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c8alpha Idea Scout — Week of 2026-10-11

542 episodes · 354 hours listened · 171 ideas extracted this week · 2026-W41 · window: last 14 days · 11 consensus · 4 splits · 24 single-manager ideas

Research only. Aggregates public statements from canonical investors (podcasts, interviews, 13F filings). Not a trading signal, not a recommendation.

Three managers — Nancy Tengler ●, Aadil Zaman, and Kenneth M Leon — each independently took a long position in Goldman Sachs (GS · reports Tue Oct 13 (pre-open)) within ten days, with the convergence arriving the same week Goldman crossed the three-voice consensus threshold for the first time in this cycle. Morgan Stanley (MS · reports Wed Oct 14 (pre-open)) cleared the same bar in the same window, Tengler and Leon appearing in both lists — the only moment this cycle where two major banks have simultaneously reached the three-manager mark.

Brent Johnson ●, Cathie Wood, Jayati Bharadwaj, and Patrick Ceresna ● each staked independent bullish dollar views in separate appearances, pushing the greenback to a new four-voice consensus that did not exist last week. Big Tech crossed into genuine split territory for the first time, four managers constructive against three bearish, with Jeremy Grantham and David Kelly pushing back against what Raoul Pal ● and Stuart Kaiser are building.

Names link to what each person has said on the record. Bullish and bearish are stated views; a name with ● also said they hold the position this week. Counts below show both.

Convergence

Independent managers landing on the same stock, same side, within ten days of each other. Names they said themselves — not a sector or an index we mapped them to. The facts, and what followed setups like it; what you do with that is yours.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long MU · Micron Technology · next report Dec 15
Jay Woods (Tom Lee), Hendi Susanto (Bloomberg The Close), Erica Brescia (Bloomberg The Close)
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long MS · Morgan Stanley · reports Wed Oct 14 (pre-open)
Bill (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest), Kenneth M Leon (Bloomberg The Close)
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long GS · Goldman Sachs Group · reports Tue Oct 13 (pre-open)
Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest), Aadil Zaman (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Kenneth M Leon (Bloomberg The Close)
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went long MDB · MongoDB · next report Nov 30
Dev Ittycheria (Bloomberg The Close), Tyler Radke (Fox Making Money (playlist))
The last 237 second-voice setups: 51% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.0%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went long NKE · Nike · next report Dec 16
David Swartz (Bloomberg The Close), Joe Favorito (Bloomberg The Close)
The last 237 second-voice setups: 51% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.0%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went long V · VISA · reports Tue Oct 27 (after close)
Steve Eisman (Michael Burry), John Armitage (In Good Company)
The last 237 second-voice setups: 51% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.0%.

What changed

Agreement among the voices over the last 14 days, against last week’s edition. A consensus is at least 3 voices on one side with no more than one against; a split is at least 3 on each side. crowded 90d: the 90-day map was already near-unanimous, so new voices are joining a crowd rather than starting one.

NEW GS · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d · reports Tue Oct 13 (pre-open) — Aadil Zaman (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Kenneth M Leon (Bloomberg The Close), Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest)
NEW USD (UUP) · bullish · voices 4 — Brent Johnson (Macro Voices), Cathie Wood (Bill Ackman), Jayati Bharadwaj (Bloomberg Surveillance) +1
BROKEN AAPL · was bullish, 3 voices; now 0 bullish · 0 bearish — voices aged out of the window, nobody turned · crowded 90d · reports Mon Nov 2 (after close) — Josh Brown (Ritholtz) (CNBC Halftime Committee), Mohnish Pabrai (Mohnish Pabrai), Scott Galloway (Prof G Pod (Galloway))
BROKEN BITCOIN (BTC-USD) · was bullish, 3 voices; lost its majority: now 0 bullish · 2 bearish — James Safert (Bloomberg Open Interest), Luke Gromen (Luke Gromen), Raoul Pal (Raoul Pal)
BROKEN OIL (USO) · was bullish, 3 voices; lost its majority: now 1 bullish · 1 bearish · crowded 90d — Guy Adami (RiskReversal) (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Michael Every (Macro Voices), Peter Tchir (Bloomberg Surveillance)
SPLIT BIG_TECH (QQQ) · 4 bullish vs 3 bearish — Alicia Levine (Bloomberg Surveillance), Jack Manley (Bloomberg Surveillance) vs David Kelly (Fox Claman Countdown) +4
HARDENED GOLD (GLD) · bullish · voices 11, +7 new · crowded 90d — Carley Garner (Bloomberg Open Interest), David Rosenberg (Macro Voices), Jean Marie Eveillard (MOI Global) +4
HARDENED NVDA · bullish · voices 4, +3 new · next report Nov 17 — John Armitage (In Good Company), Kyle Reidhead (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest)
HARDENED ENERGY (XLE) · bullish · voices 6, +2 new · crowded 90d — Olivia Wassenaar (Bloomberg Surveillance), Rupert Mitchell (Wealthion)
HARDENED MU · bullish · voices 6, +2 new · next report Dec 15 — Barbara Doran (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest)
HARDENED SEMIS (SMH) · bullish · voices 3, +2 new · crowded 90d — Lyn Alden (Lyn Alden), Max Kettner (Bloomberg Surveillance)
HARDENED INDUSTRIALS (XLI) · bullish · voices 4, +1 new · crowded 90d — Omar Aguilar (The Big Picture (Ritholtz))
HARDENED HEALTHCARE (XLV) · bullish · voices 3, +1 new · crowded 90d — Stuart Kaiser (Bloomberg Open Interest)
HARDENED META · bullish · voices 3, +1 new · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close) — Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest)
HARDENED SMALL_CAPS (IWM) · bearish · voices 3 (1 dissenter), +1 new — Jack Manley (Bloomberg Surveillance)

Also still split: LONG_DUR_TREASURIES, SPX, USTS.

Every name above has a receipt — the interview, the date, the quote. Those ride in The Prime, the members’ daily edition.

Themes this week

The desk’s themes over the last 14 days: where the stated views sit (one per person), what changed since last week, and the single names that drew views — with their next report. Views, not positions.

AI & data centers BULLISH 19 bullish · 2 bearish · split 90d (92–28) — 8 new voices (7 bullish, 1 bearish)
Names: MU · next report Dec 15, NVDA · next report Nov 17, META · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close), MSFT · reports Wed Oct 28, ORCL · next report Dec 8, AMD · reports Tue Nov 3 (after close), AMZN · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close), ASML · reports Wed Oct 14, +1 more  ·  Voices: John Armitage (In Good Company), Bob Iaccino (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Kyle Reidhead (Fox Making Money (playlist)) +18 more
Energy (oil & gas) BULLISH 7 bullish · 1 bearish · crowded bullish 90d (44–3) — 4 new voices (3 bullish, 1 bearish)
Voices: Olivia Wassenaar (Bloomberg Surveillance), Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture (Ritholtz)), Carley Garner (Bloomberg Open Interest) +5 more
Power & the grid BULLISH 5 bullish · 0 bearish · crowded bullish 90d (13–1) — 2 new voices (2 bullish)
Names: CEG · reports Wed Nov 4, GEV · reports Wed Oct 28  ·  Voices: Alessio De Longis (Bloomberg The Close), Aadil Zaman (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Nadia Lovell (Fox Making Money (playlist)) +2 more
Nuclear & uranium BULLISH 2 bullish · 0 bearish · crowded bullish 90d (8–0) — 1 new voice (1 bullish)
Names: CEG · reports Wed Nov 4, GEV · reports Wed Oct 28  ·  Voices: Aadil Zaman (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Steve Eisman (Michael Burry)

Quiet (no stated views in the window): Robotics & autonomy (split 90d (6–3)), Defense & drones (crowded bullish 90d (6–0)), Space (even 90d (1–1)).

The full 90-day standing map is below.

One Manager, One Idea

A single manager arguing for a single stock — not a crowd, and not part of any convergence above. The most specific pitches of the week, each with the reason they gave.

StockWhoTheir case
TPB Long
Turning Point Brands
George Baxter
no record yet (Yet Another Value Podcast)
TPB is positioned as the durable third player in the rapidly growing (~22% annually) $6.5B nicotine pouch market via its FRE and ALP brands (now 48% of revenue), with a near-term step-change in unit e
BKTI LongChris Colvin
no record yet (Sunday's Idea Brunch)
New CEO transformed BK Technologies from a no-growth business into a high-growth one with 20% EBITDA margins via the BKR 9000 handheld LMR; the upcoming BKR 9500 in-vehicle launch provides a second gr
MSGS Long
Madison Square Garden Sports
Jonathan Boyar
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast)
MSG Sports' $10B enterprise value lets you buy the Knicks and Rangers combined at a deep discount to recent comparable sales — Lakers forced sale at $12B, Islanders minority stake implying $3B+ for a
GLEN LongRupert Mitchell
no record yet (Wealthion)
Glencore delivers copper structural demand exposure at reasonable valuation versus pure-play copper peers, while the seaborn coal business provides durable free cash flow and the commodities trading d
KSPI Long
Joint Stock
Evan Vanderveer
no record yet (The Business Brew)
Kaspi is a Kazakhstan super app with 65% e-commerce market share, a payments/BNPL flywheel that bypasses Visa/Mastercard rails, ~25% founder ownership, and a mispriced expansion into Turkey's Hepsibur
PRG Long
PROG Holdings
Chris Colvin
no record yet (Sunday's Idea Brunch)
PROG Holdings trades at ~7x FY26 UFCF despite an unappreciated transformation: Progressive Leasing is returning to growth while subsidiary Four Technologies (BNPL) is growing ~100% y/y at 20% EBITDA m
HHH Long
Howard Hughes
Pershing Square / Ackman (13F)
90d -1.7% · 44% hit · n=18 (Bill Ackman)
Howard Hughes is mispriced as a real-estate company while Pershing is actively converting it into a Berkshire-style insurance compounder, deploying real-estate cash flows into a capital-light high-ROE
NKE Long
Nike
David Swartz
no record yet (Bloomberg The Close)
Nike is excessively punished at a 25-year price low; the multi-year inventory and product-innovation problems are known and ongoing, not new, and Elliot Hill's turnaround path via product leadership a
HUT Long
Hut 8
Eric Jackson
no record yet (Fox Making Money (playlist))
HUT8 is a misunderstood neo-cloud name focused on land permitting and sustainable data center development rather than chip buying, with a 650-acre Louisiana site that alone could generate $15B from $1
SPCX Long
Space Exploration Technologies
Kyle Reidhead
no record yet (Fox Making Money (playlist))
SpaceX compute division selling capacity at $60M/megawatt vs prior $26M average implies ~$450M+ annual revenue at 7-10 gigawatts online by end of 2027, with Starship daily launches as additional upsid
BATRK LongJonathan Boyar
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast)
Atlanta Braves Holdings trades at ~$50 but applying the same valuation metrics as the recent Angels sale implies an $88 fair value, and rational capital allocator John Malone or his heirs will eventua
PSH LongPershing Square / Ackman (13F)
90d -1.7% · 44% hit · n=18 (Bill Ackman)
Pershing Square Holdings trades at a 33% discount to NAV which itself holds a portfolio of stocks each trading at a discount, creating a double-discount compounded by low-cost 20% leverage
MC Short
MOELIS & COMPANY
Kevin Mahn (Hennion & Walsh)
90d -1.2% · 56% hit · n=9 (Yet Another Value Podcast)
LVMH's 75% profit concentration in fashion/leather and Louis Vuitton's dominance within that creates high cyclicality via aspirational-buyer exposure; seven consecutive quarters of negative organic gr
SNPS Long
Synopsys
Sassine Ghazi
no record yet (Fox Claman Countdown (playlist))
Synopsys occupies a mandatory, non-displaceable role in AI chip design — every hyperscaler and frontier model company (Amazon, OpenAI, Google) must use its EDA software to design and verify custom sil
MDB Long
MongoDB
Dev Ittycheria
no record yet (Bloomberg The Close)
Agentic AI workloads structurally require fresh live data from operational data stores and elastic platforms that handle highly burstable, unpredictable traffic — MongoDB's core competency — making it
MKL Long
Markel Group
Jonathan Boyar
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast)
Markel trades at only 1.2x book with a new underwriting head driving improving combined ratios, Janna Partners activist pressure will force more aggressive buybacks, and the company is not family-cont
EVO LongEvan Vanderveer
no record yet (The Business Brew)
Evolution Gaming trades at ~10x earnings despite ~70% EBITDA margins and a near-monopoly on live casino infrastructure; Asian gray-market disruption is stabilizing, a 17% buyback was just announced, a
CEG Long
Constellation Energy
Aadil Zaman
no record yet (Fox Making Money (playlist))
Constellation Energy is the largest nuclear operator and has signed power-supply deals with Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon — making it a direct beneficiary of AI data-center electricity demand — yet
C Short
Citigroup
Kenneth M Leon
no record yet (Bloomberg The Close)
Citigroup was downgraded to hold because a higher share of revenue comes from outside the US, exposing it to divergent international economic outlooks, and the restructuring narrative is at risk of un
QSR Long
Restaurant Brands International
Jonathan Boyar
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast)
Burger King North America is now same-store-sales positive after years of being the problem child under Patrick Doyle's proven turnaround playbook, the stock is cheap with a 3-3.5% yield, and refranch
UBER Long
Uber Technologies
Jonathan Boyar
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast)
Uber trades at a below-market multiple despite 20-30% annual growth and ~$10B of projected free cash flow, because autonomous vehicle disruption fears are overblown — peak-hour demand economics and re
BLK Long
Blackrock
Alex Blostein
no record yet (Bloomberg The Close)
BlackRock is expected to post another record AUM quarter with high single-digit organic fee growth driven by momentum in alternatives, active ETFs, and private credit/infrastructure, making it one of
BKNG Long
Booking
Jonathan Boyar
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast)
Booking's competitive moat in boutique/small hotel inventory is not replicable by AI agents like Muse, which cannot handle cancellations, EU regulations, or hotel relationships, making the AI-driven s
MS Long
Morgan Stanley
Kenneth M Leon
no record yet (Bloomberg The Close)
Morgan Stanley is a cleaner story than peers because its large wealth and asset-management franchise generates durable, equity-market-correlated fee income that is clearly rewarded by equity-market va

The Standing Map — 90 Days

The weekly view shows what changed; this shows where the crowd stands. Every speaker's most recent statement in the last 90 days, one stance per person. The fault lines here run deeper than any single week.

Contested — the crowd is split

ThemeSplitLeansBullishBearish
SPX36–31
positioned 1–3
BULLISHAlessio De Longis, Michael Batnick, Nadia Lovell, Tom Lee (Fundstrat) +32Bridgewater Associates (13F), Rupert Mitchell, Andy Constan, Patrick Ceresna (Macro Voices) +27
USTS33–31
positioned 2–1
BULLISHTom Lee (Fundstrat), David Kelly, Jack Manley, Jeremy Grantham +29Shulie Ren, Bridgewater Associates (13F), Russell Napier, Ed Al Hussainy +27
LONG_DUR_TREASURIES21–41
positioned 3–0
BEARISHDavid Kelly, Andy Constan, Priya Misra, Julian Emanuel +17Chris Whalen, Alicia Levine, Bridgewater Associates (13F), Barry Ritholtz +37
BIG_TECH11–14
positioned 0–1
BEARISHAlicia Levine, Jack Manley, Raoul Pal, Stuart Kaiser +7Omar Aguilar, David Kelly, Jeremy Grantham, Aswath Damodaran +10
USD10–13
positioned 0–1
BEARISHPatrick Ceresna (Macro Voices), Brent Johnson, Jayati Bharadwaj, Cathie Wood +6Raoul Pal, Stefan Hoops, Jeffrey Gundlach, David Rosenberg +9
NVDA25–8
positioned 3–0
BULLISHJohn Armitage, Nancy Tengler, Kyle Reidhead, Steve Eisman +21Jim Chanos, Aswath Damodaran, Chris Whalen, Ed Zitron +4

Crowded — Near-Unanimous Over 90 Days

Where the crowd already stands, measured over the full 90 days — not this week’s news. A theme tagged + new this week is still drawing fresh voices; the untagged ones have been settled for a while and added nobody in the last 14 days.

GOLD BULLISH (54 for, 15 positioned, 3 against) + new this week · ENERGY BULLISH (33 for, 3 positioned, 0 against) + new this week · OIL BULLISH (15 for, 1 positioned, 3 against) · INDUSTRIALS BULLISH (14 for, 1 positioned, 1 against) + new this week · SILVER BULLISH (14 for, 2 positioned, 0 against) · AAPL BULLISH (10 for, 1 positioned, 2 against) · NFLX BULLISH (11 for, 1 positioned, 0 against) · GOOGL BULLISH (9 for, 1 positioned, 2 against)

Changed their mind

The hardest signal to fake: a public reversal. Direction changes that landed in the last 90 days, with how long the prior view stood.

SpeakerThemeWasNowHeld prior view
Raoul PalUSDBULLISH (2022-05-02)BEARISH (2026-09-25)3,674d
David RosenbergLONG_DUR_TREASURIESBULLISH (2026-06-19)BEARISH (2026-08-21)3,349d
Harley BassmanMORTGAGE_REITSBULLISH (2020-07-04)BEARISH (2026-09-17)2,266d
Harley BassmanUSTSBEARISH (2021-05-28)BULLISH (2026-09-17)1,938d
Ray DalioBITCOINBULLISH (2025-01-28)BEARISH (2026-07-30)1,733d
Bridgewater Associates (13F)USTSBULLISH (2022-10-12)BEARISH (2026-10-06)1,455d
Joe Terranova (Virtus)SPXBEARISH (2023-08-10)BULLISH (2026-09-22)1,139d
Lacy HuntLONG_DUR_TREASURIESBULLISH (2026-04-13)BEARISH (2026-07-28)1,040d

Structured & Paired Trades — one voice each

Multi-leg views — pairs, hedges, spreads, baskets — each from ONE speaker. A relationship or hedged trade rather than a naked direction, so these are tracked separately from the consensus tallies above. Research only.

SpeakerTypeStructureHorizonThesis
Chris WhalenBASKETLONG ENERGY (XLE) / LONG ENERGY (XLE) / LONG WMBmulti-yearMiddle East war damage to Persian Gulf refining capacity will take years to repair regardless of a ceasefire, sustaining energy demand and prices while progressive clean-energy mandates face political (Julia La Roche Show)
Ben CarlsonHEDGELONG INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT (LQD) / LONG US LARGE-CAP EQUITIESmulti-yearBonds at current ~5% yields finally offer competitive standalone returns AND crash-hedge value, but holding 100% bonds exposes investors to inflation erosion — a 20% stock allocation hedges that infla (A Wealth of Common Sense (Ben Carlson))
Brent JohnsonPAIRLONG USD (UUP) / SHORT UNKNOWNmonthsLong USD / short CAD is an attractive carry-plus-appreciation trade because rising US rates relative to Canada mean you earn an extra yield spread while also capturing CAD depreciation as global capit (Macro Voices)
Bridgewater Associates (13F)PAIRSHORT AI_INFRA / LONG COMPANIES USING AI TO TRANSFORM BUSINESS MODELS VIA REVENUE OR COST IMPROVEMENTmulti-yearReturns are rotating away from AI hyperscalers—now capital-constrained and shifting to debt financing—toward overlooked companies using AI to drive revenue growth or cost transformation (Ray Dalio)
Bridgewater Associates (13F)PAIRSHORT AI_INFRA / LONG COMPANIES USING AI TO TRANSFORM BUSINESS MODELS (REVENUE GROWTH OR COST REDUCTION)multi-yearAI hyperscalers are hitting financing limits and must shift from equity to debt capital, while companies adopting AI to transform revenues or cut costs have been largely overlooked and represent the n (Ray Dalio)
Stephanie Link (Hightower)BASKETLONG ENERGY (XLE) / LONG BANKS (KBE) / LONG XLU / LONG MATERIALS SECTORmonthsEnergy, financials, utilities, and materials sectors were all sold indiscriminately down 7-8% in September alongside rate-sensitive names, creating broad-brush value as the market broadens beyond mega (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade)
Nancy TenglerBASKETLONG LLY / LONG JNJ / LONG ABBVmulti-yearHealthcare names that underperformed in the recent tech-dominated rally will benefit from AI-driven drug discovery acceleration, offering high-quality entry points with durable earnings growth (Bloomberg Open Interest)
Rupert MitchellPAIRLONG RSP / SHORT BIG_TECH (QQQ)multi-yearEqual-weight S&P 500 offers better value than Nasdaq-100 because over half the S&P by market cap trades above 10x sales and the Nasdaq is an over-concentrated single bet on AI outcomes that hasn't pro (Wealthion)
Max KettnerPAIRLONG BANKS (KBE) / SHORT BANKS (KBE)monthsEuropean banks benefit structurally from near-zero percent deposit funding versus US banks where deposit competition from money markets is intensifying and bank CEOs are warning of surprisingly weak Q (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Max KettnerHEDGELONG US LARGE-CAP EQUITIES / SHORT USTS (IEF)monthsEarnings revisions are uniquely strong this cycle at 20%+ for US large caps since mid-May, justifying max overweight equities alongside max underweight bonds where yields face continued structural upw (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Russell NapierPAIRSHORT SPX (SPY) / LONG JAPAN_EQUITIES (EWJ)multi-yearThe structural shift away from China-suppressed discount rates destroys the valuation prop under S&P 500 mega-caps that benefited from the old system, while capital-investment companies enabling devel (Russell Napier)
Lyn AldenPAIRLONG LARGE-CAP BLUE-CHIP EQUITIES (LONG-DURATION LOCKED-IN DEBT) / SHORT SMALL/MID-CAP EQUITIES (SHORT-TERM ROLLING BANK DEBT, WEAKER BALANCE SHEETS)multi-yearLarge-cap blue-chips that have already locked in long-term cheap debt sit near the top of the capital stack and are relatively insulated from sustained high rates, while small and mid-cap companies de (Lyn Alden)

Track Record Scoreboard

Ranked by points, the same score as the investor board: each name an investor called scores +1 if it paid and −1 if it didn’t, plus 10 points per 100% of signed return (capped at ±50%), 90 days on; repeated calls on the same name count once.

InvestorScoreNamesBest calls
Jonathan Wellum57.329/40 greenCCO +67%, PAAS +66%, MAG +63%
Adam Johnson48.220/26 greenCLS +50%, SYM +44%, TSLA +39%
Bill Nygren38.924/34 greenWBD +55%, REGN +32%, MRK +32%
Rick Rule38.615/19 greenIA +95%, PAAS +49%, GOLD_MINERS +47%
Thomas Hayes36.913/16 greenBA +44%, DIS +44%, INTC +41%
Stanley Druckenmiller29.017/25 greenLNG +53%, BITCOIN +43%, NVDA +42%
Chris Vermeulen27.417/23 greenGOLD_MINERS +31%, NEM +28%, AEM +24%
Jim Lebenthal (Cerity)25.215/24 greenLNG +53%, RIG +44%, GOOGL +42%
Capital Flows24.57/9 greenMP +160%, PLTR +70%, BITCOIN +51%
Shay Boloor23.47/10 greenMU +53%, TSLA +48%, PLTR +34%
Nick Lawson22.55/5 greenUEC +82%, GCL +35%, CCJ +33%
Warren Buffett21.911/15 greenBYD +61%, GE +30%, BANKS +27%
Jared Dillian20.211/12 greenBITCOIN +31%, SPX +24%, COPPER +16%
Larry Mcdonald19.813/19 greenAR +47%, AEM +29%, GOLD_MINERS +28%
Paul Tudor Jones18.711/13 greenSILVER +65%, COMMODITIES_BROAD +13%, GOLD +13%

One line from the fact feed

From the daily brief, session 2026-10-09. The paid edition carries the full feed every market morning — this is one row of it.

Volume out of the ordinary
VZ ($41.81): options volume ran 5.48× its own norm, mixed (55% calls) — settled end-of-day data, read against the name's own history, never the market's.
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