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CBOE just reported 29% revenue growth and barely anyone is talking about it. Here's what the fundamentals show.
For context, Cboe Global Markets runs the exchanges where options, futures, and equities get traded. you've probably used their products without realizing it. The VIX index that everyone references when markets get volatile? Yea, that's Cboe. here's what my screen showed: ROIC: 58% (5yr average was 14.4%) FCF margin: 56.8% …
Alphabet INC (googl) has overtaken nvidia !
Google has overtaken Nvidia. On https://google.finance, after-hours data showed Google reached $399, a 4% increase compared to the close of trading. According to https://companiesmarketcap.com, Google and Nvidia were separated by $119 billion. So, Google gained 2.1%, and thus briefly surpassed Nvidia. However, the rise to $399 is not during the …
Memory and Memory Adjacent Stocks for the Win
I posted this 95 days ago (below). Did anyone listen and jump on the train in time to reap from the recent jumps? I don’t have a crystal ball and I’m not psychic but lots of signs pointed to this. I hope some of you also saw this coming and …
How many years before AI makes the stock market efficient?
How many years do we have before AI makes the market efficient and/or most trading happens through AI agents? Will it ever happen? By that I mean a time when retail investors won't be able to earn much money from trading since AI will know nearly everything there is to …
Investors, are you worried about the Buffet indicator? What do you expect the overvaluation to lead to? How do you protect your investments?
The [Buffet indicator](https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php) is the ratio of the total United States stock market to GDP. The current ratio of 230% is approximately 75.15% (or about 2.4 standard deviations) above the historical trend line, suggesting that the stock market is Strongly Overvalued relative to GDP. Does this mean the common advice …
How does ASML consistently underperform the entire industry
How come this stock is constantly underperforming the entire chipmaking tool industry. No matter how you look at it this is the worst performing stock across the entire industry. AMAT, LAM, Tokyo electron and KLA have all consistently outperformed this stock for the last 1, 5 and 10 years. How …
US SEC proposes allowing public companies to opt out of quarterly earnings reports
Wall Street's top regulator on Tuesday proposed ending quarterly earnings reporting requirements for U.S.-traded companies and allowing them to switch to twice-annual reports. The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to give publicly traded companies the option to file their earnings twice annually, a move that would end a 55-year-old requirement …
Where to park 600K in cash
I have recently realized a lot of capital gains (mix of short term and long term of AMD), and debating what would be best to park this cash beyond RH cash sweep (3.35 percent). I am stressing about the inevitable huge tax bill next year, but that's another post. I …
Palantir Q1 2026 results: revenue +85% YoY to $1.63B, operating margin expands to 46.2%
Palantir reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.63B, up 84.7% from $884M in Q1 2025. Operating income came in at $754M, up 328% YoY, with operating margin expanding roughly 26 percentage points to 46.2%. EPS was $0.33 basic vs the $0.28 street estimate. The gross margin number is the detail worth …
Berkshire Hathaway's Cash Hoarding Is More Than Poor Management, It's Un-American
Berkshire Hathaway has been sitting on a mountain of cash for nearly a decade, and the consequences go far beyond missed returns. While the company lets hundreds of billions languish in Treasury bonds, it is simultaneously failing its shareholders and abdicating its broader responsibility to the American economy. The investment …