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How Much Upside Is Left In Apple Stock?
Apple (AAPL) stock returned 31% in the twelve months to September 30, 2026, against 15.4% for the S&P 500. If you own the shares, you have been paid well. If you are buying now, you start from a higher price. After a run like that, you need t...
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Is Intel Stock Too Dependent On One Big Bet?
Intel (INTC) expects its capital spending to be more than $20 billion in 2026. That money goes into chip plants and tools. Intel’s operations produced $14.9 billion of cash over the last twelve months. Its 2026 plan costs more than the cash...
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Can Costco Absorb Rising Costs On A 3.9% Margin?
Costco Wholesale (COST) sells a huge volume of goods. It keeps only a thin slice of each sale as profit. The prices Costco pays for consumer electronics and oil-based goods such as motor oil are now rising. Management has said it is difficult to ...
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Why You Should Think About Netflix Differently Now
Netflix (NFLX) describes itself to investors differently than it did two years ago. Live events and games were side initiatives in its pitch then; together with video podcasts, they now take a much larger place on its earnings calls. Netflix stoc...
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How Big Could DraftKings Stock’s Next Fall Be?
DraftKings (DKNG) stock fell about 22% in the month to September 30, 2026, and peer Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) fell about 26%. Part of the slide followed a September 19 New York Times investigation into how DraftKings targets its promotions, an...
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Can Pricier AI Chip Rentals Accelerate Amazon’s AWS Revenue Growth?
Amazon is raising the prices it charges customers to rent AI chips through its cloud business. Management said in July that Amazon would lack the data center capacity to meet demand in 2026, and probably in 2027. Will the higher prices reach AWS ...
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What Does Fair Isaac Offer That Cadence Does Not?
Investors buy Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) for a product customers cannot easily replace. They buy Fair Isaac for the same reason. Cadence sells chip design software and grows as customers design more chips. Fair Isaac sells the FICO Score and h...
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What Changed For CrowdStrike Stock, And What Did Not?
A $10,000 holding in CrowdStrike (CRWD) on October 1, 2025 was worth about $21,300 on October 1, 2026. The S&P 500 returned 15.6% over the same twelve months. The gain was not steady: in early April 2026, CrowdStrike stock was down about 16% ...
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Should You Buy And Hold AppLovin Stock?
AppLovin (APP) stock has lost 61% over the past twelve months. Its revenue grew 61% in the twelve months to fiscal Q2 2026. If you own the shares, you have watched them fall while the business kept growing fast. If you do not, the price is far lo...
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Your Coherent Stock Thesis Has One Loose End
Coherent (COHR) could turn its AI data center orders into much larger profit, or lose part of that gain to production costs. Demand is the settled part of your thesis. Management has said the company is booked through the end of calendar 2027. Th...
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What Would You Have Needed To Notice In SanDisk Stock?
SanDisk (SNDK) stock returned 1,493% in the twelve months to October 1, 2026. A $10,000 holding at the start was worth about $159,000 at the end. The business change behind the run was price: customers paid far more for SanDisk’s NAND flash...
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Is One Number Reason Enough To Sell Costco Stock?
About 3 percentage points of Costco Wholesale’s fiscal Q4 2026 sales growth came from higher gas prices. That part of the growth reflects what a gallon cost, not how much members bought. Holders pay a high price for Costco’s growth, s...
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Should You Be Worried About Marvell Stock?
Marvell Technology (MRVL) grew its sales 37% from a year earlier in fiscal Q2 2027. Management has raised its sales forecast for fiscal 2027 and fiscal 2028. Investors pay 91 times the past twelve months of earnings for the stock, against about 2...
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What Needs To Be True To Buy Coherent Stock Now?
Coherent (COHR) makes optical transceivers and other parts for AI data centers, and customers are ordering years ahead. On the fiscal Q4 2026 call, management said fiscal 2027 is basically booked out. The hard part is the price. Coherent stock re...
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Should You Trim Or Add To Your Dell Position Now?
If you own Dell Technologies (DELL), your worry is probably about size. The stock returned 287% over the past twelve months, against 16% for the S&P 500. A position that was modest a year ago may now be one of your largest. Trimming means sel...
