Macro
The oil price has already answered the question: WTI closed 5/18 at $103.45 with a $108.70 intraday spike as Persian Gulf energy facilities burn. Warsh confirmed 54-45, Powell stays as chair pro tempore, April CPI re-accelerates to +3.8% — and Tuesday's NSC meeting on Iran military…
Googl
The bear case on Google is breaking down. Search accelerated +19%, Cloud exploded +63% to $20B, and a $460B+ backlog signals escape velocity — but $180B+ in capex and undisclosed AI Search unit economics keep the story unresolved.
Tsla
Tesla's valuation has shifted from "automaker" to "Musk's AI-physical platform," with Robotaxi, FSD, and Optimus anchoring the new narrative. Q1 2026 beat consensus on revenue ($22.39B) and EPS, yet a 50K-unit production-delivery gap and just ~25 unsupervised Robotaxis expose how far…
Msft
Microsoft's Q3 FY26 beat on every metric—but the market sold it off 4–5%. The debate has moved from growth to the capital cost of that growth.
Nvda
Nvidia's Q1 FY27 earnings on May 20 aren't just a beat-or-miss on the $78B guide — they mark the first time markets must reprice Rubin while Blackwell enters peak valuation territory. Four converging pressures: custom ASIC penetration, China delivery limbo, customer concentration risk,…
Amzn
AWS just posted its fastest growth in 15 quarters at +28% YoY, but the real story is Amazon's $200B capex bet on AI infrastructure—funded by retail, ads, and subscriptions. The Anthropic partnership deepens the flywheel, but free cash flow tells a harder truth.