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On Thursday 29 October 2026, after the close, Reddit reported the best quarter in its history by almost every financial measure. Revenue was $895.0 million, up 53% from a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA was $402.3 million, a 44.9% margin. Net income was $283.3 million and free cash flow $362.6 million. Both revenue and adjusted EBITDA came in above the guidance Reddit had given in July. On Friday 30 October the stock closed at $91.73, down 29.22% from $129.60. On my own daily series since the March 2024 listing, that is the worst single day the stock has had, beating the 20.98% fall of 31 July 2026, which followed the previous print. Reddit has now lost 66.1% from its record close of $270.71 on 18 September 2025 and 60.1% since the end of 2025. The last time it closed lower was 8 April 2025. Reuters attributed the fall to Reddit’s warning that Google’s AI-powered search is cutting referral traffic and could shrink its user base. That warning came from the CEO himself. On the call, Steve Huffman said: “Our search referral traffic was down meaningfully in Q3, with the decline accelerating later in the quarter.” He added that in October “search traffic has dropped by more than 1 million referrals on average per week”, and that if the trend held, total daily users could fall in the fourth quarter by a “low double-digit percentage” from the current base of 130 million. Asked what changed, he was blunt: “The biggest one is the AI Overviews or AI Mode.” And “The reality is the AI Mode does not drive traffic.” So this piece starts from the question the market answered on Friday 30 October. Reddit’s growth has two engines that both depend on other companies. The first is logged-out traffic from Google search. The second is licensing its archive of human conversation to AI labs, Google and OpenAI among them. Is Reddit a durable platform with content nobody else has, or a business whose traffic and pricing power are set by Google’s algorithm and Google’s AI answers? My answer, worked through below: Google sets Reddit’s user count, and it may well set the 2027 user count lower than most forecasts made before 29 October assumed. It does not, on the evidence Reddit itself has given, set much of Reddit’s revenue. The data-licensing engine is smaller than its headlines and its contracted revenue runs out at the end of 2027. The price at the 30 October close assumes something close to a permanent impairment of both. The numbers say that is too pessimistic for the business as it is today, and about right if the logged-in core starts to shrink too. Read on: https://cycledesk.substack.com/p/reddit-rddt-google-can-take-the-visitors?r=7unzzg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueread more
GDP stands for gross domestic product: the total value of everything a country produces in a given period, from goods to services. Think of it as a scoreboard for the whole economy. When GDP grows, businesses are generally selling more and hiring more, which tends to support company earnings and stock prices. When it shrinks for a sustained stretch, that is often what people mean by a recession. Investors watch GDP reports because they shape expectations for interest rates and earnings. One thing to watch Monday: how markets reopen after Friday's tech-led selloff. Not financial advice.
What is a stock exchange? It is the marketplace where buyers and sellers meet to trade shares. The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq are the two best-known in the US; Canada's is the Toronto Stock Exchange. When you place an order through a broker, it goes to an exchange, where it is matched with someone on the other side of the trade. That matching is what sets the price you see quoted for a stock. Exchanges also set the rules: listing standards, trading hours, and disclosure requirements. Those rules are part of what makes public markets open and orderly. Not financial advice.
Global markets down, cigarettes UP! $MO Altria group has been apart of my portfolio for litterally years! When times are stressfull people chain smokin I guess 😆. The past 40 years MO is the top preforming stock on the market. A testament to how hard it is to find the top preformer at the beggining and hold onto it for a lifetime. 40 years ago and like 40 million percent! and here I am thinking im on the ball with a 30% total gain!
— Saw this on BBN by Dale Jackson who points out 5 signs your financial advisor might be asleep on the job. Here are the warning signs: 1. You get ghosted: They only call you once a year when RRSP season rolls around. 2. They aren't registered: They cannot be found on the official Canadian regulator database. 3. A history of trouble: They have past official rule-breaking records on file. 4. Flat-lining money: The broader market goes up, but your portfolio stays totally flat while they still take high fees. 5. Ignoring your big picture: They just sell standard cookie-cutter products instead of looking at your actual life goals. This is a huge reason why many self-directed investors prefer taking total control with low-cost, all-in-one index ETFs. They are like (all-in-one): - $VT, $XEQT, $ZEQT, or $VEQT Or building their own mix like (index/ETF): - $VOO, $SCHD, $VFV, and $XIC! No ghosting, no high fees, and you keep all your compounding growth. Do you use an advisor, or do you manage your own money? — This is for information and education use. read more
News came out that $META made a humanoid robot in partnership with Chinese startup Fournier. The robot was reportedly around 106 pounds and was built within 3 months. The robot will be powered by Muse and Meta is already making a second prototype. The goal is to get this robot as an assistant in peoples' homes. If this is true, then this could be a potential threat to $TSLA and their optimus robots and, they are thinking about selling these Muse powered robots to companies who are involved in manual labor like Walmart's warehouses.
3 Things I'm Watching 👀 1. JOBS AND THE NEXT INTEREST-RATE MOVES Friday's employment reports could be the week's biggest economic catalysts. I'm watching whether hiring and wage growth support or challenge current central-bank expectations. 2. AI EARNING REPORTS Apple $AAPL, Palantir $PLTR, $AMD, Qualcomm $QCOM and $ARM are all reporting. The key question: Is AI spending generating enough real Revenue, Margins and Cash flow to justify elevated valuations? I'll focus on management guidance, not simply earnings beats. 3. U.S. ELECTIONS + OIL GEOPOLITICS 🛢️ OPEC+ agreed Sunday to keep December production targets unchanged. Meanwhile, U.S.–Iran negotiations continue over a potential agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude was trading near $118 on Friday, according to Reuters. Election outcomes and developments in the Middle East could affect energy prices, inflation expectations, the Canadian dollar and global market sentiment. 💡 So What: The week's theme is Politics. Jobs. AI. Oil. Which event are you watching most closely this week - the U.S. elections, $AMD earnings or Friday's jobs reports? read more
Two weeks ago my scanner flagged on my newsletters where the money was rotating. Here’s the scorecard into Friday’s close, October 30th. The leaders it pointed to ran, and my rule kept me in them while they held their weekly line: $ZS +14.7% $LLY +12.8% $IBM +11.1% $AMGN +7.8% $WMT +4.0% $ABBV +3.3% $MRK +2.4% Healthcare was the cleanest read, green across the board: $LLY , $AMGN , $ABBV , $MRK and $UNH all higher. Now the misses, because a scorecard only counts if it shows both. The crowded AI and growth names got repriced: $META fell 13.3%, $NFLX X 12.0%, and $SHOP and $PLTR slipped too. They lost their weekly lines, so they come off the book. The scanner flags the setup, the weekly line decides whether I stay. Two weeks, one rotation, and the names holding their line did the work. That’s the strategy: trade the line, let the Friday close make the call, and let the leaders run. Not investment advice. Find more of my deep dives on my newsletter 🐝read more
A buyback is simple: a company uses its own cash to buy its own shares and retire them. Fewer shares means each remaining share owns a bigger slice of the same business. This week, that habit paused at two giants, and that pause tells you where the cash is going instead. Here are 4 worth researching. 👇 📌 The Watchlist 1. Apple | $AAPL: iPhone, Mac and Services maker. Its board authorized another $100 billion in April 2026, after $90.7 billion repurchased in fiscal 2025. 2. Alphabet | $GOOGL: Google and YouTube parent. Its board authorized $70 billion in April 2025, yet it repurchased no shares in the first nine months of 2026 as AI spending rose. 3. Meta Platforms | $META: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp parent. It repurchased no shares in the first nine months of 2026, versus $26.2 billion a year earlier, with $25 billion of authorization still left. 4. Microsoft | $MSFT: Windows, Azure and Office maker. Its $60 billion program from September 2024 still had $40.6 billion left at June 30, 2026, and it accounted for almost all of the remaining Big Tech buybacks in the period. 📌 The Part Worth Saving A buyback announcement is a reason to research a stock. It is not a reason to buy blindly. Look for: - Actual repurchases, not just the headline authorization - A falling share count, not just dollars spent - Whether new employee shares offset the buyback - Whether the cash could have funded growth instead - The price paid: cheap buybacks help, expensive ones quietly hurt The best question: Is the company shrinking its share count for real, or just replacing shares it hands to employees? Education only, not financial advice.read more
⚡ The CEO Helping Power the AI Revolution! 📅 October 22, 2026 Major Milestone: Bloom Energy reported record quarterly revenue and highlighted its addition to the S&P 500, marking a major achievement under founder and CEO KR Sridhar. 🏆 1️⃣ THE LEGACY Sridhar helped transform Bloom Energy into a major provider of on-site electricity generation, positioning its fuel-cell technology as a solution for power-hungry AI data centers and businesses. 🚀 2️⃣ THE STRATEGY 🔹 Innovation: Developed solid-oxide fuel cells that generate electricity on-site. 🔹 Expansion: Targeted AI data centers, utilities and commercial customers needing reliable power. 🔹 Execution: Increased manufacturing scale and improved operating profitability. 📊 3️⃣ THE NUMBERS Q3 2026 | USD 💰 Revenue: $1.24B (+138.1% YoY) 📈 GAAP Operating Income: $225.4M 💵 GAAP Net Income: $250.3M attributable to common stockholders ⚡ 2026 Revenue Guidance: $4.4B–$4.6B 🏆 Major Achievement: S&P 500 inclusion. ⚠️ 4️⃣ CHALLENGES ⚠️ High capital requirements to expand manufacturing capacity. ⚠️ Q3 operating cash flow was negative $27.1M despite strong earnings. ⚠️ Competition, natural-gas dependence and execution risks as production scales. 🔄 Next Chapter: Convert booming AI electricity demand into sustainable free cash flow. 📚 5️⃣ THE INVESTOR LESSON ✅ Major technological trends can create opportunities for infrastructure providers, not just technology companies. ✅ Rapid revenue growth must be supported by cash generation and disciplined capital investment. 💡 THE REAL UNCLE SAM TAKEAWAY Sridhar demonstrates that solving a critical infrastructure problem can create enormous business opportunities but sustainable cash flow determines long-term success. 💭 LET'S TALK, BLOSSOM COMMUNITY! 🌱 Could electricity infrastructure become one of the biggest long-term beneficiaries of AI? ⚡ Yes, demand is accelerating 📈 Possibly, but valuations matter ⚠️ Growth risks remain significant 👇 Share your perspective! The Real Uncle Sam Making Financial Education Simple. Learn. Invest. Build Wealth. 📚 SOURCES • Bloom Energy Q3 2026 Financial Results, October 22, 2026: https://www.bloomenergy.com/news/bloom-energy-reports-record-third-quarter-2026-financial-results-and-raises-full-year-2026-guidance/ • Bloom Energy Investor Relations: https://investor.bloomenergy.com/ ⚠️ Educational purposes only. This content is not intended as financial or investment advice.read more
I’ve been trying to get into investments for the last 2 years and I still don’t understand how to really earn money like everyone says. I went into this dormant midway of taking the money out when they reach their peak and waiting for the peaks, but people told me to keep the money in for years because it will grow more but then it just keeps going down? PLEASE HELP ‼️‼️
One of the most overlooked growth stories inside $SOFI right now is its credit card business. Credit card products have grown from 392K to over 656K in just one year. That's 67% YoY growth! And Financial Services interchange revenue grew 77% YoY across SoFi Money and Credit Card. I think this could become a much bigger part of the SoFi ecosystem over time. Still early, but incredibly encouraging growth. read more
Rise & Grind folks! 🐄 It’s the first of the month. October ended with a brutal AI selloff. The Nasdaq fell 2.9%, the S&P 500 fell 1.8% to 7,580 (its worst day since June), and the Dow lost about 1.1%. $INTC dropped 28.6%, its worst day since 1974, after weak guidance. $RDDT fell 29%, $RBLX 18% and $AMZN 1.4% (after being down 7% premarket), and chip stocks slid 7.2%. Up north, the TSX fell 629 points (-1.7%) to 35,620, with materials down 4.8% as gold slid 3.5%, though the index still finished October up 1.1%. Have you been buying the dip? Have you jumped ship and cut your losses? 📉Or are you starting to think the dip is gonna keeps dipping? I’m hoping for sub $200 on $NVDA 👀 Happy Hunting! 🫡
https://wick-palantir-research.chooch81.chatgpt.site/ I’ve spent almost a year building and testing WICK Research across hundreds of tickers, honing it into a structured research process I’m ready to share more broadly. It grew out of my own research as a self-taught investor. I wanted the business, valuation, supporting evidence, and strongest arguments against an investment brought together in one place. Each report goes through structured research, valuation, challenges to the thesis, and review. I’ve used different AIs to help develop and pressure-test the framework, then kept refining the analysis and how it reads. My latest report covers Palantir ($PLTR), including a Q3 earnings preview with my own estimates. I’d welcome feedback on WICK’s approach: what the framework covers, how it challenges an investment thesis, and how it brings the research together. This report is a practical example of what it produces. read more
