TradeStory Research

October 2026

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Illustration: large ships coming and going in a calm harbour at dusk. A generated image; it shows no data. Title: For us Normies: what big funds bought last quarter, and why it is old news
For us Normies·Funds & 13F

For us Normies: what big funds bought last quarter, and why it is old news

Large US fund managers have to show their stock holdings every quarter. Here is how to read those reports, how we turn them into adds and cuts, and what the latest quarter shows.

·4 min
Illustration: weather moving over open water, storm clouds and clear light over a rolling swell. A generated image; it shows no data. Title: For us Normies: why the economy's weather matters before any single stock
For us Normies·Macro

For us Normies: why the economy's weather matters before any single stock

Macro is the tide every company swims in. Here is how a short regime label sums up that tide, and what our own regime grade shows today.

·6 min
Illustration: a bare silicon die on a dark plinth under a soft rim light, with streams moving in toward the centre. A generated image; it shows no data. Title: Why copper refuses to die, and who gets paid while it lives
Article·AI Buildout

Why copper refuses to die, and who gets paid while it lives

One research note calls copper dead; the same month Credo is stretching copper links to 30 meters and Marvell says it plans to intercept copper-based solutions. The disagreement is the trade story.

·6 min CRDONVDAAVGO +2
Illustration: a robotic arm reaching toward a small glowing part, in separate stages that brighten from left to right. A generated image; it shows no data. Title: The quiet part of robotics: who already has the capacity
Article·Robotics

The quiet part of robotics: who already has the capacity

Structures, materials and components decide how fast robotics and aerospace programs can actually ramp. Three companies told us this summer where their capacity stands — and the answers are very different.

·6 min HXLDDDMGA
Illustration: transmission towers carrying glowing lines toward a long dark building, converging on one narrow point. A generated image; it shows no data. Title: The seat is no longer the price: how software vendors are repricing AI
Article·AI Software

The seat is no longer the price: how software vendors are repricing AI

Six software companies described their pricing in their latest quarters. Almost none of them described a seat. Salesforce's $1.5 billion Agentforce line is the clearest evidence of what replaces it.

·4 min CRMHUBSFRSH +3

September 2026