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US stock analysis, a governed investment method and cash-flow systems for SMEs — written by the same team that publishes its track record on TipRanks.

Market Review · October 1, 2026 · 8 min

A third of the Nasdaq-100 carries three quarters of its promise.

Chips and memory are 32.5% of the Nasdaq-100 and 77% of its promised earnings growth. What a memory turn costs the index depends on why it turns.

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Market Review · September 23, 2026 · 6 min

France added 4 points of debt in a year. Greece took off 9.

France pays 102 bps more than Germany, a twelve-month high. What Eurostat, the French Treasury and the ECB publish, and what it costs a company that borrows.

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Market Review · September 23, 2026 · 6 min

Apple’s hardware grew 3.2% in four years. Services grew 59.5%.

Fewer units at higher prices is the story. Apple stopped reporting units in 2018, and 81% of its four-year revenue growth came from Services, not devices.

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Market Review · September 22, 2026 · 14 min

Seven companies passed our screen. In three of them the sum itself was wrong.

SMCI, CENX, ACMR, KLIC, LQDA, STRA and EE pass a P/E-below-growth screen. Against their SEC filings, three passes are arithmetic errors.

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Market Review · September 21, 2026 · 9 min

115 Russell 2000 Stocks Pass the P/E-Below-Growth Screen. Only Twenty Do It Without an Arithmetic Trick.

A P/E-below-growth screen across 1,944 Russell 2000 companies. 115 pass; we audited 45 against SEC filings. Seventeen were rebounds from near-zero earnings.

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Market Review · September 21, 2026 · 10 min

Only 25 S&P 500 Companies Pass the Screen. Nine of Them Are Cases the Method Cannot Judge.

A two-year P/E-below-growth screen across all 503 S&P 500 companies. 25 pass; audited against SEC filings, nine cannot be judged and six can deliver.

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Cash-Flow Systems · September 21, 2026 · 8 min

The Best 13-Week Cash Flow Forecasting Software — and the Case for Not Buying Any

13-week cash flow forecasting tools compared on published 2026 prices: Float, Fathom, Cash Flow Frog, Dryrun, Agicap. And when a spreadsheet is enough.

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Fractional CFO · September 18, 2026 · 11 min

Fractional CFO: What It Is, When to Hire One, and When You Should Not

What a fractional CFO does, how it compares to a full-time CFO, controller or bookkeeper, what it costs in the US, and when you should not hire one.

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Market Review · September 14, 2026 · 9 min

The Nasdaq Sits 8% Above Its Long-Term Average — and Not ONE of Its 100 Stocks Is Near Its High

The signal stays green with a 7.8% cushion while Nasdaq-100 breadth falls from 61.8% to 54.9% in three sessions. The September 14 premarket brief.

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Stock Analysis · September 11, 2026 · 12 min

Oracle Has $664 Billion in Signed Orders — and Is Borrowing From Its Own Customers to Deliver Them

Oracle after Q1 FY2027: revenue +30%, a $664B backlog, negative cash flow and $20B of new shares in one quarter. A price that already pays for 2028.

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Market Review · September 10, 2026 · 10 min

One Company Crashed 18% Because Nothing Happened — and It Isn't Even Today's Big Story

Cooper down 18% after deciding NOT to sell, Macy's guiding up on money it says it won't keep, and a Nvidia director selling $500M. The Sept 10 premarket brief.

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Market Review · September 9, 2026 · 10 min

We Put 44 Analyst Forecasts Through the Arithmetic. One Cannot Be Met.

Not whether the analyst is right, but whether the number is possible. 44 companies vs their best-ever margin: 18 comfortable, 7 stretched, 1 impossible.

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Market Review · September 7, 2026 · 11 min

What 24 Big Managers Are Doing With $7 Trillion

Q2 2026 13F filings, line by line: SpaceX inside the Nasdaq-100, a $162B fight over Micron, the collective short on SanDisk and the one thing Berkshire did.

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Stock Analysis · September 3, 2026 · 10 min

Broadcom (AVGO): Revenue Nearly Doubled, Cash Followed — and the Margin That Rises Is a Mirage

Broadcom after its Sept 2026 quarter: revenue +86%, cash tracking profit, debt falling. And the rising margin that is a mirage. What to watch next.

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Stock Analysis · September 3, 2026 · 10 min

Snowflake (SNOW): Six Years Growing 35% a Year — and Not One Cent of Real Profit

Snowflake after its +23% earnings pop: growth accelerating three quarters straight, while 29% of revenue is paid to staff in stock. The two-profits problem.

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Cash-Flow Systems · September 2, 2026 · 6 min

How to Build a 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast, With a Worked Example

What a 13-week cash flow forecast is, how to build the model step by step, and a worked example showing the week a monthly forecast hides. Free tool included.

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Stock Analysis · September 2, 2026 · 8 min

Innodata (INOD): The AI Company That Isn’t a Software Company

Innodata in plain language: revenue up 5.5x in five years, margins falling, insiders selling half their stake. Priced like software, earning like services.

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Stock Analysis · September 2, 2026 · 10 min

Dell (DELL): Record AI Earnings — and the Cash Didn’t Move

Dell after its Sept 2026 report: revenue +58%, guidance raised $25B, a $95B backlog. Profit tripled and free cash stayed flat. What to watch in November.

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Stock Analysis · May 15, 2026 · 9 min

The $176 Billion Accounting Question Hidden in Big Tech's AI Earnings

Meta and Microsoft report record profits, but longer server lives are inflating earnings. How AI depreciation distorts big tech EPS and what to measure instead.

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Investment Method · April 30, 2026 · 5 min

The Market Hasn't Changed. What Needs to Change Is How You Read It.

Financial content runs on fear and greed. How a data-driven process beats sentiment, and why market noise is an edge for whoever ignores it.

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