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Daily General Discussion and Advice Thread - July 31, 2026
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A few interesting things in Starbucks' latest earnings
The China "divestiture" isn't actually what it seems. Everyone thinks Starbucks sold their stores to Boyu Capital and walked away. In reality, they created a joint venture, sold 60% for a mix of cash and debt raised by the new JV, and kept a 40% stake worth $1.2B. The deal …
Amazon is spending $220B. Is 37% AWS growth enough to justify it?
Amazon’s latest quarter was a strange combination. AWS growth accelerated to 37%, Amazon raised its 2026 capex plan to around $220B, and free cash flow turned negative. Despite that, the stock jumped roughly 9% after hours. It makes me think investors don’t necessarily hate massive AI spending. They hate spending …
Drone Sector Fundamentals: A Comparative Deep Dive
Battlefields in Ukraine and the Middle East have proven drone warfighting tactics a decisive and evolving force of the modern battlefield. Armored vehicles and military infrastructure worth millions can be brought down by modified consumer drones available to any modern consumer. I created the following table as a cross-ticker comparison …
I didn't see anyone talking about this so I'd start a discussion. The FCC just banned non-US solar Inverters and I'm expecting a few stocks to benefit from it.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/28/fcc-bans-foreign-produced-solar-inverters-grid-lockout-begins-today/ As far as I can tell, these 3 companies are the 3 publicly traded companies that make inverters in the US 1. SolarEdge. Israel based US company. Big company that makes string inverters. 2. Enphase. US based company. Big on microinverters 3. Tigo (TYGO). Tiny company that mostly makes …
got confused about when i could trade vs when the market was just quoting
I hv been using margin on stocks for a few weeks and ran into something this week that i didnt understand and it bit me. theres a diff between when a market is open for trading and when its just showing a quoted price so i assumed if i could …
Investment Account for Business Owners
Hi everyone . New to investment world so if there is not enough details to give me directions , please let me know so I can explain . Already have personal investment account that comes out of from bank account that is paid after taxes . Only have one job …
The FCC robot ban is a Buy American Act test
The investment question in the FCC robot rule is in the definition. "Foreign-produced" means anything that would not qualify as a "domestic end product" under 48 CFR §25.101(a). That is the Buy American Act. The test is where the device is manufactured and its component cost. Not who designed it. …