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• News · 11/12 · 3 min readUS stocks' Fed-calendar shock: small caps post -1.6%!IWM, a fund tracking smaller US companies, returned -1.6% on November 12, the day of the Fed calendar news. That is a same-day comparison, not proof that the announcement caused the decline.
• Company · 11/12 · 3 min readNVIDIA stocks shock: shares lag peers amid ouster report!NVIDIA's peer-adjusted return was -4.7% on the study's event day. CNBC reports “Nvidia's board is meeting to decide whether to oust CEO”; that describes deliberation, not a completed dismissal.
• Industry · 11/12 · 3 min readOil and gas sector shock: basket posts a loss!The oil and gas basket returned -3.9% over the supplied shorter window, with data through November 11, 2026. CNBC reported “Brent slipped below $90 a barrel for the first time since August.”
• News · 11/12 · 3 min readUS stocks CPI shock: SPY posts -0.4%!SPY returned -0.4% on the November 10, 2026 CPI release day. Sector results were mixed, and the earlier weeks tell a different story.
• Investors · 10/25 · 4 min readJensen Huang Form 4 shock: NVIDIA's extra move just 0.3%!NVIDIA's cumulative abnormal return from day zero was 0.3% against the market. Jensen Huang's Form 4 shows a gift of stock to a foundation and to a donor-advised fund, plus shares withheld for taxes. The paperwork is dramatic; the price move is not.
• Company · 10/25 · 3 min readPepsiCo Q3 shock: growth cools to 5.6%!PepsiCo's revenue grew 5.6% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026. That is a record quarter paired with a slower growth rate than the quarter before. Margins barely moved from the last quarter. And over the past year the stock lagged the market.
• Investors · 10/25 · 3 min readPelosi filing shock: one office deal among 20 purchases!Nancy Pelosi's new filing covers a single trade, against 20 purchases disclosed in her past year of filings. It is an office-property LLC, not a listed stock. The paperwork landed inside the legal window. And the year's buying bands are smaller money than its selling bands.
• News · 10/24 · 3 min readShock claim! Trump says no inflation, prices rose 3.0%Trump said there is virtually no inflation, but consumer prices were 3.0% higher in the year to September 2025. Some of his numbers check out; others cannot be graded.
• Investors · 10/24 · 4 min readZuckerberg Form 4 shock! Meta returned -12.2% in a yearMeta returned -12.2% over the year to 2026-10-23. The market returned 14.4% over the same window. Mark Zuckerberg filed a Form 4 reporting Meta share sales dated 24 September 2026. From the day the news appeared, the stock ran 1.3% ahead of the market.
• Company · 10/23 · 3 min readAmerican Express earnings shock: growth slips to 7.8%!American Express revenue rose 7.8% from a year earlier in 2026Q3. Record quarter, slower pace.
• News · 10/23 · 3 min readPromise shock! Trump promised 2 dollars a gallon gasUS pump prices now read 4 dollars a gallon. Trump had promised gas below 2 dollars a gallon. Of the promises data can score, none hold up. Trump Media's shares came in at -10.9% against the market in the same window as the article.
• Company · 10/22 · 4 min readBloom Energy earnings shock: revenue up 139.8%!Revenue grew 139.8% from a year earlier in 2026Q3. It was a record quarter, but a slower growth rate than the quarter before. Operating margin reached 18.3%. The shares still lagged their two-peer basket on the day of the release.
• Company · 10/22 · 4 min readNVR earnings shock: revenue growth hits -10.5%!NVR's revenue growth hit -10.5% year on year in 2026Q2. The shares also trailed rival builders around the third-quarter release, and the valuation is not the cheapest in the group.
• Industry · 10/22 · 3 min readMemory and storage shock: DRAM prices up, basket -10.4%!The memory and storage basket's recent return came in at -10.4%.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readP&G earnings shock: sales up 4.0%, margin down!P&G sales grew 4.0% versus the same quarter a year earlier. But each dollar of sales kept a thinner slice, and the share move sat close to the peer pack.
• Investors · 10/22 · 4 min readBerkshire 13F shock: its own stock moved just 0.4%!Berkshire Hathaway's 13F for 2026 Q2 is out, and the filer's own shares moved 0.4% against the market in the same window. The buying it describes happened back in June. You are reading about it in August.
• Investors · 10/22 · 4 min readPelosi filing shock: up to $21.5m of buys!Pelosi's newest congressional filing shows purchases worth as much as $21.5m. It is all buying, no selling, and the trades were made weeks before you got to read about them.
• News · 10/22 · 3 min readTrump's inflation shock! He says 4.2%, data says 3.5%Trump said he loves inflation at 4.2%. The price data we checked shows 3.5% over the past year. He also put oil at 85. The reading was 94. Two checkable numbers, two misses.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readUMC revenue shock: September growth hits 27.2%!UMC's September 2026 revenue was 27.2% higher than the same month a year earlier. The move from August was tiny, and peers grew faster. The latest quarter shows fatter margins.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readSigurd Microelectronics Sept revenue shock! Growth 26.3%Sigurd Microelectronics' September revenue grew 26.3% from a year earlier. Month on month it was up just 1.0%. Peers grew faster. The last reported quarter still shows margins climbing.
• Industry · 10/22 · 3 min readDefense stocks rally shock: group beats the market by 8.8%!Defense stocks beat the market by 8.8% over the last 20 trading sessions. The gains were not shared evenly.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readPhison September revenue shock: growth cools to 370.3%!Phison's September revenue grew 370.3% from a year earlier. That was 8.4% above August. The rate sits below July's.
• Company · 10/22 · 4 min readTaiwan Union Technology shock! September revenue up 114.8%September revenue rose 114.8% from a year earlier. The gain over August was small, and the shares trailed their peers in the same window. Margins are the part worth watching.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readVIS September revenue shock: up 15.9% from August!Vanguard International Semiconductor's September revenue rose 15.9% from August. But its three peers grew faster, and the stock carries the highest P/E of the four.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readPowertech Technology revenue shock: September slips -0.6%!Powertech Technology's September revenue came in -0.6% below August. Against the same month a year earlier it still rose 27.0%. Peers grew a shade faster, and the stock sits below the peer median P/E.
• Company · 10/22 · 4 min readMediaTek revenue shock: September growth only 2.0%!MediaTek's September revenue grew just 2.0% from a year earlier. Sales of NT$55.4bn still made it a big month. The median peer in our basket grew 61.4% in the same month. Big month, small growth.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readPulteGroup earnings shock: revenue falls 9.8%!PulteGroup's revenue fell 9.8% from a year earlier in 2026Q3. Profit before tax was lower too. Yet the shares held their ground in the same window.
• Company · 10/22 · 3 min readComcast earnings shock: revenue -6.1% from a year ago!Comcast's revenue growth was -6.1% year on year in 2026Q3. Sales shrank, and the shares still trade at a lower price tag than the three big rivals. The interesting bit is not the drop itself, but how much faster it got.
• Company · 10/22 · 4 min readLockheed Martin earnings shock: sales jump 11.3%!Lockheed Martin's sales grew 11.3% from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2026. Operating margin slipped a little at the same time. The stock rose in the same window as the release.
• Company · 10/21 · 3 min readTesla earnings shock: revenue growth stalls to -0.2%!Tesla's revenue growth for 2026 Q3 came in at -0.2% from a year earlier. Sales stood still. But margins went the other way, and more of each sale turned into profit this quarter.
• Company · 10/21 · 3 min readIBM earnings shock: revenue growth jumps to 4.7%!IBM's third-quarter revenue grew 4.7% against the same quarter a year earlier. Last quarter that comparison was much smaller. Against the previous quarter, though, the top line went nowhere.
• Company · 10/21 · 3 min readTexas Instruments earnings shock: revenue up 27.7%!Texas Instruments grew revenue 27.7% from the same quarter a year earlier in 2026Q3. Margins rose even faster, and the stock still trades below its peer group's middle multiple.
• News · 10/21 · 4 min readTesla Q3 call shock! Musk says capex outlook $20.0 billionTesla raised its full-year capital spending outlook to about $20.0 billion on its Q3 2026 call. The filings we can check cover just one quarter.
• Company · 10/21 · 3 min readMeta earnings shock: operating margin just 20.1%!Meta Platforms' operating margin was 20.1% in 2026Q3. Sales were not the problem: revenue still grew 26.1% from a year earlier. The costs did the damage.
• Company · 10/21 · 3 min readAbbott earnings shock: operating margin -7.6 pp!Abbott's operating margin moved by -7.6 pp from the prior quarter, while sales kept growing. Revenue still grew; operating costs took a bigger share of each sales dollar.
• Company · 10/21 · 3 min readAT&T earnings shock: growth hits 5.3% but shares slide!AT&T's September-quarter revenue grew 5.3% from a year earlier, the fastest in the twelve quarters shown. The shares went the other way in the same week.
• Company · 10/20 · 4 min readIntuitive Surgical earnings shock: margin falls -14.2 pp!Intuitive Surgical's operating margin moved -14.2 pp from 2026Q2 to 2026Q3. Revenue still set a record. For a beginner the lesson is simple: record sales and falling profit landed in the same report, and the cost lines tell you where to look.
• Company · 10/20 · 3 min readNetflix earnings shock: growth slows to 11.8%!Netflix's sales growth slowed to 11.8% in 2026 Q3. In 2026 Q2 it was 13.4%. The profit side went the other way.
• Company · 10/20 · 3 min readGE Aerospace earnings shock: growth slows to 15.9%!GE Aerospace's revenue grew 15.9% from a year earlier in 2026 Q3, slower than the quarter before. Revenue was a record. The stock fell in the same week.
• Company · 10/20 · 3 min readGM earnings shock: growth only 3.3%!GM's revenue grew 3.3% in 2026 Q3 from a year earlier. The quarter was its biggest in three years, yet the shares slid in the same window.
• Company · 10/20 · 3 min readRTX earnings shock: growth slows to 11.1%!RTX revenue rose 11.1% from a year earlier in 2026 Q3. Still double digit, but slower than the quarter before.
• Company · 10/20 · 3 min readNorthrop Grumman earnings shock: growth speeds up to 6.7%!Northrop Grumman's sales grew 6.7% against the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q3, and the stock moved more than its peers on the day.
• Investors · 10/19 · 4 min readBuffett filings shock: $539.1m of net buying!Berkshire's own filings show $539.1m more buying than selling on the open market. The quarterly holdings book behind it only runs to 2026Q2, so it is weeks behind the trades.
• Industry · 10/17 · 4 min readNeocloud selloff shock! Basket returns -35.6%An equal-weight basket of Neocloud stocks returned -35.6% in the recent short window. The market benchmark barely moved. And the losses inside the group were far from equal.
• Industry · 10/16 · 3 min readFuel cell stocks shock: group down -32.0% before earnings!The fuel cell basket returned -32.0% in the most recent window, while the market stayed almost flat.
• Industry · 10/16 · 3 min readOil and gas stocks shock: basket beats the market by 16.8%!Oil and gas stocks beat the market by 16.8% over the last 20 trading sessions. The basket rose while the benchmark slipped. Underneath, the gap between the best and the worst name was wide, and the short-window ranking almost reversed the longer one.
• Industry · 10/15 · 3 min readBig bank earnings shock: bank stocks at -6.1%!Over the last 20 trading sessions, the big US bank stocks we track returned -6.1%. The market fell far less. Earnings mostly beat expectations; the shares slid anyway. Wells Fargo held up best, Bank of America worst.
• Company · 10/15 · 4 min readKimberly-Clark early Q3 shock: a 4.5% day-one gap!On the filing day, the part of Kimberly-Clark's move that the peer basket did not share was 4.5%. The company kept its 2026 outlook unchanged. In the published accounts, which reach 2026Q2, growth is thin and running costs are heavier.
• Company · 10/15 · 4 min readTSMC earnings shock: revenue up 36.0% from a year ago!TSMC's revenue came to NT$1.3tn in 2026Q2, the highest of the twelve quarters in the data. That is 36.0% more than the same quarter a year earlier. The margin widened too, yet the stock did not outrun its rivals around the October call.
• Company · 10/14 · 3 min readBank of America earnings shock: -6.1% against peers!In the same window as Bank of America's 3Q26 report, the stock ran -6.1% behind its peer basket. The revenue figures we can check, through 2026 Q2, were growing 15.0% from a year earlier. Headline growth and share price pointed different ways.
• Company · 10/13 · 3 min readJ&J revenue record shock: growth slows to 5.9%!Johnson & Johnson sold more than ever: revenue was $25.4bn in the third quarter of 2026. But the growth rate slipped, the stock lagged its rivals in the same window, and its P/E is the lowest in the group.
• Company · 10/13 · 3 min readCitigroup earnings shock: stock lags peers by -3.9%!Citigroup's stock trailed its big-bank peers by -3.9% on the day the third-quarter 2026 results landed. The report sounded upbeat. The share price in the same window did not.
• Company · 10/13 · 3 min readOccidental revenue shock! Growth jumps to 36.6%Occidental Petroleum's revenue grew 36.6% from a year earlier in 2026 Q2. That came to $7.1bn of sales. But over three years revenue compounded at just 2.2% a year. A new 8-K table previews the third quarter, and its full financial figures are not out yet.
• Company · 10/13 · 3 min readJPMorgan earnings shock! Stock runs 5.0% ahead of peersSince JPMorgan Chase's third-quarter results, its cumulative return has run 5.0% ahead of its peer basket of big American banks. The headline number was the quarter; the interesting number was the gap.
• Company · 10/13 · 3 min readWells Fargo earnings shock: 3.5% ahead of its rivals!Since the results day, Wells Fargo's stock has run 3.5% ahead of a basket of its big-bank rivals. The year before that, holding it went nowhere. The quarter's own income figures are not in our data.
• Company · 10/12 · 3 min readInnolux September revenue shock: up 6.9% from August!Innolux's September 2026 revenue rose 6.9% from August. Against the same month last year it barely moved. Both of its listed peers sold less than a year ago, so flat was the better outcome here. Profit figures still run only to the June quarter.