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RFC Capital Research publishes the independent analysis of Ruslan Averin — an investor focused on public markets, sovereign and corporate fixed income, cross-border real estate, and capital allocation across emerging and frontier markets.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Falls 6% on a Capex Raise: When Good News Gets Sold

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Frontline (FRO) and the Tanker Trade Unwinding After the US-Iran Pause

Tanker names like Frontline (FRO) rode the Hormuz risk premium up — and give it back on the US-Iran pause. Ruslan Averin on why shipping is a bet on fear.

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Occidental (OXY) Pulls Back as Oil Crashes on the US-Iran Pause

OXY fell as Brent crashed below $90 on the US-Iran pause, giving back part of a strong 2026. Ruslan Averin on separating a premium unwind from a business problem.

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Tesla (TSLA) Crashes 14.5% on Q2 Miss: Record Revenue, Collapsing Margin

TSLA fell 14.52% to $319.69 after Q2 2026: record $28.24B revenue and 480,126 deliveries, but EPS of $0.33 missed $0.54 as margin fell to 1.4%. Ruslan Averin's analysis.

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Pegasystems Fell 14% — When a $0.35 Print Meets a $0.43 Expectation

Ruslan Averin's Pegasystems stock analysis: PEGA dropped about 14% after Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.35 missed the $0.43 analysts expected — an earnings gap in a jittery software tape.

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Salesforce and the SaaSpocalypse — When the Category King Gets Cut in Half

Ruslan Averin's Salesforce stock analysis: CRM has been halved from its peak as the 2026 'SaaSpocalypse' — AI eroding per-seat software revenue — hits the category leader hardest.

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ServiceNow — A Great Business Caught in the SaaS Downdraft

Ruslan Averin's ServiceNow stock analysis: NOW has been roughly halved from its peak in the 2026 SaaSpocalypse, even as its workflow franchise arguably benefits from AI more than it loses.

Snowflake — The Consumption Model Meets the SaaS Sell-Off SpaceX — A Starship Scrub and a 20% Repricing of the Private Giant Diamondback — The Lowest-Cost Permian Barrel for a Hormuz Oil Spike Flex LNG — A High-Yield, Indirect Way to Play Hormuz Gas Risk International Seaways — A Diversified Tanker Play on a Choked Hormuz Nordic American Tankers — The Retail Suezmax Bet on Hormuz Rates Northrop Grumman — Cheap Missile Defense After the War Premium Faded Badger Meter — A 33-Year Aristocrat Turning Into a Water-Software Play Consolidated Water — A Debt-Free Desalination Micro-Cap on Sale Global Water Resources — A Monthly Dividend on the Fastest-Growing Water in America Gorman-Rupp — A 53-Year Dividend King in Pumps, Now Priced for It H2O America (formerly SJW) — A Dividend King Hiding Behind a New Ticker Stocks Down, Oil Up — The Market's Two-Front Week The Semiconductor Selloff — When the Market's Winners Become the Fault Line SpaceX Fell Below Its IPO Price — The Hype Trade Meets Gravity Burry's MSFT Calls: What I Make of the Contrarian's Bet — The Other Side of the Trade Toyota: Why and When I Would Buy the Stock — 2026 Analysis — The Other Side of the Trade Ukraine's Central Bank Held at 15% — Why the Hold Matters More Than a Cut Would Have — The Other Side of the Trade Ruslan Averin — Independent Investor and Market Analyst Adobe (ADBE) Fell -6.8% on a CFO Exit — Not on the Numbers Boeing (BA) Slipped Even With Its Best Q1 Since 2019 — The Market Is Pricing the Balance Sheet Apple, Amazon and Netflix Closed Red on a Green Day — The Rotation Out of Megacap Isn't Over Nike (NKE) Slid as RBC Cut It to Sector Perform — The Turnaround Is Stalling Palantir (PLTR) Failed at the 200-Day Line — When a 144 P/E Meets a Bad Chart Anthropic Pledged $200M to Study AI's Hit on Jobs — Investors Should Read It as a Signal Anthropic Just Overtook OpenAI: $965B vs $862B — What the Flip Means for AI Investors Wall Street Is Quietly Rewriting Fed Supervision — And Wants It Locked In Writing Employers Are Quietly Dropping GLP-1 Coverage for 2027 — The $149 Pill Changed the Math HELOC Rates Just Bounced Off Their 2026 Lows — Home Equity Loans Jumped 50bp in a Month Money Markets Still Pay Up to 4.01% — While Inflation Runs 4.2%. Read That Twice