Today's Stock Investing Pulse
Indian investors urged to add global exposure as rupee hits record low
On May 20 2026 the rupee fell to a record low of Rs 96.97 per dollar, underscoring the urgency for Indian investors to seek foreign exposure. Since the 1991 liberalisation the currency has depreciated about 5% annually, and it dropped 12% in the past year driven by high oil prices, foreign‑portfolio outflows of roughly ₹2.2 trillion ($23 billion) and a persistent inflation gap.
Berkshire’s $4.3 B Alphabet Bet Yields 40% Gain, Boosts Large‑Cap Portfolio
Berkshire Hathaway’s surprise $4.3 billion purchase of Alphabet shares has surged roughly 40% in six months, propelling the stock to fresh all‑time highs. The gain comes on the back of Alphabet’s Q1 2026 earnings beat, underscoring a renewed tech tilt for the world’s largest conglomerate.
Pexip Holding ASA Posts Q1 Profit Surge, Revenue Up 30%
Pexip Holding ASA announced a first‑quarter profit of $13.10 million, more than double the $5.92 million earned a year earlier. Revenue climbed 29.7% to $40.75 million, underscoring robust demand for its collaboration platform across Europe. The results reinforce the broader Nordic tech rally...
Live Nation Posts Q1 Loss Due To ‘Legal Accrual,’ Revenues Hit $3.8B
Live Nation Entertainment reported first‑quarter revenue of $3.79 billion, a 12% increase year‑over‑year and slightly below its 2024 record, but posted a loss of $1.85 per share. The loss was driven by a $450 million legal accrual tied to an antitrust verdict...
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY): A Top Undervalued REIT Stock on Balanced Risk Profile
Annaly Capital Management (NLY) received a Neutral rating from BofA Securities on April 24, with the price target lowered to $23. The REIT posted earnings per share of $0.76, a 3% quarter‑over‑quarter increase that topped the $0.73 consensus, driven by...
Why Citizens Still Sees Upside in Arbor Realty Trust Inc. (ABR)
Citizens Research & Management reiterated a Market Outperform rating on Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) on April 2, but trimmed its price target to $11 from $12. The firm projects a 2026 total dividend of $1.20 per share, translating to a required...
REMX: Why Rare Earths Are Becoming The New Oil
The VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) gives investors direct exposure to the escalating U.S.-China rare‑earth rivalry. The author recommends it as a roughly 5% satellite position in aggressive portfolios because of its concentration and asymmetric China risk....
Dynex Capital, Inc. (DX) An Undervalued REIT Stock to Buy On Shareholders’ Returns
Dynex Capital (DX) expanded its at‑the‑market equity distribution agreement on April 28, adding Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as sales agents, boosting its capacity for future Rule 415 equity raises. The board also approved a $300 million common‑stock and $50 million preferred‑stock repurchase...
Book Value Stability Affirms Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) as a Top Undervalued REIT Stock to Buy
Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) received a Market Outperform rating from Citizens on April 2, with a $14 price target that translates to 1.04 times its reported book value per share. The firm’s book value stands at $13.56, bolstered by a $0.13 monthly...
Q1 Results Assert Why Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (GLPI) Is a Top REIT Stock
Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI) posted record first‑quarter results, with revenue up 6.3% year‑over‑year to $420 million and adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) rising 9.2% to $297.1 million. Net income climbed to $239.4 million, and the annualized dividend per share increased to $3.12....
This Is Why Wall Street Firms Are Cautious on Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD)
JPMorgan reaffirmed an Overweight rating on Starwood Property Trust but lowered its price target to $19 from $20, reflecting broader sector adjustments amid higher interest rates. BofA Securities also cut its target to $19 while maintaining a Neutral stance, citing...
Ero Copper Posts $108.8 M Q1 Profit as Copper Demand Surges
Ero Copper Corp announced first‑quarter 2026 net income of $108.8 million, a 36% jump from a year earlier, while revenue more than doubled to $263.2 million. The results reflect record copper output, higher gold concentrate sales and aggressive debt reduction as the...
Westpac Banking Corp Posts A$3.4 Bn H1 Profit, up 3% YoY, but Shares Slip on Credit‑risk Concerns
Westpac Banking Corp announced first‑half net profit of A$3.4 bn, a 3% increase from the prior year, and earnings per share of 99.5 cents. The result beat market forecasts but was shadowed by a 1% rise in credit‑impairment provisions and a share‑price...
BofA Raises Pfizer Stock Price Target on First-Quarter Beat
Bank of America Securities raised its price target for Pfizer Inc. to $27, up from $26, while keeping a Neutral rating. The drugmaker posted first‑quarter 2026 earnings of $0.75 per share and revenue of $14.5 billion, both beating analyst expectations. BofA’s...
BofA Raises Cytokinetics Price Target on ACACIA Trial Results
Bank of America raised its price target for Cytokinetics (CYTK) to $83 from $67 while keeping a neutral rating. The move follows the company’s positive Phase 3 ACACIA‑HCM trial, where aficamten met both primary endpoints in non‑obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. CYTK shares...
An AI Bubble? Not so, Says This Leading Money Manager
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told the Milken Institute conference that fears of an AI bubble are misplaced, emphasizing a trillion‑dollar investment need for chips, energy and data‑center hardware. With $14 trillion under management, BlackRock is deepening stakes in hyperscalers such as...
Palantir’s Beats Are “Not Good Enough”
Palantir reported a 1Q26 earnings beat on both revenue and profit, yet its shares fell after CEO David Trainer’s BBC interview. Analysts attribute the decline to the market’s extreme growth expectations baked into the stock’s valuation. A reverse discounted cash...
Hold on Fundamentals, Trim when only Price Spikes
Saw this question on Reddit this week: "What do I do when a stock goes up 50% - do I sell or let it ride?" Here's the framework I use: 1. Did the fundamentals improve or just the price? If revenue/margins/insider buying all improved...
Why Palantir's Stock Is Down Despite a Stellar First Quarter
Palantir delivered an 85% year‑over‑year revenue jump to $595 million in Q1 and posted a Rule‑of‑40 score of 145%, signaling strong growth and profitability. Despite the stellar metrics, the stock fell as investors balk at forward P/E and P/FCF multiples of...
Telesat Confirms Fully Funded 2028 Lightspeed Timeline Following Q1 Design Reviews
Telesat reported Q1 2026 results, investing roughly $125 million USD in its Lightspeed LEO constellation, bringing total spend to about $2 billion USD. The company confirmed it is fully funded to launch global commercial service by the first quarter of 2028. A $800 million...
Unlock 10x Returns: Fisher’s 5 Growth Secrets
Warren Buffett once said he was "85% Graham and 15% Phil Fisher." Most people study Graham’s value metrics, but they ignore the 15% that actually leads to finding stocks with 10x potential. I just reread Fisher’s "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits."...
Keep Buying Five Below as It Leans Into Squishy Dumplings, Says Analyst
Wolfe Research upgraded Five Below (FIVE) to an outperform rating, lifting its price target to $291, implying about 26% upside. The analyst highlighted the surge in "squish" toys—especially the viral dumpling items—as a key, under‑appreciated growth driver. TikTok‑fueled demand for...
We're Raising Our Eaton Price Target After Sellers Got the Earnings All Wrong
Eaton reported a record Q1 revenue of $7.45 billion, up 17% year‑over‑year and ahead of the $7.08 billion consensus. Adjusted EPS rose 3% to $2.81, also beating expectations. The company highlighted a 228 GW data‑center backlog—equivalent to 12 years of build‑out at 2025...
Bank of America Says This 'Uber of Freight' Is About to See Earnings Jump
Bank of America initiated coverage of Full Truck Alliance (FTA), the leading digital freight‑matching platform in China, with a buy rating and an $11.3 price target, indicating about 31 % upside. The analyst expects the company to enter an earnings upcycle...
Kaiser Aluminum Director Sells 25% of Holdings for $261K Amid 166% Stock Surge
Kaiser Aluminum director Richard P. Grimley sold 1,524 shares for about $261,000, trimming his direct ownership by a quarter. The sale came as the company’s stock surged more than 166% Y/Y on soaring aluminum demand and strong first‑quarter results.
NSE's Profit Falls 15% in FY26 as Market Activity Moderates
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) posted a 15% drop in FY26 net profit to ₹10,302 crore (≈$1.24 bn) as revenue slipped 3% to ₹16,601 crore (≈$2.0 bn). The decline was driven by lower transaction‑charge income and a 22% fall in clearing revenue,...
Sonos Q2 2026 Revenue Hits $282M, Beats Forecast on Smart‑Speaker Surge
Sonos reported Q2 2026 revenue of $282 million, an 8% year‑over‑year increase that topped the top end of its guidance range. The earnings beat was powered by robust demand for its AR10100 and Arc Ultra speakers, while the company warned that...
VOOG Beats VONG: Concentrated S&P 500 Growth ETF Outperforms Broader Russell 1000 Counterpart
Vanguard's S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) posted a stronger one‑year return than the Russell 1000 Growth ETF (VONG), while also offering a slightly higher dividend yield. The performance gap underscores a classic trade‑off between a tighter, high‑growth stock pool and...
Apollo Sells Out of ADT, Ending Nearly Decade-Long Investment
Apollo Global Management is exiting its nearly decade‑long stake in ADT, selling its remaining 102 million shares in a secondary offering valued up to $770 million. ADT will repurchase about 29 million of those shares through its $1.5 billion buyback program, receiving no cash...
IShares Semiconductor ETF Soars 40% in April on AI-Driven Chip Rally
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) posted a 40% gain in April, far outpacing the S&P 500. The rally was powered by strong earnings from Nvidia, Intel, TSMC and other chip leaders, as hyperscalers and AI workloads drove unprecedented demand for...
Market Mispricings Are a Shopping List, Not a Warning
Most people think the casino and the stock market are different places right now. They're not wrong. Buffett sees it too. The difference: casinos don't occasionally misprice great businesses at 40 cents on the dollar. That's not a warning. That's a shopping list.
Elmos Semiconductor Boosts FY26 Outlook After 41% Q1 Profit Surge
Elmos Semiconductor SE lifted its fiscal‑2026 guidance after reporting a 41.2% jump in Q1 net income to €26.2 million and a 20.2% rise in sales to €152.5 million. The German firm said accelerating demand for automotive semiconductors and a “significant growth opportunity”...
Diamondback Energy Q1 2026 Profit Plunges to $25 M, EPS 0.08 vs $4.83 a Year Earlier
Diamondback Energy posted a first‑quarter 2026 net profit of $25 million, or $0.08 per share, versus $1.40 billion and $4.83 per share a year ago. Revenue edged up 5% to $4.24 billion, but the earnings miss has reignited scrutiny of the Permian‑focused producer’s...
Dangote Petroleum IPO Targets $40‑50 Bn Valuation in First Multi‑Exchange African Listing
Dangote Group’s petroleum arm will list on several African exchanges, seeking a $40‑50 bn valuation that would make it the biggest IPO in Africa’s history. The move is positioned as a test case for cross‑border capital formation and a catalyst for...
Gulf Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher and Deepwater Explorers Into the Red
U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets and a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have driven crude oil prices up, sparking a rally in global commodity markets. At the same time, deepwater producer Kosmos Energy posted a widened first‑quarter...
Shell to Acquire ARC Resources, Targeting $1.5 B Annual Free Cash Flow and LNG Upside
Shell announced a deal to buy Canadian shale producer ARC Resources, projecting $1.5 billion of annual free cash flow and $250 million of synergies. The transaction, valued at a 20% premium, adds 390,000 barrels of oil‑equivalent per day and positions Shell as...
JetBlue Pushes Back on Bankruptcy Rumors as Fuel Costs Drive Losses
JetBlue Airways denied recent bankruptcy rumors after rival David Neeleman warned of a possible $1.3 billion loss in 2026 if fuel prices stay near $4.50 per gallon. The airline reported a $319 million first‑quarter loss, driven by soaring jet fuel costs, but...
Pfizer Is a 2029 Story but Q126 Lays Foundation for Growth
Pfizer reported first‑quarter revenue of $14.5 billion, up 2%, and highlighted a legal settlement that pushes generic entry for its $6 billion ATTR‑CM drug Vyndamax to 2031, extending its exclusivity. The settlement also adds $7 billion to Pfizer’s acquisition budget, supporting its plan...
AMD Poised to Beat Estimates; Watch GPU Ramp
$AMD reports after close. Consensus ~$9.84B / ~$1.30 EPS (+32% rev, +35% EPS). Stock up 74% in April sets a high bar. I think they will beat. I’m watching a few things: MI355 ramp, MI400/Helios timing, Meta 6GW progress, EPYC...
As Vedanta Group Posts Record FY26 Earnings, Chairman Anil Agarwal Lays Out Vision for a ‘Very Exciting New Chapter’
Vedanta Group reported a record FY26 profit of about $3 billion on revenue near $21 billion, delivering roughly 50% total shareholder return. The company also improved its net debt‑to‑EBITDA to 0.95×, enhancing balance‑sheet flexibility. Effective May 1, Vedanta began a demerger that will...
Does Academic Research Actually Give Investors an Edge? A New Study Says Probably Not
Researchers Andrew Chen, Alejandro Lopez‑Lira, and Tom Zimmermann compared 212 peer‑reviewed stock‑return predictors with roughly 29,000 mechanically generated accounting ratios. In out‑of‑sample tests, the two approaches performed almost identically, with only a modest edge for top‑journal papers and for studies...
Bloomberg Surveillance: Markets Drive Hihger (Podcast)
Bloomberg Surveillance aired on May 6, 2026 featured Evercore’s Julian Emanuel, CIO Group founder David Bailin, Citi’s Heath Terry, and Energy Vista’s Leslie Palti‑Guzman. Emanuel highlighted extraordinary earnings strength and set a 2026 S&P 500 target near 5,200. Bailin argued the United States...
US Stocks Hold Steady as Europe Drags, Global Outlook Bullish
Vanguard global stock index is up about the same amount as the US market this year. Europe is acting as a drag so far this year with other markets (eg Brazil) outperforming strongly. Seems like international investors have got comfortable with...
S&P’s 103% Rise Mirrors Past Bull Market Patterns
From the Oct '22 lows, the S&P 500 is up nearly 103% after today. Here's what the previous five bull markets that made it this far looked like. The bottom line? Years more of gains would be perfectly normal. https://t.co/FTzh4IWKYf
13-Year Bull Market Surpasses 80s/90s Gains
This secular bull market started in March 2013 and after today's latest new high is up 362.61% in just over 13 years. This one is now running above the '80s/'90s secular bull, but that one had a lot left. Will this...
Defensive S&P 500 Sectors Hit Record Low Weight
The market cap weight of defensive sectors in the S&P 500 has fallen to a record low @augurinfinity https://t.co/KvIcxIReRU https://t.co/N5uatfPACb
Market Hits Record Valuation, Buffett Indicator Tops 227%
Stock Market reaches it’s most expensive valuation in history after the Warren Buffett Indicator hits 227%, surpassing the Dot Com Bubble and the Global Financial Crisis: https://t.co/c3rpLbz8So
Rising Crack Spreads Boost PSX: Watch for Cup Handle
$PSX Daily. Quality refinery stock. With "crack spreads" rising, and earnings out of the way for this name, makes sense to keep this on watch long. Ideally a few more days of a "handle" forms after "cup." https://t.co/ohiGjv3H4S
RGS Turns Around: FCF Rising, Refinancing Could Cut Valuation
$RGS, a hair salon franchisor, is crossing the Rubicon in its turnaround. FCF inflecting, closures slowing, massive refinancing incoming. Already cheap at 12x TTM FCF. If refinancing succeeds in cutting interest, co trades at 7-8x FCF. Full pitch: https://t.co/wcFgp9Utv7 https://t.co/XKWI6URRHG
Secular Bull Market Likely Continues for Years
We are in a secular bull market that could have many years left. I've been saying this since 2013 and don't think it is over yet. I discussed it all in our latest @CarsonResearch blog. https://t.co/NZH0IouJr4
Mega IPOs Push New Billionaires Toward US Asset Purchases
the equity supply/demand picture could definitely be complicated by the behemoth IPOs this year. but then i ask, what do newly minted multimillionaires and billionaires do with a flood of liquidity? marginal propensity to consume nearly topped out… i think they...