Today's Stock Investing Pulse
Devon Energy’s $8B Marcellus Asset Offer Signals Aggressive Growth Post-Merger
Devon Energy completed its merger with Coterra, creating a larger diversified oil and gas operator. Stone Ridge Asset Management has signaled an $8 billion opening offer for Devon’s Marcellus assets, and the combined company expects to lift its dividend by roughly 30%.
An Undervalued Stock to Buy and Hold for the Long Term
Fresenius Medical Care (FME) is in a transition year, grappling with weak US treatment growth and new product‑launch investments, yet Morningstar still rates it a 5‑star, narrow‑moat stock. The company trades about 41% below its EUR 67 fair‑value estimate and offers a 3.5% dividend yield. Management aims for mid‑teens operating margins and anticipates low‑to‑mid‑single‑digit revenue growth, supporting high‑single‑digit earnings growth through 2030. Despite high uncertainty, the firm’s extensive dialysis network and geographic diversification underpin its long‑term outlook.
London Stock Exchange: Rapid LLM Development Pace Increases Uncertainty; Base Case Unchanged
Morningstar raised London Stock Exchange Group’s uncertainty rating to High as rapid advances in large‑language models (LLMs) could reshape its data business. The firm keeps its fair‑value estimate at GBX 11,900 and maintains a wide economic moat rating. The base case...
How to Track Your Dividend Portfolio Beyond Income: A Holistic Approach for Dividend Investors
Dividend investors often fixate on monthly cash payouts, but that narrow view can hide stagnant or declining portfolio value. A holistic tracking method adds portfolio market value, current yield, and total return to the traditional dividend‑income metric. By comparing Yield...
3 Stocks Sending a Strong Signal With Massive Buybacks
Cheniere Energy, Fair Isaac (FICO) and Zillow Group announced sizable share repurchase programs, collectively representing a significant portion of each company's market value. Cheniere boosted its capacity to $10.2 billion, roughly 20% of its $52 billion market cap, while FICO authorized a...
The Best Soft-Drinks Stocks to Buy to Give Your Portfolio some Fizz
The article highlights four soft‑drink stocks poised for strong investor returns: AG Barr, Monster Energy, Keurig Dr Pepper and Celsius Holdings. AG Barr boasts a ROIC above 20% and a 6% free‑cash‑flow yield, while Monster delivers over 20% annual returns with virtually no debt....
Is Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. (SEI) One of the Best Oil Stocks With Highest Upside Potential?
Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:SEI) received upgraded price targets from Morgan Stanley and Barclays, both reaffirming Overweight ratings. Morgan Stanley lifted its target to $72, while Barclays raised it to $63, citing strong data‑center contracts and equipment procurement outlook. SEI reported...
Three European Stocks to Buy for Long-Term Growth and Income
The article highlights three European equities—ASML, Roche and Intesa Sanpaolo—as long‑term growth and income opportunities. ASML commands a monopoly in EUV lithography, delivering high margins and a projected 30% dividend yield at entry price. Roche leverages a diversified pharma pipeline...
Here’s What The Street Thinks About Select Water Solutions, Inc. (WTTR)
Select Water Solutions (WTTR) received upbeat analyst upgrades after delivering strong fiscal Q4 results. Piper Sandler raised its price target to $16, maintaining an Overweight stance, while Citi lifted its target to $16.50 and reaffirmed a Buy rating. Both firms...
Use Market Drop as Long-Term Investment Opportunity
Blood is on the streets. Sadly, even literally. Portfolios will bleed too, and this time it's a man made disaster. We've seen these before, and we've emerged eventually out of them better, but man made disasters tend to take a little...
23 Years of Dividend Growth Amid Volatile Uptrend
Couple of impressive aspects to #CKN - 23 years of Dividend growth and ShareScope showing the Share Price Chart in an Uptrend for 23 years (coincidence?). Quite wide swings in the Uptrend Channel though. I don't hold.
Notes From MS Conference: Meta, and Microsoft
At Morgan Stanley’s TMT conference, Meta CFO Susan Li highlighted the company’s IREV metric, showing steady ad‑performance improvements driven by AI and larger data pools. She explained Meta’s push to scale data, redistribute ad loads, and deploy large‑language models for real‑time...
True Compounders Reinvest Cash at Returns Above Cost
"A true compounder reinvests cash flows at rates above its cost of capital." Most investors chase growth. The best investors chase compounding. A true compounder does one thing exceptionally well: it reinvests cash flows at returns higher than its cost of capital.
3 Unstoppable Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now for Less Than $1,000
The article spotlights three members of the "Magnificent Seven"—Alphabet, Apple, and Nvidia—as compelling additions for investors with as little as $1,000. Alphabet’s Google Cloud revenue surged 48% to $17.7 billion, while its advertising engine remains dominant. Apple’s modest $12.7 billion AI spend...
Fortunes Grow in the Quiet Gap Before Validation
Most investors won't like your investment idea until after it doubles, which means validation comes long after you've purchased and borne the burden of being alone in your conviction. The gap between purchase and recognition is where fortunes are built...
Tax Wrappers Are Cheat Codes, Not Indexing Tools
Tax wrappers (IRAs, HSAs, etc.) are cheat codes for arbs & special situations. Active investors using them as indexing & long-term only vehicles are sabotaging their risk adjusted after tax returns. https://t.co/HDlplC0mGI
AWS: Pre and Post-ChatGPT
Jeff Bezos highlighted Amazon Web Services as a "market size unconstrained" business in his 2014 shareholder letter, emphasizing strong returns on capital. After the letter, AWS disclosed mid‑20s operating margins that rose to roughly 30% by 2021, with ROIC consistently...
Japanese Portfolio Managers Barred From Software Investments
“An interesting thing I heard is that some Japanese Portfolio Managers are being actively told company-wide not to touch anything software or IT related in the broad sense, at all” - @InvestInJapan
U.S. Debt Outpaces Growth, Threatening Investor Portfolios
Jerome Powell warns the U.S. is on an unsustainable fiscal path, with national debt growing faster than the economy. Investors, learn how this affects the stock market, portfolio risk, and long-term wealth building. Smart value investing can protect your financial...
QQQ: It Is Actually Cheaper Than VOO -- And I Can Prove It
The Invesco QQQ Trust trades at a growth‑adjusted PEG ratio of roughly 1.3×, undercutting the S&P 500’s 1.47× and making it effectively cheaper than VOO. Its portfolio captures the full AI ecosystem—semiconductors, cloud, and monetization platforms—through top holdings such as Nvidia...
Invest with Built‑In Protection: Prioritize Margin of Safety
Seth Klarman: “The most important thing in investing is to have a margin of safety.” Takeaway: Buy with protection built in. Most investors lose money before they even buy.
High Conviction Doesn't Require Massive Portfolio Bets
I've always been a conviction investor, but I have evolved in how I define "high conviction" and how it is expressed within my portfolio. When most investors hear high conviction, they think of high concentration. To them, concentration means making...
Sector Fund by Stealth
Retired UK entrepreneur Mark Crothers announced a major portfolio overhaul, reducing his US technology exposure to about 15% and adding Europe and Southeast Asia. He contends that the S&P 500 has effectively become a sector fund because the ten largest tech...
Goldman Holds 7600 SPX Target, Cuts Loom
Goldman sticking with a 7600 YE SPX target... I give it 4 weeks before we start seeing estimate cuts across the street https://t.co/DsTzT8zbEO
Small‑cap Slump Signals Delayed Bull Market Confirmation
Russell 2000 down 2.3%. Small caps are the canary. They need cheap credit, domestic demand, and labor stability. They have none of those right now. If you're waiting for small cap leadership to confirm a bull market, you'll be waiting a while. https://t.co/mDOKLhcosE
SPHQ: Invesco's S&P 500 Quality ETF Is Well-Positioned To Outperform
Invesco’s S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ) received a reiterated buy rating, driven by its high ROE, strong EPS growth, and consistent earnings surprises. The fund trades at a 28.05× trailing P/E premium but offers a low beta of 1.03 and limited...
Market Tricks Beginners: Luck Isn't Skill, Double‑Down Costs
The greatest trick the market plays on beginners is making you think luck is skill. It waits for you to double or triple down on your next bet and then it teaches you your first lesson.
China Tech Lagged US Markets Amid Dilution and Governance Issues
Performance since 2013: KWEB: +13% QQQ: +896% Positive interpretations for China tech: - Strong USD and strong US equities - Index construction sub-par Negative interpretations: - Heavy dilution - Related party transactions / leakage - Limited capital returns (until recently) https://t.co/8eQeEK0yx7
Market Turmoil Is Hitting Most Traditional Safe Havens. UBS Says This Is the Place to Hide
Geopolitical tensions between the U.S., Israel and Iran have rattled traditional safe‑haven assets, with gold and consumer staples slipping as oil prices breach $100 per barrel. UBS recommends pharmaceutical stocks as the new defensive refuge, citing their inverse link to...
Mispriced $MLCI Offers Second Chance at $5
Sometimes Mr. Market hands you a mulligan. I got clipped tendering $MLCI from the wrong zip code, then got a second swing at $5.00 after the board itself paid $9.43. I wrote up the mispricing, the mechanics, and...
VIX Spikes Often Precede Stock Rebounds—Still Just Probabilities
The $VIX increased 48% this week, the 21st biggest weekly spike ever. What has happened in the past following the biggest $VIX spikes? Stocks have tended to bounce back with above-average forward returns. Does this always happen? No. There are no certainties in markets,...
3 Large-Cap Value Funds to Protect Your Portfolio Amid High Inflation
Wholesale prices surged in January, with the producer price index rising 0.5% month‑over‑month and core PPI up 0.8%, keeping inflation well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal. The Fed left rates unchanged at 3.25%‑3.5%, but the data dampens expectations for...
Value Investing Gains Momentum Amid AI Market Rout
This week in value: Berkshire Hathaway 2025 Annual Report (BH) Tom Gayner – 2025 Letter (Markel) GMO – Year End Letters 2025 (GMO) Icahn Enterprises L.P. 2025 Q4 (Icahn) Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel on resuming buyback program: I absolutely talked to Warren (CNBC) Could Value...
The Consumer Stocks Primed to Be Big Winners From AI, According to Jefferies
Jefferies analysts argue that consumer companies embracing agentic AI will outpace rivals as algorithms prioritize product superiority, pricing and post‑purchase service. They highlight five stocks—Planet Fitness, Revolve Group, SharkNinja, YETI and Signet Jewelers—each with Jefferies price targets implying 60‑119% upside....
Why AI Is Unlikely to Kill OTAs
OpenAI announced it is scaling back plans to embed direct checkout functionality inside ChatGPT, opting instead for checkout flows through third‑party apps that plug into the chatbot. The news sent Booking Holdings and Expedia Group shares higher, reflecting investor relief...
Donoghue Forlines Lists Risk-Managed ETF on NYSE ARCA
The DF Tactical 30 ETF (ticker DFTT) began trading on NYSE ARCA on November 12, 2025, offering a rules‑based, risk‑managed exposure to large‑cap momentum stocks. The fund follows the DF Risk‑Managed Tactical Top 30 Index, which rotates quarterly among the thirty...
Once Burned, Twice Shy
The article reflects on Fidelity’s Magellan Fund’s disappointing decade after Peter Lynch retired, contrasting it with the Contrafund’s stellar 35‑year run under Will Danoff. Danoff’s 14.04% annualized return outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 3 points, a rarity for a...
Broker’s Call: Hyundai Motor India (Reduce)
Hyundai Motor India posted an 8% YoY rise in Q3FY26 EBITDA to ₹2,020 crore, but the figure fell 17% quarter‑on‑quarter, missing both the broker’s and Bloomberg forecasts. Management highlighted GST‑driven demand and a dealer inventory below four weeks, projecting 5‑6% domestic...
Analyze the Business First, Not Just Charts
Charlie Munger: “You must value the business in order to value the stock.” Takeaway: Analyze operations before analyzing charts. Most investors analyze charts. The best investors analyze businesses first.
New Lindy Effect ETF Targets 50‑Year‑Old Companies
New filing for a Lindy Effect ETF.. which will only hold companies that are over 50yrs old. Some other ones incl Insurance ETF (haven't seen one of those in a long time). New issuer I believe too. https://t.co/c1L9kTa7hU
Buy Netflix as Ads, Pricing Power and Generative AI Drive Growth, Says CFRA
CFRA Research upgraded Netflix to a Buy, raising its 12‑month target price to $115, implying about 16% upside. The firm highlighted the streaming giant’s expanding advertising business and demonstrated pricing power as key drivers of revenue growth through 2026. Analyst...
Market Ignoring Looming Risks as SPY Nears Peak
SPY is 2.4% from its all-time high. In the middle of a war. With oil spiking. With yields surging. The market hasn't priced in the worst case. It hasn't even priced in the base case. That's the scariest part. https://t.co/d7MxjrSyrG
Cyclical Job Loss Spreads to Education and Health
Over the last 12 months basically every cyclical industry but construction and leisure/hospitality has negative job growth. The new news today is the negative Education/Health, but the cyclical economy has been weak for a long time. https://t.co/TdUz4KvRxm
Where to Invest As Iran War Hits Global Stock Markets
The Iran‑related conflict has nudged global equity markets lower, with Europe’s index down nearly 5 % and the U.S. benchmark off about 1 %. Oil prices surged above $84 a barrel, benefitting energy stocks, while shipping firms posted double‑digit gains despite limited...
All Assets Falling Signals Liquidity Crunch, Not Rotation
The 10-year yield has risen four consecutive sessions to 4.14%. Stocks down. Bonds down. Oil up. Gold down. When everything sells off together, it's not a rotation. It's a liquidity event. https://t.co/6whtUyh3CH
Invest for Few Big Winners, Sell the Rest
During a lifetime you will have 10-20 big winners and hundreds or thousands that didn’t live up to your expectations. Long-term investing success is capturing those 10-20 monsters while also understanding 95% of what you own will deserve to be...
Weekly Summary
Greg Abel issued Berkshire Hathaway’s first annual letter and appeared on CNBC to discuss resuming the company’s share‑buyback program, underscoring continuity after Warren Buffett’s era. The week also featured high‑profile interviews with investors Stan Druckenmiller and John Arnold, plus a...
Middle East Ceasefire Could Lower Oil, Ease Inflation Risks
A major Middle East shift could ease geopolitical risk and send oil prices lower after a ceasefire. The implications for inflation, consumers, and markets ahead. 🟢 Open https://t.co/7zkGP8J4td
March Beats October, Delivers Positive S&P Return
March is like October's little brother, but he does average a positive SPX return... BofA https://t.co/jFaPf9gsOb
WisdomTree Launches India Earnings ETF
WisdomTree has introduced the WisdomTree India Earnings UCITS ETF, an earnings‑weighted fund that tracks the proprietary WisdomTree India Earnings Index. The ETF carries a 0.55% total expense ratio and is listed on Xetra, Borsa Italiana, SIX Swiss Exchange and the...
Listeners Are Back Pitching Their Top Mining Stocks
In this episode the hosts reopen their listener‑driven stock‑pitch format, giving retail investors a platform to recommend junior mining companies. Two pitches dominate the discussion: Auric Mining (AWJ), a cash‑generating gold producer in Western Australia with a low market cap...