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What Bryn Talkington (Requisite) is saying
Managing Partner, Requisite Capital
13 dated public stances tracked since 2024-03-01, most recently 2026-08-18. Each line carries the date and the venue it came from; quotation marks mean verbatim. Methodology.
The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Bryn Talkington (Requisite)'s public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Bryn Talkington (Requisite) is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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13
tracked stances
9
themes
0
side flips
2026-08-18
last heard
Returns 90d +5.6% (n=8) · 180d +3.2% (n=8) · 1y -3.1% (n=5)
Raw direction-aware returns on public statements — long calls credited when the price rose, shorts when it fell, shorts capped at −100% — in a rising market this mostly measures who was long, not who has skill. Returns run from the stance date; calls are rarely closed publicly, so fixed 90-day / 180-day / 1-year horizons are used. A horizon shows only once it has fully matured, and only at 5+ scored stances.
Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | 3 | 3 bullish | 2026-02-09 | |
| Big Tech | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-08 | |
| COF | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-01-23 | |
| COWZ | 1 | 1 bullish | 2024-03-01 | |
| DRAM | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-07-01 | |
| ELAN | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-08-18 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2026-08-18
ELAN
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Elanco Animal Health is down 12% from highs with insider buying emerging alongside very strong fundamentals and market share gains, signaling that informed insiders see the dip as an opportunity
“you're seeing insider buying. Very strong fundamentals with market share gains. Very interesting”
TOM LEE'S NEW PREDICTIONS FOLLOWED BY HALF TIME AND ICHIMOKU ANALYSIS 08/18
2026-08-12
MU
bullish
CNBC Halftime Committee · video
Micron has broken into the top 7-8 S&P 500 weighting and its earnings alongside NVIDIA's are going to continue to be monster, making further S&P upside easily math-able
“earnings from those three companies — especially Micron, Nvidia — are going to continue just to be monster”
Positioning for Big Tech's next move
2026-07-08
Big Tech
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Diamondback has best-in-class E&P execution and capital discipline, and is unlikely to increase drilling during the Iran skirmish, meaning production restraint supports stock price
“they've got the execution, they've had a lot of capital discipline”
Software and cloud computing names have strong growth scenarios, says ETF Action's Mike Akins
2026-07-08
long ENERGY / short SEPTEMBER 70 CALLS ON SAME NAME
hedge
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Long the E&P name while selling near-money September calls to monetize Iran-premium in implied volatility and reduce downside if oil retreats below $70
“I like Jim's trade but I'm going to go Dram but then I'm going to sell the September 70 calls for $7”
Software and cloud computing names have strong growth scenarios, says ETF Action's Mike Akins
2026-07-01
DRAM
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Micron and memory ETF DRAM are bouncing off the 20/21-day moving average like clockwork, and the trade stays intact until price breaks below that level
“they're still like right at the 20 21 day moving average. Until you get below that, I think that trade stays in place”
The second half setup for stocks
2026-07-01
IGV
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
IGV put in a bottom in the mid-70s and is building a base of higher lows, signaling a rebuild that benefits cyber, Palantir, and Microsoft
“it put in a bottom in the mid 70s. And now it's making higher lows”
The second half setup for stocks
2026-02-09
RSP
bullish
CNBC Halftime Committee · video
S&P equal-weight captures the economic-expansion broadening trade with industrials at 16%+ weighting while mega-cap tech digests a shift to capex-heavy, lower-margin business models that markets are re-rating lower
“sentiment and flows are going to continue to move out”
90d +1.2% · 180d +9.7%
Halftime Investment Committee debates how far the equity rally can run
2026-01-23
COF
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Capital One is vertically integrated owning the payment rails via Discover, is the issuer, and now has B2B exposure through Brex, driving a path to $250 within a year
“Very integrated, vertically integrated. They own the rails with Discover”
90d -9.2% · 180d -6.6%
Final Trades: Capital One, Medtronic, Transocean and Caterpillar
2026-01-12
RSP
owns
CNBC Halftime Committee · video
Yield curve steepening and 12-14% broad earnings estimates drive a catch-up trade in equal-weight S&P as non-tech names close the gap with concentrated tech
“this ketchup ketchup trade, you know, has legs. We have RSP”
90d +1.0% · 180d +9.2%
The Investment Committee's Reaction to the DOJ investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
2024-08-02
IWM
bearish
The Compound · video
Russell 2000 is structurally impaired — 42% of members carry negative net income, operating margins are 4.7% vs the S&P's 13.7%, earnings are set to decline 5.6%, and new high-quality companies no longer IPO at small-cap valuations, leaving the index filled…
“42% of Russell members lose money...why would you buy that?”
90d -4.6% · 180d -9.0% · 1y -6.4%
The Tech Unwind | TCAF 152
2024-08-02
RSP
bullish
The Compound · video
Equal-weight S&P offers mean reversion from the largest large/small-cap performance dispersion since 1998, and broadening market participation is now materializing as Mag-7 money rotates into the rest of the index
“you had the biggest dispersion since 1998...it always comes back”
90d +6.1% · 180d +9.2% · 1y +12.0%
The Tech Unwind | TCAF 152
2024-08-02
long NVDA / short NVDA
hedge
The Compound · video
Nvidia will crush upcoming earnings given explicit AI capex commitments from Meta, Google, and Microsoft, and AMD's proxy beat confirms demand, but near-term volatility justifies harvesting ~6% quarterly call premium against the long position rather than…
“I like this setup a lot more than if Nvidia was mooning into the earnings”
The Tech Unwind | TCAF 152
2024-03-01
COWZ
bullish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Pacer Cash Cows ETF offers 8.5% free cash flow yield vs Russell 1000's ~1.3%, providing diversification away from tech with high-quality free cash flow exposure
“if you want to diversify out of tech add some good free cash flow yielding exposure”
90d +1.6% · 180d +5.9% · 1y +4.7%
Final Trades: Citigroup, Google and COWZ
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