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Today, I find myself staring at my Peloton Interactive (PTON) stock chart like it’s the last slice of cake in the fridge—tempting but slightly guilt-inducing. Shares soared 14.6% by mid-morning after some analyst over at UBS decided to upgrade it to a “buy.” An $11 price target? That’s practically double where the stock closed yesterday. Either this is genius-level investing or we’re all about to fall off a very expensive stationary bike.

If management is to be believed—and belief, in the markets, is less a virtue than a vice—they have furnished the world with an augury of 12% revenue growth and a portly 20% lift in adjusted EPS for 2025. This is all one could desire, save perhaps for the explanation of how cyclical gravity has momentarily been suspended. The shares, undaunted by pesky realities, ascended to record highs with all the decorum of a champagne cork at a bachelor’s table.

What sent this stock charging forward? According to the financial grapevine, it all started with an analyst note from Wedbush’s Dan Ives—a man whose name now feels as familiar to me as my own reflection in the mirror after too many late-night trading binges. He raised his price target on FUBO to $6, citing “encouraging” preliminary results and calling management’s guidance “conservative.” Encouraging? Conservative? These are words I cling to when trying not to panic about volatile streaming stocks.

After a first-quarter stumble—marketing costs bloated, tariffs snarled the supply chain—LendingClub found its rhythm. They made $0.33 per share on $248.5 million. A tidy sum. The world keeps spinning. So it goes.

The strength of Coca-Cola lies not in its flashiness—indeed, its business model is rather mundane—but in its remarkable resilience. In the face of market fluctuations and unpredictable political climates, notably the erratic tendencies of current trade policies, Coca-Cola appears well-positioned to weather the storm. The company, a titan of consumer staples, operates largely with a localized manufacturing strategy, ensuring that the bulk of its products for U.S. consumers are produced domestically. Thus, while it is not wholly insulated from the peril of tariffs, its foundation is sturdier than many of its multinational counterparts.