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%.
NEXTDC Raises A$2.2 B to Accelerate AI‑Driven Data‑Centre Expansion
NEXTDC (ASX:NXT) unveiled a A$2.2 billion capital plan anchored by a fully underwritten A$1.5 billion equity entitlement offer and a A$700 million hybrid‑securities expansion. The raise, backed by Canada’s CDPQ, aims to fund the S4 Western Sydney campus as contracted utilisation jumps 60% in a quarter, underscoring the surge in AI‑related real‑estate demand.
IBM to Report Q1 2026 Earnings Wednesday, Eyes Strong Revenue Growth
International Business Machines (IBM) is set to announce its Q1 2026 earnings on Wednesday. The company posted $4.52 earnings per share and $19.69 billion in revenue for the quarter ending January 28, beating consensus estimates. Analysts will watch the upcoming release...
Ally Financial Q1 Earnings Beat Fuels 8% Stock Surge
Ally Financial reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.11, up 90% year‑over‑year, and core ROTCE of 11.1%, beating analyst expectations. The earnings beat lifted the stock 8% even as adjusted net revenue missed consensus, underscoring the market’s focus on profitability...
Asian Stocks Rise 0.8% as Investors Say Peak Uncertainty Passed Amid Middle East Tensions
Asian markets rallied on Monday, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index gaining as much as 0.8% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index wiping out its recent losses. Investors said the worst of geopolitical risk appears priced in, allowing a return...
Walmart Marks 53‑Year Dividend Streak, Leveraging E‑commerce Growth
Walmart announced a 53rd straight dividend hike, underscoring its ability to raise payouts despite market volatility. The retailer points to pricing leverage, a $6.4 billion advertising business and expanding online traffic as the engine behind the sustainable cash flow.
Superior Investments — Munger Monday #50
Charlie Munger’s investment philosophy emphasizes buying great businesses rather than cheap stocks, a shift that reshaped Berkshire Hathaway’s approach after the 1972 See’s Candies acquisition. Berkshire paid $25 million—about three times the company’s book value—to secure a brand with enduring loyalty...
Tom Hayes – Fox Business Appearance – Charles Payne – 4/20/2026
On April 20, 2026, Thomas Hayes, chairman of Great Hill Capital, joined Charles Payne on Fox Business for a market‑outlook interview. Hayes outlined the firm’s growth strategy, emphasizing technology and consumer investments while cautioning about rising interest rates. The segment...
2028 S&P 500: Three Scenarios, Wide Outcome Range
I have mapped out a half dozen S&P 500 scenarios for yearend 2028, based on the 2027 earnings consensus. Granted, earnings can vary wildly from expectations, as can market psychology. If the Street gets it right on earnings, the super-bull...
Mega-IPOs and Index Fund Mechanics: Much Ado About Nothing?
Index providers are tweaking rules to let large IPOs enter major US indexes faster, prompting worries as mega‑IPOs such as SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe loom. The authors calculate that even a $280 billion IPO wave would represent only about 0.4%...
Here Are 3 Medical Supply Stocks to Consider Amid Rising Prospects
Zacks projects the global medical‑dental supplies market to reach $163.5 billion by 2027, expanding at a 3.4% CAGR. Growth is driven by an aging population, AI‑integrated digital workflows, and rising demand for preventive and minimally invasive dentistry. The sector’s Zacks Industry...
New 11%+ Yield ETF Boosts High‑Yield Portfolio
It is officially Dividend Week. Why Dividend Week? Because I’m obsessed with one thing: increasing the value that Dividendology provides. And over the past few months, I’ve been working on something behind the scenes that ties directly into that. Recently, we added an ETF...
Two Things: Breadth And Revisions
Analysts’ bottom‑up EPS forecasts for the S&P 500 have risen this year, but the gains are driven almost entirely by upward revisions in Energy and Technology stocks. The breadth of those revisions is exceptionally narrow, the weakest since the late‑1990s dot‑com...
IBD 50 Growth Index (Top 30 Weights) Earnings Estimates
The IBD 50 Growth Index’s top 30 weighted stocks saw a wave of upward earnings revisions in the past 60 days. Twenty‑three symbols were upgraded for 2026 forecasts versus five downgraded, with the remainder unchanged, yielding a 23:5 up‑down ratio. Cumulative earnings...
One of Warren Buffett’s Final Shareholder Letters Had a Warning Most People Missed
In Berkshire Hathaway’s 2024 shareholder letter, Warren Buffett warned that "fiscal folly"—government policies that weaken currencies—could erode the value of paper money. He emphasized that fixed‑coupon bonds offer little protection against such currency erosion and reiterated Berkshire’s commitment to deploying...
2026 May Mirror 2023 Market Gains, Says Morgan Stanley
"...We respect the “wisdom of the crowd” and appreciate that last year, markets ultimately rose more than 16% on 12% earnings growth. In fact, with the US economy no longer as sensitive to oil prices, consumer sentiment and the level...
Dan Loeb Dumps CSGP, Citing Reckless CEO Spending
Dan Loeb sells out of $CSGP "CEO Andy Florance has continued what can only be seen as a reckless drain on a majority of the company's operating income into Homes,com and related acquisitions even as the share price has continued to...
SoFi Shares Plunge in 2026 After 70% Rally in 2025
SoFi Technologies' stock, which surged 70% in 2025, has slumped sharply in early 2026 amid a Muddy Waters short‑seller report alleging $312 million of unrecorded debt and inflated earnings. The fintech's Q1 earnings on April 29 could determine whether the decline is...
AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab Spotlighted as Top Space‑Tech Equity Picks
AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab are being highlighted as compelling equity opportunities in the space‑technology sector. Both companies show robust revenue growth and expanding market positions, even as investors await the broader impact of a potential SpaceX IPO.
Excluding NVIDIA, “Mag 7” Companies Expected to Report Lower Earnings Growth Than Other 493
The FactSet analysis shows the Magnificent 7 tech giants are projected to post a 22.8% year‑over‑year earnings surge in Q1 2026, far outpacing the 10.1% growth of the remaining 493 S&P 500 constituents. That advantage evaporates without Nvidia, whose contribution drops the Mag 7’s...
USA Rare Earth Boosts Western Supply with $2.8B Brazil Deal
USA Rare Earth (USAR) announced a $2.8 billion acquisition of Brazil’s Serra Verde Group, paying $300 million in cash and issuing 126.85 million shares. The deal brings the Pela Ema heavy‑rare‑earth mine—Latin America’s only producing operation—into a vertically integrated Western supply chain that also...
4 Film & Television Production Stocks to Watch Amid Dull Industry Trends
The Zacks Film & Television Production industry is seeing heightened digital demand but grappling with soaring content costs, pushing its Zacks Industry Rank to 149—bottom 40% of sectors. While the industry outperformed the broader Consumer Discretionary sector with a 24.4%...
Stock Market Concentration: Is It Dangerous and Should Investors Be Worried?
A new peer‑reviewed study of every UK‑listed security from 1975‑2024 finds that just 3.1% of companies created all real equity wealth, with the top ten firms accounting for nearly one‑third of the total. The pattern mirrors US data, where only...
S&P 500 Crosses Optimism Threshold, Majority Above Trend
A few weeks ago, fewer than half of the S&P 500 components were trading above their long-term trend. Today, the majority is. Participation has cleared the optimism threshold. Now let’s see if it can hold.
Data Center Stocks Offer Hidden Multibagger Value
Excerpt from yesterday’s @GeoInvesting Weekly Wrap-Up.. I keep telling myself that I want to move away from investing in stocks tied to the data center theme, but I keep coming back to it because that’s where so many legit future multibagger...
Fiduciary Trust's Sanchez: Solid Fundamentals Will Win Out
In this episode, Ron Sanchez, CIO of Fiduciary Trust, argues that both macroeconomic and corporate fundamentals remain strong despite recent geopolitical shocks, and that earnings will ultimately drive market direction. Vijay Marolia of Regal Point Capital provides a week‑ahead market outlook,...
New Stock Records Are Justified. But Don’t Read The Fine Print
The S&P 500’s consensus earnings‑per‑share estimates for 2026‑27 rose about 3% during the Iran‑related oil shock, pushing the index to record highs while its forward P/E fell roughly 5% from January levels. Goldman’s Ben Snider notes that the upward revisions are...
BofA Raises Its Price Target on Hartford Insurance (HIG) to $138
Bank of America raised its price target for The Hartford Insurance Group (HIG) to $138, up from $136, while keeping a neutral rating. The adjustment reflects updated peer multiples and stronger Q4 insurance results. On the same day, Hartford announced...
RBC Capital Maintains Outperform Rating on Adobe (ADBE)
RBC Capital lowered its price target for Adobe Inc. to $350 from $400 while maintaining an Outperform rating ahead of the Adobe Summit. The firm highlighted the company’s focus on its ecosystem and the need for a re‑acceleration in annual...
Mizuho Downgrades PayPal (PYPL) to Neutral
Mizuho downgraded PayPal (PYPL) to Neutral on April 15, cutting its price target to $50 from $60, citing rising competition and fundamental headwinds. The broker highlighted substitution risk from X in peer‑to‑peer payments and digital‑wallet entry points, as well as long‑term...
Should You Buy Meta Platforms (META) Before Earnings?
Meta Platforms is leveraging AI through its Advantage+ ad platform and custom MTIA silicon to drive higher advertiser returns and lower compute costs. The company projects 2026 revenue of $53.5‑$56.5 billion, topping analyst forecasts, while advertising revenue hit $196 billion in 2025,...
JPMorgan Maintains Overweight Rating on StoneCo (STNE)
JPMorgan analyst Guilherme Grespan lowered StoneCo's price target to $20 from $21 while maintaining an Overweight rating. The Brazilian fintech announced an extraordinary dividend of $2.53 per share payable on May 4, 2026. In Q4, StoneCo posted adjusted EPS of $0.51,...
PDD Holdings (PDD): The Best Profitable Undervalued Stock to Buy Now
Analysts at Arete and Morgan Stanley upgraded PDD Holdings, citing a cleared regulatory overhang and stronger earnings outlook. Arete lifted its target to $121 and moved to a Buy rating, while Morgan Stanley placed the stock on a short‑term tactical...
BLOK: Still Diversified, But Bitcoin Now Matters - And That's A Risk
Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF (BLOK) has been downgraded to Hold as its bitcoin exposure climbed to roughly 40%, up from about 30% a year ago. The higher crypto weighting makes the fund more sensitive to Bitcoin’s price swings, eroding the...
Psychedelics Go Mainstream
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to speed up research and access to psychedelic therapies, allocating $50 million in federal funding and instructing regulators to dismantle long‑standing barriers. The move validates a growing investment thesis that the psychedelic sector will...
GameStop Rally Is Hype, Fundamentals Still Weakening
GameStop's recent surge is just social media hype, not 2021 again, says analysis. The bear case argues its core business is still in decline. A selling opportunity? 🎮 Stocks
Invest in Untapped Operating Leverage for Hidden Profit Explosions
My favorite type of investment? Businesses with embedded operating leverage that hasn't fully flexed yet. The market is notoriously bad at pricing long-term optionality. It sees the red line and the green line moving together today, but misses the "breakout"...
ASML Raises AI Demand Outlook, Stock Swings Amid Valuation Debate
ASML lifted its full‑year AI‑related revenue guidance, projecting €36‑40 billion for 2026, but its shares slipped after a 36% year‑to‑date rally. Traders are weighing the upside of soaring EUV demand against a near‑40‑times forward P/E.
Price Appreciation, Not Dividends, Drives Equity Returns
From Al Rappaport's paper, "Dividend Reinvestment, Price Appreciation and Capital Accumulation": "Do dividends rather than price appreciation really dominate equity returns? To the contrary, I will show that price appreciation is the sole source of investment returns that increase accumulated...
Amazon's Customer Moat Fuels Late‑Blooming AI Advantage
$AMZN had the customer moat. Its AI story was delayed compared to its peers, but its massive customer base was an advantage that is now coming to fruition.
Elser Financial Planning Takes $1.1 Billion Stake in Merchants Bancorp
Elser Financial Planning filed an SEC 13F on April 15, 2026 showing it bought 26,983,101 Merchants Bancorp shares worth about $1.1 billion, a new position that now represents 57.2% of its reportable assets. The move underscores strong confidence in the regional lender...
Most US Stocks Lag Treasury Bills, Buy the Market
The majority of US stocks (59%) have underperformed Treasury bills over their lifetime and 45% end up having a negative cumulative return. “Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.” - Jack Bogle Video: https://t.co/yQSLZ1RFLj
IMOM’s Record Year Driven by Global Momentum Strategy
In 2025, the Alpha Architect Int’l Quantitative Momentum ETF posted its strongest year yet. But was it all luck? In our new paper, we break down how $IMOM captured shifts across countries, currencies, and sectors. Read here: https://t.co/1qzsZ9X5xg Learn more: https://t.co/HJuy9YYuaP
Boeing to Report Q1 2026 Earnings as S&P 500 Hits Record High
Boeing (NYSE:BA) will announce its Q1 2026 earnings on Wednesday, joining a packed week of more than 100 major reports. The filing comes as the S&P 500 breaks the 7,000 mark and oil prices surge on renewed Iran‑related tensions, making...
Wall Street Remains Calm Amid Iran Naval Blockade
The U.S. Navy is actively blockading Iranian ports. The $VIX is at 17.21. The $SPY is at all-time highs. Either Wall Street has priced in the geopolitical risk perfectly — or this is the most complacent market since 2007. History rarely rewards this level...
Inside Vanguard's Massive Index Fund: Structure, AI, Governance
What does it take to run one of the world's largest index fund operations? Rodney Comegys of Vanguard breaks down the philosophy and mechanics — ownership structure, equity concentration, governance, private assets, and AI. https://t.co/KDr1BxQ58M With thanks to @AlphaSenseInc, @CanoeAI, and Ridgeline.
Lemonade Eyes Earnings Bounce as Loss Ratio Improves Ahead of April 29 Report
Lemonade (LMND) is set to release its fiscal 2026 first‑quarter results on April 29, a filing investors hope will confirm the insurer’s recent loss‑ratio gains. The stock has risen 3.59% after a post‑earnings slump in February, reflecting renewed optimism that...
Ex‑Glencore Executives Flock to New Cobalt Venture.
Not in the stock right now but cobalt stans should be paying attention to how many former Glencore execs are getting into this company including those with extensive cobalt + DRC experience They see the opportunity
Nike Stock Plummets 70% Since 2021 Peak, Analysts Spot Turnaround Path
Nike (NKE) shares have tumbled 70% from their November 2021 high, prompting a wave of analyst commentary that the company's new "Win Now" strategy and a 6% rise in U.S. shoe sales could spark a recovery. The turnaround hinges on...
Investing at Market Peaks Beats Timing Any Other Day
Are you ready to have your mind blown? Since 1989, money invested when the market is at all-time highs has actually outperformed money invested on any given day. 🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/qDhqxMLUZg
Microsoft Shares Plunge 22% as Cloud and SaaS Outlook Fuels Investor Anxiety
Microsoft's stock slid 22% from its record high as investors weigh the company's cloud and SaaS outlook ahead of its fiscal Q3 earnings. Analysts highlighted modest Copilot uptake and an OpenAI‑heavy Azure backlog as potential headwinds for growth.