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Visa’s AI Opportunity Is Hiding in Every Transaction
Visa benefits from AI-driven commerce growth without picking a winner, posting record $4 trillion quarterly payment volume as analysts raise price targets toward all-time highs.
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Iran War: Iran, Ansar Allah Keep Up Attacks on Ships as Trump Insists He Controls Strait of Hormuz, Will Break Iran Economically; Press Highlights Trump Cowardice in Catering Truck Escape From Ankara
Today's Iran war news: Trump holds fast momentarily as his humiliation becomes more visible and Iran and Ansar Allah keep attacking.
Notes on Discovery in Biology
I was able to work for five weeks of the summer of 2011 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. This is the one place that all biologists should want to spend time, whatever the focus of their interests and research. Alas, too many don’t. I learned much that summer as MBL lived up […]
On Holding's Price Stumble May Be an Opening for a Company Built to Run
On Holdings shares fell on a revenue miss tied to wholesale strategy and FX, but margins widened and earnings beat estimates, with analysts maintaining a Moderate Buy consensus.
TSMC's 44.7% Sales Surge Signals the AI Boom Is Still Alive
Taiwan Semiconductor's monthly sales jumped 44.7%, signaling robust AI chip demand even as it raises 2025 capital spending guidance to $60 billion to $64 billion amid investor caution.
CoreWeave's $129 Billion AI Backlog Changes the Bull Case
CoreWeave shares rallied after Q2 revenue grew 113% year-over-year and its backlog topped $104 billion, though analysts remain cautious about cash burn, debt, and the path to profitability.
Tesla's Robotaxi Reality Check: Time to Deliver
Tesla's thin auto margins and negative free cash flow are pressuring its stock as investors await Robotaxi deployment data to justify its 300x earnings multiple.
Hims & Hers’ Revenue Beat Came With a Profitability Problem
Hims & Hers topped Q2 revenue estimates and raised guidance, but missed EPS forecasts, posted a wider net loss, and faces an FTC lawsuit, leaving Wall Street cautious with a Hold rating.
A Westinghouse IPO Could Reset the Nuclear Stock Conversation
Cameco-backed Westinghouse Electric has filed confidentially for a potential IPO, a move that could ease Cameco's debt load and boost investor interest in nuclear stocks like NuScale Power and Fluor.
Fastly’s Q2 Rally Shows Investors Are Buying the Edge AI Turnaround
Fastly shares jumped 27% after strong Q2 revenue and margin growth prompted analyst price target hikes and heavy institutional buying, though its high valuation remains a key risk.
Paramount’s 30-Film Promise Puts AMC Back in the Box Office Conversation
Paramount Skydance's 30-film theatrical guarantee could stabilize cinema chains like AMC, but the plan hinges on its Warner Bros. Discovery merger surviving a March 2027 antitrust trial.
DraftKings’ Predictions Push Could Be the Bet That Matters Most
DraftKings shares rallied after mixed Q2 2026 results, as an EPS beat and Predictions market expansion offset a revenue miss and shrinking margins.
Concierges, Adjunct Professors, Potato Chip Tasters: US Employers Are Relying More and More on ‘Disposable’ Workers
No wonder workers have so little bargaining power. The boss class has gotten better at making them disposable.
Household Debts, Debt-to-Income Ratio, Delinquencies, Foreclosures, Collections & Bankruptcies in Q2 2026
How Americans are handling their debts.
Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Sink Deeper into Mud, Supply Jumps to 10-Year High, Condo Supply at 14-Year High
Mortgage rates at 6.69% are not high. Inflation is high.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Iran War, China, and the Future of Sea Power
The Iran war exposed a potential weakness in the architecture of American sea power. Precision strike can threaten the forward bases that sustain expeditionary fleets while distributed weapons and sensors can contest maritime access without command of the sea. If Iran demonstrated the problem, China presents it a fortiori.
Buy Low, Sell High: Intel Boosts its Massive Sale of Shares
Big Tech, after years of incinerating vast amounts of cash with share buybacks, is now raking the cash back in with share sales at sky-high prices.
Mamdani Backs Proposal to End Amazon’s ‘Exploitative’ Delivery Model in New York City
If passed, the Delivery Protection Act would be first to regulate Amazon’s vast network of subcontractors that handle its deliveries.
Atlassian Just Pulled Off the Software Comeback Wall Street Wanted
Atlassian shares jumped 35% after strong fiscal Q4 2026 earnings and a growing contract backlog, prompting 14 new analyst price targets despite guidance for slower fiscal 2027 revenue growth.
AST SpaceMobile Earnings Just Reminded Investors How Risky Space Can Be
AST SpaceMobile missed Q2 earnings and revenue estimates, its sixth straight miss, as CapEx surged, but reaffirmed 2026 revenue guidance amid growing partnerships and government contracts.
NVIDIA’s Rally Sets Up a Bigger Test Ahead of Earnings
NVIDIA shares surged 11% in a week, backed by bullish technicals, analyst Buy ratings, and strong cash flow, ahead of its late-August fiscal Q2 earnings report.
Apple’s Next iPhone Could Test How Much Pricing Power Is Left
Apple raised iPhone trade-in values ahead of its next launch as rising memory chip costs squeeze margins, fueling speculation of price hikes and mixed analyst sentiment on AAPL stock.
