Late August 2026 Random Ramblings
Higher rates could compress equity multiples and raise AI data center lease costs, while UWMC and Cogent raise questions about CEO-driven capital allocation.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
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Charles Frischer on X
NextNav expects FCC consideration within one to two months after a delayed agenda appearance.
ToffCap on X
Vistance $VISN selling Ruckus for $1.85bn. Clean up continues https://t.co/and6BAfSyY
ToffCap on X
So $NKTR is now lower since the positive AA read out? https://t.co/HuWowXy7sE
ToffCap on X
Roughly one year and >500% later 🔥🔥 $NKTR https://t.co/sDDj8XfxkL
ToffCap on X
Excelsior Cap $ECL is a good example of why I like small and micro-cap liquidations stocks. The good ones look like this. Big step-change moves and otherwise stable. https://t.co/CrSEoHnShP
PAA Research on X
@herbgreenberg @ParagonIntelNYC As it turns out we've had a short call out on $LOPE since the start of the year...
PAA Research on X
McDonald's gets little investor attention despite its consumer-franchise history, while its current setup looks uninteresting for both longs and shorts.
PAA Research on X
Zillow’s strategy centers on integrating deeper into residential transactions, with Follow Up Boss described as its most important acquisition.
Investor Letters
All letters- Sequoia Fund 2025 GOOGL $4.2T
- Palm Harbour Capital fourth quarter LNA $428M
- Palm Harbour Capital first quarter of 2023 TKMAF $7.7B
- Royce Investment Partners Year-to-Date Through 6/30/26 AAP $2.6B
- Patient Capital Management 2Q25 BABA $289B
- Patient Capital Management 3Q25 PGEN $2.6B
- Intrepid Capital 2Q26 GOOGL $4.2T
- First Eagle Investments 3Q 2025 6273 $28B
ACIW 2026-08-27 ACI Worldwide: An Undercovered Payments Compounder Getting Better
SiliconBytes Insights 
Domo (Arigato), for this potential multi-bagger options trade
Domo’s $400 million sale to Progress would leave a cash-rich public shell with $900 million of NOLs; January 2028 $5 calls cost 22 cents.
MT 2026-08-27 ArcelorMittal: Regionalization Is Creating A Structurally Better Steel Company
Capital Connoisseur 
Nvidia’s Long-Term Margin Question
Nvidia faces questions over the durability of its long-term profit margins ahead of earnings.
[scuttleslops] AI Data Center Economics, ADI, INTU, IDXX
AWS AI campuses cost $40–$45 billion per gigawatt, with Trainium 3 expected to lift compute per megawatt and improve infrastructure returns.
Big Tech Off-Balance Sheet Concerns
Big Tech’s $3 trillion AI commitments are disclosed and largely long-dated, with nearly 60% of Amazon’s $650 billion commitments falling…
$ELAL: El Al is a wartime monopoly at 2x EBITDA. Is that a trap? | ASB Partners
El Al trades near 2x EBITDA after wartime near-monopoly profits, with $1.3 billion of net cash and owned aircraft weighed against…
CCC Is in the Middle of the Wreckage
CCC, the dominant auto physical-damage claims estimator, connects 27 of the top 30 insurers with 31,000 repair shops as takeout rumors…
NCLH or her grandma Saga?
Norwegian Cruise Line’s $15 billion debt and 2026-27 capex delay deleveraging, despite fuel-efficient new ships and stronger projected 2028…
Shitcos, Griftcos, and alignment versus enrichment at $IREN
IREN awarded each co-CEO roughly 9 million RSUs, about 2.5% of shares and $400 million, in exchange for no further equity grants until…
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