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Dear Reader,

Martin Weiss here.

Earlier today, my colleague Chris Graebe sent you the message below. I asked my team to forward it to you again tonight for one specific reason.

I’m greatly concerned about the 10 popular household stocks our system just flagged as “Must-Sells.”

When the market fully absorbs the reality of the $38 trillion debt — and how the oil shock from the Middle East conflict accelerates that crisis — holding any of these 10 names could cost you years of portfolio gains.

That’s why you need to get rid of these stocks TODAY.

More details in Chris’s message below. See it and take preventive steps fast.

Martin

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From: Chris Graebe <issues@e.weissratings.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2025 9:45 AM

Dear Reader,

America’s rapidly surging debt is no secret.

But for years, Wall Street and Washington have treated our $38 trillion national debt like a problem for tomorrow.

A crisis they can just keep kicking down the road.

However, the conflict in the Middle East over the last two weeks just violently accelerated the timeline.

With the Strait of Hormuz locked down, oil is surging. And analysts are predicting $150 a barrel if this drags on.

When oil spikes like that, inflation roars back into the economy.

In the past, the government would try to print, cut, or borrow its way out of an inflation shock.

But you cannot do that when you’re sitting on a $38 trillion mountain of debt and paying $1 trillion a year as interest on it.

In short, this match has just hit a powder keg.

And it’s going to trigger a radical, violent shift in the U.S. stock market.

Popular household stocks that looked untouchable a month ago could get gutted. And another set of overlooked stocks could go for massive, historic runs.

That’s why I rushed to get this special broadcast live this morning.

Inside, I pull back the curtain on a 100-year-old market signal.

It’s the exact same data-driven signal that called the bank collapses of the 1980s, the 2008 financial crisis, and the 2020 crash.

And right now, it is flashing its most urgent warning in decades.

I’m not going to ask you to read a 50-page economic report to understand this. I’ve laid it all out in a new video presentation that’s officially live as of a few minutes ago.

You’ll see exactly what this signal is telling us to do with our money today.

More importantly …

I’m giving away the names and ticker symbols of 3 stocks this system just upgraded to an urgent “BUY.”

No strings attached. You’ll get the names directly inside the video.

If you have a 401(k), an IRA or a standard brokerage account right now, you cannot afford to ignore this data.

Click here to watch the urgent $38T briefing and get your 3 free stock picks now

Chris Graebe
Weiss Ratings

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Exclusive Story from MarketBeat.com

SLB’s Tough Quarter Masks a Powerful Long-Term Shift

By Peter Frank. Published: 5/8/2026. 

KEY POINTS

• SLB’s core oilfield business weakened, but digital and AI operations continued growing despite geopolitical disruptions.
• NVIDIA partnerships and software growth could shift SLB toward steadier, higher-margin recurring revenue streams.
• Investors are paying a premium for SLB’s technology leadership and long-term energy sector positioning.
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On April 25, SLB (NYSE: SLB) reported one of its more difficult quarters in years. Yet that may be the least important thing about this oilfield services leader, formerly known as Schlumberger.

While organic revenue fell, margins compressed, and earnings declined, the company’s digital business continued to grow, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) expanded its partnership, and management bought back stock. Shares in the company have soared nearly 40% this year.

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The short-term and long-term narratives may be pointing in opposite directions, but that tension is exactly where the opportunity may lie for investors.

SLB’s Core Business Is Under Pressure

The oilfield services industry is often difficult. These days, it is tougher than usual. Even with oil surging from below $70 a barrel to over $100 in just one month, global tensions were front and center in SLB’s first-quarter results.

SLB kicked off the year with Q1 revenue of $8.7 billion, up roughly 3% from a year earlier. But that figure can be misleading. ChampionX, a production chemicals company SLB bought in 2025, contributed $838 million in revenue during the quarter and $199 million of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA).

Without that contribution, the organic picture was not pretty. Even with ChampionX included, the company’s adjusted EBITDA fell 12% year over year (YOY), while the margin compressed 346 basis points. That means the company needs to work harder to convert revenue into profit. Excluding ChampionX, underlying revenue would have declined 7% YOY.

Earnings followed a similar pattern. Net income came in at $752 million, with diluted earnings per share of 50 cents, down from 58 cents a year earlier. Even adjusted, earnings per share (EPS) were 52 cents, still about 20 cents below the year-ago figure.

More notably, free cash flow for the quarter turned negative, though the unusual dip stemmed from seasonal patterns and the ChampionX integration. Over the full year 2025, SLB generated approximately $4.1 billion in free cash flow.

Middle East Tensions Weighed on Results

The culprit for much of the decline is, for the most part, front-page news. The war in the Middle East led SLB to issue a rare mid-quarter warning in March, indicating that earnings would likely take a 6-9 cent-per-share hit from disruptions and added costs.

The company also said first-quarter revenue would come in below expectations as it curtailed activity, suspended travel, and pulled back on some projects in the region. Shares reacted immediately, capping a 10-day, 13% slide below $45. Results in late April reflected these warnings, and the stock held its ground.

SLB Bets Heavily on Digital Growth

But while the pressures show up in the top-line numbers, what lies beneath is more transformative.

SLB’s digital business grew roughly 9% YOY, reaching $640 million in quarterly revenue. The company also announced in late March that it had expanded its work with NVIDIA to industrialize AI for the energy sector.

With annual recurring revenue from digital crossing $1 billion, this is a major pivot. It has the potential to take SLB beyond its long history of drilling services and into higher-margin technology as it pushes further into software, data analytics, and AI-driven reservoir modeling tools sold to energy companies.

Instead of a company dependent on the volatile well construction and oilfield cycles, SLB is potentially moving toward the kind of predictable, subscription-like cash flows that can help smooth out these disruptions.

The Company Continues Rewarding Shareholders

That would be good news for shareholders. As of April, the company said precise guidance for the current quarter was “challenging” given the tensions in the Middle East.

Even with the pressure, SLB continued returning capital to shareholders in the first three months of the year.

The company repurchased $451 million worth of shares during the quarter and raised its dividend to an annual $1.18, giving a yield of 2.21%.

Overall, SLB has committed to return more than $4 billion to shareholders in 2026 through dividends and buybacks.

Management’s full-year guidance calls for revenue in a range of $36.9 billion to $37.7 billion, with EBITDA margins broadly in line with 2025 levels.

That suggests modest but real growth from a challenging starting point.

It also points to an expectation that this year’s early softness may be partially offset by a stronger second half, assuming Middle East operations normalize and ChampionX synergies build.

Wall Street Still Expects Further Gains

Analysts broadly agree.

SLB stock currently carries a consensus Moderate Buy rating, with average 12-month price targets implying a modest upside from recent levels. Of the 23 analysts covering the stock, 19 rate it a Buy, three have it at Hold, and one rates it a Sell.

Overall, the consensus price target is around $60, slightly above the current price. UBS has assigned SLB stock the highest target of $69.

Investors Are Paying for Long-Term Quality

Clearly, SLB is not a bargain-basement stock. With shares trading at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio in the mid-20s, investors are paying a premium for a franchise that is temporarily underperforming its own history.

But the company remains the most technologically sophisticated oilfield services provider in the world. It has capabilities in deepwater drilling, well construction, reservoir performance, and now digital services. Its competitors in the energy sector, including Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR), have not yet caught up.

Playing the energy sector is always risky in the short term. Investors who want near-term earnings or deeply discounted valuations will probably look elsewhere. But for patient investors willing to hold through unpredictable events and a bumpy transition, SLB is a compelling combination of quality, income, and long-term strategic positioning.

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