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Patents and the Stock Market: An Unconventional Guide In the world of finance, we're all trained to look at the numbers. We pour over balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow reports, trying to make sense of a company's past performance to predict its future. But what if there's a powerful, forward-looking indicator hiding in plain sight? Welcome to the world of alternative data , where savvy investors are looking beyond traditional financial metrics to uncover a company's true value. One of the most compelling and underutilized sources of this data is a company's patent portfolio . It's a common and a smart idea to use patent data for financial analysis. Here's why this strategy is so much more than a futile attempt. Patents are a Forward-Looking Indicator Think about it: a quarterly earnings report tells you what a company has already done. A new patent filing, on the other hand, gives you a sneak peek into what the company is working on right now....

 by Pavel Staykov How do you find the fastest-growing companies in a universe of thousands of stocks? At the heart of the famous CAN SLIM method, developed by legendary investor William J. O’Neil, is the “C” and “A”: companies showing accelerating quarterly and annual Earnings Per Share (EPS) growth. Today, I ran a data-driven screen on over 4,000 U.S. stocks in the “Information Technology” sector, applying a strict set of quantitative CAN SLIM rules using my own stock database and a custom Python script. The results highlight the companies with the most impressive and consistent EPS growth trends right now. Our Top EPS Growth Stocks (CAN SLIM Qualified) Ticker Company Name      Slope    Q1 2024 EPS    Q1 2025 EPS APP Applovin Corp      0.17     0.67                     1.67 ITRI Itron Inc.    0.17     1.12    1.42 NICE NICE Ltd...

                                          Why $500,000 Might Be the Ceiling Bitcoin has often been the subject of incredible price predictions. Some crypto enthusiasts argue it could reach $1 million or more per coin. But is that really realistic? In this post, we take a sober look at the fundamentals behind Bitcoin's value and explain why prices beyond $500,000 might be out of reach. 1. Market Cap Math: The Trillion-Dollar Threshold If Bitcoin were to hit $500,000 per coin, its total market capitalization (21 million coins) would be around $10.5 trillion . To put that into perspective: The entire gold market is valued at approximately $13 trillion . Global real estate is worth over $300 trillion . The U.S. stock market alone exceeds $40 trillion . For Bitcoin to reach $500,000, it would need to capture a large chunk of global wealth—not just from gold, but from e...

  Executive Summary AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) has experienced a period of negative sentiment in recent weeks, specifically from May to early July 2025. This downturn in investor perception is primarily attributable to a confluence of factors. Foremost among these are aggressive short-seller reports that levied serious allegations of undisclosed Chinese ties, exploitation of advertising data (including from Meta Platforms), and manipulative ad practices such as "backdoor installations" and inflated metrics. These widely publicized reports directly impacted investor confidence. Complementing this, the emergence of shareholder class-action lawsuits, which echo many of the short-seller accusations concerning misleading statements about AppLovin's AXON 2.0 platform and deceptive advertising techniques, introduced significant legal and reputational risks. Further contributing to the negative sentiment was AppLovin's non-inclusion in the S&P 500 Index in June 2025. Despi...