Category: Equities
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The Small-Cap Rotation Week: Russell 2000 Records While the Market Sells AI Beats
The Russell 2000 closed the week at a record 3,068, its 27th of 2026, while record results from Applied Materials and a $4 billion guidance beat from Cisco were both sold. Inside the small-cap rotation, the AI trade’s new grading curve, and what decides whether the broadening lasts.
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CoreWeave Q2 2026 Earnings: The $104 Billion Backlog and the $640 Million Interest Bill
CoreWeave doubled revenue to $2.58 billion and grew its backlog 246 per cent to $104 billion. It also paid $640 million in interest, which is what turned a profitable operation into a $626 million loss. Inside the quarter that priced the debt-funded AI model.
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Amazon’s $3 Trillion Market Cap: Inside the Melt-Up’s Fine Print
Amazon became the fifth company worth $3 trillion, the Dow set records four sessions running, and the 10-year yield hit an 18-month high in the same week. Inside a melt-up built on two companies, a founder’s share sale and an oil price falling for the right reasons.
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Palantir Q2 2026 Earnings: The 93% Quarter That Split the AI Trade
Palantir grew revenue 93 per cent to $1.94 billion, tripled profit, and raised guidance by half a billion dollars; the stock rose 29.5 per cent against an options market pricing 12. Inside the print that split the AI trade into hardware sceptics and software believers.
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Big Tech Earnings: The Week the Market Graded AI Capex Line by Line
Microsoft rose 9 per cent, Amazon 9 per cent, Meta fell 10 and Apple 7: the week the market started grading AI capex line by line. Inside the $720-745 billion ledger, the depreciation wave building beneath it, and the new rules of the AI trade.
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Intel Q2 2026 Earnings: The Fastest Growth in 15 Years Lands in a Bear Market
Intel’s Q2 2026 earnings beat consensus by $1.7 billion with the fastest revenue growth since 2011, landing in the middle of a semiconductor bear market. What the print says about the AI build-out, the foundry turnaround and the sector selloff.
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Tesla Q2 2026 Earnings: Record Revenue, a One-Third Profit Miss, and an Inverted Investment Case
Tesla printed record revenue of $28.2 billion and record deliveries, then missed earnings by a third as margins collapsed to 16.8 per cent. Inside the quarter the car business became the treasury for an AI venture portfolio.
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Alphabet’s $205 Billion Capex: The Quarter the AI Build-Out Turned Cash Flow Negative
Alphabet beat on revenue with Cloud up 82 per cent, raised 2026 capex to as much as $205 billion, and printed its first negative free cash flow quarter of the AI era. Inside the market’s new arithmetic on the build-out.
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BlackRock Record AUM: Inside the $15.3 Trillion Quarter
BlackRock printed a record $15.3 trillion of assets, but nearly nine tenths of the jump was the market, not new money. Inside the AUM bridge, the HPS and GIP engines, and what the record says about the cycle.
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The Semiconductor Bear Market: Three Weeks That Unwound a 105% Rally
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has fallen 20 per cent in three weeks against record earnings. Inside the flows, the leverage unwind, and what decides whether the AI trade’s first bear market stays a valuation event.