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.
UBS Raises Alphabet Target to $375 on Cloud, AI Chip Momentum
UBS lifted its price target for Alphabet to $375 from $348, driven by accelerating Google Cloud revenue, the rollout of its eighth‑generation TPU chips and steady search advertising performance. The Swiss bank kept a neutral rating, signaling that while the fundamentals have improved, the stock may already reflect much of the upside.
Applied Digital Shares Jump 14% After $7.5 Billion Cloud Deal
Applied Digital Corp. surged nearly 14% on Thursday as the Nasdaq‑listed firm disclosed a $7.5 billion partnership with major cloud hyperscalers to extend its AI‑focused B2B platform. The deal is expected to accelerate revenue growth and broaden the company’s enterprise reach.
Park National Corp (PRK) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Peoples Bancorp announced a definitive agreement to acquire Citizens National Corporation, a $700 million Kentucky bank with 12 branches, for $77 million in cash and stock. The first‑quarter 2026 results showed diluted EPS of $0.81, beating consensus, while net interest margin expanded...
First Hawaiian Inc (FHB) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
First Hawaiian Inc reported a Q1 2026 net interest margin of 3.21%, up two basis points, driven by lower deposit costs and maturing borrowings. Net interest income rose to $170.3 million and total loans increased $183 million, reflecting 5.2% annualized...
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Procter & Gamble announced a planned leadership transition, with CEO Jon R. Moeller moving to Executive Chairman and Shailesh Jejurikar becoming President and CEO on Jan. 1, 2026. The company also launched a two‑year restructuring to cut up to 7,000 non‑manufacturing...
RPT Realty (RPT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Rithm Property Trust (RPT) posted a quiet Q1 2026, reporting a GAAP loss of $3.2 million and negative earnings available for distribution, while maintaining a "extremely clean" balance sheet with just under $100 million in cash. The company continued its $0.36 dividend,...
This Boring Dividend King Might Be the Safest Pick to Add to Your Portfolio
Abbott Laboratories, a $160.5 billion global healthcare firm, celebrated its 54th consecutive dividend increase, cementing its status as a Dividend King. In Q1, adjusted earnings rose 6% to $1.15 per share, matching guidance, while revenue grew 3.7% to $11.1 billion. Growth was...
Pricing Exhaustion and Bifurcation: The Two-Stage Architecture of Intra-Theme Capital Exit
The article distinguishes two intra‑theme capital‑exit mechanisms—Repricing, where institutions rotate out a fully priced asset into a cheaper node within the same theme, and Bifurcation, where capital jumps to a structurally adjacent beneficiary as AI compresses demand for the original...
NeurAxis (NRXS): The Pieces Are Lining Up
NeurAxis (NRXS) released preliminary Q1 data showing the first full quarter under the new Category I CPT code and expanded insurance coverage that took effect at the end of 2025. The results exceeded the analyst’s expectations, prompting a renewed bullish stance...
EXEC: Raymond James Upgrades On Holding, Downgrades Deckers Ahead of Earnings
Raymond James upgraded On Holding to Strong Buy, citing an over‑reacted 16% pullback since its March 3 Q4 release and confidence that co‑founders will steer the company after the CEO’s departure. Analyst Rick Patel highlighted accelerating demand signals, pricing power and...
Graham Screens Simply Systematize Buying From Headline‑driven Sellers
Graham screens aren't magic. They're just a systematic way of buying from someone who read one bad headline and sold.
“Dividends Play No Role Whatsoever in Capital Accumulation…”
Meb Faber argues that dividends no longer drive wealth creation, noting the S&P 500’s dividend yield is slipping toward the 1.1% trough first seen in 2000. In a recent podcast with Michael Mauboussin and Kai Wu, the hosts explore how an...
Ten Bagger: Where Big Investors Are Looking After Gold-Fuelled Gains
John Forwood, CIO of the Lowell Resources Fund, says large investors are moving beyond the 67% gold rally of 2023 to hunt alpha in junior battery‑metal, oil‑gas and silver plays. He highlights small‑cap picks such as Equus Energy’s 1.7 tcf gas...
Texas Instruments Shares Surge 9% After Q1 Earnings Beat and Upbeat Guidance
Texas Instruments (TXN) reported first‑quarter revenue of $4.8 billion, a 19% year‑over‑year rise, and earnings per share of $1.68, beating expectations. The chipmaker also lifted its 2026 revenue guidance to $5.0‑$5.4 billion, prompting the stock to climb about 9% in after‑hours trading.
Ladder Capital Posts $33.6M Distributable Earnings, Highlights CRE Loan Payoffs
Ladder Capital Corp. posted $33.6 million in distributable earnings for Q4 2024, delivering an 8.9% return on equity. The results were driven by $1.7 billion of loan payoffs, a modest leverage ratio of 1.4x, and an $850 million upsized revolving credit facility that expands...
Molson Coors Q4 Net Sales Slip 1.9% as Low‑Margin Contract Brewing Exits
Molson Coors reported a 1.9% decline in Q4 2024 consolidated net sales, driven by the exit of low‑margin Pabst and Labatt contract brewing and a 3% drop in U.S. brand volume. The company offset weaker sales with premiumization, a $643 million...
Intel Reports $13.6B in Revenues, up 7% for Q1 2026
Intel posted Q1 2026 revenue of $13.6 billion, a 7% year‑over‑year increase that topped analysts' $12.43 billion estimate. The company recorded a GAAP loss of $0.73 per share but posted non‑GAAP earnings of $0.29 per share. Intel announced new Xeon 600, Core Ultra 200S/200HX,...
Tesla’s $25 B AI and Robotics Bet Triggers Stock Volatility and Higher CapEx
Tesla disclosed a $25 billion capital‑expenditure plan for AI software, chips and robotics, sending its shares down nearly 3% after an initial rally. The spending surge, driven by the Terafab chip fab and Optimus robot production, raises questions about cash flow...
NextEra Energy Reaffirms FY26 EPS Guidance as Shares Rise 1.6%
NextEra Energy Inc. reaffirmed its full‑year 2026 adjusted earnings guidance of $3.92‑$4.02 per share, citing strong first‑quarter results that lifted revenue 7.3% to $6.701 billion. The utility’s shares jumped 1.58% to $91.46 in pre‑market trading, while the company projected dividend growth...
Tesla Q1 Loss on Digital Assets Triggers Market Scrutiny
Tesla disclosed a $222 million loss on its digital assets portfolio in the first quarter, adding to mixed earnings and fueling analyst concerns over the delayed robotaxi rollout. The news has put pressure on the automaker’s stock and raised questions about...
CHART: Freeport-McMoRan Stock Craters on Grasberg Ramp-Up Delay – by Frik Els (Mining.com – April 23, 2026)
Freeport‑McMoRan reported Q1 earnings that beat profit estimates thanks to higher copper prices, yet the stock tumbled more than 13%, pushing its market value below $90 billion. Investors focused on the Grasberg mine in Indonesia, where a September mud‑rush halted production....
Tesla Dwarfs Peers with 539% Profit Outlook
Expected profit growth in next 5 years: Tesla: +539% Palantir: +326% Carvana: +250% Oracle: +178% Microsoft: +131% Amazon: +124% Uber: +119% AppLovin: +107% Meta: +87% Alphabet: +87% Palo Alto: +86% Spotify: +85% Apple: +77% Netflix: +65% Robinhood: +61% (avg analyst estimates)
Kinder Morgan Earnings: Strong Q1 Results & Data Center Wins
Kinder Morgan reported a strong Q1 2026, beating adjusted EBITDA expectations and lifting its full‑year outlook by more than $250 million. The company trimmed leverage to 3.6× net‑debt‑to‑EBITDA and raised its quarterly dividend 2% to $0.2975 per share. A $10.1 billion project...
No, Stocks Are Not a Good Inflation Hedge
A new Reuters analysis argues that U.S. equities fail as an inflation hedge, with real returns slipping sharply once inflation exceeds 3%. The piece notes that recent market rallies, driven by a tentative U.S.-Iran ceasefire and oil prices falling under...
13 Elite Stocks, 9 Hyper‑Elite, Diverse
66 stocks in my universe. 13 clear the R40 bar. 9 hit Hyper-Elite territory. Every elite compounder has a different profile — growth vs margin, quadrant by quadrant. $NVDA. $APP. $CRDO. $HOOD. $PLTR. Same elite score. Different engines. Full breakdown 👇 https://open.substack.com/pub/dralexkoh/p/13-stocks-one-system-heres-how-i?r=4zq7nk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Honeywell Disappoints on Quarterly Results — but Delivers on Its Breakup Plan
Honeywell posted first‑quarter adjusted earnings per share of $2.45, topping the $2.32 LSEG estimate, while revenue rose 2.4% to $9.1 billion, falling short of the $9.3 billion consensus. The results were weighed down by geopolitical tension in Iran and a supply‑chain disruption...
SentinelOne Profits by Selling AI Agents per Endpoint
Day 11 of 30: How $S SentinelOne actually makes money Most people think it's "the AI version of CrowdStrike" That's a positioning slide. Not how the money flows Their revenue isn't from selling software. It's from selling AI agents that hunt threats on...
NextEra Energy Adds Record 4 GW of Renewables and Storage Backlog in Q1
NextEra Energy posted Q1 2026 GAAP net income of $2.182 billion, up sharply from $833 million a year earlier, while adjusted earnings rose to $2.275 billion. Its subsidiary, NextEra Energy Resources, set a record by adding 4 GW of renewable and storage projects to...
4 Multiline Insurers to Buy Amid Inflation, Low Interest Rate
Analysts highlight Enact Holdings, CNO Financial, SiriusPoint and Slide Insurance as top multiline insurer picks amid persistent inflation and a low‑interest‑rate backdrop. The sector’s diversified product mix lowers concentration risk, while accelerated digitalization and the rise of embedded insurance—projected to...
Alani Nu Could Boost CELH Revenue, Undervaluing Stock
$CELH does seem too cheap at ~2.9x NTM ev/revs with Alani Nu growing at 94% YoY. At the end of 2025, the Celsius brand was 60% of total revenues and the Alani Nu brand was 40% of total revenues. Before the...
Intel's Turnaround Has Just Begun
$INTC is one of the great turnaround stories of our time. And it’s still VERY EARLY.
SpaceX May Build Its Own GPUs to Reduce Chip Supply Risks
SpaceX disclosed in its S‑1 filing that it may manufacture its own GPUs to mitigate chip supply constraints and rising compute costs. The proposal is listed as a substantial capital expenditure and ties into the Terafab complex, a joint venture...
Comcast's “Legendary” February Fell Short Profitably
Good analysis by @Drewbydoobydoo on how legendary February was not so legendary from the profit standpoint for Comcast.
Intel's $280B Surge Masks 100x Valuation Risks
INTC up $280 billion in market cap from low. Q1 Revenue beat by $1b, Guidance raised for next Q ~1-1.5b. Still trading at 100x earnings the most expensive semiconductor company that still has a lot of...
Manufacturing Activity Continues to Soar: 2 Mutual Funds to Buy
U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated in March, posting an ISM PMI of 52.7 – the strongest reading since August 2022 and the third consecutive month above the 50 expansion threshold. The rise was driven by robust demand and longer supplier delivery...
Debunked Dividend Growers Study Still Circulates After Ten Years
Hey @hartfordfunds, you should really consider not running these articles on "Dividend Growers"...we debunked this faulty study almost a decade ago. It gets repeated, and repeated, and repeated everywhere... https://t.co/AdFNkynxGt
Intel's Server CPU TAM Set to Quadruple by 2030
Definitely glad I never gave up on $INTC. Still execution milestones to watch, but as we anticipate the server CPU TAM to from ~$25b this year to ~$95b in our base case in 2030 it's greenfield dollar expansion. ...
IGPT: Secular Growth Trends Driven By AI Investments
Invesco’s AI and Next‑Gen Software ETF (IGPT) has been upgraded to a Buy as it stands to capture accelerating AI adoption and next‑generation software development. The fund is heavily weighted toward AI‑enabling platforms, with top holdings such as Alphabet, Broadcom,...
US Dividend Yield Near Historic Sub‑1% Threshold
A few more up days and the US stock market is going to take out the all-time low dividend yield of 1.1%. Do we see a sub 1 % dividend yield?!
Easy Policy Fuels Stock Rise, Then Yield Spike Crashes Markets
One of the popular narratives is from those focused on easy policy stance and persistent inflation. It follows the purple line. Higher stock prices with modestly higher yields driven by growth and inflation and then a capitulation by central...
Choice Hotels Posts 12% YoY EBITDA Growth in Q4 2024
Choice Hotels announced adjusted EBITDA of $604.1 million for Q4 2024, a 12% year‑over‑year increase that topped the top end of its guidance. The boost came from higher RevPAR, robust domestic and international room growth, and a surge in upscale and extended‑stay...
Buffett’s 1962 Deal: 83% Cash, 4× EBIT
Warren Buffett Case Study: East Sullivan Mines - 1962. 83% of Net Cash. 4x EBIT. https://t.co/xpfz5TrvtQ
Holding Energy Exposure Yields New Cycle Highs
Unlike some, we didn't sell our Energy Exposures - new Cycle Highs for us in $OIH terms https://t.co/Ita9wyMzJx
J Sainsbury Launches $380 M Share Buyback as Full‑year Profit Slips
J Sainsbury plc disclosed a £300 million ($380 million) share‑buyback programme despite a 1.7% decline in profit after tax for the year. Sales rose 2.7% to £33.65 billion, but underlying earnings showed only modest gains, prompting analysts to weigh the buyback against weaker profitability.
Nike Insiders Bought $8.2M of Stock Since Nov 2025
Since November 2025, Nike insiders have purchased ~$8.2 million of the company's stock on the open market at an average price of ~$53 per share https://t.co/7QNDEnhdU8
Roche Bets on Cancer and Obesity Drugs Amid Biosimilar Pressure
Roche, facing biosimilar threats, puts faith in new cancer and obesity drugs https://t.co/IIt0INA9sI @ByJonGardner $RHHBY
Pegasystems Posts Strong Q1 2026 Cloud Growth, Forecasts Renewals Amid Macro Headwinds
Pegasystems announced that its Pega Cloud annual contract value (ACV) topped $900 million in Q1 2026, accounting for 56% of total ACV. The software firm returned more than 80% of free cash flow to shareholders through buybacks and dividends, while flagging...
Cannabis Offers Low Competition, High Long‑Term Gains
I have never been so bullish on the opportunity in cannabis. Do the work, do your own due diligence. There are so few eyeballs on the space. It's amazing what you will find and the long-term opportunities available. You will...
Olstein Capital Boosts Korn Ferry Stake, Betting on Hiring Recovery
Olstein Capital Management increased its holding in talent‑advisory firm Korn Ferry by 43,050 shares, an estimated $2.78 million transaction. The move, disclosed in an April 21 SEC filing, is being read as a bet that corporate hiring will rebound, lifting demand for Korn...
From Rotation to Reversal
At the start of 2026, the S&P 500 remained weighted toward software and other digital sectors, while energy lagged. Early in the year, AI‑related worries depressed software stocks and energy began a sharp rally, a relationship that intensified through the...