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c8alpha Idea Scout — Week of 2026-10-18

355 episodes · 188 hours listened · 687 ideas extracted this week · 2026-W42 · window: last 14 days · 33 consensus · 7 splits · 24 single-manager ideas

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

Four managers—John Armitage ●, Cameron Dawson, Erin Gibbs, and Jim Cramer—took independent long positions in ASML Holding (ASML) within ten days of each other, the week's only four-voice name convergence and the strongest single-stock signal on the board. Banks crossed the consensus threshold for the first time this issue, with eleven voices now aligned on the sector — a position that held no standing in last week's memo — while artificial intelligence infrastructure opened its first genuine split, ten bulls against eight skeptics, even as twelve voices held firm on Nvidia (NVDA · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close)).

A separate three-voice alignment closed on Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), where CEO Joaquin Duato and CFO Joe Wolk were joined by analyst Jared Holz, a rare coincidence of two senior executives and an outside voice arriving at the same name inside the same observation window.

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 4th manager in 10 days went long ASML · ASML Holding NV · next report Jan 27
John Armitage (In Good Company), Cameron Dawson (Bloomberg Surveillance), Erin Gibbs (CNBC (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long MSFT · Microsoft · reports Wed Oct 28
Ed Elson (The Compound), Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg Open Interest), Bryn Talkington (Requisite) (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
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 · next report Jan 14
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
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%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long WFC · Wells Fargo & · next report Jan 14
Stephanie Link (Hightower) (Stephanie Link (newest)), Unknown Portfolio Manager Squawk Box Guest (CNBC (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long JNJ · Johnson & Johnson
Joaquin Duato (David Rubenstein (newest)), Joe Wolk (Fox Claman Countdown (playlist)), Jared Holz (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long BLK · Blackrock · next report Jan 13
Alex Blostein (Bloomberg The Close), Neil Sipes (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long TSM · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing · next report Jan 14
Sarah Kunz (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Sarah Kunst (Bloomberg Surveillance), Derek Yan (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long CRWV · CoreWeave · reports Wed Nov 11
Melvin Matthew (Fox Business (uncut)), Paul Meeks (CNBC (uncut)), Paul Neeks (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long AMZN · Amazon.Com · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close)
Bob Iaccino (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Michael Batnick (Josh Brown (newest)), Mark Mahaney (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long PLTR · Palantir Technologies · reports Mon Nov 2
Carter Worth (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Josh Brown (Ritholtz) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long CRWD · CrowdStrike Holdings · next report Nov 30
Robert Herjavec (Fox Varney & Co (playlist)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Malcolm Ethridge (Cic Wealth) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long WMT · Walmart · next report Nov 19
Steve Panelist Full Name Unknown (CNBC (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut)), Savita Subramanian (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long NOW · SERVICENOW · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close)
Stephen Chivarone (Fox Business (uncut)), Malcolm Ethridge (Cic Wealth) (CNBC (uncut)), Stephanie Link (Hightower) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

3 VOICES 3rd manager in 10 days went long AVGO · Broadcom · next report Dec 9
Melvin Matthew (Fox Business (uncut)), Melvin Mathew (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Stephanie Link (Hightower) (CNBC (uncut))
The last 81 setups like this: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went long DIS · Walt Disney · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close)
Tom Hayes (Fox Varney & Co), Bryn Talkington (Requisite) (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
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%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went long GEV · GE Vernova · reports Wed Oct 28
Steve Eisman (Michael Burry), Justin Huhn (Wealthion)
The last 237 second-voice setups: 51% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.0%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went long MELI · Mercado Libre · reports Wed Nov 4
Everything Money Host (Michael Burry), Evan Vanderveer (The Business Brew)
The last 237 second-voice setups: 51% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.0%.

SECOND VOICE 2nd manager in 10 days went short C · Citigroup · next report Jan 14
Kenneth M Leon (Bloomberg The Close), Josh Brown (Ritholtz) (Josh Brown (newest))
The last 237 second-voice setups: 51% moved the speakers' way over 20 sessions, median +0.0% in their favor.

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 AAPL · bullish · voices 6 · crowded 90d · reports Mon Nov 2 (after close) — B N Nguyen (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Dan Niles (CNBC (uncut)) +3
NEW AMZN · bullish · voices 4 · crowded 90d · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close) — Bob Iaccino (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Mark Mahaney (CNBC (uncut)), Michael Batnick (Josh Brown (newest)) +1
NEW ASML · bullish · voices 4 · crowded 90d · next report Jan 27 — Cameron Dawson (Bloomberg Surveillance), Erin Gibbs (CNBC (uncut)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)) +1
NEW AVGO · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d · next report Dec 9 — Melvin Mathew (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Melvin Matthew (Fox Business (uncut)), Stephanie Link (CNBC (uncut))
NEW BANKS (KBE) · bullish · voices 11 (1 dissenter) — Ayako Yoshioka (Bloomberg The Close), Barbara Doran (CNBC (newest, named investor)), Cheryl Pate (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +8
NEW BITCOIN (BTC-USD) · bullish · voices 7 (1 dissenter) — Cathie Wood (Cathie Wood), David Puell (ARK Invest), Jurrien Timmer (The Compound) +4
NEW BLK · bullish · voices 3 · next report Jan 13 — Alex Blostein (Bloomberg The Close), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Neil Sipes (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
NEW CHINA_EQUITIES (FXI) · bearish · voices 3 — Ed Yardeni (Ed Yardeni (newest)), Jean Marie Eveillard (MOI Global), Tim Craighead (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
NEW CRWD · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d · next report Nov 30 — Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Malcolm Ethridge (CNBC (uncut)), Robert Herjavec (Fox Varney & Co (playlist))
NEW CRWV · bullish · voices 8 (1 dissenter) · reports Wed Nov 11 — Brad Gershner (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Dave Mazza (Fox Making Money (playlist)) +5
NEW EM_EQUITIES (EEM) · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d — Annika Treon (CNBC (uncut)), Courtney Garcia (CNBC (uncut)), Maria Vassalou (Masters in Business)
NEW GOOGL · bullish · voices 7 · crowded 90d · reports Tue Oct 27 (after close) — B N Nguyen (CNBC (uncut)), Chris Davis (Chris Davis), Dan Niles (CNBC (uncut)) +4
NEW HOUSING (XHB) · bearish · voices 5 (1 dissenter) — Andrew Sarna (Wealthion), Bridgewater Associates (13F) (Ray Dalio), Omar Aguilar (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +2
NEW INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT (LQD) · bullish · voices 5 (1 dissenter) · crowded 90d — Ben Carlson (A Wealth of Common Sense (Ben Carlson)), Jeff Sherman (CNBC (uncut)), Jordan Chalfen (CNBC (uncut)) +2
NEW JAPAN_EQUITIES (EWJ) · bullish · voices 4 · crowded 90d — David Rosenberg (David Rosenberg), Jack Manley (Fox Claman Countdown (playlist)), Michael Howell (Michael Howell) +1
NEW JNJ · bullish · voices 4 — Jared Holz (CNBC (uncut)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Joaquin Duato (David Rubenstein (newest)) +1
NEW MS · bullish · voices 5 · crowded 90d · next report Jan 14 — Cheryl Pate (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Erika Najarian (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)) +2
NEW MSFT · bullish · voices 7 · reports Wed Oct 28 — Bryn Talkington (CNBC Halftime Final Trades), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Dan Niles (CNBC (uncut)) +4
NEW MUNIS (MUB) · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d — Craig Brandon (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Emily Roland (Bloomberg Surveillance), Rob Sechan (CNBC (uncut))
NEW NOW · bullish · voices 3 · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close) — Malcolm Ethridge (CNBC (uncut)), Stephanie Link (CNBC (uncut)), Stephen Chivarone (Fox Business (uncut))
NEW PLTR · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d · reports Mon Nov 2 — Carter Worth (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Josh Brown (CNBC (uncut))
NEW PRIVATE_CREDIT (ARCC) · bearish · voices 3 (1 dissenter) · reports Tue Oct 27 — Jeffrey Gundlach (Jeffrey Gundlach), Margi Patel (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Nick Nemeth (Julia La Roche Show)
NEW TSM · bullish · voices 4 · crowded 90d · next report Jan 14 — Derek Yan (CNBC (uncut)), Mehdi Hosseini (Bloomberg The Close), Sarah Kunst (Bloomberg Surveillance) +1
NEW VOL (VIXY) · bullish · voices 3 · crowded 90d — Amy Wu Silverman (Bloomberg The Close), Josh Brown (The Compound), Stuart Kaiser (Bloomberg Open Interest)
NEW WMT · bullish · voices 3 · next report Nov 19 — Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Michael Baker (CNBC (uncut)), Savita Subramanian (CNBC (uncut))
BROKEN MU · was bullish, 6 voices; lost its majority: now 8 bullish · 2 bearish · crowded 90d · next report Dec 15 — Angelo Zino (Bloomberg Surveillance), Barbara Doran (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Erica Brescia (Bloomberg The Close) +3
BROKEN SEMIS (SMH) · was bullish, 3 voices; lost its majority: now 10 bullish · 2 bearish — Lyn Alden (Lyn Alden), Max Kettner (Bloomberg Surveillance), Sitara Sundar (Bloomberg Open Interest)
BROKEN SMALL_CAPS (IWM) · was bearish, 3 voices; now split 4–3 — Jack Manley (Bloomberg Surveillance), Kate Moore (Bloomberg Open Interest), Tracie Mcmillion (Bloomberg Surveillance)
SPLIT AI_INFRA not priced · 10 bullish vs 8 bearish — Anni Sen (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)) vs Bridgewater Associates (13F) (Ray Dalio) +15
SPLIT OIL (USO) · 8 bullish vs 5 bearish — Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture (Ritholtz)), Ellen Wald (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) vs Carley Garner (Bloomberg Open Interest) +10
SPLIT SMALL_CAPS (IWM) · 4 bullish vs 3 bearish — Jean Marie Eveillard (MOI Global), Kara Murphy (CNBC (uncut)) vs Amanda Agati (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +4
HARDENED ENERGY (XLE) · bullish · voices 16, +14 new · crowded 90d — Annika Treon (CNBC (uncut)), Cathie Wood (Cathie Wood), Chamath Palihapitiya (All-In Podcast) +11
HARDENED META · bullish · voices 12, +10 new · crowded 90d · reports Wed Oct 21 (after close) — Andrew Huberman (Invest Like the Best), Brent Thill (CNBC (uncut)), Chris Davis (Chris Davis) +7
HARDENED HEALTHCARE (XLV) · bullish · voices 11, +10 new · crowded 90d — Brian Vendig (CNBC (uncut)), Ed Yardeni (Ed Yardeni (newest)), Emily Roland (Bloomberg Surveillance) +7
HARDENED GOLD (GLD) · bullish · voices 15 (1 dissenter), +9 new · crowded 90d — Andrew Sarna (Wealthion), Jeanne Sun (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jurrien Timmer (The Compound) +6
HARDENED NVDA · bullish · voices 12 (1 dissenter), +9 new · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close) — Barbara Doran (CNBC (newest, named investor)), Brad Gerstner (Bg2 Pod), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)) +6
HARDENED INDUSTRIALS (XLI) · bullish · voices 4, +3 new · crowded 90d — Brian Vendig (CNBC (uncut)), Mike Wilson (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Steve Sosnick (CNBC (uncut))
HARDENED GS · bullish · voices 5, +2 new · crowded 90d — Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Mike Wilson (Bloomberg TV (uncut))

Also held, no new voices: USD; still split: BIG_TECH, LONG_DUR_TREASURIES, SPX, USTS.

not priced means there is no single listed instrument that honestly expresses the theme — the speakers and the direction are real, but we do not attach a return to it. A proxy is our choice of how to trade a theme; it is never something a speaker said.

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 58 bullish · 6 bearish +14 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (130–29) — 49 new voices (44 bullish, 5 bearish)
Names: NVDA · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close), META · reports Wed Oct 21 (after close), MU · next report Dec 15, CRWV · reports Wed Nov 11, GOOGL · reports Tue Oct 27 (after close), MSFT · reports Wed Oct 28, ASML · next report Jan 27, TSM · next report Jan 14, +10 more  ·  Voices: David Sacks (All-In Podcast), Jim Bianco (Jim Bianco (newest)), B N Nguyen (CNBC (uncut)) +61 more
Energy (oil & gas) BULLISH 24 bullish · 5 bearish +14 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (64–7) — 21 new voices (18 bullish, 3 bearish)
Names: SLB · reports Fri Oct 23 (pre-open), VLO · reports Thu Oct 22 (pre-open), AR · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close), EQT · reports Tue Oct 27 (after close), PSX · reports Wed Oct 28 (pre-open)  ·  Voices: Chamath Palihapitiya (All-In Podcast), Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion), Mary Ann Bartels (CNBC (uncut)) +26 more
Power & the grid BULLISH 10 bullish · 1 bearish · crowded bullish 90d (19–2) — 3 new voices (2 bullish, 1 bearish)
Names: GEV · reports Wed Oct 28, CEG · reports Mon Nov 9  ·  Voices: Michael Sanzaterra (CNBC (uncut)), Emily Ronan (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Keith Mccullough (Jim Bianco (newest)) +8 more
Nuclear & uranium BULLISH 4 bullish · 0 bearish · crowded bullish 90d (11–0) — 2 new voices (2 bullish)
Names: GEV · reports Wed Oct 28, BWXT · reports Mon Nov 2 (after close), CCJ · reports Fri Oct 30, CEG · reports Mon Nov 9  ·  Voices: Michael Sanzaterra (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (CNBC (uncut)), Aadil Zaman (Fox Making Money (playlist)) +1 more
Defense & drones BULLISH 3 bullish · 0 bearish +1 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (9–0) — 1 new voice (1 bullish)
Names: BWXT · reports Mon Nov 2 (after close)  ·  Voices: Momei Qu (Bloomberg Surveillance), Justin Huhn (Wealthion), Jenny Harrington (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
Robotics & autonomy BULLISH 2 bullish · 0 bearish +1 discussed · split 90d (7–3) — 2 new voices (2 bullish); now bullish (was bearish)
Names: ISRG · reports Tue Oct 20 (after close), TSLA · reports Wed Oct 21 (after close)  ·  Voices: Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion), Guy Adami (CNBC (uncut))
Space BULLISH 2 bullish · 0 bearish · leans bullish 90d (3–1) — 2 new voices (2 bullish); no views in last week’s window
Names: RKLB · reports Mon Nov 9  ·  Voices: Dave Mazza (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut))

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
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
NKE Long
Nike
Larry Mcdonald
90d +3.4% · 54% hit · n=28 (Julia La Roche Show)
Nike is triggering a seven-factor Category 5 capitulation signal — historically preceding 150%+ recoveries in Intel and Alibaba — while year-end tax-loss selling artificially deepens the dislocation;
WULF Long
TeraWulf
Paul Prager
no record yet (CNBC (uncut))
TeraWolf is a powered real estate co-location landlord with investment-grade credit backstops (Google at Lake Mariner, Kentucky Power in Hawesville), 20-year predictable revenue streams, and on-time o
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
RYSAS LongMohnish Pabrai
90d +1.5% · 50% hit · n=40 (Mohnish Pabrai)
Reysas, Turkey's largest warehouse operator with inflation-indexed leases and a near-zero debt balance sheet, has compounded 100x in seven years yet is still undervalued as management has grown the un
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
GEV Long
GE Vernova
Michael Sanzaterra
no record yet (CNBC (uncut))
GE Vernova has years of bookings visibility into secular power demand (data centers plus broad US infrastructure), low market expectations leave room to beat on margins and earnings, and the recent se
HHH Long
Howard Hughes
Pershing Square / Ackman (13F)
90d -2.3% · 41% hit · n=17 (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
PEP Short
PepsiCo
Lauren Lieberman
no record yet (Bloomberg The Close)
PepsiCo's US food business faces structural demand headwinds from changing consumer snacking habits while its beverage brand equity erodes — Dr. Pepper has surpassed brand Pepsi in US CSD share — limi
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
ORCL Long
Oracle
Jackson Nader
no record yet (CNBC (uncut))
Below $150, Oracle's stock is pricing either OCI (its fast-growing neocloud business on track to be half of revenue by FY2027) or its legacy software business at a steep discount, while longer-dated c
SBUX Long
Starbucks
Stephanie Link
90d +0.4% · 41% hit · n=22 (CNBC (uncut))
CEO Brian Nickel is driving a Chipotle-style turnaround with same-store sales turning from negative mid-single digits to +7.8% last quarter, while operating margins at 10.5% remain well below the 18%
DIS Long
Walt Disney
Bryn Talkington
90d +5.6% · 70% hit · n=10 (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
Disney trades at 14x earnings with a 6.1% FCF yield and 17% EPS growth this year; tangible theme park businesses are less AI-threatened than other entertainment, and consistent execution sets it apart
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
DAL Long
Delta Air Lines
Sheila Kahyaoglu
no record yet (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Delta's EPS cut is fully embedded in consensus while underlying demand metrics remain strong (main cabin +12%, premium +18%, loyalty +18%) and refinery ownership provides a ~$1B fuel cost buffer unava
BRK LongMohnish Pabrai
90d +1.5% · 50% hit · n=40 (Mohnish Pabrai)
Berkshire Hathaway, as a diversified collection of businesses with significant cash and no egregious valuation, is a superior alternative to both an overconcentrated KOSPI and an overvalued S&P 500 fo
UNH Long
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED (Delaware)
Stephanie Link
90d +0.4% · 41% hit · n=22 (CNBC (uncut))
UnitedHealth beat earnings by 16% with 21% revenue growth, led by a returning CEO who put $25M of his own capital in, and the stock remains well below its highs despite a 37% recovery leaving meaningf
NFLX Long
NetFlix
Kevin Simpson
90d -3.2% · 40% hit · n=5 (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
Content challenges are fully priced in at depressed valuations with low expectations, and a push into sports and live entertainment could be the turnaround catalyst; Goldman's target implies meaningfu
CLX Long
Clorox
Gareth Soloway
no record yet (Wealthion)
Clorox has hit major long-term technical support after an uncharacteristic drop from $109 to $79 and pays a dividend; if rates moderate, money should rotate out of AI stocks into beaten-down names lik
NKE Long
Nike
Larry Mcdonald
90d +3.4% · 54% hit · n=28 (Wealthion)
Category 5 capitulation signal with 360M shares traded in one week against a 1.1B share float, 75-80% off highs, $3B annual free cash flow, 2028 Olympics catalyst, trading 30% below 200-month moving a
D Long
Dominion Energy
Jenny Harrington
90d +5.7% · 59% hit · n=17 (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
Dominion Energy is down 15% from its high on a broad-brush bond-equivalent rate selloff that treated it like a fixed-income substitute, ignoring its earnings growth; bumped up the position this mornin
SLB Long
SLB
Stephanie Link
90d +0.4% · 41% hit · n=22 (CNBC (uncut))
SLB directly benefits from higher oil prices while its technology initiatives lower customer drilling costs, making it the preferred way to play oil services over a market-weight energy allocation
GPIQ Long
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF
Bryn Talkington
90d +5.6% · 70% hit · n=10 (CNBC Halftime Final Trades)
Goldman Sachs NASDAQ-100 covered-call ETF delivers 10.5%+ income while retaining Nasdaq upside participation, combining income and growth in a single instrument for portfolio yield enhancement

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
SPX46–40
positioned 1–3
BULLISHJim Bianco, Warren Pies, Rob Heyworth, Julian Emanuel +42Larry Mcdonald, Mohamed El-Erian, Drew Matus, John Colovis +36
USTS45–37
positioned 3–3
BULLISHMohamed El-Erian, Andres Skiba, B N Nguyen, Greg Fleming +41Quinn Thompson, Joe Lavorgna, Mark Newton, Joachim Klement +33
LONG_DUR_TREASURIES31–44
positioned 6–1
BEARISHJim Bianco, Larry Mcdonald, Guy Adami, Jon Hirtle +27Kate Moore, Jeff Sherman, Rob Sockin, Paul Tudor Jones +40
BIG_TECH12–14
positioned 0–1
BEARISHDave Mazza, Keith Lerner, Grace Lee, Ed Yardeni +8Richard Bernstein, Omar Aguilar, David Kelly, Jeremy Grantham +10
USD10–12
positioned 1–1
BEARISHPatrick Ceresna, Brent Johnson, Jayati Bharadwaj, Cathie Wood +6Jeffrey Gundlach, Raoul Pal, Stefan Hoops, David Rosenberg +8
NVDA30–8
positioned 3–0
BULLISHStephanie Link, Michael Sanzaterra, Brad Gerstner, Jensen Huang +26Larry Mcdonald, Jim Chanos, Aswath Damodaran, Chris Whalen +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 (57 for, 16 positioned, 4 against) + new this week · ENERGY BULLISH (46 for, 3 positioned, 0 against) + new this week · META BULLISH (21 for, 4 positioned, 3 against) + new this week · MU BULLISH (16 for, 4 against) · INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT BULLISH (16 for, 4 against) + new this week · INDUSTRIALS BULLISH (17 for, 1 positioned, 1 against) + new this week · GOOGL BULLISH (16 for, 2 positioned, 2 against) + new this week · HEALTHCARE BULLISH (17 for, 1 positioned, 0 against) + new this week

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)4,263d
David RosenbergLONG_DUR_TREASURIESBULLISH (2026-06-19)BEARISH (2026-08-21)3,349d
Terry SmithULVRBULLISH (2024-04-10)BEARISH (2026-07-27)2,670d
Keith McculloughGOLDBULLISH (2019-08-23)BEARISH (2026-10-14)2,609d
Harley BassmanMORTGAGE_REITSBULLISH (2023-09-14)BEARISH (2026-09-17)2,266d
Cathie WoodILMNBEARISH (2021-05-07)BULLISH (2026-09-16)2,033d
Harley BassmanUSTSBEARISH (2023-09-14)BULLISH (2026-09-17)1,938d
Patrick CeresnaUSDBULLISH (2026-07-23)BEARISH (2026-08-25)1,781d

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
Ben HorowitzBASKETLONG OPENAI PRE-IPO / IPO / LONG ANTHROPIC PRE-IPO / IPOmulti-yearOpenAI and Anthropic are a must-own basket because as general sellers of intelligence they are an existential competitive threat to virtually every existing equity holding across healthcare, SaaS, fin (All-In Podcast)
Colin McqueenPAIRLONG INTERNATIONAL_DEV (VXUS) / SHORT SPX (SPY)multi-yearInternational value equities offer a cheaper earnings stream with a materially narrowed growth gap versus the US, while S&P 500 concentration in a single industry (tech now 40% of index) has risen to (Excess Returns (feed))
Patrick CeresnaOTHERLONG GOOGL calls / LONG GOOGL putsmonthsGoogle has coiled in a 4-month horizontal triangle with unusually low implied volatility, setting up a $100-$150 directional break — cheap options favor a ratio straddle biased to the downside given b (The Market Huddle)
Kevin MuirPAIRLONG SMALL_CAPS (IWM) / SHORT BIG_TECH (QQQ)weeksCOT positioning at decade extremes — Nasdaq large specs at 100th percentile on 1/3/5-year lookbacks while Russell 2000 gross shorts hit a 10-year high — creates a mean-reversion pair trade favoring sm (The Market Huddle)
Lance RobertsPAIRSHORT BIG_TECH (QQQ) / LONG HEALTHCARE (XLV)weeksAI/tech repricing and a value rotation are actively underway; semiconductors and mega-cap tech face earnings-multiple compression while financials and healthcare are outperforming on the rotation (Thoughtful Money (Adam Taggart))
Quinn ThompsonPAIRLONG USTS (IEF) / SHORT AI_INFRAmonthsAI infrastructure companies like CoreWeave and CoreScientific are too small relative to hyperscaler balance sheets to be allowed to fail, making their bonds money good on a backstop, but equity holder (Forward Guidance)
Larry McdonaldHEDGELONG NKE / SHORT SPX (SPY)monthsS&P 500 AI concentration creates a year-end opportunity to buy beaten-down Hall of Fame brands (down 35-80%) during tax-loss selling while hedging through the overpriced cap-weighted index, targeting (Wealthion)
Larry McdonaldHEDGELONG USTS (IEF) / SHORT AAPL putsmulti-yearApple bonds at 47 cents and 2-year equity puts create a seesaw where the only scenario the bonds lose value (rates rise further) is also the scenario the equity puts win, providing asymmetric protecti (Wealthion)
Malcolm EthridgeBASKETLONG NVDA / LONG AMD / LONG ASML / LONG TSMmonthsCapital flows and purchase orders concentrate in the four supply-chain-critical semiconductor names where commitments are last to be cancelled even if AI spending comes under pressure, making them the (CNBC (uncut))
Malcolm EthridgeBASKETLONG GS / LONG MS / LONG BANKS (KBE)multi-yearDiversified Wall Street banks deploying AI across hundreds of internal projects will generate compounding efficiency gains and margin improvement over five years that the market is missing by fixating (CNBC (uncut))
Michael SanzaterraBASKETLONG GOOGL / LONG MSFT / LONG AMZN / LONG METAmulti-yearThe big-four hyperscalers (Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta) control the dominant balance sheets, installed base, and CapEx firepower for AI infrastructure, positioning them to capture the lion's sha (CNBC (uncut))
Tom LeeBASKETLONG SMH / LONG MU / LONG NEO-CLOUD STOCKS (COREWEAVE, NEBIUS) / LONG CRYPTO_OTHERweeksAI demand fundamentals remain intact while semis, memory, neo-clouds, tech, and crypto have all pulled back to technical support levels, making fear-driven selling a buying opportunity rather than a s (CNBC (uncut))

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
Bill Nygren58.229/36 greenWBD +55%, ACN +50%, REGN +32%
Jonathan Wellum50.027/40 greenGROY +76%, CCO +67%, PAAS +66%
Tom Hayes44.316/20 greenBA +44%, SCHW +44%, DIS +44%
Adam Johnson41.119/25 greenCLS +50%, SYM +44%, TSLA +39%
Rick Rule29.013/19 greenIA +95%, PAAS +49%, GOLD_MINERS +47%
Stanley Druckenmiller27.115/19 greenNVDA +55%, BANKS +43%, BITCOIN +43%
Warren Buffett26.712/15 greenPARA +42%, BYD +32%, GE +30%
Nick Lawson22.55/5 greenUEC +82%, GCL +35%, CCJ +33%
Whitney Tilson21.911/16 greenCHS +60%, SPX +33%, TSLA +25%
Shay Boloor20.27/11 greenMU +53%, TSLA +48%, PLTR +34%
Josh Brown18.328/48 greenRKT +41%, BITCOIN +38%, PANW +37%
Jim Lebenthal18.213/24 greenLNG +53%, GOOGL +42%, RIG +25%
Chris Bloomstran18.110/20 greenHOOD +51%, ARKK +43%, SHOP +40%
Carl Icahn18.19/11 greenAAPL +25%, CLDR +24%, GME +21%
Michael Batnick17.919/29 greenMSFT +33%, IMAX +28%, NVDA +25%

One line from the fact feed

From the daily brief, session 2026-10-15. The paid edition carries the full feed every market morning — this is one row of it.

Someone is making a very specific bet
UNG ($11.09): options volume piled into one out-of-the-money strike and date — Dec 18 $15C, 35% above the stock: 5,005 contracts ≈ $0.15M. Cheap-convexity shape — the footprint that sometimes precedes announcements. Not a buy or short signal; a "something may be brewing" notice, rare by design.
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