Ducks, Datacenters, and Waves: CVX-MSFT

By Paul Sankey Published on June 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM

Hola, It was a relief to start the week as we hoped, with some non-Hormuz corporate newsflow, and in this note we talk about the Chevron vs Microsoft Permian mega-data center announcement. Relief, because my Sunday note on the geopolitics of the nation players in the Hormuz talks was exhausting to write, and sure enough the weekend talks yielded a framework for more talks, or something. Talks about talks for talks. The point of the …

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Sunday Answer Steve: Buy (more) Old Economy Stocks (like Oils)

By Paul Sankey Published on February 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM

We sent you a note on Uranium this morning, and so will keep this brief. I said I would do return a favour to Hedge Fund guru Doug Garber and join him on a podcast, and now I am being thrown in as a Venezuela expert. Which is the old “tallest dwarf” joke, but here it is, Friday February 13th, don’t forget Valentine’s Day next Saturday: https://shorturl.at/hzIn7 ~ Our note on last Friday’s: “XOM for …

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Evening Backlog: GE Vernova, Lucky 888

By Paul Sankey Published on January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM

Sorry there was no Happy Hour today with earnings this week, I meant to warn you before 4pm but I got tangled in a couple of things today, like the Social Security Office downtown Manhattan (oh yes, through ice by subway) and then a lot of messing around for a 2 minute slot on CNBC. Noted Coterra merging with Devon getting hot (Bloomberg) Chevron and ExxonMobil results tomorrow, We take a look at GE Vernova’s …

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