Investors we’re reminded how quicky market sentiment can change this week.

Thursday’s massive market selloff sent the Nasdaq plunging with AI and semiconductor stocks leading the decline.

For months, we’ve warned that capital is chasing businesses with increasingly questionable economics, enormous spending commitments, and valuations that assume extraordinary future profits.

This week, investors resoundingly pumped the brakes.

When the flow of capital slows and confidence in the narrative begins to crack, even the market’s most popular stocks can suffer enormous losses.

But market turmoil also creates opportunity.

The key is knowing the difference between a great company and a great stock. Strong businesses aren’t necessarily good investments at any price, just as overlooked businesses with superior profitability can offer Attractive Risk/Reward.

That’s why our research focuses on economic earnings, valuation, and the expectations embedded in stock prices rather than the headlines driving market sentiment.

Read our latest research below to see where we’re identifying opportunities, exposing dangerous stocks, and helping investors navigate a market increasingly forced to confront economic reality.

Stocks That Passed the Latest Core Earnings Leaders Test:

With a superior measure of profitability, investors can identify opportunities the market misses. These stocks are more profitable than the market realizes and provide quality Risk/Reward.

Anthropic’s S-1 Confirms The Cashout:

With over $1.1 trillion in liabilities net of cash, no profits, decelerating revenue, and rising costs, we think it’s hard to make a straight-faced argument that public equity investors will ever see $1 of value.

Earnings Watch Party Replay:

Even a great company can be a terrible investment at the wrong price. Learn how we identify both great companies and great stocks in this week’s Earnings Watch replay. We cover AAPL, SHOP, PLTR, MCD, PFE, and more.

Stupid Money Risk Comes for Anther Danger Zone Stock:

With this stock trading just below its acquisition price, we are taking the win and closing this Danger Zone pick.

#1 Stock Picking – Again!

Our proven-superior research earned us #1 rankings ­– again – on SumZero for November 2026.

Model Portfolio Updates:

We updated our Most Attractive Stocks and Most Dangerous Stocks Model Portfolio.

We also updated both our Focus List Stocks: Long and Focus List Stocks: Short Model Portfolios.

We hope you had a great week!

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