 48% below its $2,335 record? Sales are up 370% on the NAND shortage and guidance implies 350% more. Yes, at a size built for 40% swings.
Read →$CRWV · 2026-08-10
Is CoreWeave a Buy Before Earnings? $99 Billion of Backlog Against $1.27 of Losses
Is CoreWeave a buy before August 11 earnings? CRWV at $90.67 carries a $99.4 billion backlog, a $1.27 expected loss and a stock that round-tripped 35% in July. Not before the print.
Read →$CSCO · 2026-08-10
Is Cisco a Buy Before Wednesday's Earnings? Not at $121, Not Before the AI Guide
Is Cisco stock a buy before August 12 earnings? Not at $121.43 after a 46% run: the quarter is pre-agreed and the whole bet is a first-ever fiscal 2027 AI guide nobody has seen. The case for waiting.
Read →$CSCO · 2026-08-10
Cisco Earnings August 12: The Quarter Is Pre-Agreed, the First AI Revenue Guide Is the Event
Cisco beat Q4 2026 on every line and guided FY27 AI revenue to $7.5 billion, then fell 4.19% after hours: gross margin dropped 210bp and about 5 points of growth was price.
Read →$TCEHY · 2026-08-09
Tencent Q2 2026 Earnings: Games Reaccelerate to 17%, but AI Capex Nearly Triples
Tencent beat Q2 2026 revenue at RMB 204.8bn as domestic games reaccelerated to 17%, but profit missed estimates after capex jumped 65% quarter on quarter to RMB 52.8bn.
Read →$RUM · 2026-08-09
Rumble Earnings Preview (August 10): The Consensus Number Is For A Company That No Longer Exists
Rumble, now RUM Group, reports Q2 2026 on August 10 after the close. A single analyst carries the $30.7m revenue consensus, and the Northern Data deal that closed in June changes the whole company.
Read →2026-08-08
SpaceX's Hidden $81 Billion AI Business, and 6 Deals the Compute Ledger Missed
SpaceX holds $81 billion of AI compute deals with Google, Anthropic and Reflection AI, and named none of them in its earnings. This AI Compute Deal Ledger update adds those plus TeraWulf's $19B lease.
Read →2026-08-06
Oracle Has Sold 9.5 Years of Revenue. Palantir Has Sold 0.8. We Built the Table.
A free dataset of every big RPO and backlog disclosure, with the ratio nobody publishes: contracted revenue over trailing sales. Oracle 9.5x, Microsoft 2.0x, Palantir 0.8x, Boeing 7.6x.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-08-05
Why Is SanDisk (SNDK) Stock Down After Earnings? It Beat Its Own Guide and Fell Anyway
SanDisk beat on revenue, EPS and gross margin, then guided fiscal Q1 to $10.3-10.8 billion against $11.16 billion consensus. Why a record quarter got sold, and what it means for memory stocks.
Read →$GOOGL · 2026-08-05
Why Is Google (GOOGL) Stock Down Today? Hassabis Steps Back, Jeff Dean Exits DeepMind
Alphabet whipsawed 5.4% on August 5 when Hassabis and Dean stepped back from DeepMind, then fell another 3.8% on August 11 to $343.80 after a $25B debt raise and a French antitrust complaint.
Read →$AMAT · 2026-08-04
Applied Materials Earnings: Record Q3, a $700m Guide Beat, and the Stock Fell
Applied Materials posted record fiscal Q3 revenue of $9.12 billion and guided Q4 to $10.25 billion, roughly $700 million above consensus. The stock closed down 2.48% and fell again after hours.
Read →$CRWV · 2026-08-04
CoreWeave Q2 Earnings: A $2.58 Billion Quarter, a $129 Billion Backlog, and a Double-Digit After-Hours Pop
CoreWeave posted Q2 2026 revenue of $2.58 billion, up 112%, with a 59% adjusted EBITDA margin, then told the call its backlog hit $129.2 billion: the stock jumped 12-14% after hours.
Read →$VST · 2026-08-04
Vistra Q2 2026 Earnings: EBITDA Up 31%, Revenue Missed, and the Meta Deal Is Still Not in the Guide
Vistra reported Q2 2026 Ongoing Operations Adjusted EBITDA of $1.77 billion, up 31%, on revenue of $4.0 billion that missed. Full-year guidance reaffirmed, Meta PPAs still excluded.
Read →$SHOP · 2026-08-04
Shopify Earnings Preview (August 5): First Real Test of the Meta Threat, With a 12% Implied Move
Shopify reports Q2 2026 on August 5 before the open. Consensus sees revenue near $3.43 billion, up 28%, gross profit guided slower, and one month of Meta's AI shopping rival in the numbers.
Read →$UBER · 2026-08-04
Uber Earnings (August 5): Bookings Beat at $58 Billion, EPS Landed Inside the Guide and Under the Street
Uber's Q2 2026 results: gross bookings of $58 billion up 24% cleared guidance, but revenue of $14.19 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.81 came in under the street. Q3 bookings guidance read light.
Read →$AMD · 2026-08-04
AMD Q2 2026 Earnings: The Beat, the $13 Billion Guide, and a Sell-the-News First Reaction. Updated With Results
AMD Q2 2026 results: $11.54 billion revenue vs $11.28 billion expected, $1.66 EPS, a $13 billion Q3 guide, and the stock still fell about 9% after hours.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-08-03
SK Hynix on August 4: The US Rule That Gagged a Record Quarter, and What Actually Unlocks
SK Hynix posted a record 60.54 trillion won quarter and said nothing about buybacks. SEC Rule 174 is why, and it expires August 4. What the company actually committed to.
Read →2026-08-03
How Much Money Is Actually Committed to AI Data Centers? We Built a Free Ledger of Every Deal.
We tracked every verified AI compute deal into one free dataset: $627 billion binding, $350 billion announced but not binding, 7.2 GW contracted. Here is what the headlines hide.
Read →$MU · 2026-08-03
Was Last Week's Memory Rally a Dead Cat Bounce? Half of It Was
Memory rallied for one US session and one Korean session, then gave back a third of it. Whether the July 30 bounce was a dead cat, what genuinely changed, and how to size memory stocks now.
Read →$NVDA · 2026-08-01
When Does Nvidia Report Earnings? Wednesday, August 26, After the Close. The Bar Is $91 Billion
Nvidia reports fiscal Q2 2027 on Wednesday, August 26, 2026: results near 4:20pm ET, call at 5:00pm ET. Guidance is $91 billion revenue and 75% gross margin, assuming zero China.
Read →$RDDT · 2026-07-31
Why Is Reddit (RDDT) Stock Down 21%? Its Worst Day Since the IPO, on a 61% Revenue Beat
Reddit closed down 20.76% at $141.08, its worst day since going public, despite growing revenue 61% to $805m. Choppy Google referrals, a US user miss, and no new AI licensing deals.
Read →$AXTI · 2026-07-31
Why Is AXT (AXTI) Stock Up 43%? Record Indium Phosphide, and a Gross Margin That Went From 8% to 45% in a Year
AXT jumped over 40% after revenue rose 164% to $47.59m on record indium phosphide sales, gross margin hit 45% from 8.2%, and it guided Q3 to $66m. What indium phosphide is, and why AI needs it.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-07-30
Why Is SanDisk (SNDK) Up 26% Today? The Memory Bounce, and Whether It's a Bottom or a Dead Cat
SanDisk closed up 26.29% and Micron ran as high as 16% as Samsung posted record profit and flagged a shortage into 2028. Is this the bottom, and should you buy calls? We take a side on both.
Read →$AMZN · 2026-07-30
Amazon Q2 2026 Breakdown: AWS Accelerated to 36.7%, and Trailing Free Cash Flow Went to Minus $7.6 Billion
Amazon cleared $200bn in a quarter for the first time, with operating income up 43% to $27.5bn and AWS growing 36.7%. Trailing free cash flow is an outflow of $7.6 billion.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-29
DRAM Is Up 89% in a Quarter. Which Stocks Get Hit Next by Memory Costs?
LPDDR5X prices rose 89% in Q2 2026. Qualcomm and Microsoft have already put memory costs on their statements. Who reports it next, who passes it on, and who is immune.
Read →$CLS · 2026-07-29
Celestica (CLS): Revenue Up 62%, Guidance Raised Twice Over, and Nobody Is Writing About It
Celestica posted Q2 revenue of $4.70B, up 62%, with adjusted EPS of $2.54 versus $1.39. It raised full-year revenue to $20.5B and EPS to $11.30. Why the market barely noticed.
Read →$APLD · 2026-07-29
Applied Digital (APLD): Revenue Up 407%, a $36 Billion Lease Backlog, and $5 Billion of Debt
Applied Digital posted fiscal Q4 revenue of $258.7M, up 407%, with $36B of contracted leases and 1.41GW of IT load. It also carries $5B of debt and lost $110.6M on a GAAP basis.
Read →$MSFT · 2026-07-29
What Is RPO? The Metric That Moved Microsoft 8% and How to Read It Yourself
Remaining performance obligation is contracted revenue not yet recognised. Microsoft's hit $678 billion and the stock rose 8%. What RPO is, where to find it, and the four traps.
Read →$META · 2026-07-29
Is Meta a Buy After the Drop? 24% Off Its High, 57 Buy Ratings, and $784 Million of Free Cash Flow
Meta fell 5% after hours to about $556, now 24% below its high, with 57 buy ratings and an $826 target. Our answer, the bull case, the bear case and how to size it.
Read →$ARM · 2026-07-29
Arm FQ1 2027 Earnings Breakdown: A Record Quarter, an 8-Cent Beat, and the FTC Problem Nobody Can Model
Arm posted record revenue of $1.29B up 22%, EPS of $0.45 versus $0.37 expected, and guided FQ2 to another record. Shares still fell. The FTC antitrust probe is why.
Read →$QCOM · 2026-07-29
Qualcomm FQ3 2026 Earnings Breakdown: Revenue Near the High End, Profit Down 20%, and the Memory Shortage Is Now Everyone's Problem
Qualcomm posted $9.95B revenue near guidance highs but non-GAAP EPS fell 20% to $2.21, and guided FQ4 light on component costs. Handsets down 20%, automotive up 38%. The margin story explained.
Read →$META · 2026-07-29
Meta Q2 2026 Earnings Breakdown: Revenue Grew 28%, Costs Grew 55%, and Free Cash Flow Fell to $784 Million
Meta beat on revenue at $60.8B but missed EPS at $6.18 versus $7.13 expected, as operating costs rose 55% and free cash flow collapsed to $784 million. Shares fell 5% after hours.
Read →$MSFT · 2026-07-29
Microsoft Q4 FY2026 Earnings Breakdown: Azure Grew 43%, the Backlog Grew 84%, and the Stock Jumped 8%
Microsoft posted $90B revenue and $4.74 adjusted EPS with Azure up 43%, and shares jumped 8% after hours. Commercial RPO up 84% to $678B is the number that did it, not Azure.
Read →$VRT · 2026-07-29
Why Is Vertiv (VRT) Stock Down 13% Today? A $100 Million Revenue Miss Beat a Guidance Raise
Vertiv fell as much as 13% on July 29 after Q2 revenue of $3.27B missed the $3.37B estimate, despite an EPS beat and a raised full-year outlook. Why the tape ignored the good news.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-29
What Is HBM? The Memory Chip Running the AI Boom, Who Makes It, and Why It Is the Crux of the Whole Selloff
HBM is stacked DRAM with 5 to 10 times the bandwidth of normal memory, it is sold out through 2026, and SK Hynix holds about half the market. Why every memory argument now runs through it.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-29
Why SKHY Costs 22% More Than SK Hynix: The ADR Premium, the 2.5% Cap, and the Arbitrage That Cannot Happen
SKHY trades about 22% above SK Hynix's Seoul shares, down from nearly 51%. A 2.5% conversion cap blocks the arbitrage that would close it. What an ADR is and what the premium could still cost you.
Read →$SSNLF · 2026-07-29
Samsung Q2 Earnings, July 30: A Record ₩89.4 Trillion Profit the Market Has Already Sold Twice
Samsung reports full Q2 results at 10:00am KST on Thursday July 30, after guiding to a record ₩89.4 trillion operating profit and watching the stock fall anyway. The four segment lines that matter.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-29
SK Hynix Q2 Earnings: A Record ₩60.5 Trillion Profit, a Miss Anyway, and the Whisper That Called It to Within 0.2%
SK Hynix posted a record ₩60.54 trillion Q2 operating profit at a 76% margin and still missed the ₩64.1 trillion consensus. SKHY hit a record low near $130. What the print says about the memory cycle.
Read →$ARM · 2026-07-28
Arm Earnings Preview (July 29): The Purest AI Royalty Play, at the Least Forgiving Valuation
Arm reports after the close Wednesday July 29 alongside Microsoft and Meta. Royalty rates, v9 adoption and data-centre share are the lines that matter on a stock priced for perfection.
Read →$QCOM · 2026-07-28
Qualcomm Earnings Preview (July 29): The Apple Countdown Clock Hangs Over Everything
Qualcomm reports fiscal Q3 after the close Wednesday July 29, buried under Microsoft and Meta. Why the Apple modem transition, not the handset cycle, decides the multiple. Options plays inside.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-27
MU and SNDK: Up 210% and 503% This Year, Down Every Day Since June. Is This the Dip to Buy?
Micron is down 22% and SanDisk 30% from June highs after leading the Nasdaq-100 all year. Why they fall daily, what the valuation says, and the options problem a $1,270 stock creates.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-27
What Is CXMT? The Chinese DRAM Maker That Broke Micron, and Whether You Can Actually Buy It
CXMT explained: China's state-backed DRAM maker grew revenue sevenfold, filed an $8.5 billion IPO and got Apple testing its chips. What it threatens, and why you can't buy the stock.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-26
The AI Capex Reckoning: Why Next Week's Big Tech Earnings Are Really One Trade
Microsoft, Meta and Amazon are spending hundreds of billions on AI, and next week the market decides if it's a moat or a money pit. Why the four megacap prints are really one capex trade.
Read →$AMZN · 2026-07-25
Amazon Earnings Preview: The AWS-vs-Capex Print That Settles the AI Spending Debate
Amazon reports Q2 2026 on Thursday July 30 after the close. AWS growth versus a soaring cloud-capex bill is the whole print, as the market turns hostile to AI spending.
Read →$MXL · 2026-07-23
MaxLinear Earnings July 23: Revenue Up 55% to $168.8 Million, and Infrastructure Is Now the Biggest Segment
MaxLinear's Q2 2026: revenue of $168.8 million rose 55% year over year and 23% sequentially, infrastructure grew 145% on optical data centre ramps, and GAAP EPS returned to positive at $0.02.
Read →$RNG · 2026-07-23
RingCentral Earnings July 23: All Three Things the Guide Did Not Pin Down Came In Ahead
RingCentral's Q2 2026: revenue of $657 million beat, non-GAAP EPS of $1.22 beat $1.17, free cash flow rose 25% to $180 million, AI product ARR doubled to 13% of ARR, and full-year guidance was raised.
Read →$SMH · 2026-07-21
Is the AI Chip Trade Back? MU, SNDK and the Memory Names Ripped Again Today. V-Shape or Bull Trap?
Memory stocks surged again July 21: SanDisk +8%, Western Digital +9%, Micron +7%, with banks buying the dip. Is the AI chip trade back, or a bull trap?
Read →$EQT · 2026-07-21
EQT Earnings (July 21): EPS Missed at $0.34, Volumes Beat the Guide, and 2026 Production Guidance Went Up 90 Bcfe
EQT's Q2 2026: revenue of $1.8 billion fell 29%, diluted EPS of $0.34 missed the $0.41 expected, but sales volume of 634 Bcfe beat guidance and full-year production guidance was raised.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-21
Micron (MU) Stock Jumps 10%: Why UBS's $1,625 Target and the HBM Sellout Reignited the Memory Trade
Micron stock jumped about 10% as UBS set a $1,625 target and raised its HBM price call to +50%. Why MU rallied on July 21, 2026, and the levels that matter now.
Read →$PEGA · 2026-07-21
Pegasystems Earnings (July 21): ACV Grew 7% Against a 15% Guide, and ACV Was the Whole Point
Pegasystems' Q2 2026: total annual contract value grew 7% to $1.62 billion against a 15% full-year guide, Pega Cloud ACV rose 22% against a 30%-plus target, and revenue rose 9.4% to $420.7 million.
Read →$BABA · 2026-07-20
Alibaba Is Up 17% in July and Just Dropped a New Qwen Model. Is BABA the Real AI Trade?
BABA stock rose 5.4% on the Qwen3.8 Max preview and is up 17% in July 2026. With cloud growing 38% and earnings August 20, is Alibaba stock still a buy?
Read →$HUT · 2026-07-20
Hut 8 Signed a Second $9.8 Billion AI Lease and Jumped 14%. Now Read the Fine Print.
HUT stock jumped 14% after a second $9.8 billion, 15-year AI data center lease fully booked its 1 GW Beacon Point campus. What the $19.6 billion really means.
Read →$IREN · 2026-07-20
IREN Signed $2.8 Billion in AI Contracts and Raised Its Target. Hype or the Real Thing?
IREN stock jumped 10% after signing $2.8 billion in AI cloud contracts and raising its 2026 ARR target to $4 billion. Is IREN a buy or an AI hype trade?
Read →$AAPL · 2026-07-16
Apple Earnings Preview: The CXMT Question Ambushes the Quietest Print of the Fortnight
Apple reports fiscal Q3 earnings expected July 30. The ±4% straddle says boring, but Apple is now confirmed testing China's CXMT memory chips, and one analyst question about it can move three other stocks. The preview and the trade.
Read →$AVGO · 2026-07-16
Broadcom Guided AI Revenue Up 200% and the Stock Fell. Read That Again
Broadcom guided Q3 AI semiconductor revenue to $16 billion, up 200% year over year, and fell 3% while sparking a sector selloff. What sell-the-news on a tripling business tells you about AI positioning.
Read →$GOOGL · 2026-07-16
Alphabet Earnings Preview: The Most Hated Megacap Has the Easiest Bar
Alphabet reported Q2 2026 on July 22: revenue $119.8B up 24%, Cloud up 82%, but the stock fell on a capex raise. This preview is kept for the record. GOOGL got punched in the face in February, sat out the megacap bounce in June, and now walks into earnings as the cheapest, least-loved name in big tech. That's the setup.
Read →$META · 2026-07-16
Meta Earnings Preview: The Megacap Most Likely to Move 10%, in Either Direction
Meta reports Q2 2026 earnings expected July 29. META owns the wildest earnings-day history in big tech, and this print lands with the market newly allergic to AI capex. The setup, the history, and the options play.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-16
MU Broke $900. China's CXMT Is the Reason, and It's Not Going Away
Micron broke $900 on July 15 as China's CXMT priced an $8.55 billion IPO. Updated Aug 4: 466% debut, the $840 tag, the failed SK Hynix test, and the rebound.
Read →$NOW · 2026-07-16
ServiceNow Earnings (July 22): Subscription Revenue Up 24.5%, Guidance Raised, and the AI-Eats-SaaS Verdict Went Its Way
ServiceNow's Q2 2026: subscription revenue of $3.88 billion rose 24.5% and beat the top of guidance, AI annual contract value passed $1 billion, and the full-year guide rose to about $15.77 billion.
Read →$NVDA · 2026-07-16
Jensen Huang's $100 Billion Gigawatt Just Became Nvidia's Biggest Problem
Huang says AI computing costs are heading from $50 billion toward $100 billion per gigawatt. Seaport says that math forces Nvidia to finance its own customers. Why one supply-chain comment knocked the whole AI trade.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-16
SK Hynix Earnings (July 29): The Single Most Important Print of the Memory Supercycle
SK Hynix reported record Q2 2026 results on July 29 and missed anyway. The whisper was right to within 0.2%. What happened next, and the August 4 shareholder return catalyst.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-07-16
SanDisk Earnings Preview: Prove the Shortage, Keep the Multiple
SanDisk's fiscal Q4 print: revenue of $8.965 billion, up 372%, and non-GAAP EPS of $39.25, both above the company's own guide. What it settles about the NAND shortage and memory stocks.
Read →$SMH · 2026-07-16
Why AI Stocks Dumped Today: Three Hammers, One Session
Arm fell 8%, Micron 8%, AMD 5% and the chip ETF 3% on July 16. The three simultaneous triggers behind the AI selloff, whether the trade rebounds, and what the earnings data actually says about what comes next.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-07-13
Memory Stocks Are Dumping Again. The Math Says the Flush Is Almost Done
MU, SNDK and WDC opened 4% lower Monday after Korea's memory crash. Kioxia is down 32% from its high, MU 22%, SNDK 18%. Whether the memory-stock selloff continues, and the exact levels to trade.
Read →$SKHY · 2026-07-13
SKHY's First Official Day Starts With a 15% Crash Back Home
SK Hynix trades under its permanent ticker SKHY for the first time today, hours after its Seoul shares fell 15.4% in their worst session ever. The $149 IPO price is now the level that decides everything.
Read →$SOXX · 2026-07-12
Semiconductor Stocks Just Lost $1 Trillion in a Week. Bubble, or Reset?
Intel, Micron, AMD, and Nvidia all got hit as semiconductor stocks shed over $1 trillion in value this week. The bull case, the bear case, and the trade for the AI selloff.
Read →$MU · 2026-07-12
MU Crashed 22% After Record Earnings. Here's Who's Actually Selling
Micron (MU) beat earnings by 18.6%, raised guidance, and then dropped 22% from its highs. Here's why MU stock is down, what SK Hynix's IPO has to do with it, and the trade from here.
Read →$NVDA · 2026-07-12
Nvidia Is Flat in 2026. Goldman Says That Makes It Cheap. Who's Right?
NVDA is up just 5% in 2026, stuck near $197, while Goldman calls its 21.7x forward P/E compelling. DeepSeek is building its own chip. The bull case, the bear case, and the LEAPS trade.
Read →$SOFI · 2026-07-12
The 2026 Retail Playbook: Memory ETFs, Mega-IPOs, and the Occasional Wendy's
Retail traders in 2026 are piling into memory-chip ETFs, flipping mega-IPOs like SK Hynix, and still squeezing the occasional meme stock. How the WallStreetBets playbook evolved and where the crowd is going next.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-07-12
SNDK: Inside SanDisk's $1,900 NAND-Shortage Rollercoaster
SanDisk (SNDK) swung from $1,727 to $1,947 in one week. Here's what's driving the NAND flash shortage, why SanDisk keeps hiking prices, and how to trade SNDK from here.
Read →$MU · 2026-02-18
MU: Memory Bulls Back From the Dead (Week +14.5%, Month +17.8%)
Micron ripped this week and the chart is flirting with a fresh breakout. Quick read on what moved it, what the market is pricing, and where the next fight is.
Read →$SNDK · 2026-02-18
SNDK: SanDisk Spinoff Mania (Week +12.8%, Month +47.8%)
SNDK is doing the fresh-spinoff thing where gravity stops working. Here’s what drove the move, what the chart says, and how this could unwind.
Read →$IGV · 2026-02-18
SaaS Gets Smoked: CRM, ADBE, NOW Red Because AI (And AI Capex Too)
Software stocks are catching hands from AI disruption fears, while the market also side-eyes the giant AI capex bill. Here’s the paradox, the tape read, and what to watch.
Read →Earnings
Previews, prints and the reaction
2026-08-27
Shein IPO Prices August 31: $1.7B In, Up to $3.5B Out
Shein guides its Hong Kong IPO to HK$48.56, pricing August 31 and listing September 1 at about $26 billion. The raise is $1.7 billion. Pre-IPO holders collect up to $3.5 billion.
Read →$DKS · 2026-08-25
Dick's Sporting Goods Cut Its Year 18%. Foot Locker Went From a Profit to a $32 Million Loss.
Foot Locker's segment income swung from +$17.5m to -$31.9m in one quarter at DICK'S, while the DICK'S banner grew comps 4.9%. The stock fell far more than the 17.9% guide cut explains.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-21
Options Scorecard: The Week of August 10, Graded (35 Calls, 51% Right)
Every options play logged the week of August 10, scored against what actually happened: 18 of 35 calls right. Fabrinet's straddle pass is the biggest miss, and the losses cluster on the sell side.
Read →$WMT · 2026-08-20
Walmart's $2.9 Billion Tariff Refund Flatters Q2. Q3 Pays for It.
Walmart received about $2.9bn of IEEPA tariff refunds and booked roughly 750 basis points of operating income growth from it. The Q3 guide of 2-4% shows what the price cuts it funded now cost.
Read →$HUIZ · 2026-08-20
Why Is Huize Holding (HUIZ) Stock Up Today? A $15 Million Insurer Just Grew Profit 11-Fold
Huize Holding's H1 2026 profit rose 11-fold to RMB25.3 million on record RMB4.2 billion of premiums, yet the Nasdaq-listed Chinese insurer carries a market cap near $15 million.
Read →$AUNA · 2026-08-19
Why Is AUNA Stock Up Today After a 15% Earnings Crash?
AUNA sank as much as 15% intraday after Auna S.A. missed Q2 profit estimates, then closed up 0.18% at $5.43. Adjusted EBITDA fell 6% and full-year guidance now needs a much stronger second half.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-19
August 20 Hour by Hour: Walmart at 7am, Deere at 10am ET
Walmart and Alibaba report before 7am ET, three more calls run through 10am, jobless claims and the Philly Fed print at 8:30am, and a 319 million share SpaceX unlock lands the same Thursday.
Read →$PDD · 2026-08-19
PDD Earnings Aug 24: Revenue Up, Profit Down Again
PDD Holdings (PDD) reported Q2 2026 on August 24: revenue grew 8% to $16.6 billion, missing estimates, but profit fell just 12% versus Q1's 15% drop, and non-GAAP EPS beat the Street.
Read →$XOS · 2026-08-18
Why Is Xos (XOS) Stock Up Today? A First Air Force Contract Doubled a Beaten-Down EV Truck Maker
Xos (XOS) shares more than doubled Tuesday to $4.31 from Monday's $2.09 close after the nano-cap EV truck maker won its first Air Force contract, a prototype deal with no disclosed dollar value.
Read →$LZB · 2026-08-17
La-Z-Boy (LZB) Earnings Aug 18: Up 25%, Guided Flat
La-Z-Boy missed fiscal Q1 2027 estimates on August 18: revenue fell short of its own guide, adjusted EPS missed by six cents, Q2 guidance came in below consensus, and the stock fell about 16-17%.
Read →$MRCY · 2026-08-17
Mercury (MRCY) Earnings Aug 18: Bookings +74%, Cash Out
Mercury Systems beat fiscal Q4 2026 revenue estimates on August 18 with record bookings and a return to positive free cash flow, but margin compression sent the stock down about 10-12% after hours.
Read →$AAP · 2026-08-17
Advance Auto (AAP) Earnings Aug 20: Comps +3.5%, Guide 1%
Advance Auto Parts reports Q2 before the open on August 20. Comps ran 3.5% in Q1 and the full-year guide of 1-2% implies roughly flat comps across the remaining 36 weeks. Options price 14.3%.
Read →$BILL · 2026-08-17
Bill.com (BILL) Earnings Aug 19: 709 Cut, 20% Bought Back
BILL beat its fiscal Q4 guide on August 19 with $0.84 of non-GAAP EPS and 16% core growth, then guided FY27 revenue up 9-12% with operating income up 30-39%. The cost bet is landing.
Read →$COTY · 2026-08-17
Coty (COTY) Earnings Aug 19: More Debt Than Market Cap
Coty printed the two-cent Q4 loss on August 19 and called fiscal 2027 a transition year, guiding only Q1. Net debt of $2.91bn still exceeds the market cap. A new CFO starts September 1.
Read →$RARE · 2026-08-17
Ultragenyx (RARE): DTX401's FDA Decision Lands August 23, Built at the Plant That Failed UX111
Ultragenyx's DTX401 gene therapy for GSDIa gets an FDA verdict August 23, made at the Bedford, MA plant whose findings sank a different Ultragenyx gene therapy last year. RARE trades near $26.
Read →$BJ · 2026-08-16
BJ's Earnings Aug 21: Comps Ran 1.5% Into a 2-3% Guide
BJ's Wholesale reports Friday, August 21 before the open, call at 8:00am ET. Ex-gasoline comps grew 1.5% last quarter against a full-year guide of 2% to 3% that management reaffirmed anyway.
Read →$EL · 2026-08-16
Estée Lauder Q4 Earnings (Aug 19): The Guide Leaves a Dime
Estée Lauder closed fiscal 2026 with $0.39 of Q4 adjusted EPS on August 19, above the $0.23-0.33 its own guide implied, and guided fiscal 2027 EPS up 24-34%. The stock closed up 16.30%.
Read →$TOL · 2026-08-16
Toll Brothers (TOL) Earnings Aug 18: Orders Up, EPS Down 22%
Toll Brothers reports fiscal Q3 after the close on August 18. Orders rose 8% last quarter while deliveries fell 14%, and the order growth is slower than the community growth behind it.
Read →$RMAX · 2026-08-16
RE/MAX (RMAX) Deadline Tuesday: Cash Beats Stock by 11.7%
RE/MAX holders must choose $13.80 cash or 5.15 Real shares by 5:00pm ET Tuesday, August 18. At Friday's closes the cash leg is worth $1.44 more, and doing nothing defaults to the cheaper one.
Read →$BBY · 2026-08-15
Best Buy (BBY) Earnings Aug 27: The Guide Needs a -1.2% Back Half
Best Buy reports fiscal Q2 on August 27 with comps guided near 1%. Run the full-year guide against a 2.0% Q1 and the back half has to comp about -1.2%, with the stock 5% off its 52-week high.
Read →$SNPS · 2026-08-15
Synopsys (SNPS) Earnings Aug 26: Revenue Up 40%, Profit Up 9%
Synopsys reports fiscal Q3 on August 26 at 5pm ET, the same minute as Nvidia. Consensus of $3.68 sits one cent under the top of the company's own guide, and the stock is 33% off its high.
Read →$NTNX · 2026-08-15
Nutanix (NTNX) Earnings Aug 26: Revenue Up 12%, Cash Flat
Nutanix reports fiscal Q4 on August 26. The guide asks for 12.5% revenue growth and about the same free cash flow the quarter made a year ago, and the full-year cash target sits $50m below November's.
Read →$SNOW · 2026-08-15
Snowflake (SNOW) Earnings Sept 2: $6bn Promised to AWS, 75% Margin Guided
Snowflake reports Q2 FY27 on September 2 with product revenue guided to $1.42bn. The stock closed at $328.92 and the average analyst target sits 8% below it.
Read →$NTES · 2026-08-15
Is NetEase (NTES) a Buy Before Earnings? The Q2 Profit Drag Has Already Reversed
Is NetEase a buy before August 20 earnings? The profit gap Nomura flags is a mark on Alibaba and Pinduoduo, struck June 30 at $95.98 and $76.28. Both have since risen 29% and 11%.
Read →$BIDU · 2026-08-15
Is Baidu (BIDU) a Buy Before Aug 18? $28B of It Is Cash
Baidu reports Q2 on August 18 with a $35.2bn market cap and $27.9bn of net cash and investments behind it. The verdict on the shares, and why the print itself is the wrong thing to buy.
Read →$DE · 2026-08-15
Is Deere (DE) a Buy Before Earnings? Not at 33x a Falling Number
Deere reports fiscal Q3 on August 20 at about 33x forward earnings while its own guide tops out below last year. The pass on shares, and why the 5% implied move is the cheaper side of it.
Read →$XPEV · 2026-08-15
XPeng Earnings Aug 24: 103,295 Cars, Same as a Year Ago
XPeng (XPEV) reported Q2 2026 on August 24: revenue of $2.91 billion missed the Street, vehicle margin held flat at 12.1% instead of clearing 14%, and the stock fell 8.5% to $11.15.
Read →$NU · 2026-08-15
Is Nu Holdings (NU) a Buy? 49% Growth Was 67% in Dollars
Nu Holdings crossed $1 billion of quarterly profit and jumped 9.33% to $15.23. The headline 49% growth is FX-neutral: in dollars it was 66.6%, and the 90-day bucket got worse.
Read →$PANW · 2026-08-15
Palo Alto (PANW) Earnings Sept 1: 32% Revenue, 2% EPS
Palo Alto Networks reports fiscal Q4 on September 1. The guide asks for 32% revenue growth and 1-3% earnings growth in the same quarter, and CyberArk's 112 million shares explain the gap.
Read →$CRM · 2026-08-15
Salesforce (CRM) Earnings Aug 26: Consensus Sits Above the Guide
Salesforce reports Q2 FY27 on August 26. Strip out Informatica and last quarter's 13% growth was nearer 9%, and Street consensus already sits a cent above the company's own EPS guide.
Read →$CRWD · 2026-08-15
CrowdStrike (CRWD) Earnings Aug 26: The Split Broke the EPS Math
CrowdStrike reports Q2 FY27 on August 26, the same evening as Nvidia. Guidance was issued a month before the 4-for-1 split, so the $1.16 EPS figure everywhere online compares to nothing.
Read →$RLX · 2026-08-15
Is RLX Technology (RLX) a Buy Under $2 and Near Net Cash?
Is RLX Technology a buy? Revenue growth fell from 96% to 15% in one quarter, but the Chinese vape exporter holds about $2 billion in net cash against a $2.37 billion market cap.
Read →$TJX · 2026-08-15
TJX and Ross Earnings (Aug 19-20): The Street Is Above Both Guides
TJX beat Q2 on August 19 with comps up 4% and EPS of $1.36 against $1.18, raising the year to $5.31-5.36, past the Street's $5.22. A light Q3 guide sent it down premarket. Ross reports August 20.
Read →$BABA · 2026-08-14
Is Alibaba (BABA) a Buy Before August 20 Earnings? Cloud Earns 74% of the Profit
Alibaba reports June-quarter results August 20. The stock sits 35.7% below its high and under every named target, but group adjusted EBITA fell 84%. The verdict, and the level worth paying.
Read →$LOW · 2026-08-14
Lowe's (LOW) Earnings Aug 19: Sales Up 9%, Earnings Down 2%
Lowe's beat Q2 adjusted EPS at $4.40 on August 19 but cut the year to the bottom of every range: $92bn of sales, flat comps, $12.25 of EPS. Comps rose 0.2%. The stock still closed up 2.4%.
Read →$DE · 2026-08-14
Deere (DE) Earnings Aug 20: The Best Case Is Still a Down Year
Deere reports fiscal Q3 on August 20. Management calls 2026 the bottom, yet the top of its own $4.5-5.0bn guide sits below last year's $5.027bn, and $272m of the first half came from a tariff refund.
Read →$BABA · 2026-08-14
Alibaba (BABA) Earnings Aug 20: Cloud Is 74% of Profit, EBITA Fell 84%
Alibaba reports June-quarter results August 20 before the open. Group adjusted EBITA fell 84% last quarter and cloud is now 74% of what's left, so one segment carries the whole print.
Read →$AAOI · 2026-08-14
Why Is AAOI Stock Up 15%? There Was No News Today
Applied Optoelectronics closed up 15.53% at $150.28 on August 14 with no company news. The quarter was eight days old, the FCC ban is still a draft, and AAOI sits 35.7% under its high.
Read →$YSS · 2026-08-14
Why Is York Space Systems (YSS) Stock Down? The Cut Is 50%, Not 32%
York Space cut FY2026 revenue guidance to $375-405M and YSS closed at $10.93, down 5%. With H1 banked at $208.8M, the whole cut lands on H2: a 50% reduction.
Read →$KLC · 2026-08-14
Why Is KinderCare (KLC) Stock Down? A 1.5% Guide Cut Met 3.6x Leverage
KinderCare cut FY2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $200-220M and KLC fell 45% intraday to $2.65. Against $752M of net debt and $115.1M of first-half EBITDA, the equity is 29% of the enterprise.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-14
Options Scorecard: The Week of August 3, Graded (37 Calls, 59% Right)
Every options play logged during the busiest earnings week of the quarter, scored against what actually happened: 22 of 37 calls right, Palantir the biggest miss, Super Micro a graded call reversed.
Read →$HTFL · 2026-08-14
Why Is Heartflow (HTFL) Stock Up? Guidance Went From 24% To 42%
Heartflow raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $246-250 million after a $64.1 million quarter, up 48%. In March the same company guided 24-26% growth. HTFL traded up 23% premarket, near its 52-week high.
Read →$NTES · 2026-08-14
NetEase (NTES) Q2 Earnings August 20: The Profit Line Isn't About Games
NetEase reports Q2 2026 before the US open on Thursday, August 20. Consensus wants RMB 10.2bn of non-GAAP profit. Nomura models RMB 9.4bn, and puts the gap in two stocks NetEase doesn't operate.
Read →$TGT · 2026-08-13
Is Target (TGT) a Buy Before August 19? The Street's Average Is $15 Below the Price
Target closed at $159.00 on August 19, up 4.28% at a 52-week high and 11.4% above the sell-side's $140.90 average target. The pass at $155.51 is marked as a loss.
Read →$WMT · 2026-08-13
Is Walmart a Buy Before Earnings? 41x and Still No Raise
Walmart confirmed its Q2 call for August 20 at 7am ET. Options price a 4.6% move on a stock at $116.01 and roughly 41x a full-year guide management has now held twice.
Read →$DLO · 2026-08-13
dLocal (DLO) Q2 Earnings: TPV Up 92%, Gross Profit Up 29%
dLocal's Q2 2026 payment volume rose 92% to $17.7bn while gross profit grew 29% to $127.2m. The take rate fell to 0.72% from 1.07%, and the raised 2026 guide assumes more of it.
Read →$ETON · 2026-08-13
Why Is Eton (ETON) Stock Up? A $25M Guidance Raise on a 99% Quarter
Eton Pharmaceuticals jumped about 20% after hours on August 13 after Q2 product sales rose 99% to $37.6M and full-year guidance went from over $120M to over $145M.
Read →$INV · 2026-08-13
Why Is Innventure (INV) Stock Down? A $100M Run Rate, Withdrawn
Innventure fell about 46% after hours on August 13 after suspending Accelsius' 2026 targets, including a $100M run-rate goal it was chasing with $953,000 of quarterly revenue.
Read →$TGT · 2026-08-13
Target Earnings August 19: The Turnaround Trade Meets a 52-Week High
Target beat Q2 on August 19: comps up 3.8%, $4.11 EPS with $1.65 of tariff refunds inside it, about $2.46 ex-refund, a guide raised past $8.50, and a 4.28% close at a 52-week high.
Read →$OMER · 2026-08-13
Why Is Omeros (OMER) Stock Up? 73 of 175 Centers Have Ordered
Omeros jumped after YARTEMLEA net revenue rose 188% to $28.5 million in Q2. But $11.4M of the $13.2M net income is a derivative mark, and the CMS J-code only started July 1.
Read →$BSP · 2026-08-13
Why Is Bending Spoons (BSP) Stock Down 19%? Organic Growth Halved to 3%
Bending Spoons beat by 70% on adjusted EPS and revenue grew 126%, yet the stock fell 19%. Organic growth was 3%, and the full-year guide implies a flat Q4.
Read →$ARX · 2026-08-13
Why Is Accelerant (ARX) Up 43%? A 49% Premium Below the IPO Price
Thoma Bravo is taking Accelerant private at $20.25 cash, a 49% premium that still lands below the $21 IPO price from thirteen months ago. The arb pays 4% and risks 30%.
Read →$RRGB · 2026-08-13
Why Is Red Robin (RRGB) Stock Up? A $96 Million Sale the Guidance Ignores
Red Robin jumped 26% after Q2 revenue of $277.6m and deals to sell 116 restaurants for $96.0m gross, against a $186m market cap. The reaffirmed EBITDA guide excludes those deals.
Read →$ENS · 2026-08-13
Why Is EnerSys (ENS) Stock Up? $1.88 of That $3.66 Isn't the Business
EnerSys reported adjusted EPS of $3.66 and opened up 13%, then gave most of it back. A federal tax credit and one-time tariff refunds account for $1.88 of it. The clean number is $1.78.
Read →$CLBT · 2026-08-13
Why Is Cellebrite (CLBT) Stock Down? A 2.6% Guide Cut and a New CEO
Cellebrite trimmed its 2026 ARR guide by $15 million, raised its EBITDA target, and replaced CEO Thomas Hogan the same morning. Shares fell 31% pre-market, about $1.2 billion of market value.
Read →$HLIT · 2026-08-13
Why Is Harmonic (HLIT) Stock Up 26% Premarket? Two Customers Are 63% of It
Harmonic raised its 2026 broadband guide to $505-525 million after revenue grew 54%, and HLIT is up 26% premarket. Two customers were 63% of the quarter.
Read →$FOSL · 2026-08-13
Why Is Fossil (FOSL) Stock Up? Sales Fell and Gross Margin Hit 62.4%
Fossil Group revenue fell 4.9% to $209.7M in Q2 2026, yet gross margin jumped 490bps to 62.4% and the company raised full-year guidance. FOSL rose about 10% after hours on August 12.
Read →$LESL · 2026-08-13
Why Is Leslie's (LESL) Stock Down? It Just Earned $5.01 a Share
Leslie's reported $5.01 of quarterly EPS and fell around 44% after hours on August 12, after flagging substantial doubt it can continue as a going concern against $786.7M of debt.
Read →$BLSH · 2026-08-13
Is Bullish (BLSH) a Buy Before Earnings? Q2 Volume Is Already Public
Bullish reports Q2 at 8:30am ET on August 13, a year after its NYSE debut opened at $90. The $130.7bn volume number is already public, the stock is $24.63, and the Equiniti stock leg has lost 36%.
Read →$STUB · 2026-08-12
Why Is StubHub (STUB) Stock Down? Flat Sales, 79% More EBITDA
StubHub fell about 14% after hours despite GMS up 34% to $3.1 billion. The unchanged $400-420m EBITDA guide is why: it asks the second half for 71-87% profit growth on roughly flat sales.
Read →$CAPR · 2026-08-12
Capricor (CAPR) Narrows to Upper Limb, and the August 22 FDA Date Moves
The FDA extended Capricor's deramiocel PDUFA date from August 22 to November 22, a three-month major-amendment delay confirmed August 24, and CAPR traded up more than 7% intraday to $6.75 on the news.
Read →$TE · 2026-08-12
Why Is T1 Energy (TE) Stock Down Today? A Revenue Beat That Didn't Save It
T1 Energy beat Q2 2026 revenue estimates by about 20% at $250.1 million, but a $0.16 loss per share missed by $0.05 and TE traded down roughly 7% intraday.
Read →$CBRS · 2026-08-12
Cerebras (CBRS) Q2 Results: Margin Beat Its Own Guide, Stock Fell 16% Anyway
Cerebras beat its own core revenue and margin guides in Q2, raised full-year revenue guidance, and CBRS still fell about 16% after hours. Here is what the GAAP-versus-core headlines got wrong.
Read →$HYLN · 2026-08-11
Why Is Hyliion (HYLN) Stock Up 20%? A $41.7 Million Navy Contract and a Guide Raised 50%
Hyliion jumped about 20% after hours on a $41.7 million Navy contract for its KARNO power generators, and raised 2026 revenue guidance 50% to roughly $15 million.
Read →$BSP · 2026-08-11
Is Bending Spoons (BSP) A Buy Before Earnings, Aug 13?
Bending Spoons stock has nearly doubled from its $29 IPO price ahead of its first public earnings report on August 13. Is the roll-up story worth what the market is now paying for it?
Read →$ONON · 2026-08-11
Why Is On Holding (ONON) Stock Down 20% Today? A Beat the Market Didn't Buy
On Holding stock closed down 20.29% after Q2 sales of CHF 850.3 million missed estimates and management cut full-year growth guidance, even though EPS beat and gross margin was raised.
Read →$AMC · 2026-08-10
AMC Just Had the Best Quarter in Its 106-Year History. Is a $2.57 Stock a Buy?
Is AMC a buy after record Q2 earnings? Revenue hit $1.6 billion and EBITDA $321 million, all-time records, yet the stock sits at $2.57 with the analyst target below the price. No.
Read →$OKLO · 2026-08-10
Is Oklo a Buy at $44? A $3 Billion War Chest, $1.2 Million of Revenue, and a Decade of In-Between
Is Oklo a buy after Q2 earnings? Revenue of $1.21 million beat, the loss of $0.28 missed, cash sits at $3.0 billion and the stock rose to $44. No: the stock is a bet on milestones, not quarters.
Read →$SE · 2026-08-10
Is Sea Limited a Buy Into a 19% Implied Move? Yes, in Shares, and Only in Shares
Is Sea Limited a buy before Tuesday's earnings? Options price a 19.1% move against the $114.91 close and nobody agrees on the number. Yes in shares sized for the gap, never in premium.
Read →$SMCI · 2026-08-10
The $60 Billion Question: Why I'm Not Buying Super Micro Until Tuesday Night
Is Super Micro a buy before August 11 earnings? SMCI at $32.48 rides a $60 billion order claim and an 18% implied move. My answer is no before the print, and here is the post-print trigger.
Read →$PLTR · 2026-08-10
Palantir Went Vertical. Here's the Price Where I'd Actually Buy It
Is Palantir a buy after rising 40% in a week to $172? The quarter was real: revenue up 93%, US commercial up 149%. My answer is watch, not chase, and here is the level that changes it.
Read →$HD · 2026-08-10
Is Home Depot a Buy Before August 18 Earnings? Not Until the Comp Answers One Question
Is Home Depot a buy before August 18 earnings? Not yet: the full-year guide needs comps to accelerate from +0.6% while mortgages sit at 6.7%. What the print has to show before the answer flips.
Read →$WMT · 2026-08-10
Retail Earnings Week (August 18-20): Home Depot, Target, Lowe's, Walmart and Deere Dates, Times and What to Watch
Retail earnings week results: Home Depot beat, Target closed up 4.28% at a 52-week high, Lowe's rose 2.4% on a cut guide, TJX fell 4.21% on a light Q3. Walmart and Deere close it Thursday.
Read →$NU · 2026-08-09
Nu Holdings Earnings Preview (August 13): The One Name This Week Where The Whisper Sits Below Consensus
Nu Holdings reports Q2 2026 on August 13 after the close. Consensus is $0.19 on $5.48bn, the computed whisper is $0.18, and Q1's risk-adjusted net interest margin fell 100bp to 9.5%.
Read →$BIRK · 2026-08-09
Birkenstock Earnings: The Currency Wedge Closed To Two Points
Birkenstock's fiscal Q3 revenue rose 13% reported and 15% in constant currency, closing the six-point FX wedge to two. Guidance went up, adjusted EPS missed, and BIRK jumped 13% premarket.
Read →$TPR · 2026-08-09
Tapestry Beat and Closed Down 16%: FY27 Guides Growth Down to 5%
Tapestry FQ4 2026: non-GAAP EPS $1.32 beat the $1.28 street, full-year revenue hit $8.00bn, and the stock closed down 16.49% at $128.39 as fiscal 2027 guided to $8.4-8.5bn and $7.80-$7.90.
Read →$JD · 2026-08-09
JD.com Q2: Revenue Went Backwards, Profit Swung Positive, Delivery Halved
JD.com Q2 2026 results: net revenues fell 2.9% to RMB 346.4bn, operating income swung to RMB 4.5bn from a RMB 0.9bn loss, and new-business revenue halved to RMB 7.3bn. The ADR fell premarket.
Read →$EAT · 2026-08-09
Brinker Earnings Preview (August 12): Twenty Quarters Of Chili's Comps, And The FY27 Guide Is The Whole Print
Brinker's fiscal Q4 2026 landed in line at $3.07 adjusted on $1,535.8 million, but Chili's 5.6% comp ran on price, not traffic, and the FY27 guide implies a step up in growth.
Read →$COHR · 2026-08-09
Coherent Q4 Results: A Beat Above Its Own Guide, Sold In After-Hours Trade
Coherent posted fiscal Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $1.74, above its own $1.52-1.72 guide, on revenue of $2.05 billion, and shares still fell about 3.6% after hours from an already-elevated close.
Read →$TME · 2026-08-09
Tencent Music Earnings Preview (August 11): A 10% Implied Move, And A Growth Rate Being Cut
Tencent Music reported Q2 2026 revenue of RMB8.93bn ($1.32bn), up 5.8%, decelerating from Q1's 7.3%. Shares fell 9.95% to $8.91 as the growth-rate-cut fear this preview flagged played out.
Read →$ETOR · 2026-08-09
eToro Earnings Preview (August 11): $2.15bn Of Crypto Revenue, And Almost None Of The Profit
eToro beat EPS estimates ($0.68 vs $0.61) but net contribution fell to $229 million from Q1's $258 million as crypto revenue kept shrinking. Shares sold off hard, reported down 8-14%.
Read →$CAH · 2026-08-09
Cardinal Health Earnings Preview (August 11): The Tightest Consensus Of The Week, And A Whisper 13% Above It
Cardinal Health reported non-GAAP EPS of $2.91, above the $2.42 consensus but boosted $0.31 by a one-time tariff refund. Shares hit a 52-week high near $253 on a raised FY27 guide.
Read →$MNDY · 2026-08-09
monday.com Earnings Preview (August 10): Guided To Slow Down, Priced For Something Worse
monday.com reports Q2 2026 on Monday August 10 before the open. Consensus wants $355.5m of revenue and $1.11 of EPS, and options price a 23.4% move on a stock down from $264 to $93.
Read →$SE · 2026-08-06
Sea Limited (SE) Earnings August 11: Options Price a 19% Move, and Nobody Agrees on the Number
Sea Limited reported Q2 2026 revenue of $7.8 billion, up 48%, and closed the day up 13.64% at $130.52. GAAP diluted EPS of $0.70 missed one estimate, but the revenue and GMV story carried the tape.
Read →$SHOP · 2026-08-05
Why Is Shopify Stock Up Today? A Monster Quarter: 34% Growth, and the Take-Rate Scare Died on Arrival
Shopify stock is surging after Q2 2026 results: revenue up 34%, gross profit, GMV and free cash flow all up 30%+, and an above-consensus Q3 guide. What happened and what it means.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-04
SpaceX Earnings Results: $7.81 Billion of Revenue, a 9-Cent Loss, and a Beat on Every Line Before Thursday's Unlock
SpaceX's first earnings report beat everywhere: $7.81 billion revenue vs $6.93 billion expected, a 9-cent loss vs 26. Now 911.5 million shares unlock Thursday.
Read →$WMT · 2026-08-04
Walmart Earnings August 20: Consensus Sits on Top of the Guide While Tariffs Move the Price Tags
Walmart reports fiscal Q2 2027 on Thursday August 20 before the open. Consensus of $0.74 EPS sits at the top of the $0.72-0.74 guide, with tariff pricing and trade-down in focus.
Read →$CAVA · 2026-08-04
Cava Earnings Preview (August 11): A 9.7% Comp Quarter Meets Its Easiest Lap of the Year
Cava beat Q2 2026 estimates and shares are up 15% Wednesday to $70, but guidance held flat on a Cyclospora produce scare, and Mizuho cut its target to $70 the same morning.
Read →$SMCI · 2026-08-04
Super Micro Earnings August 11: The $60 Billion Order Claim Gets Cross-Examined. Options Price 18%
Super Micro reported fiscal Q4 2026 revenue of $11.12 billion, a 17.5% gross margin and $1.70 non-GAAP EPS, then guided fiscal 2027 to $65-72 billion. Shares rose 6-9% after hours.
Read →$OKLO · 2026-08-04
Oklo Earnings (August 7): First Revenue of $1.21 Million, and Criticality Came From the Other Reactor
Oklo booked its first revenue, $1.21 million, and lost $48.5 million in Q2 2026. The Groves isotope reactor in Texas went critical on August 5; Aurora in Idaho did not.
Read →$MP · 2026-08-04
MP Materials Earnings (August 6): Revenue Up 89% to $108.5 Million and Adjusted EBITDA Turned Positive
MP Materials' Q2 2026: revenue of $108.5 million rose 89% and beat estimates by about 13%, adjusted EBITDA swung to a positive $28.5 million, and the diluted loss narrowed to $0.11 a share.
Read →$DKNG · 2026-08-04
DraftKings Earnings (August 6): Revenue Fell 5% to $1.44 Billion and Missed, With Predictions Growing Faster Than Planned
DraftKings' Q2 2026: revenue of $1,443 million fell 5% and missed the $1.52 billion expected, sports consumer volume rose 15% to $13.1 billion, and monthly unique payers grew 9% to 3.6 million.
Read →$TTD · 2026-08-04
The Trade Desk Earnings (August 6): Revenue Missed Its Own Guide, Q3 Guided 19% Light, and Three Executives Replaced
The Trade Desk's Q2 2026: revenue of $715.1 million up 3% missed both consensus and the company's own guide, Q3 was guided near $650 million, and the stock fell about 22%.
Read →$ABNB · 2026-08-04
Airbnb Q2 2026 Earnings: Revenue Up 17% to $3.6 Billion, Margin at 35%, and the Guide Went Up
Airbnb's Q2 2026: revenue of $3.6 billion up 17% beat expectations, gross bookings rose 16% to $27.2 billion, adjusted EBITDA margin reached 35% and full-year guidance was raised.
Read →$DDOG · 2026-08-04
Datadog Earnings (August 6): A Beat, a Raise, and the Stock Fell 17% Anyway
Datadog's Q2 2026: revenue of $1.12 billion and EPS of $0.65 both beat, full-year guidance rose to $4.45-4.47 billion, and the stock still fell 17% on free cash flow margin contraction.
Read →$APP · 2026-08-04
AppLovin Earnings: Revenue of $1.92 Billion Landed Inside Its Own Guide, Under the Street, and the Stock Fell 16%
AppLovin's Q2 2026: revenue of $1,924 million up 53% landed inside company guidance but under the $1.94 billion street forecast, and adjusted EBITDA of $1,614 million missed the guided floor.
Read →$NVO · 2026-08-04
Novo Nordisk Earnings (August 5): Operating Profit Beat at DKK 33.4 Billion and the Full-Year Guide Improved Again
Novo Nordisk's Q2 2026 results: adjusted operating profit of DKK 33.4 billion beat the DKK 28.7 billion expected, sales of DKK 78.5 billion rose 3%, and full-year guidance improved to 0 to -6%.
Read →$LLY · 2026-08-04
Eli Lilly Earnings (August 5): Revenue Up 48% to $23 Billion, EPS of $8.38, and the Year Guided Up to $85-87 Billion
Eli Lilly's Q2 2026: revenue of $23.0 billion up 48% against about $20.5 billion expected, adjusted EPS of $8.38, full-year guidance raised to $85-87 billion, and Mounjaro up 91% to $9.9 billion.
Read →$DIS · 2026-08-04
Disney Earnings (August 5): Adjusted EPS of $2.06 Beat, Revenue Missed, and Experiences Set a Record $10 Billion Quarter
Disney's fiscal Q3 2026: adjusted EPS of $2.06 against $1.86 expected, revenue of $25.25 billion up 7% but short of $25.4 billion, a record $10 billion Experiences quarter, buyback raised to $9 billion.
Read →$SNAP · 2026-08-04
Snap Earnings: Revenue Up 19%, 493 Million Users, and a Q3 Guide That Finally Lands Above Consensus
Snap's Q2 2026 results: revenue up 19% to $1.6 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $250 million, 493 million daily users, a Q3 guide of $1.70-1.74 billion, and a 7-9% after-hours jump.
Read →$PLTR · 2026-08-03
Palantir Earnings: Revenue Up 93%, Guidance Raised to $8.15 Billion, and the Whisper Bar Cleared With Room to Spare
Palantir's Q2 2026 results: revenue of $1.935 billion, up 93%, adjusted EPS of $0.41 versus $0.35 expected, full-year guidance raised to $8.15-8.16 billion. PLTR rose 12-15% after hours.
Read →$CRCL · 2026-08-03
Circle Earnings (August 5): Revenue of $701 Million Missed, EPS Beat, and the Other-Revenue Guide Roughly Doubled
Circle's Q2 2026 results: total revenue and reserve income of $701 million up 7% missed expectations, EPS of $0.18 beat, and USDC in circulation grew 19% to $73.3 billion on $14.8 trillion of volume.
Read →$TTWO · 2026-08-03
Take-Two Earnings (August 7): Pre-Orders Are 'Unprecedented and Astonishing', and the Guide Still Did Not Move
Take-Two beat on fiscal Q1 net bookings of $1.39 billion and reaffirmed GTA 6 for November 19, but reiterated its $8.0 to $8.2 billion year and guided Q2 below consensus.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-03
SpaceX Earnings Preview (August 4): The First Print Ever, With 911 Million Shares Unlocking 48 Hours Later
SpaceX reports its first earnings ever on August 4, with $6.9 billion of revenue expected and 911.5 million shares unlocking August 6. What to watch and how to trade it.
Read →$RBLX · 2026-07-31
Why Did Roblox (RBLX) Stock Drop 29%? Its Worst Day Ever, and Age Verification Is the Reason
Roblox fell 29% to $34.50, its worst session on record, after cutting full-year bookings by $900m and guiding Q3 to negative growth for the first time. Age verification is why.
Read →$MRNA · 2026-07-31
Moderna Beat and the Stock Fell. The Whole Company Now Rests on an FDA Decision on August 5
Moderna reported revenue of $145m, above its own guidance and our $103m consensus, and narrowed its loss, then fell on a trimmed outlook. The flu vaccine decision on August 5 is the real event.
Read →$AAPL · 2026-07-30
Why Did Apple Stock Drop After Earnings? Services Missed, Then the September Guide Came In Light
Apple fell 7.8% after hours despite beating on revenue and EPS. Services missed at $30.74bn, then Apple guided September to 9% to 11% growth against the 12% expected. Why it dropped.
Read →$COIN · 2026-07-30
Coinbase Q2 2026 Breakdown: Record Market Share, an 18.5% Revenue Decline, and a Circle Contract That Renews in Weeks
Coinbase posted revenue of $1.22bn, down 18.5%, with adjusted EBITDA of $207.8m against $301.7m expected. Shares fell 5%. Market share hit a record 10.3%. The Circle risk nobody is pricing.
Read →$MSFT · 2026-07-30
Why Did Microsoft Pump 9%? Four Things Converged, and the Fourth One Nobody Predicted
Microsoft jumped from $390.54 to about $427.50 on July 30, its best session in memory. Azure at 43%, a $678B backlog, a 45% guide, and the capex number that came in under the fear.
Read →$AMZN · 2026-07-29
Amazon Reports Tonight: AWS Up 31% Expected, $207 Billion of Capex Priced, and Microsoft Just Set the Bar
Amazon reports Q2 after the close July 30: revenue $196.97B, EPS $1.82 and AWS near $40.5B expected. Microsoft answered the capex question with backlog. Amazon has to answer it too.
Read →$AAPL · 2026-07-29
Apple Reports Tonight: $108.9 Billion Expected, iPhone Up 23%, and Tim Cook's Last Earnings Call as CEO
Apple reports fiscal Q3 after the close July 30, with revenue of $108.9B and EPS of $1.89 expected. The call at 5pm ET is Tim Cook's last as CEO. What actually decides the reaction.
Read →$HOOD · 2026-07-29
Robinhood Q2 2026 Earnings Breakdown: Prediction Markets Grew 10x, Crypto Halved, and the Stock Still Fell
Robinhood posted record revenue of $1.308B and EPS of $0.62 versus $0.45 expected, but crypto revenue fell 38% and shares dropped 4% after hours. The revenue mix shift explained.
Read →$BA · 2026-07-29
Boeing (BA) Lost $428 Million and the Stock Went Up 4.8%. The Number That Explains It Is Free Cash Flow.
Boeing rose 4.8% above $220 after a Q2 2026 net loss of $428 million, because free cash flow came in at positive $631 million against an expected $177 million burn. Why cash beat profit.
Read →$KO · 2026-07-29
Coca-Cola (KO) Hit a Record High on Its Biggest Volume Quarter in 17 Years. We Told You to Sell Premium. We Were Wrong.
Coca-Cola rose 5.65% to a record on Q2 2026 EPS of $0.97 and 5% unit case volume growth, its best in 17 years. Options priced a 3% move. Here is what our preview got wrong.
Read →$SHW · 2026-07-29
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Jumped 8% on a Quarter With 'No Meaningful Improvement in Demand'. Read That Again.
Sherwin-Williams rose 8.08% to $353.72 on Q2 2026 adjusted EPS of $3.70 versus $3.50 expected, with housing still weak. Why share gains beat a bad end market, and where the risk sits.
Read →$F · 2026-07-29
Why Is Ford (F) Stock Up Today? A Beat, a Second Guidance Raise, and a $15.90 Handle
Ford rose about 6% to $15.90 on July 29 after Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.42 beat the $0.36 estimate, EBIT guidance went to $10-11B, and Citi upgraded it to Buy. What SUVs did that EVs could not.
Read →$MRNA · 2026-07-28
Moderna Earnings Preview (July 31): Revenue Near $103 Million, and the Only Question Is the Runway
Moderna reports Q2 before the open Friday July 31, call at 8:00am ET, with consensus revenue near $103 million. The stock now trades on cash burn, cost cuts and pipeline.
Read →$RDDT · 2026-07-28
Reddit Earnings Preview (July 30): After the Last Faceplant, the Google Dependency Is the Whole Risk
Reddit reports Q2 after the close Thursday July 30. Daily active uniques, AI data-licensing revenue and the search-traffic dependency that caused the last crash. Options plays inside.
Read →$RBLX · 2026-07-28
Roblox Earnings Preview (July 30): Bookings, Bots and the Profitability Question That Never Goes Away
Roblox reports Q2 after the close Thursday July 30. Bookings, daily active users, engagement hours and the perennial cash-burn question. What matters and the options play.
Read →$ENPH · 2026-07-28
Enphase Earnings (July 28): Revenue Fell 20% to $291.9 Million, and That 60% Gross Margin Is Mostly Tariff Refunds
Enphase's Q2 2026: revenue of $291.9 million fell 20% and landed on consensus, while the reported 60% gross margin includes $45.4 million of tariff refunds worth roughly 15 points of it.
Read →$V · 2026-07-28
Visa Earnings (July 28): Net Revenue Up 14% to $11.6 Billion, and Payments Volume Topped $4 Trillion
Visa's fiscal Q3 2026: net revenue of $11.6 billion rose 14%, adjusted EPS of $3.32 grew 11%, payments volume rose 10% past $4 trillion and cross-border volume grew 13%.
Read →$KO · 2026-07-27
Coca-Cola Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: A Record High, a 3% Implied Move, and the One Number That Can Break It
Coca-Cola reports Q2 2026 before the bell July 28. Consensus $0.93 EPS on $13.1B revenue, options price about a 3% move, and volume versus pricing decides it.
Read →$UPS · 2026-07-27
UPS Earnings (July 28): Revenue of $22.8 Billion Beat, Adjusted EPS $1.76, and the Full-Year Target Rose to $91.2 Billion
UPS's Q2 2026: revenue of $22.8 billion beat the $21.8 billion expected, adjusted EPS of $1.76 beat $1.66, and the company raised its full-year revenue target to about $91.2 billion.
Read →$PYPL · 2026-07-27
PayPal Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: The Options Are Priced for the Wrong Event
PayPal reports Q2 2026 before the bell July 28. Consensus $1.28 EPS on $8.5B revenue, options price an 8.8% move, and a $60.50 takeover bid changes the math.
Read →$BA · 2026-07-27
Boeing Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: The Loss Is Already Priced. The Cash Number Is the Trade.
Boeing reports Q2 2026 before the bell July 28. Consensus is a $0.31 loss on $24.1B revenue, options price a 5-7% move, and free cash flow is the real number.
Read →$AAPL · 2026-07-27
Apple Options Before Earnings: $442 Million in Calls, a 4% Implied Move, and What It Actually Predicts
Apple options traders bought $442M of calls Friday and priced a 4% earnings move against a 1% historical average. What that flow means, and whether it predicts direction at all.
Read →$LVWR · 2026-07-27
Why Is LiveWire (LVWR) Up 80% Today? Revenue Jumped 55%, and the Float Did the Rest
LiveWire (LVWR) is up 80.51% to $1.42 after Q2 revenue rose 55% to $9.1 million, the Dust Motorcycles deal closed and guidance held. Why a $1 stock moves like this, and the catch.
Read →$INTC · 2026-07-26
Is Intel a Buy After the 9% Earnings Pop? Relief Bounce vs Real Turnaround
Is Intel a buy after its 9% post-earnings pop? The turnaround case (narrowing foundry loss, stable margin) versus the value-trap case (no AI, cost-led beat), and how to play the bounce.
Read →$TSLA · 2026-07-26
Is Tesla a Buy After the Earnings Collapse? The Bull and Bear Case at a Lower Price
Is Tesla a buy after its ~16% post-earnings collapse? The bull case (robotaxi, energy, a cheaper entry) versus the bear case (1.4% margin, rising opex), and how to think about buying the dip.
Read →$HOOD · 2026-07-25
Robinhood Earnings Preview (July 29): After a 7% Drop, the Print That Decides the Whole Trade
Robinhood reports Q2 2026 on Wednesday July 29 at 5:00pm ET, days after HOOD fell 7%. Crypto revenue, net interest income and account growth are the lines that matter.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-25
Stock Market Week in Review (July 20-24): The Week Tesla Broke and Intel Bounced
The week in review: Tesla collapsed ~16% on earnings, Intel popped 9% off the lowest bar, Robinhood fell 7%, and Amex and Verizon split their reactions. What it all means going into a huge next week.
Read →$HOOD · 2026-07-24
Why Is Robinhood (HOOD) Down 7% Today? A Downgrade, a Crypto Slide, and a Risk-Off Tape
Robinhood is down about 7% today on a valuation downgrade, a crypto pullback hitting transaction revenue, and a risk-off tape. Why it's positioning, not a broken business.
Read →$TSLA · 2026-07-24
Tesla Stock Collapse: The 3% After-Hours Head-Fake That Became a 16% Rout by Friday
Tesla fell just 3% Wednesday evening on Q2 earnings, then collapsed ~16% over two sessions into Friday. Why the 1.4% margin took 48 hours to bite, and the trade.
Read →$VZ · 2026-07-24
Verizon Earnings: Subscriber Beat, Raised Guidance, Stock Pops 4%. Is the 6.3% Dividend a Buy?
Verizon Q2 2026: revenue $34.1B, adjusted EPS $1.22 beat, postpaid net adds positive again, raised free-cash-flow guidance, VZ up ~4%. Buy-for-income rating and options plays.
Read →$AXP · 2026-07-24
Amex Earnings: EPS Beat, Record Card Spending, Stock Falls 2% Anyway. Buy or Hold?
American Express Q2 2026: revenue $18.4B up 9%, adjusted EPS $4.08 beat, but AXP fell ~2% on slowing billed business and a rising provision build. Hold rating and options plays.
Read →$INTC · 2026-07-24
Intel Earnings: Revenue Beat, Foundry Loss Narrows, Stock Pops 9%. The Lowest Bar of the Season Held
Intel Q2 2026: revenue $12.9B beat, adjusted EPS back to breakeven at $0.02, foundry loss narrowed to $2.3B. Why INTC popped 9%, the risks, and the options plays.
Read →$BYD · 2026-07-23
Boyd Gaming Earnings July 23: EPS Beat at $1.93, Revenue Flat, and the Regional Consumer Held Up
Boyd Gaming's Q2 2026: adjusted EPS of $1.93 beat the $1.89 expected, revenue of $1.03 billion was flat and slightly light, and adjusted EBITDA of $321.6 million came in ahead.
Read →$COLB · 2026-07-23
Columbia Banking Earnings July 23: Operating EPS Beat at $0.76, Margin at 3.93% and Heading Above 4%
Columbia Banking's Q2 2026: operating EPS of $0.76 beat the $0.73 expected, revenue of $677 million fell short, and net interest margin of 3.93% is guided up to and beyond 4% in the third quarter.
Read →$JAKK · 2026-07-23
JAKKS Pacific Earnings July 23: Revenue Up 17% to $139 Million, Above Even the Highest Estimate
JAKKS Pacific's Q2 2026: revenue of $139.2 million rose 17% and beat the $129 million forecast, adjusted EPS of $0.25 nearly doubled the $0.13 expected, and adjusted EBITDA more than doubled.
Read →$SAM · 2026-07-23
Boston Beer Earnings July 23: Twisted Tea Declined Too, Which Answers the Only Question That Mattered
Boston Beer's Q2 2026: revenue of $568.3 million fell 3.3% and missed, diluted EPS of $4.96 fell 8.9%, shipments dropped 4.5%, and Twisted Tea declined alongside Truly and Samuel Adams.
Read →$SLM · 2026-07-23
Sallie Mae Earnings July 23: EPS Fell to $0.29 and Missed by a Third, With the Margin Down 56 Basis Points
Sallie Mae's Q2 2026: EPS of $0.29 missed the $0.46 expected and fell 9.4%, revenue of $338.8 million missed, net interest income dropped 11.7% and the margin contracted to 4.75%.
Read →$DECK · 2026-07-23
Deckers Earnings July 23: HOKA Grew 8% to $704 Million in the First Billion-Dollar Quarter in Company History
Deckers' fiscal Q1 2027: revenue of $1.02 billion rose 5.7% for the first billion-dollar first quarter, HOKA grew 8% to $704 million, UGG rose 5%, and diluted EPS came in at $0.94.
Read →$GOOGL · 2026-07-22
Google Earnings Review: Alphabet's Cloud Surged 82%, So Why Is the Stock Barely Moving?
Alphabet's Q2 2026: revenue $119.8B up 25%, cloud surged 82% to $24.8B, Search grew 17%. Yet GOOGL barely moved as adjusted EPS missed, margins came in at 34%, and capex guidance jumped to $200B. The plays.
Read →$IBM · 2026-07-22
IBM Earnings: The Official Report Confirmed the Disaster, and the Stock Went Up
IBM's Q2 2026 report matched its ugly July 14 warning: revenue $17.2B and adjusted EPS $2.93 both missed, with guidance cut to 4-5%. So why did IBM stock rise 1.85%? Because the 22% crash already happened.
Read →$TSLA · 2026-07-22
Tesla Earnings: Record Revenue, 1.4% Margins. The July 22 Margin Question Just Got Answered
Tesla's Q2 2026: revenue $28.2B up 26% beat, but adjusted EPS of $0.33 missed the $0.51 estimate and operating margin collapsed to 1.4%. Why TSLA only fell 3%, and the robotaxi trade underneath.
Read →$OTLY · 2026-07-22
Why Is Oatly (OTLY) Stock Up Over 30%? The Q2 2026 Guidance Raise, Explained
Oatly stock surged as much as 33% on July 22 after Q2 2026 revenue of $240.1M beat estimates, adjusted EBITDA turned positive, and Oatly doubled its 2026 growth guidance to 8-10%. The plays to make.
Read →$SMCI · 2026-07-22
Why Is SMCI Up 20% Today? Super Micro's $60 Billion Order Bomb, Explained (July 22, 2026)
SMCI jumped 20% premarket on July 22, 2026 after Super Micro reported $60B in new AI server orders and doubled its gross margin guide to 15-17%. The plays.
Read →$GM · 2026-07-21
GM Stock Jumps on Q2 2026 Earnings: $3.57 Beat, Raised Guidance, and the EV Losses That Are Finally Shrinking
GM jumped after Q2 2026 earnings: adjusted EPS of $3.57 beat, EBIT rose 30%, and GM raised 2026 guidance. Full General Motors earnings breakdown, July 21, 2026.
Read →$MMM · 2026-07-21
3M Stock Jumps 9% on Q2 2026 Earnings: Beat, Raise, and a 25% Margin That Says the Turnaround Is Real
3M jumped 9% after Q2 2026 earnings: EPS of $2.40 beat, organic sales up 5.4%, FY guidance raised to $8.80-8.95. Full MMM earnings breakdown, July 21, 2026.
Read →$AMC · 2026-07-20
AMC Jumped 15% on Record Earnings. Is the Meme Stock Finally a Real Stock?
AMC stock surged 15% after record Q2 2026 earnings: $1.6B revenue, a surprise $0.14 EPS, and 71M moviegoers. Is AMC still a meme stock or a real trade now?
Read →$DPZ · 2026-07-20
Domino's Popped 7% on Earnings With Flat Same-Store Sales. What Exactly Are We Cheering?
DPZ stock jumped 7% after Q2 2026 revenue of $1.19 billion beat estimates despite flat same-store sales and an EPS miss. Why the relief rally and how to play it.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-18
What Netflix's Earnings Crash Means for Big Tech Earnings Next Week: TSLA, GOOGL, MSFT, META, AAPL
Netflix beat on EPS and still fell 8.5% to a 52-week low. Now Tesla, Intel and SK Hynix report next week, with Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Apple and more right behind. Every earnings date, what NFLX just taught us about this tape, and how to position for each print.
Read →$NFLX · 2026-07-17
Netflix Earnings Breakdown: The Beat That Dropped the Stock to a 52-Week Low
Netflix reported Q2 2026 earnings on July 16: revenue up 13.4%, EPS beat, and the stock still fell 8.5% to its lowest level in over a year. The full breakdown of the numbers, why the guide did the damage, and where NFLX goes short and long term.
Read →$XLV · 2026-07-16
Abbott +11%, UnitedHealth +3%: Healthcare Just Became the Momentum Trade
Abbott jumped almost 11% and UnitedHealth beat and rose 3% on July 16, leading the S&P while tech dumped. Why healthcare's defensive bid has earnings behind it this time, and how to trade XLV from here.
Read →$INTC · 2026-07-16
Intel Earnings Preview: Down 21% in a Week, the Bar Is Now on the Floor
Intel reports Q2 2026 earnings expected July 23, two weeks after a 21% weekly collapse. When expectations are this dead, the earnings math flips: INTC has the lowest bar of the season. Whether that makes it a buy, and the options play.
Read →$MSFT · 2026-07-16
Microsoft Earnings Preview: The Only Software Name With Nothing to Prove, and One Line That Can Break It
Microsoft reports fiscal Q4 earnings expected July 29. After IBM's crash put all of software on trial, MSFT is the defense's star witness: the one company whose AI spend visibly turns into revenue. Unless the capex line says otherwise.
Read →$SOFI · 2026-07-16
SoFi Earnings: Record $1.2 Billion of Adjusted Net Revenue, Up 40%, and the Year Guided Up to $4.75-4.85 Billion
SoFi's Q2 2026: record adjusted net revenue of $1.2 billion up 40%, adjusted EBITDA up 44% to $358 million, record $14.8 billion of originations, and full-year guidance raised to $4.75-4.85 billion.
Read →$TSLA · 2026-07-16
Tesla Q2 2026 Earnings: Record $28.2 Billion Revenue, a 1.4% Margin, and a 16% Slide
Tesla's Q2 2026 results: record revenue of $28.2 billion up 26%, adjusted EPS of $0.33 against $0.51 expected, operating margin down to 1.4%, and a 16% slide over two sessions.
Read →$JPM · 2026-07-14
The Iran War Just Made JPMorgan a Record $16.9 Billion
JPMorgan posted a record $16.9B quarterly profit as Iran-war volatility juiced its trading desk. Goldman, Citi, BofA and Wells all beat and rallied. What the bank tape says about the consumer and where financials go next.
Read →$IBM · 2026-07-14
IBM Just Had Its Worst Day Since 1987. The Software Sector Should Be Terrified
IBM cratered 22% on a preliminary earnings warning, its worst day since 1987, dragging ServiceNow, Salesforce and the whole enterprise-software cohort down with it. Why it happened and where software goes next.
Read →$NFLX · 2026-07-12
Netflix Reports July 16. Here's the Bar and How to Trade the Print
Netflix reports Q2 2026 earnings on Thursday July 16, with Wall Street expecting roughly $12.6 billion in revenue. What matters in the print, the ad-tier question, and the options setup.
Read →$TSLA · 2026-07-12
Tesla Q2 2026 Deliveries: 480,126 Vehicles, an 18% Beat, and the Stock Dropped 7% Anyway
Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in Q2 2026, an 18% beat, and had its worst day in a year anyway. Why TSLA fell on record deliveries and what the July 22 report went on to settle.
Read →$HOOD · 2026-02-18
HOOD: Earnings Giveth, Earnings Taketh (Week -10.5%, Month -29.6%)
HOOD got smoked after earnings and the chart looks like it slipped on a banana peel. Here’s what moved it, the key levels, and what bulls need to see to get control back.
Read →$RDDT · 2026-02-18
RDDT: Post-Earnings Faceplant (Week -2.9%, Month -36.9%)
RDDT went from hot new ticker to pain in a month. Here’s what likely drove the dump, what the chart says, and what a real recovery would look like.
Read →$SPY · 2026-02-11
Robinhood earnings: Why $HOOD is down almost 50%
A violent rotation out of software and semiconductors hammered the S&P 500 today, while energy and defensives caught a bid.
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Oil, gold and digital assets
$MSTR · 2026-08-15
Why Is Strategy Selling Bitcoin? It Sold 6x More Stock, And Now MSCI Wants MSTR Out
Strategy sold 1,690 bitcoin below cost in the week to August 9, then raised $653.1m selling MSTR shares, six times more. MSCI's deletion consultation closes September 30, with results by October 16.
Read →$USO · 2026-08-14
Why Is Oil Up? Energy's Best Week, and My $80 Call Broke
WTI traded near $82.40 and Brent $88.59 as the IEA doubled its supply deficit to 1.8m barrels a day. Energy led every S&P sector. The $70-$80 range call I published in July is a loss.
Read →$B · 2026-08-09
Barrick Earnings Preview (August 10): More Ounces Guided, Lower Earnings Expected. Why?
Barrick reports Q2 2026 on August 10 at 6:00am ET. Consensus wants $0.84 of adjusted EPS against Q1's $0.98, even though the company guided 730,000-770,000 ounces against 719,000 produced.
Read →$CVX · 2026-07-31
Chevron's Profit Nearly Quadrupled to $12 Billion. The Stock Rose 1%. That Gap Is the Whole Trade
Chevron earned about $12bn in Q2, up from $2.5bn a year ago, with adjusted EPS of $6.06 against $5.57 expected. The stock moved about 1%. Why the market refuses to capitalise a war windfall.
Read →$NEM · 2026-07-23
Newmont Earnings July 23: Adjusted EPS Beat at $2.10, Revenue Missed, and Free Cash Flow Set a Record at $2.2 Billion
Newmont's Q2 2026: adjusted EPS of $2.10 rose 46.9% and beat, revenue of $6.12 billion rose 15.1% but missed estimates, and free cash flow hit a record $2.2 billion for a second quarter.
Read →$GLD · 2026-07-19
Gold Broke $4,000 and Silver Got Cut in Half. Here's Where the Metals Go Next.
Gold fell below $4,000 with its worst week in six months and silver is down 52% from its $121.62 record. Why precious metals are falling during a war, and the gold price forecast for the rest of 2026.
Read →$USO · 2026-07-13
Iran Declared the Strait of Hormuz Closed. Oil Went Up 3%
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice after weekend strikes with the US. Brent rose just 3% to $78.50. Why the oil market is calling Iran's bluff, and the levels that change everything.
Read →$USO · 2026-07-13
How the Iran War Actually Ends, and What to Buy When It Does
The US-Iran ceasefire collapsed, strikes are trading both ways, and Iran declared Hormuz closed. Reading the decision-makers' incentives, here's our prediction for how the war proceeds and the exact market playbook for it.
Read →$BTC · 2026-07-12
Why Is Bitcoin Down? BTC at $62K After the Worst ETF Month Ever
Bitcoin fell from $93,000 to a 21-month low near $60,000, with $4.5 billion pulled from ETFs in June alone. Why BTC is crashing, what the Fed has to do with it, and the trade from here.
Read →$USO · 2026-07-12
Oil Rose Just 5% When the Iran War Restarted. $100 Crude Isn't Coming
Brent jumped 5.4% and WTI 4.4% when the Iran ceasefire collapsed and tankers were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. Why oil didn't spike toward $100, and how to trade the range.
Read →Single Stocks
Company-by-company analysis
$NYAX · 2026-08-25
Why Is Nayax Stock Up? A $350 Million Bet on Parking Meters
Nayax rose past 11% intraday after agreeing to buy IPS Group for $350 million, a 17x EBITDA deal that drops to 12x once integration synergies land by 2029.
Read →$SSDIY · 2026-08-25
Samsung SDI Jumps 8% After a $3.2 Billion Stake Sale to Pay for the Plant GM Walked Away From
Samsung SDI rose 7.74% after agreeing to sell $3.2 billion of its Samsung Display stake, ten days after buying out GM's half of a paused Indiana battery plant.
Read →$DXLG · 2026-08-25
Destination XL (DXLG) Tender Offer Expires: 23% Tendered, Zero Shares Bought
Zodiac's $0.84-a-share tender for Destination XL (DXLG) expired August 21 with 23% tendered and none bought, leaving the disputed FullBeauty merger as the only deal left standing.
Read →$USAR · 2026-08-24
USA Rare Earth (USAR): $1.55B SPV Before the Aug. 28 Vote to Close Serra Verde
USA Rare Earth locked in $1.55 billion of SPV financing, $750 million from the Department of War, ahead of the Aug. 28 vote to close its $2.8 billion Serra Verde deal.
Read →$ABUS · 2026-08-24
Arbutus (ABUS) Tender Offer: The $230M Dutch Auction Math
Arbutus opens a modified Dutch auction tender offer for up to $230 million of ABUS stock at $5.00 to $5.75 a share, funded by its Moderna patent settlement, through September 29.
Read →$TNON · 2026-08-21
Why Is Tenon Medical (TNON) Stock Down 38% After a Patent Sent It Up 109%?
Tenon Medical jumped 109% to $11.41 on a USPTO patent allowance, then gave back 38% the next session to close at $7.07, on a stock that just did a 1-for-35 reverse split to avoid delisting.
Read →$GYG · 2026-08-21
Why Is Guzman y Gomez (GYG) Stock Up Today? Record Profit, a Bigger Dividend, and a $67 Million Bill for Quitting America
GYG rose more than 12% after FY26 underlying profit grew 29.7% to $53.4 million, but a $67.3 million charge for quitting the US turned the statutory result into a $26.7 million loss.
Read →$KOID · 2026-08-20
Unitree Stock Popped 460%. You Still Can't Buy It.
Unitree Robotics shares jumped 460% on their Shanghai debut, then fell 18.7% the next day. Here's what US investors can actually buy: no ADR, no Nasdaq listing, just two thin ETFs.
Read →$MRNA · 2026-08-19
$1,000 of Moderna Calls on Tuesday Is $9.4 Million Today. Could Anyone Have Seen It Coming?
Moderna's $80 weekly calls closed Tuesday at $0.01. After the cancer vaccine win they closed at $94.43, so $1,000 became about $9.4 million. Whether anyone could have known is the real question.
Read →$WEAV · 2026-08-19
Why Is Weave Communications (WEAV) Stock Up 32%? Francisco Partners Buys It for $650 Million
Weave Communications (WEAV) closed up 31.65% at $7.28 Tuesday after Francisco Partners agreed to buy it for $7.40 a share, a $650 million all-cash deal. What the leftover 1.6% spread is pricing.
Read →$MRNA · 2026-08-19
Moderna Closed Up 177% on the First mRNA Cancer Vaccine Win. The Effect Size Is Still Unpublished
Moderna closed up 176.97% at $174.38 after its Merck-partnered melanoma vaccine met both Phase 3 endpoints, a first for mRNA cancer therapy. The benefit's size is unpublished; buyers assume a large one.
Read →$ARGX · 2026-08-17
Why Is Argenx (ARGX) Stock Up Today? A Myositis Trial With No Rival Drug
Argenx shares jumped roughly 11% in premarket trading Monday after its ALKIVIA Phase 3 trial hit its primary endpoint, a 15.4-point gain over placebo in autoimmune myositis.
Read →$ZYME · 2026-08-16
Is Zymeworks (ZYME) a Buy Before the August 25 FDA Decision? A $250 Million Check Is on the Line
Zymeworks carries none of the launch risk itself, but a $250 million U.S. milestone and up to $1.5 billion more hinge on the FDA's August 25 call on Ziihera in first-line gastric cancer.
Read →$ORCL · 2026-08-16
Oracle's Project Jupiter Pipeline Slipped to 2027: The Three FERC Dates That Decide It
Transwestern moved the Green Chile pipeline's in-service date to February 1, 2027, and Oracle closed down 3.65%. The FERC docket carries three dates that matter more than Friday's tape.
Read →$LYNX · 2026-08-16
Lyntris (LYNX) IPO: 80% of the $492M Deal Is Insiders Selling
Lyntris priced below range at $17.50 on a downsized deal, raised $297.5m not $492m, and closed day one down 14.2%. The debt runs 3x EBITDA, inside covenant, and the lockup releases in four waves.
Read →2026-08-15
OpenAI IPO: The $40bn Run Rate Isn't What's Holding It Up
OpenAI's revenue run rate topped $40bn, double end-2025. The confidential S-1 is filed and the banks are hired. What is stalling the listing is the $1 trillion price, not the revenue.
Read →$SPY · 2026-08-15
Canada's 50% Tariff Lands August 19: 5% of Imports, on a Law Never Used
Trump's 50% tariffs on Canada take effect 12:01am ET August 19 under Section 338, a 1930 law no president has used. They cover about $20bn of imports, roughly 5% of the $383bn America buys.
Read →2026-08-15
Anthropic IPO: The $2 Trillion Number Isn't Anthropic's
Anthropic's reported $2 trillion IPO valuation came from six backers, not the company. Against the $47bn run-rate it has actually booked, that is 42.6x. What October really prices in.
Read →$CAPR · 2026-08-14
Why Capricor (CAPR) Rose 58%: The FDA Decision Went Away, and I Called It Wrong
Capricor closed up 57.96% on August 14 after saying it will narrow the deramiocel label and let the FDA move the August 22 PDUFA date. Our preview read the trial data right and the trade wrong.
Read →$AVAV · 2026-08-14
Why Are Drone Stocks Up? The Parts Tariff Waits Until February
Trump's drone tariffs hit finished aircraft September 3, but the 25% component rate waits until February 9, 2027. Unusual Machines rose 20.5% on $31.9m of sales.
Read →$VALN · 2026-08-14
Why Is Valneva (VALN) Stock Up? A Lyme Vaccine Filing Built on a Trial That Missed
The EMA is now reviewing Pfizer and Valneva's Lyme disease vaccine, and VALN traded up 27% intraday. The Phase 3 behind it missed, with a confidence interval running from 15.8% to 93.5%.
Read →$IMXI · 2026-08-14
Why Is IMXI Stock Up? California Pulled Its Approval
International Money Express traded at $14.60 premarket, up 24.79%, after New York approved Western Union's $16.00 cash deal. The same release says California suspended its approval on August 13.
Read →$SNSC · 2026-08-14
Why Is SunScout (SNSC) Stock Down 39% After Its NYSE IPO?
SunScout Holding priced New Zealand's first NYSE American dual listing at $5 a share Tuesday. By Thursday's close it was $3.05, down 39%, and insiders get paid from the raise.
Read →$WDAY · 2026-08-13
Why Is Workday (WDAY) Stock Up 18%? Two Founders Hold 68% of the Vote
Reuters says Silver Lake is in talks to take Workday private. WDAY closed up 17.78% at $206.45, the $43bn being quoted is the pre-news market cap, and two founders control 68% of the vote.
Read →$NFLX · 2026-08-13
Why Is Netflix (NFLX) Stock Up? Ackman's Stake Doesn't Multiply Out
Netflix rose 5.44% to $78.25 after Pershing Square disclosed a new stake. The $2.1 billion value being reported would need NFLX at $667, and its 52-week high is $126.71.
Read →$RVII · 2026-08-13
Why Is RVII Stock Down? Robinhood's New Venture Fund, Explained
RVII, Robinhood's second venture fund, opened about 8% below its $25 IPO price on its NYSE debut. What it holds, what it costs, and what RVI's wild first year predicts.
Read →$CHTR · 2026-08-13
Charter-Cox Merger Vote Today: The Last Approval, and a $6.8 Billion Hole
California votes at 2:00pm ET Thursday on the last approval the $34.5bn Charter-Cox merger needs. Cox agreed to take 33.6m units at $354 each. Charter trades near $152.
Read →$AMBP · 2026-08-13
Why Is Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP) Stock Up? Only One Exit Pays the Minority
Ardagh Holdings owns 76.02% of AMBP and told its advisers to prepare for a sale. The filing sets out two routes, and only one of them puts cash in minority hands.
Read →$WEN · 2026-08-13
Is Wendy's a Buy on the Peltz Bid Report? The Equity Is the Small Half
Wendy's closed up 14.70% at $8.66 on the FT report that Trian is preparing a take-private bid. Buying out the minority costs $1.4bn. The debt is the harder half.
Read →$VCX · 2026-08-13
VCX Lockup Expires Thursday: Fundrise's 100,000 Investors Can Finally Sell
Fundrise's VCX lockup expires August 13, freeing about 100,000 investors to sell starting August 14. The fund still trades 68% above its $18.97 NAV.
Read →$FOIL · 2026-08-12
Londian Wason (FOIL): China's Copper Foil Giant Lists on the NYSE
Londian Wason priced its NYSE IPO at $22, the top of its range, raising $94.3 million at a roughly $1.7 billion valuation as FOIL starts trading today.
Read →$NKE · 2026-08-10
Nike Is Trending on WallStreetBets at $41. Falling Knife or Generational Bottom?
Nike is trending on WallStreetBets with mentions up 11,600% as NKE sits at $41.70 after a JPMorgan downgrade to $40 and a 30% China sales collapse. Knife, not bottom. Not yet.
Read →$ASTS · 2026-08-10
Is AST SpaceMobile a Buy at $69? Three New Satellites, $1.15 Billion of New Debt, and a $50 Target
Is AST SpaceMobile a buy at $69? Three BlueBird satellites just launched, Japan service started, and even the bank that upgraded ASTS targets $50.80, 27% below the price. Not here.
Read →$HOOD · 2026-08-10
Is Robinhood a Buy 39% Off Its High? The Answer Lives in One Revenue Line
Is Robinhood a buy at $93, about 39% below its $153.86 high? The analyst average says $120. My answer is watch: the prediction-markets line has to prove it's a business, not a boom.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-10
Is SPCX About to Rocket, or Is the August 20 Unlock About to Land on It?
Is SpaceX stock a buy before the August unlock? SPCX rallied 35% off its $108.27 low to $146.15, back above its $135 IPO price, with 319m shares due around August 20. My answer: not yet.
Read →$MSFT · 2026-08-10
Microsoft Just Had the Biggest Up Day in Market History. Is MSFT a Buy 12% Below the High?
Is Microsoft a buy after the largest one-day market value gain ever, about $450 billion? Yes: MSFT at $451 still sits 12% below its high with a $678 billion backlog behind it.
Read →$VREX · 2026-08-10
Why Is Varex Imaging (VREX) Stock Up? Teledyne Is Buying It for $18.90 a Share
Varex Imaging jumped about 48% after Teledyne Technologies agreed to buy the X-ray detector maker for $18.90 a share in cash, a $1.1 billion deal at a 52% premium.
Read →$HZO · 2026-08-10
Why Is MarineMax (HZO) Stock Up? Safe Harbor and Blackstone Are Buying It for $53 a Share
MarineMax jumped about 46% to roughly $52 after Safe Harbor, a Blackstone Infrastructure company, agreed to buy it for $53 a share in cash, a $1.5 billion deal at a 96% premium.
Read →$INTC · 2026-08-10
Intel's $20 Billion Stock Offering: Upsized From $15bn, Priced At $95, 5x Oversubscribed
Intel upsized its stock sale from $15bn to $20bn and priced it at $95 a share, about 4.2% dilution against 5.04 billion shares. Wall Street's order book reportedly topped $100 billion, 5x the deal.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-05
SPCX Lock-Up Calendar: August 20's 319 Million Shares, and Every Unlock Still Ahead
The full SpaceX lock-up calendar: about 319 million more shares unlock around August 20, after the 911.5 million August 6 release produced a 6.1% rally instead of a crash. Every date to December 8.
Read →$META · 2026-08-03
Why Is Meta (META) Stock Up Today? The Iran Trade Did It, Not Meta
Meta gapped up hard at the August 3 open from a $557.67 Friday close, running well ahead of the Nasdaq's 1%. The catalyst was oil down 6% and Iran talks, not a Meta announcement.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-08-01
Is the SpaceX Lock-Up a Guaranteed Put Play? Facebook's Biggest Unlock Rose 12.6%
Lock-up expiries average about -2% while SPCX weeklies price a 12.5% move. Backtested against five real unlocks, the weekly put wins once. Why the contrarian call has a precedent.
Read →$REPL · 2026-07-31
Why Is Replimune (REPL) Stock Up 127%? An FDA Panel Backed RP1 After Two Rejections, and the Decision Lands This Weekend
Replimune surged 127% after an FDA panel voted 10-3 that RP1 works in advanced melanoma, six days after the stock crashed 32%. The PDUFA date is August 2. Why this is not over.
Read →$AAPL · 2026-07-29
John Ternus Takes Over Apple on September 1. What a Hardware Engineer as CEO Means for AAPL
Tim Cook becomes executive chairman on September 1 and John Ternus becomes CEO. Apple's first transition since 2011, what changes for the stock, and what Thursday's call reveals.
Read →$DFNS · 2026-07-29
Why Is T3 Defense (DFNS) Stock Up? A 1-for-125 Reverse Split, 1.12 Million Shares, and $1.4 Million of Revenue
DFNS rose about 85% to roughly $33.95 on July 29 after a reverse split cut its share count to 1.12 million. The mechanics, the counter-drone deal, and why the 21,000% figure is wrong.
Read →$HOOD · 2026-07-29
What Are Prediction Markets? Kalshi, Polymarket and the $30 Billion Month Nobody Told You About
Kalshi traded more than $30 billion in a month and Robinhood earned $156 million from prediction markets last quarter. How event contracts work, the tax problem, and the legal fight.
Read →$SAFT · 2026-07-27
Why Is Safety Insurance (SAFT) Up 42% Today? Mapfre Is Buying It for $1.54 Billion in Cash
Safety Insurance (SAFT) jumped 41.73% to $103.19 after Mapfre agreed to buy it for $105 a share in cash, a $1.54 billion deal at a 44% premium. What the remaining spread is telling you.
Read →$SPY · 2026-07-26
Stocks to Watch Monday, July 27: Tesla, Intel, Robinhood and the Names Moving Before the Open
The stocks to watch Monday July 27: Tesla after a 16% collapse, Intel after a 9% pop, Robinhood down 7%, plus the four megacaps reporting this week. Levels and catalysts for each.
Read →2026-07-26
Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks in 2026: How to Find a Safe 6% Without the Yield Trap
How to find the best high-yield dividend stocks in 2026 without falling for the yield trap. The three tests every 6%+ payer must pass, worked through real examples like Verizon's 6.3% yield.
Read →$SSNLF · 2026-07-22
Samsung's New Foldables Are Aimed at Apple, Not Your Wallet: The Z Fold 8 Wide, Explained
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Flip 8, and a wide 4:3 Z Fold 8 Wide on July 22, 2026 to front-run Apple's foldable iPhone. Why it barely moves the ₩318,000 stock.
Read →$CPHI · 2026-07-22
Why Did CPHI Jump 790% Today? China Pharma Holdings' Monster Move, Explained
China Pharma Holdings (CPHI) rocketed 790% from $0.91 to $8.10 on 21x average volume. The company says it has no idea why. What CPHI is and if there's a play.
Read →$SPCX · 2026-07-17
SpaceX Broke Its IPO Price. Time to Talk About the $890 Billion Elon Premium
SPCX sits at $126.76 after hours, below its $135 IPO price, after Starship flight 13 was scrubbed minutes before liftoff. The full valuation teardown: what the parts are worth on real space-stock multiples, what you're actually paying, and where the stock should trade.
Read →$ITA · 2026-07-12
Defense Stocks Barely Moved When the Iran War Restarted. Here's What That Prices In
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman rose barely 1% when the Iran ceasefire collapsed, versus 3-6% pops in March. Why the war trade in defense stocks is dead, and what to do about LMT, NOC, and RTX.
Read →$VIX · 2026-07-12
The VIX Spiked 15% on Iran War 2.0, Then Went Back to Sleep
The VIX jumped 14.7% in a session when the Iran ceasefire collapsed, touched 18, and settled back near 15 by Friday. How to read the fade, and why cheap vol is the trade of the month.
Read →$WEN · 2026-07-12
"We Need to Save Wendy's": WEN Is a Meme Stock Now and It Ripped 25%
Wendy's stock surged more than 25% in a day as WallStreetBets rallied to save the brand. How the 2026 meme squeeze differs from GameStop, and how to play WEN without being exit liquidity.
Read →$GOOG · 2026-02-18
GOOG: Alphabet Got Punched (Week -4.4%, Month -7.7%)
GOOG has been sliding while the market argues about AI, ads, and regulators. Oversold-ish setup with a real bear case if the bounce fails.
Read →$NFLX · 2026-02-18
NFLX: Streaming War Discount (Week -5.4%, Month -11.6%)
NFLX is sliding and RSI is in the basement. Quick read on the last week/month, what the market is worried about, and what would flip the trend back up.
Read →$PLTR · 2026-02-18
PLTR: Post-Hype Hangover (Week -0.5%, Month -18.8%)
PLTR went from AI darling to bagholder factory in a month. Here’s the tape read, the chart damage, and what would have to happen for a real rebound.
Read →$TSLA · 2026-02-18
TSLA: Still The King of Chaos (Week -2.4%, Month -5.1%)
TSLA is pulling back but not collapsing. Quick breakdown of the last week and month, the key levels, and what the market is betting on next.
Read →$SPY · 2026-02-03
The Great Tech Shakeout: Why the INTC is down Today
A violent rotation out of software and semiconductors hammered the S&P 500 today, while energy and defensives caught a bid.
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