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| This department store finally put up a brisk quarter. Sales grew double digits, comps hit 7%, and fresh marketing pulled shoppers back into the aisles. | Guidance moved higher and tariff noise should be small in Q4. The story heading into December is simple. | Packaway buys are landing, traffic looks healthy, and the value rack is doing the talking. |
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| | Lennar | LEN | | Price: $122.96 | Different kind of headline here. The company set the final exchange ratio for its Millrose share swap, a mechanical move that simplifies the structure but does not change the big picture. | The big picture is still about orders, cancellations, incentives, and how quickly rate relief converts to demand. | Lennar has been a disciplined operator on land and lots, and the brand portfolio gives it levers across price points. | Why this matters for you: If you want homebuilder exposure, watch orders per community, incentives per home, and gross margin on new closings. | When rates dip, order pace can snap back fast. If LEN shows that combo of better absorption and steady margins, pullbacks are opportunities. |
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| | | | Oracle | ORCL | | Price: $200.28 | Sentiment turned sour fast. Shares have slid hard on heavy insider selling chatter and nerves around big AI ambitions meeting big checking accounts. | Stargate scale spending puts the company in the center of the AI buildout, but it also begs for clean answers on returns. | The calendar now points to the early December print, where a simple meet-and-greet may not be enough. | Why this matters for you: If you are in ORCL for the AI and cloud pivot, demand receipts matter. Look for backlog growth, cloud revenue acceleration, free cash flow after capex, and a path to de-lever. | A clear beat with higher guidance can reset the tone. Anything less and the stock may keep wearing the caution sign. |
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| | Broadcom | AVGO | | Price: $377.96 | Rotation hit the AI complex and a few unconfirmed security-rumor headlines did not help. Under the surface, the thesis has not changed much. | AVGO sells the connective tissue of modern data centers, from custom silicon to high-end networking, and benefits when GPU clusters get denser and traffic gets heavier. | VMware integration and December results are the next checkpoints. | Why this matters for you: Tie your view to deliverables. Watch networking and custom chip growth, gross margin, free cash flow, and any color on VMware synergy capture. | If Nvidia demand stays hot, AVGO's lanes usually stay busy. Rumor cycles fade. Execution prints stick. |
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| | Ross Stores | ROST | | Price: $174.13 | That was a tidy beat with the right kind of momentum. | Net sales up about 10 percent, comps up 7 percent, and a CEO who sounds confident the holiday floor is stocked with brand names at real discounts. | The new marketing push seems to be working and the outlook nudged higher for both comps and EPS. | Management also called out that tariff costs should be negligible in the fourth quarter, which helps protect gross margin when you need it most. | Why this matters for you: Off-price wins when shoppers trade down or hunt for deals. | If you are leaning into this lane, watch traffic, average ticket, inventory turns, and markdown rates through December. | If those stay tight, ROST can keep grinding even if the wider retail tape looks choppy. |
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| | Trivia: Which country used cowrie shells as currency for over 1,000 years? | |
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| | Stat of the Day: 198 days | The S&P 500 finally broke below its 50-day moving average, ending the fifth-longest uptrend since 1950 at 198 days. That does not call the top. | It does tell you to respect risk again. Translation. Position sizes matter, cash flows and balance sheets matter, and you should expect more chop on headlines that used to pass by quietly. | Final Take | Value on the rack, caution on the tape. ROST shows how a clean off-price setup can power into the holiday season when shoppers want brands without the sticker shock. | Housing levered names like BLDR and LEN need rate relief and a steadier order drumbeat to work, but that snapback can come quickly. | AVGO is still tied to the AI plumbing and should be judged on execution. ORCL needs a crisp print and a credible cash story to rebuild trust. | Use the uptrend break as a reminder to buy great operators on red and to keep your watchlist tied to metrics you can actually check. |
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| Best Regards,
—Noah Zelvis
Everyday Alpha |
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