Tuesday, February 24, 2026

One New Permit -- February 24, 2026

Locator: 50048B.

Investing: again, on one of the best days ever for the market, BRK-B was flat; BRK-B is now down 3/4th of a percent for the full year. Micron? Up 340% for the full year. OXY? Up 4% for the full year. I just don't get it.  

Investing: I was just lucky to catch this segment today, link here. 

Jargon: HALO. Link here. 

Josh Brown's HALO stocks. This list is dynamic and subject to change at any time. Jim Cramer opened his evening program with HALO -- but didn't / hasn't credited Josh Brown with the acronym ("heavy assets, low obsolescence"). 

Interestingly, Cramer is taking issue with HALO stocks. Cramer couldn't have been more explicit: he doesn't want folks buying into HALO. He wants folks to buy into companies selling things in high demand. 

Cramer sees the chip shortage as the worst shortage of anything ever. Cramer says Anthropic is living rent-free in his brain which means he can't think of any other HALO stocks (with which he has not bought into). I can think of at least one HALO company: CAT. 

I think Josh Brown is talking to investors with a multi-year horizon.

Cramer is talking to traders.  

Josh Brown's initial HALO list:  

  • BRK, SLB, DE
  • HSY(Hershey), 
  • SCCO, GLW, 
  • TPL, IRM, FDX, CP, CL,
  • AAPL 

NOG: does not increase its dividend; fifth quarter at 45 cents / share. NOG says they plan to keep the dividend at 45 cents for the entire calendar year, 2026. 

FSLR: on a huge day for the market, FSLR was down $28 after the close today; down almost 12%; 

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Back to the Bakken 

WTI: $65.63.

Active rigs: 24.

One new permit: 

  • 42729, loc, Phoenix Operating, DC Gunner 6-7-18-19 3H, lot 3, section 6-158-101, Little Muddy, to be sited 375 FNL and 981 FWL.

Ramblings -- February 24, 2026

Locator: 50047MSFT.

MSFT: this is all I need(ed) to know about the average Microsoft user. LOL. No offense intended ... but if the shoe fits ...

Link here. 

And doesn't even mention "Copilot." 

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Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping

From what little I know, the Guthrie family has completely mismanaged this whole episode. 

Example: bait and switch. 

The headline: the Guthrie family offers a $1 million reward for information that leads to getting their mom back.

In fact, according to Forbes, this is what the family said:  

More than three weeks after Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in Arizona, the TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie said on social media Tuesday [February 25, 2026] that her family is prepared to pay a reward of “up to $1 million” for information that leads to her mother’s recovery. The masked individual who kidnapped her was caught on camera but remains unidentified, and Guthrie said in an Instagram video that “we still believe she can come home.”

Wow, talk about legalese:

  • "prepared to pay"; and, 
  • "of up to $1 million."

Leaves a lot of room for lawyers to get involved.  

LDC Headline Story Of The Year -- Texas Is About Ready To Pass Virginia In LDC Buildout -- February 24, 2026

Locator: 50046LDCS.
Locator: 50046TEXAS.

Link here. 

The bigger story: how far California is falling behind. California should have the entire market: 

  • west coast: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, northwestern Mexico
  • far west: Idaho, Utah, Arizona
  • central west: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado

See LDC map here. 

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Bretton Woods

Link here. 

Cramer's Ten Minutes -- February 24, 2026

Locator: 50045CRAMER.

Leads off with interview with AMD CEO -- Lisa Su -- after huge announcement with META. Ticker surges 15% or thereabouts.  

AAPL: holy mackerel -- AAPL surges -- up 2.4% at the open; up $6.42 at the open; trading at $272.60. Nathan won't be mentioning this on "Fast Money" later today. [Later, up 7.64; up 2.9%; bac of $4 trillion market cap.]

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CAT


 

 

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Jargon

Investing: I was just lucky to catch this segment today, link here.  

HALO: 

LDC -- Map -- Update -- Note: California, Ohio, Texas -- February 24, 2026

Locator: 50044LDCS.

Link here. 

LDCs:

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April 23, 2026
 

April 23, 2026: currently the US has 4,221 large data centers.

  • Virginia: 570 --> 600
  • Texas: 406 --> 439
  • Illinois: 210 --> 229
  • Georgia: 207 --> 212
  • Ohio: 195 --> 202
  • California: 288 --> 287
  • New York: 134 --> 132
  • North Dakota: 23
  • South Dakota: 10

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February 24, 2026

February 24, 2026: currently the US has 4,028 large data centers.

  • Virginia: 570
  • Texas: 406, up from
  • Illinois: 210
  • Georgia: 207
  • Ohio: 195
  • California: 288
  • New York: 134

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February 17, 2028 

  • February 17, 2026: currently the US has 4,010 large data centers.

  • Data Center Map, link here, April 16, 2025: the map is interactive and one of the most accessible sources of information regarding LDCs. One year ago, April 16, 2025: