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Technology

The SaaS-pocalypse: Why Investors Continue to Bet Against Software

For two decades, software-as-a-service (SaaS) was Wall Street’s favorite trade. Investors treated SaaS practically like a bond with a growth rate attached, prized for its sticky revenue, high margins, and predictable churn. But that story has now been aggressively, and possibly permanently, repriced. The Seeds of a Shift The warning signs of the current crisis were actually visible well before 2026. Last year, industry giants like Adobe and Salesforce lost 21% of their valu

Luca Yazdanpanah

Apr 83 min read

Why Anthropic’s Clash With the Pentagon Has Made It a Folk Hero in Silicon Valley

Government agencies are slowly becoming some of the most important customers for artificial intelligence products, such as LLMs, and the recent Pentagon-Anthropic clash shows both the opportunity and potential risks tech investors need to consider. Background Anthropic, founded in 2021 by OpenAI’s former Vice President of Research, Dario Amodei , won a $200 million Department of Defense contract in 2025. The agreement brought Anthropic’s Claude models into use by classified

Luca Yazdanpanah

Mar 113 min read

Industrials

Global Security Concerns Lift Aerospace & Defense Stocks

With rising geopolitical tensions and an increasingly unstable global security environment, aerospace and defense stocks are experiencing renewed investor interest. From escalating conflicts in the Middle East, governments are quickily ramping up defense spending at levels not seen in many decades, positioning defense contractors as key beneficiaries of this structural shift. Background: A New Era of Defense Spending Global military spending has increased as nations prioriti

Rishi-Roy Uppal

Apr 63 min read

Ford and Xiaomi: An Unlikely Alliance in the Global EV Race

With extreme competition in the electric vehicle market, legacy automakers are increasingly turning to unconventional partners to stay competitive. Recent reports suggest that Ford Motor Company has explored a potential collaboration with Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, underscoring how traditional car manufacturers are seeking technology driven alliances to compete with organic integrated EV leaders like Tesla and BYD. Background: Legacy Automakers Face a Technology Gap Ford has

Rishi-Roy Uppal

Mar 62 min read

Consumer and Retail

Why Luxury and Discount Retail Stocks Are Outperforming the Middle Market

In today’s retail landscape, a clear divide has emerged: luxury and discount retail stocks have been significantly outperforming the middle market. This phenomenon, sometimes referred to as a “K-shaped recovery,” mirrors growing income inequality, changing consumer behavior and structural weaknesses in mid-tier retail. As a result, investors are increasingly fixated on companies positioned at either market extreme. One of the main agents guiding this divergence is income po

Kanhai Mehta

Apr 213 min read

Walmart’s New CEO - Company Outlook & What it Means for Investors in 2026

Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), the world’s largest retailer, entered 2026 with a major leadership change that signals both continuity and strategic evolution. On the 1st of February earlier this year, following Doug McMillon’s retirement, John Furner was established as Walmart’s latest CEO through completing a succession plan announced by the company’s board in late 2025. Furner’s appointment follows a long tenure within Walmart, where he worked his way up from an hourly associate

Kanhai Mehta

Mar 113 min read

The Rise of Gig Work in an Uncertain Labor Market:

Amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions, ever-changing tariff policies, and worries about the collapse of an AI bubble, the labor market has seen decreased growth and rising unemployment. According to global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas , there were 153,000 announced job cuts in October – the worst reading for the month since 2003. These layoffs have been due to a number of factors, namely, because of the massive tech layoffs aiming to reverse the increased

Luca Yazdanpanah

Jan 85 min read

After the $7,500 EV Credit: Can the Industry Survive the Lithium Crunch?

In September 2025, the federal incentive that helped encourage mass electric-vehicle (EV) adoption came to an end. The tax credits of $7,500 for new EVs and up to $4,000 for used EVs officially expired on September 30. As a result, we are now faced with an EV market uncertain about future demand and facing looming questions about how to keep up with lithium demand. The Credit Cliff and Its Market Impact The tax credit served as a vital tool to make EVs more affordable to co

Luca Yazdanpanah

Jan 83 min read