WMT Reports Thursday. The Margin Gap Matters
Walmart’s $6.4B ad business, Sparky’s 35% AOV lift, and a four-point operating leverage spread decide whether this is retail or media.
Chips Can’t Be Made Without Tungsten. China Just Proved It.
APT prices have surged since early 2026. Almonty is ramping Sangdong and just expanded a 21-year offtake tied to current APT pricing.
Trump Threatens a Gulf Mediator. Read the Refiner Trade.
The Oval Office produced a market-moving headline on Monday that most equity desks are still processing. President Trump told Fox…
Nike Is Repeating Its Worst Mistake
The China distribution reset mirrors the DTC pivot that hurt Nike in North America.
WOLF Has 47% Short Interest. Retail Is Buying Anyway.
Wolfspeed reports Q4 results on August 19 with a 932.81% borrow fee and a nine-day-old LITEON partnership. Here is who is actually winning the volume war.
BABA Reports Thursday. The Qwen Monetization Flip Is the Test.
Cloud growth could approach 45%. The question is whether Alibaba can convert AI spending into earnings.
The AI Killshot That Is Actually Saving Office REITs
The crowd shorted offices because of AI. AI firms are now the biggest tenants.
Iran Just Set a 2029 Clock. MPC Is the Trade.
An Iranian adviser signaled the Hormuz standoff may last into 2029. Marathon Petroleum just posted $17.73 in adjusted EPS. The two facts belong together.
Terafab Is Not a Building. It Is a Supply Chain Argument.
SpaceX and Tesla committed $16.8 billion to phase one of a 100-million-square-foot chip megafactory in Grimes County, Texas. The $119 billion ceiling gets the headlines. The execution gap is where the real trade lives.
WDAY Jumped 21%. The Deal Is Not Done.
Silver Lake’s reported pursuit of Workday is less about one company and more about whether private equity has decided the AI-driven selloff in enterprise software went too far.