Why the cash collapse is not the story, the backlog is — and what investors are really being asked to underwrite. TL;DR Trailing twelve-month free cash flow fell 95% to $1.2 billion while Amazon spent $43.2 billion on capex in a single quarter. AWS revenue grew 28% to $37.6 billion
How Q1 FY2026 turned Google from a search-ad cash machine into the world’s most capital-hungry AI infrastructure builder — and why the headline net income hides the real story. By David Berkowitz · Berk on Value · Published April 30, 2026 TL;DR Alphabet reported Q1 FY2026 revenue of $109.9 billion,
Week ending Friday, April 25, 2026 | Berk on Value | VAP Wealth Advisors TL;DR Five VAP holdings reported earnings this week. All five beat. Three got hammered anyway. The headline S&P 500 record close at 7,165 hides what is actually moving the tape. Intel printed a blowout Q1 ,
Ticker: MEDP | Event: Q1 2026 earnings release, April 22, 2026 | Stock reaction: ~20% drop TL;DR Medpace posted Q1 2026 revenue of $706.6 million, up 26.5% year-over-year, yet the stock dropped roughly 20% after hours because forward indicators collapsed. The net book-to-bill ratio fell to 0.88, the weakest reading
TL;DR Amazon closed 2025 with revenue of $717 billion, up 12% from $638 billion the year before, with operating income climbing 17% to $80 billion. Free cash flow collapsed from $38 billion to $11 billion, driven by a $50.7 billion year-over-year jump in property and equipment spending tied to AI
April 6, 2026 | TL;DR Iran has 208 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves. Forty-seven years of sanctions have kept most of it offline. James Altucher and Iranian-born investor Kiana Danial argue that regime collapse would trigger a peace dividend larger than the
One Variable Rules This Market: Oil, Iran, and the Week That Showed Investors What Really Matters April 5, 2026 | David Berkowitz, CFA | VAP Wealth Advisors TL;DR The S&P 500 snapped a five-week losing streak with a 3.4% gain through Thursday, April 2, led by mega-cap tech and semiconductors
A Beginner’s Framework for Ownership-Based Investing By David Berkowitz | VAP Wealth Advisors | March 2026 TL;DR Your brain treats a falling stock chart like a charging predator. The amygdala elicits the same fight-or-flight response to financial losses as to physical threats [PMC Neuroscience Study]. Loss aversion makes a 30%
TL;DR Thirteen states still tax groceries in 2026. In some Alabama counties, the combined rate hits 9% at the register. “No income tax” states shift the burden to property and capital gains. Texas effective property tax: 1.245%. Washington’s top capital gains rate: 9.9%. Six states impose inheritance taxes in 2026.
Executive compensation changed dramatically in early 2026. Meta and Tesla are betting billions that all-or-nothing pay packages are the only structure that can compete in the AI talent market. TL;DR Meta issued stock options to top executives for the first time since its 2012 IPO, with strike prices requiring the
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