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Idea Scout — Week of 2026-10-25

950 episodes · 336 hours listened · 1282 ideas extracted this week · 2026-W43 · window: last 14 days · 40 consensus · 23 splits · 24 single-manager ideas

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

CoreWeave (CRWV · reports Mon Nov 16) drew the sharpest single-name debate of the past two weeks — twenty voices bullish and sixteen skeptical, at roughly eleven times the stock's typical share of the conversation — with Brad Gerstner, Paul Meeks, and Dave Mazza among those arguing the bull case ahead of November 16 earnings. The banks consensus that reached eleven voices in last week's memo is now a genuine split, with opinion hardening on both sides across the fortnight.

On Treasuries, the 10-year yield's fourteen-session fall from 5.31% to 4.96% produced clean scorecards: Andy Constan, David Rosenberg ●, and Nimrit Kang were all positioned for the rally and right, while Steve Chiavarone, who had targeted 5.5%, and Jesse Felder, who argued for 7%, called it wrong. Bitcoin, which carried uncontested bullish alignment last week, opened its first genuine split this window as skeptical voices multiplied to match the bulls.

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.

Moving fast — the biggest moves, either way, among the 146 calls in our last 4 editions (the median one is -2.7% for the caller).
Right — Dan Nathan was bearish on Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) on Sep 24; it is down 22% since, SPY -1%.
Right — Guy Adami was bearish on Meta Platforms (META) on Sep 24; it is down 17% since, SPY -1%.
Wrong — Eric Jackson was bullish on Hut 8 (HUT) on Oct 9; it is down 27% since, SPY -2%.
Wrong — Justin Huhn was bullish on GE Vernova (GEV) on Oct 7; it is down 18% since, SPY -2%.

Convergence

Several voices landing on the same stock within ten days — names they said themselves, not a sector we mapped them to. Stated views, not positions. Counts cover the last 14 days. The tag compares that attention with the name’s own history — 11× usual, new, or usual level — and the list is ordered by it, so a company that is always discussed sits below one nobody talked about a month ago. The last 81 three-voice setups: 65% higher 20 sessions later, median +0.7%.

11× USUAL 20 bullish, 16 bearish on CRWV · CoreWeave · reports Mon Nov 16
Melvin Mathew (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Dave Mazza (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Brad Gerstner (CNBC (uncut)), Paul Meeks (CNBC (uncut)), Robert Shiffman (Bloomberg TV (uncut))

8× USUAL 4 bullish, 2 bearish on C · Citigroup · reported Tue Oct 13 (12 days ago)
Erika Najarian (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (Seymour Asset Mgmt) (CNBC (uncut))

5× USUAL 5 bullish, 1 bearish on IBM · International Business Machines · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago)
Chris Vergotti (CNBC (uncut)), Wamsi Mohan (CNBC (uncut)), Guy Adami (Riskreversal) (CNBC (uncut)), Jeff Kilburg (CNBC (uncut))

NEW 4 bullish, 1 bearish on GM · General Motors · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago)
John Mcneil (CNBC (uncut)), Chris Grisanti (CNBC (uncut)), Joe Kernen (CNBC (uncut))

4× USUAL 3 bullish on LLY · Eli Lilly · reports Thu Oct 29 (pre-open)
Jared Holz (CNBC (uncut)), Todd Gordon (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (Seymour Asset Mgmt) (CNBC (uncut))

NEW 4 bullish on DELL · Dell Technologies · reports Mon Nov 23
Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut)), Chris Verrone (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Karen Finerman (Metropolitan) (CNBC (uncut))

3× USUAL 44 bullish, 5 bearish on META · Meta Platforms · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago)
Martin Shkreli (All-In Podcast), Chris Davis (Excess Returns Clips), Mike Novogratz (Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin), Mark Mahaney (CNBC (uncut)), Rob Sechan (Newedge Wealth) (CNBC (uncut)), Victoria Green (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (Seymour Asset Mgmt) (CNBC (uncut)), Rich Greenfield (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Kelly Kowalski (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Chris Verrone (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut)), Anastasia Amoroso (CNBC (uncut)), Keith Fitz (Fox Business (uncut)), Ted Thatcher (Fox Business (uncut)), Jason Ware (Fox Business (uncut)), Brent Thill (CNBC (uncut)), Ronald Josey (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Bryn Talkington (Requisite) (CNBC (uncut)), Kyle Reidhead (Fox Business (uncut)), Jenny Harrington (Gilman Hill) (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Steve Weiss (Short Hills) (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Libby Leffler (Bloomberg The Close), Marta Norton (CNBC (uncut)), Yusef Scully (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Ives (CNBC (uncut)), Gene Munster (CNBC (uncut)), Nick Jones (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Michael Nathanson (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Laura Martin (CNBC (uncut)), Nancy Tengler (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Bill Ackman (CNBC (uncut)), Rob Seachin (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Greenhaus (CNBC (uncut)), Lou Basenese (Fox Business (uncut)), Barbara Doran (CNBC (uncut)), Adam Johnson (Fox Business (uncut)), Brad Erikson (CNBC (uncut)), Michael Morris (CNBC (uncut))

NEW 4 bullish on SLB · SLB · reported Fri Oct 23 (2 days ago)
Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion), Stephanie Link (Hightower) (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (Seymour Asset Mgmt) (CNBC (uncut)), George Noble (Monetary Matters)

2.3× USUAL 4 bullish on AMD · Advanced Micro Devices · reports Tue Nov 3 (after close)
Kyle Reidhead (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Steve Chiavarone (Fox Business (uncut)), Ann Berry (Bloomberg TV (uncut))

2.2× USUAL 4 bullish on CRWD · CrowdStrike Holdings
Robert Herjavec (Fox Varney & Co (playlist)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Malcolm Ethridge (Cic Wealth) (CNBC (uncut))

2.2× USUAL 4 bullish on NKE · Nike
Gareth Soloway (Wealthion), Larry Mcdonald (Julia La Roche Show), Jesse Felder (Thoughtful Money (Adam Taggart))

2.1× USUAL 14 bullish, 5 bearish on MU · Micron Technology
Carter Worth (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Cameron Dawson (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jesse Felder (Thoughtful Money (Adam Taggart))

2.0× USUAL 3 bullish on BABA · Alibaba Group Holding · reports Mon Nov 23
Karen Finerman (Metropolitan) (CNBC (uncut)), Tom Hayes (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes)), Josh Brown (Ritholtz) (CNBC (uncut))

2.0× USUAL 4 bullish on RSP · Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
Bryn Talkington (Requisite) (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion), Mark Newton (Fundstrat)

1.8× USUAL 3 bullish on BLK · Blackrock · reported Wed Oct 14 (11 days ago)
Alex Blostein (Bloomberg The Close), Neil Sipes (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jim Cramer (Cnbc) (CNBC (uncut))

1.8× USUAL 3 bullish on INTC · Intel · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close)
Charles Lemonides (Monetary Matters), Anni Sen (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Phil Bluntado (Fox Business (uncut))

1.8× USUAL 4 bullish, 3 bearish on ORCL · Oracle
Jackson Nader (CNBC (uncut)), Tyler Radke (Fox Business (uncut)), Gil Luria (CNBC (uncut))

1.8× USUAL 9 bullish, 5 bearish on NFLX · NetFlix · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago)
Josh Brown (Ritholtz) (CNBC (uncut)), Rob Sechan (Newedge Wealth) (CNBC (uncut)), Malcolm Ethridge (Cic Wealth) (CNBC (uncut)), Ann Berry (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Laura Martin (CNBC (uncut))

USUAL LEVEL 5 bullish on PLTR · Palantir Technologies · reports Mon Nov 2
Carter Worth (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Josh Brown (Ritholtz) (CNBC (uncut))

USUAL LEVEL 6 bullish on TSM · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing · reported Thu Oct 15 (10 days ago)
Sarah Kunst (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Mehdi Hosseini (Bloomberg The Close), Derek Yan (CNBC (uncut))

Macro

Who called the turn, each way, in the month up to it. ● = said they owned it, were buying, or were short.

Treasuries. The 10-year yield went from 5.31% on Oct 5 to 4.96% on Oct 22.

Right so far — said bonds would rally (33 voices, 3 positioned): Andy Constan ● (Excess Returns, Oct 4), David Rosenberg ● (Macro Voices, Oct 1), Nimrit Kang ● (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 15, at 5%), Jack Manley (Bloomberg Surveillance, Oct 5), David Kelly (Fox Claman Countdown, Oct 5), Tom Lee (Tom Lee, Oct 5, at 5%), Jim Lebenthal (CNBC Halftime Committee, Oct 2), Emmanuel Cau (Bloomberg ETF IQ, Oct 2), Jeremy Grantham (Jeremy Grantham, Oct 2), Bill (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade, Oct 1), Liz (CNBC Halftime Committee, Sep 30), Gabriela Santos (Bloomberg Open Interest, Sep 29, at 5%), Bob Michele (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 28, at 5.23%), Raoul Pal (Raoul Pal, Sep 25), Bob Doll (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 25), Kara Murphy (Bloomberg Open Interest, Sep 25), Katerina Simonetti (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 25), Lisa Shalett (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 24, at 5%), Ed Al-Hussainy (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 24), Vishal Khanduja (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 22, at 5%), Jonathan Wellum (Wealthion, Sep 21), Rob Sechan (CNBC Halftime Final Trades, Sep 18), Julian Emanuel (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 17), Henrik Zeberg (Wealthion, Sep 16), Rick Rieder (CNBC Halftime Committee, Sep 15, at 5%), Chris Harvey (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 14), Matt Hornbach (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 14, at 3%), Jim Paulsen (Excess Returns, Sep 13, at 4%), Justin Bergner (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade, Sep 11), Omar Aguilar (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 10), Michael Green (Wealthion, Sep 9), Larry Mcdonald (Julia La Roche Show, Sep 8), Jared Dillian (Excess Returns, Sep 8)

Wrong so far — said yields would keep rising (35 voices, 1 positioned): Steve Chiavarone ● (Bloomberg Surveillance, Oct 5, at 5.5%), Brent Johnson (Brent Johnson, Oct 4), Jesse Felder (Wealthion, Oct 2, at 7%), Quinn Thompson (Forward Guidance, Oct 2), Mark Thornton (Julia La Roche Show, Oct 1), George Blue Cloud Trading (CNBC Halftime Final Trades, Oct 1), Pershing Square / Ackman (13F) (Bill Ackman, Sep 30), Nancy Zimmerman (Capital Allocators, Sep 30), Tim Adams (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 29), Cem Karsan (Cem Karsan, Sep 29), Grant Williams (Grant Williams Podcast, Sep 28), Wall St Macro (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade, Sep 27), Luke Gromen (Luke Gromen, Sep 25), Peter Tchir (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 25), Olaolu Aganga (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 25), Inigo Fraser Jenkins (Hidden Forces, Sep 24), Greg Peters (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 23, at 5.5%), Robert Sockin (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 22), Russell Napier (Russell Napier, Sep 18), Mark Skousen (Wealthion, Sep 18), Dan Suzuki (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade, Sep 17, at 5.3%), Neil Dutta (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 17), Richard Bernstein (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 14), Subadra Rajappa (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade, Sep 14, at 5.25%), Nate Geraci (Bloomberg ETF IQ, Sep 14), Darius Dale (Luke Gromen, Sep 13, at 5.87%), Chris Whalen (Julia La Roche Show, Sep 12, at 5%), Felix Jauvin (Forward Guidance, Sep 11, at 5.8%), Ven Ram (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 11), David Woo (Capital Allocators, Sep 11), Jeffrey Gundlach (Jeffrey Gundlach, Sep 10), Michael Howell (Michael Howell, Sep 9), Mohamed El-Erian (Mohamed El-Erian, Sep 9, at 5%), Mike Wilson (Bloomberg Surveillance, Sep 9), Rajeev De Mello (Bloomberg The Close, Sep 7)

The dollar. The dollar (UUP) is up 3.2% since its Sep 11 low.

Right so far — said the dollar would rise (3 voices, 0 positioned): Cathie Wood (Cathie Wood, Sep 4), Daniel Lacalle (Macro Voices, Aug 27), Brent Johnson (Brent Johnson, Aug 20)

Wrong so far — said the dollar would fall (11 voices, 1 positioned): Andreas Steno Larsen ● (Raoul Pal, Aug 27), Jeffrey Gundlach (Jeffrey Gundlach, Sep 10), Louis Vincent Gave (Louis-Vincent Gave, Sep 4), David Rosenberg (David Rosenberg, Sep 2), Bob Elliott (Bloomberg Surveillance, Aug 31), Patrick Ceresna (Macro Voices, Aug 25), Bob Doll (Bloomberg Open Interest, Aug 25), Michael Howell (Michael Howell, Aug 21), Felix Jauvin (Forward Guidance, Aug 20), Luke Gromen (Luke Gromen, Aug 14), Darius Dale (Forward Guidance, Aug 12)

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.

AGREEMENT THAT BROKE · 15

BULLISH GOLD (GLD) · was 15 voices; now split 24–6 · crowded 90d — Andrew Sarna (Wealthion), Brent Johnson (Macro Voices), Carley Garner (Bloomberg Open Interest) +12
BULLISH META · was 12 voices; now split 44–5 · crowded 90d · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago) — Andrew Huberman (Invest Like the Best), Brent Thill (CNBC (uncut)), Chris Davis (Chris Davis) +9
BULLISH NVDA · was 12 voices; now split 29–3 · crowded 90d · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close) — Barbara Doran (CNBC (newest, named investor)), Brad Gerstner (Bg2 Pod), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)) +9
BULLISH BANKS (KBE) · was 11 voices; now split 17–8 — Ayako Yoshioka (Bloomberg The Close), Barbara Doran (CNBC (newest, named investor)), Cheryl Pate (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +8
BULLISH CRWV · was 8 voices; now split 20–16 · reports Mon Nov 16 — Brad Gershner (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Dave Mazza (Fox Making Money (playlist)) +5
BULLISH BITCOIN (BTC-USD) · was 7 voices; now split 12–4 — Cathie Wood (Cathie Wood), David Puell (ARK Invest), Jurrien Timmer (The Compound) +4
BULLISH AAPL · was 6 voices; lost its majority: now 8 bullish · 2 bearish · crowded 90d · reports Mon Nov 2 (after close) — B N Nguyen (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Ives (Dan Ives (newest)), Dan Niles (CNBC (uncut)) +3
BULLISH GS · was 5 voices; now 2 bullish · 0 bearish — voices aged out of the window, nobody turned · crowded 90d · reported Tue Oct 13 (12 days ago) — Aadil Zaman (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Kenneth M Leon (Bloomberg The Close) +2
BEARISH HOUSING (XHB) · was 5 voices; now split 4–7 — Andrew Sarna (Wealthion), Bridgewater Associates (13F) (Ray Dalio), Omar Aguilar (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +2
BULLISH INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT (LQD) · was 5 voices; now split 14–3 — Ben Carlson (A Wealth of Common Sense (Ben Carlson)), Jeff Sherman (CNBC (uncut)), Jordan Chalfen (CNBC (uncut)) +2
BULLISH AVGO · was 3 voices; now 2 bullish · 0 bearish — voices aged out of the window, nobody turned — Melvin Mathew (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Melvin Matthew (Fox Business (uncut)), Stephanie Link (CNBC (uncut))
BULLISH BLK · was 3 voices; now 2 bullish · 0 bearish — voices aged out of the window, nobody turned · reported Wed Oct 14 (11 days ago) — Alex Blostein (Bloomberg The Close), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Neil Sipes (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
BEARISH CHINA_EQUITIES (FXI) · was 3 voices; lost its majority: now 1 bullish · 1 bearish — Ed Yardeni (Ed Yardeni (newest)), Jean Marie Eveillard (MOI Global), Tim Craighead (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
BEARISH PRIVATE_CREDIT (ARCC) · was 3 voices; now split 3–4 · reports Tue Oct 27 (pre-open) — Jeffrey Gundlach (Jeffrey Gundlach), Margi Patel (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Nick Nemeth (Julia La Roche Show)
BULLISH USD (UUP) · was 3 voices; now split 9–4 — Brent Johnson (Macro Voices), Jayati Bharadwaj (Bloomberg Surveillance), Patrick Ceresna (Macro Voices)

NEW SPLITS · 16

SPLIT META · 44 bullish vs 5 bearish · crowded 90d · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago) — Adam Johnson (Fox Business (uncut)), Anastasia Amoroso (CNBC (uncut)) vs Dan Nathan (CNBC (uncut)) +46
SPLIT CRWV · 20 bullish vs 16 bearish · reports Mon Nov 16 — Adam Johnson (Yahoo Finance), Amit Daryanani (CNBC (uncut)) vs Alex Hassell (CNBC (uncut)) +33
SPLIT NVDA · 29 bullish vs 3 bearish · crowded 90d · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close) — Adam Johnson (Yahoo Finance), Adam Kobeissi (Fox Business (uncut)) vs Chris Whalen (Julia La Roche Show) +29
SPLIT SEMIS (SMH) · 25 bullish vs 7 bearish · crowded 90d — Adam Parker (CNBC (uncut)), Anastasia Amoroso (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) vs Cameron Dawson (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +29
SPLIT GOLD (GLD) · 24 bullish vs 6 bearish · crowded 90d — Brent Johnson (Brent Johnson), Brett Rentmeester (Wealthion) vs Adam Kobeissi (Fox Business (uncut)) +27
SPLIT BANKS (KBE) · 17 bullish vs 8 bearish — Ayako Yoshioka (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Cheryl Pate (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) vs Cameron Dawson (RiskReversal Media) +22
SPLIT MU · 14 bullish vs 5 bearish · crowded 90d — Beth Kindig (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Charles Lemonides (Monetary Matters) vs Cameron Dawson (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +16
SPLIT SPACEX not priced · 16 bullish vs 3 bearish — Adam Johnson (Fox Business (uncut)), Alex Kantrowitz (CNBC (uncut)) vs Bob Elliott (CNBC (uncut)) +16
SPLIT TSLA · 14 bullish vs 4 bearish · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago) — Adam Johnson (Yahoo Finance), Ann Berry (Bloomberg Open Interest) vs George Noble (Monetary Matters) +15
SPLIT INVESTMENT_GRADE_CREDIT (LQD) · 14 bullish vs 3 bearish — Alan Rechtschaffen (CNBC (uncut)), Barry Ritholtz (Excess Returns (feed)) vs Ben Inker (Monetary Matters) +14
SPLIT BITCOIN (BTC-USD) · 12 bullish vs 4 bearish — Blue Macellari (Bloomberg ETF IQ), Cathie Wood (ARK Invest) vs Ben Felix (Ben Felix) +13
SPLIT NFLX · 9 bullish vs 5 bearish · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago) — Alicia Reese (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Ann Berry (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) vs Alex Kantrowitz (CNBC (uncut)) +11
SPLIT USD (UUP) · 9 bullish vs 4 bearish — Andrew Sheets (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Ben Isaac (Yet Another Value Podcast) vs Jeffrey Sherman (DoubleLine Capital) +10
SPLIT HOUSING (XHB) · 4 bullish vs 7 bearish — Jenny Lenz (Fox Claman Countdown (playlist)), Jon Hirtle (Bloomberg The Close) vs Danielle Park (Thoughtful Money (Adam Taggart)) +8
SPLIT ORCL · 4 bullish vs 3 bearish — Gil Luria (CNBC (uncut)), Jackson Nader (CNBC (uncut)) vs Dan Ives (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +4
SPLIT PRIVATE_CREDIT (ARCC) · 3 bullish vs 4 bearish · reports Tue Oct 27 (pre-open) — Anastasia Amoroso (Fox Business (uncut)), Laura Holson (Bloomberg Open Interest) vs Cameron Dawson (RiskReversal Media) +4

NEW AGREEMENT · 22

BULLISH DEFENSE (ITA) · voices 9 · crowded 90d — Brent Johnson (Brent Johnson), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Margie Patel (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +6
BULLISH COMMODITIES_BROAD (DBC) · voices 6 · crowded 90d — Ben Inker (Monetary Matters), Brent Schuette (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Brett Rentmeester (Wealthion) +3
BULLISH COPPER (CPER) · voices 5 (1 dissenter) · crowded 90d — Chris Whalen (Julia La Roche Show (feed)), Dirk Willer (The Meb Faber Show), Django Davidson (Master Investor (Wilfred Frost)) +2
BULLISH IBM · voices 5 (1 dissenter) · crowded 90d · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago) — Chris Vergotti (CNBC (uncut)), Guy Adami (CNBC (uncut)), Jeff Kilburg (CNBC (uncut)) +2
BULLISH AMD · voices 4 · crowded 90d · reports Tue Nov 3 (after close) — Ann Berry (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Chris Verrone (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Mike Murphy (Fox Business (uncut)) +1
BULLISH CRM · voices 4 · crowded 90d — Adam Johnson (Yahoo Finance), Jeff Mclean (Fox Business (uncut)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)) +1
BULLISH DELL · voices 4 · crowded 90d · reports Mon Nov 23 — Chris Verrone (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut)), Karen Finerman (CNBC (uncut)) +1
BULLISH GM · voices 4 (1 dissenter) · crowded 90d · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago) — Chris Grisanti (CNBC (uncut)), Joe Kernen (CNBC (uncut)), John Mcneil (CNBC (uncut)) +1
BULLISH INTERNATIONAL_DEV (VXUS) · voices 4 · crowded 90d — Julia Hermann (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Rob Haworth (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Russell Napier (Russell Napier) +1
BULLISH NKE · voices 4 — Gareth Soloway (Wealthion), Jesse Felder (Thoughtful Money (Adam Taggart)), Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion) +1
BULLISH RSP · voices 4 · crowded 90d — Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion), Mark Newton (Fundstrat), Nicholas Colas (CNBC (uncut)) +1
BULLISH SLB · voices 4 · reported Fri Oct 23 (2 days ago) — George Noble (Monetary Matters), Larry Mcdonald (Wealthion), Stephanie Link (CNBC (uncut)) +1
BULLISH BABA · voices 3 · reports Mon Nov 23 — Josh Brown (CNBC (uncut)), Karen Finerman (CNBC (uncut)), Tom Hayes (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
BULLISH CASH (BIL) · voices 3 · crowded 90d — Jesse Felder (Thoughtful Money (Adam Taggart)), Nadia Lovell (Bloomberg Open Interest), Ted Morrison (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
BULLISH COF · voices 3 · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago) — Cheryl Pate (Bloomberg Open Interest), Chris Davis (Chris Davis), Jim Cramer (CNBC (uncut))
BULLISH DRAM · voices 3 (1 dissenter) — Anni Sen (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Dave Mazadeh (Fox Business (uncut)), Dave Mazza (CNBC (uncut))
BEARISH HIGH_YIELD (HYG) · voices 3 (1 dissenter) — Andrew Borsa (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Ivelina Green (Bloomberg Open Interest), Matt Stuckey (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
BULLISH INTC · voices 3 · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close) — Anni Sen (Fox Making Money (playlist)), Charles Lemonides (Monetary Matters), Phil Bluntado (Fox Business (uncut))
BULLISH LLY · voices 3 · reports Thu Oct 29 (pre-open) — Jared Holz (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (CNBC (uncut)), Todd Gordon (CNBC (uncut))
BULLISH SK · voices 3 (1 dissenter) — Dan Ives (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Rasmussen (CNBC (uncut)), Mike Novogratz (Mike Novogratz)
BULLISH SNOW · voices 3 · crowded 90d — Josh Brown (CNBC (uncut)), Rob Luna (Fox Business (uncut)), Tyler Radke (Fox Business (uncut))
BULLISH TIPS · voices 3 · crowded 90d — Grant Williams (Grant Williams Podcast), Jeffrey Sherman (DoubleLine Capital), Michael Howell (Michael Howell)

AGREEMENT THAT GREW · 15

BULLISH ENERGY (XLE) · voices 38, +27 new · crowded 90d — Ben Hunt (Excess Returns (feed)), Chris Marangi (Bloomberg Open Interest), Chris Whalen (Julia La Roche Show (feed)) +24
BULLISH HEALTHCARE (XLV) · voices 20, +14 new · crowded 90d — Chris Marangi (Bloomberg Open Interest), Jeff Degraaf (CNBC (uncut)), Karen Finerman (CNBC (uncut)) +11
BULLISH GOOGL · voices 12, +7 new · crowded 90d · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close) — Jason Snipe (CNBC (uncut)), Joe Terranova (CNBC Fast Money Final Trade), John Mowry (Fox Business (uncut)) +4
BULLISH INDUSTRIALS (XLI) · voices 11 (1 dissenter), +8 new · crowded 90d — Charlie Rose (Capital Allocators (feed)), Courtney Garcia (CNBC (uncut)), Kathy Entwistle (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +5
BULLISH MSFT · voices 10, +6 new · crowded 90d · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close) — Brad Conger (CNBC (uncut)), Chris Grisanti (CNBC (uncut)), Jason Snipe (CNBC (uncut)) +3
BULLISH AMZN · voices 9 (1 dissenter), +7 new · crowded 90d · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close) — Chris Grisanti (CNBC (uncut)), Dan Niles (CNBC (uncut)), David Wagner (Fox Business (uncut)) +4
BULLISH EM_EQUITIES (EEM) · voices 7 (1 dissenter), +5 new · crowded 90d — Bill Campbell (DoubleLine Capital), Bob Michele (Masters in Business), Peter Maluk (Fox Business (uncut)) +2
BULLISH MUNIS (MUB) · voices 7 (1 dissenter), +5 new · crowded 90d — Barry Ritholtz (Excess Returns (feed)), Bob Michele (Masters in Business), Brian Barney (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +2
BULLISH TSM · voices 6, +3 new · crowded 90d · reported Thu Oct 15 (10 days ago) — Andrew Slimmon (Bloomberg The Close), Doug Clinton (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (CNBC (uncut))
BULLISH PLTR · voices 5, +2 new · crowded 90d · reports Mon Nov 2 — Michael Sansoterra (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Tyler Ratky (CNBC (uncut))
BULLISH WMT · voices 5 (1 dissenter), +2 new · reports Thu Nov 19 — Dan Nathan (RiskReversal Media), Mari Shor (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
BULLISH CRWD · voices 4, +2 new · crowded 90d — Ted Morrison (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Ted Mortonson (Liz Ann Sonders (newest))
BULLISH JAPAN_EQUITIES (EWJ) · voices 4, +2 new · crowded 90d — Django Davidson (Master Investor (Wilfred Frost)), John Eric Solata (CNBC (uncut))
BULLISH VOL (VIXY) · voices 3, +2 new · crowded 90d — Brent Kochuba (Excess Returns (feed)), Kevin Muir (The Market Huddle)
BULLISH NOW · voices 3, +1 new · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close) — Steve Chiavarone (Fox Business (uncut))

Also held, no new voices: ASML, JNJ, MS; still split: AI_INFRA, BIG_TECH, LONG_DUR_TREASURIES, OIL, SMALL_CAPS, 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.

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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, how the theme’s stocks moved over the last 5 sessions, and the single names that drew views — with an earnings report when one is due within a month or came in the last two weeks. Views, not positions.

AI & data centers BULLISH 129 bullish · 26 bearish +51 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (192–41) — 105 new voices (83 bullish, 22 bearish)
Stocks: 8 of 54 stocks up this week, 46 down · median -4.2%
Names: META · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago), CRWV · reports Mon Nov 16, NVDA · reports Tue Nov 17 (after close), MU, GOOGL · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close), AMZN · reports Thu Oct 29 (after close), MSFT · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close), ORCL, +15 more  ·  Voices: Brad Conger (CNBC (uncut)), Brett Rentmeester (Wealthion), Doug Clinton (CNBC (uncut)) +152 more
Energy (oil & gas) BULLISH 56 bullish · 5 bearish +27 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (92–8) — 39 new voices (38 bullish, 1 bearish)
Stocks: 51 of 73 stocks up this week, 22 down · median +2.3%
Names: SLB · reported Fri Oct 23 (2 days ago), VLO · reported Thu Oct 22 (3 days ago), AR · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close), CHRD · reports Wed Nov 4 (after close), COP · reports Thu Nov 5 (pre-open), CRK · reports Wed Nov 4 (after close), EQT · reports Tue Oct 27 (after close), PR · reports Wed Nov 4 (after close), +2 more  ·  Voices: Chris Whalen (Julia La Roche Show (feed)), Robert Mullen (The Market Huddle), Chris Marangi (Bloomberg Open Interest) +58 more
Robotics & autonomy BULLISH 19 bullish · 4 bearish +2 discussed · split 90d (21–6) — 21 new voices (17 bullish, 4 bearish)
Stocks: 20 of 31 stocks up this week, 11 down · median +1.8%
Names: TSLA · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago), HON · reported Thu Oct 22 (3 days ago), AUR · reports Wed Oct 28 (after close), ISRG · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago)  ·  Voices: George Noble (Monetary Matters), Ken Griffin (Ken Griffin), Steve Eisman (Steve Eisman (newest)) +20 more
Defense & drones BULLISH 13 bullish · 0 bearish +4 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (20–0) — 12 new voices (12 bullish)
Stocks: 24 of 50 stocks up this week, 26 down · median -0.5%
Names: GE · reported Tue Oct 20 (5 days ago), HON · reported Thu Oct 22 (3 days ago), BA · reports Tue Oct 27 (pre-open), KTOS · reports Thu Oct 29, TDY · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago)  ·  Voices: Margie Patel (Bloomberg TV (uncut)), Sheila Kahyaoglu (CNBC (uncut)), Vimal Kapur (Fox Business (uncut)) +10 more
Power & the grid BULLISH 11 bullish · 2 bearish +1 discussed · crowded bullish 90d (27–2) — 11 new voices (10 bullish, 1 bearish)
Stocks: 0 of 10 stocks up this week, 10 down · median -8.3%
Names: VRT · reports Wed Oct 28 (pre-open), CEG · reports Mon Nov 9, GEV · reports Wed Oct 28 (pre-open)  ·  Voices: Chris Verrone (CNBC (uncut)), Kriti Gupta (CNBC (uncut)), Margie Patel (Bloomberg TV (uncut)) +10 more
Space BULLISH 3 bullish · 1 bearish · split 90d (4–2) — 3 new voices (2 bullish, 1 bearish)
Stocks: 13 of 23 stocks up this week, 10 down · median +1.1%
Names: RKLB · reports Mon Nov 9, BA · reports Tue Oct 27 (pre-open), KTOS · reports Thu Oct 29, TDY · reported Wed Oct 21 (4 days ago)  ·  Voices: Alex Kantrowitz (CNBC (uncut)), Jay Bowen (Fox Business (uncut)), Tom Hayes (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes)) +1 more
Nuclear & uranium BULLISH 3 bullish · 0 bearish · crowded bullish 90d (11–0) — 2 new voices (2 bullish)
Stocks: 1 of 17 stocks up this week, 16 down · median -7.1%
Names: CCJ · reports Fri Oct 30, CEG · reports Mon Nov 9, GEV · reports Wed Oct 28 (pre-open), LEU · reports Wed Nov 11  ·  Voices: Kevin Mahn (Yahoo Finance), Michael Sansoterra (CNBC (uncut)), Tim Seymour (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
CCI Long
Crown Castle
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
SpaceX's $8B spectrum acquisition proves terrestrial towers are indispensable — satellites cannot cover indoor users at scale — making Crown Castle the key beneficiary of SpaceX's terrestrial…
LEU Long
Centrus Energy
Patrick Ceresna
90d +2.6% · 50% hit · n=22 (Macro Voices (feed))
Centrus Energy is expanding domestic enriched uranium supply capacity, making it a structural beneficiary of nuclear buildout; current sector selling pressure combined with elevated implied…
BA Long
Boeing
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Boeing won both the FA-XX Navy fighter and the F-47 Air Force program — hundreds of billions in production over aircraft lifetimes — while commercial deliveries are ramping, a $715B backlog provides…
VFC Long
V.F.
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Olivia Rodrigo (this generation's Taylor Swift) wears multiple pairs of Vans at every night of her sold-out Unravel Tour through May 2027, SZA has a Vans collaboration at Zara, Piper Sandler teen…
CEIX LongMohnish Pabrai
90d +1.5% · 50% hit · n=40 (MOI Global)
CONSOL Energy is a low-cost Appalachian thermal coal producer that has never gone bankrupt, is now net-cash after the 2022 boom, and sits in a capital-cycle-constrained industry where closed mines…
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…
CPS LongTom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Cooper Standard earns approximately 80% more revenue per car on hybrids versus ICE, and with US hybrid market share projected to grow from 14% to 34% by decade end, current ICE-based earnings models…
CRK Long
Comstock Resources
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Comstock Resources trades at a 75% discount to proved and unproved reserves, is the lowest-cost natural gas producer within ~100 miles of 8 of 12 US LNG export terminals, and sits adjacent to…
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…
BAX Long
Baxter International
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Baxter International shed its slow-growing kidney division, paid down debt, and installed a Danaher-trained CEO applying Danaher principles to rerate margins; trading at 11x forward vs. a normalized…
TPL Short
Texas Pacific Land
Charles Lemonides
no record yet (Monetary Matters)
Texas Pacific Land is overvalued because the market double-counts both the intrinsic asset value of the land (~$2.5B) and mineral rights (~$2B) AND separately capitalizes the cash flows those same…
QXO Long
QXO
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Brad Jacobs is executing the same accretive roll-up playbook in building/commercial supplies that produced 200x in United Rentals and 50x in XPO; stock is at $10 on debt fears while Jacobs raises at…
SWK Long
Stanley Black & Decker
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Stanley Black & Decker's $2.1B cost restructuring is complete, gross margins recovered from 19.5% to 33.7%, balance sheet repaired to 2.5x leverage, and the DeWalt drilling robot is already capturing…
PFE Long
Pfizer
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Pfizer's patent cliff fears are overstated given a growing cancer franchise from the Seagen acquisition, an oral GLP-1 (Metser) targeting a 2028 launch, and a stock trading at only 9x earnings with a…
VFC Long
V.F.
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
VF Corp CEO Bracken Darrell is running the same turnaround playbook he used for a 26-bagger at Logitech; Vans is inflecting back to growth driven by Olivia Rodrigo brand heat, creating massive…
CASY Short
Casey's General Stores
Charles Lemonides
no record yet (Monetary Matters)
Casey's General Stores trades at 35–40x earnings and 3–4x store replacement cost while a temporary margin tailwind from elevated gasoline prices (~50 cents/gallon vs. a normal 20–25 cents) is…
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…
TDW Long
Tidewater
Charles Lemonides
no record yet (Monetary Matters)
Tidewater's fleet of offshore supply vessels can be purchased near replacement cost while supply-demand has tightened sharply — the expanding number of drill ships each requires four to five supply…
MSDL Long
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
Tim Travis
no record yet (The Acquirers Podcast (feed))
Business development company trading at 67 cents on dollar with only 1.8% non-performing loans implicitly prices in total loan recovery of just 74 cents — a scenario far worse than the 2009 great…
PZZA Long
Papa John's International
Tom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Papa John's is at the bottom of a recurring 4-5 year consumer-discretionary revenue cycle, has $500M liquidity against $700M net debt with no major maturity until 2029, and historically performs well…
IONQ Long
IonQ
Sylvia Jablonski
no record yet (CNBC (uncut))
IONQ is a pure-play quantum computing company transitioning from science experiment to commercial entity—tripling revenues and signing paying commercial contracts with AstraZeneca, Nvidia…
VRT Long
Vertiv Holdings Co
Steven Tusa
no record yet (CNBC (uncut))
AI data center capex demand is very strong with very short supply, and 2028 capex from hyperscalers will come in materially above current Street estimates; after a 40%+ drawdown from highs the…
GEV Long
GE Vernova
Michael Sansoterra
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…
CPS LongTom Hayes
90d +16.5% · 80% hit · n=25 (Hedge Fund Tips (Tom Hayes))
Cooper Standard has already refinanced debt through 2031 removing near-term solvency risk, all contracts were renegotiated to pass through inflation, and hybrid/EV vehicle content is 80% higher per…

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
USTS69–53
positioned 5–3
BULLISHAnastasia Amoroso, Matt Miskin, Jean Boivin, Jerome Schneider +65Vincent Deluard, Chamath Palihapitiya, Torsten Slok, Patrick Ceresna +49
SPX73–51
positioned 3–4
BULLISHNadia Lovell, Andrew Slimmon, Leslie Marks, Kriti Gupta +69Vincent Deluard, Whitney Tilson, Eric Weiner, Tim Seymour +47
LONG_DUR_TREASURIES50–62
positioned 9–2
BEARISHRobert Mullen, Nadia Lovell, Chris Verrone, Courtney Garcia +46Cameron Dawson, Torsten Slok, Bob Diamond, Brett Rentmeester +58
BIG_TECH25–21
positioned 1–1
BULLISHJohn Marion, Jim Cramer, Tom Lee, Gene Munster +21Peter Maluk, Stephanie Guild, Mohnish Pabrai, Grant Williams +17
CRWV21–20
positioned 3–0
BULLISHMike Lee, Joe Lonsdale, Daniel Newman, Tyler Radke +17Dan Niles, George Noble, Gil Luria, Guy Adami +16
USD17–16
positioned 2–1
BULLISHPatrick Ceresna, Brent Johnson, Jens Nordvig, Ben Isaac +13Ken Griffin, David V Lez, Luke Gromen, Jeffrey Sherman +12

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 (67 for, 16 positioned, 10 against) · ENERGY BULLISH (65 for, 5 positioned, 0 against) + new this week · META BULLISH (54 for, 5 positioned, 6 against) · NVDA BULLISH (50 for, 5 positioned, 8 against) · SEMIS BULLISH (32 for, 2 positioned, 8 against) · OIL BULLISH (31 for, 3 positioned, 7 against) · HEALTHCARE BULLISH (30 for, 2 positioned, 0 against) + new this week · MU BULLISH (24 for, 2 positioned, 6 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)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
Whitney TilsonSPXBULLISH (2020-03-18)BEARISH (2026-10-23)2,410d
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

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
Robert MullenPAIRLONG COPPER (CPER) / SHORT COPPER (CPER)monthsLong a basket of the ~6 best-in-class next-generation copper project developers in good jurisdictions while short big-cap diversified copper/mining majors, because the supply-driven copper bull… (The Market Huddle)
Robert MullenOTHERLONG UNKNOWN / SHORT UNKNOWN / SHORT USD (UUP)monthsLong JPY against both EUR and USD because the yen was the most overcrowded short funding-currency globally, the euro carries additional French fiscal vulnerability, and any risk-off or credit-stress… (The Market Huddle)
Dan IvesPAIRLONG MSFT / LONG AMZN / LONG GOOGL / SHORT ORCLmonthsAI data center buildout will consolidate toward self-funded cash flow hyperscalers (MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL) and away from debt-dependent entrants like Oracle as capital markets tighten. (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Dan IvesBASKETLONG PLTR / LONG SNOW / LONG CRWDmulti-yearEvery dollar of hyperscaler CapEx drives a 5–6x multiplier into data analytics and security software, making second/third/fourth derivative AI beneficiaries (Palantir, Snowflake, CrowdStrike) durable… (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Jean BoivinPAIRLONG LONG_DUR_TREASURIES (TLT) / NEUTRAL SPX (SPY)monthsAI build-out capex expectations face rising financing costs and societal headwinds that will slow the capital competition driving yields higher, making 5–5.5% 10-year yields look like fair value with… (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Lizanne SaundersPAIRLONG SMALL_CAPS (IWM) / SHORT SMALL_CAPS (IWM)monthsTighter credit conditions and rising debt costs are discriminating sharply by profitability — profitable Russell 2000 stocks are up 18% YTD while non-profitable ones are roughly flat, an 18-19… (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Nadia LovellPAIRLONG AI_INFRA / SHORT NEO-CLOUD COMPANIES (REFINANCING-DEPENDENT)multi-yearIn the multi-year AI capex cycle (~$1.2T globally, +33% growth), hyperscalers self-funding capex from operating cash flows carry lower refinancing and concentration risk than neo-cloud names… (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Stephanie LinkBASKETLONG VRT / LONG GEV / LONG PWRmonthsAI infrastructure build-out pullback of 30–50% is unwarranted — Vertiv, GE Vernova, and Quanta all have strong backlogs, improving margins, and market share gains ahead that the selloff ignores (CNBC (uncut))
Michael SansoterraPAIRLONG AMZN / SHORT AI_INFRAmonthsHyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet) carry sub-6% debt costs with decade-long proven capex execution, while neo-cloud players like CoreWeave carry unsecured debt above 15% and must still prove… (Bloomberg TV (uncut))
Tony WangBASKETLONG NVDA / LONG AVGO / LONG GOOGL / LONG AAPLmulti-yearHigh-quality compounders with large install bases, strong ecosystems, and capital to absorb compute costs have long runways to incorporate AI into their businesses and sustain growth (CNBC (uncut))
Jason GreenbergPAIRLONG ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SOFTWARE / SHORT AI_INFRAmonthsWith AI infrastructure now sufficient to deliver application-layer value, capital is rotating from picks-and-shovels (chips, data centers) toward enterprise software companies that leverage AI to… (CNBC (uncut))
Osan KwanPAIRLONG AI_INFRA / SHORT SEMIS (SMH)monthsAI capex cycle is rotating from infrastructure build-out to applications, so hyperscalers should outperform semis as the build-out trade decelerates (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 Wellum49.927/40 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 Buffett25.312/16 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%
Michael Batnick18.819/29 greenMSFT +33%, IMAX +28%, NVDA +25%
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%

One line from the fact feed

From the daily brief, session 2026-10-22. The paid edition carries the full feed every market morning — this is one row of it.

Volume out of the ordinary
CSX ($51.98): options volume ran 11.59× its own norm, call-tilted (96%) — settled end-of-day data, read against the name's own history, never the market's.
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