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24 dated public stances tracked since 2018-11-07, most recently 2026-10-27. 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 Charles Payne'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. Charles Payne is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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tracked stances
19
themes
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2026-10-27
last heard
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. “% correct” is the share of those scored calls whose direction-aware return was positive at the horizon — in a rising market a bullish call is correct by default, so read it beside the market, not alone.
Scored calls
Every tracked call with at least one matured horizon: the rows behind the Returns line above. A dash is a horizon that has not matured yet.
| Date | Name | Call | 90d | 180d | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | BANKS | bullish | +8.4% | — | — |
| 2026-06-01 | SPX | bullish | +1.4% | — | — |
| 2026-01-21 | INDUSTRIALS | bullish | +3.3% | +7.6% | — |
| 2026-01-20 | SPX | bullish | +4.9% | +10.1% | — |
Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Infra | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-10-23 | |
| NVDA | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-08-28 | |
| SPX | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-06-01 | |
| AI COMPUTE, EDGE NETWORKING | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-06-30 | |
| AMZN | 1 | 1 bullish | 2018-11-07 | |
| BA | 1 | 1 bullish | 2018-12-12 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2026-10-27
QUANTUM COMPUTING STOCKS
bullish
Fox Business (uncut) · uncut_tv
Quantum computing stocks should have a larger next leg higher as the technology proves real-world performance.
“The next leg up, I think they're gonna be bigger than this, because this quantum thing is real.”
Fox Business uncut 2026-10-27 14:33 ET (5 min)
2026-10-27
Big Tech
bullish
Fox Business (uncut) · uncut_tv
AI adoption is only beginning, and historical infrastructure revolutions suggest investors who withstand severe pullbacks can benefit from a long, multi-stage advance.
“This thing is just getting started. So don't get spooked out of it.”
Fox Business uncut 2026-10-27 14:12 ET (5 min)
Micron should benefit from three to five years of unprecedented profit generation driven by AI-related demand.
“They're telling you they're gonna make money for the next three to five years, big money that they've never made before.”
Fox Business uncut 2026-10-27 14:18 ET (5 min)
2026-10-23
Ai Infra
bullish
Fox Business (uncut) · uncut_tv
Regardless of midterm election outcome, the data center buildout story is structurally intact and current analyst capitulation and target cuts represent a buying opportunity ahead of a post-midterm rally
“The data center story must and will go on”
Fox Business uncut 2026-10-23 14:17 ET (5 min)
Said again: 2026-10-26 (Fox Business (uncut))
2026-10-12
long VST / long NRG / long GEV / long GNRC (+4 legs)
basket
Fox Making Money (playlist) · video
AI data center power demand is being confirmed by 20-year nuclear supply deals with hyperscalers, re-rating a group of power infrastructure names that had been heavily sold off alongside utilities on rising yields
“I've been hitting this for the last week or so because they were so so cheap”
'MIDTERM ELECTION LIFE RAFT': This is 'ABSOULETY HILARIOUS,' Kudlow says | The Week Unfiltered
Nvidia's blowout quarter—hyper-scale revenue +102%, cloud/enterprise +170%, $26B revenue (~$1B/day), 75% gross margins, 66% operating margins—combined with a strong guidance beat and Jensen Huang's clear articulation of AI's magnitude on the conference call…
“Nvidia has the crowd on its feet…they are the straw that stirs the drink”
Charles Payne: Nvidia has the crowd on its feet
2026-06-30
ROBOTICS
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
The fourth industrial revolution and AI adoption will drive outsized returns in robotics over the coming years, making it one of the highest-conviction secular growth themes
“that's where you will make big money in the next few years”
Charles Payne: This is where the individual investor has an edge
2026-06-30
SEMICONDUCTORS AND ADVANCED PACKAGING
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
AI compute demand is creating phenomenal opportunities in semiconductor sub-sectors like packaging that most investors overlook while fixating on the top Mag-7 names
“Semiconductors and packaging, little nuances in the market that are phenomenal”
Charles Payne: This is where the individual investor has an edge
2026-06-30
AI COMPUTE, EDGE NETWORKING
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
AI infrastructure build-out (compute, edge, networking) represents the secret sauce below the headline Mag-7 names where individual investors can find mispriced ideas
“AI compute, edge, networking and robotics — that's where you will make big money”
Charles Payne: This is where the individual investor has an edge
2026-06-23
long SK / long SAMSUNG (MEMORY/LOGIC CHIPS)
basket
Fox Making Money · video
Samsung and SK Hynix are among the most profitable companies in the world for the next several years because AI infrastructure build-out is driving real, large-scale chip orders and earnings, making sentiment-driven dips a buying opportunity rather than a…
“these are the most profitable companies in the world for the next couple years”
Charles Payne: This set the stage
The narrow tech-led rally is broadening into financials, banks, and industrials, and small-cap equal-weight stocks came out of the jobs report gate strong, with rotation set to continue as investors take profits in mega-cap tech
“Financials, Banks, Industrials — I am extremely bullish on all of this”
90d +8.4%
LABOR EXPLOSION: Economists STUNNED as blowout jobs report rewrites the narrative
The AI-driven 'fourth industrial revolution' is a structural tailwind that makes this bull market a juggernaut capable of surpassing the historical ~1,900-day average and breaking new records
“The market is a juggernaut and I think it will surpass the average length of the typical bull market”
90d +1.4%
Charles Payne: This market is a juggernaut
2026-04-23
Ai Infra
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
Hyperscalers will continue priming the pump for years as AI monetization competition intensifies and enterprise adoption has surged from 51% to 80% of firms including small businesses, creating a once-in-a-generation wealth-building opportunity
“There is a tidal wave of investments creating a once in a generational investment opportunity”
Charles Payne: There is a tidal wave of investments
AI scaling is driving 7.2x more HBM per chip and HBM suppliers are already posting ~100% operating growth, making memory a direct and proven beneficiary of the AI CapEx wave
“Memory. High-bandwidth memory... 7.2 times more. So memory is already a winner”
Charles Payne: There is a tidal wave of investments
A rotation is underway beneath headline indices as the ongoing industrial revolution drives outsized gains in materials and industrials that are underrepresented in the S&P 500's tech-heavy concentration
“materials are looking better industrials are looking better... this is where all the big big big money is going to be made”
90d +3.3% · 180d +7.6%
AI-driven productivity is expanding corporate profit margins from ~10% to ~20% and creating a jobless prosperity in which wealth concentrates in equities, making the next two to three years an unprecedented individual stock-picking opportunity.
“it's mindboggling what how much money will be made in the stock market particularly with individual stocks”
90d +4.9% · 180d +10.1%
DoubleLine Round Table Prime 2026: Macroeconomic Outlook
Said again: 2026-01-21
2025-11-13
HEALTHCARE SECTOR
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
Healthcare has surged since early August as capital rotates out of mega-cap growth (tech, comm services, consumer discretionary), representing a structural 'changing of the guard' in market leadership
“That's healthcare. It's absolutely surged like a rocket.”
Charles Payne: This has 'absolutely surged like a rocket'
2025-11-13
FINANCIALS SECTOR
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
Financials have outperformed since early August as rotation away from mega-cap tech sectors drives capital into cyclical and value-oriented sectors
“Financials have come on pretty well.”
Charles Payne: This has 'absolutely surged like a rocket'
One of four stocks Payne believes can be bought and held for substantial gains over the next five years while the market is under pressure, with a value proposition detailed on his site.
“I think there are a number of stocks right now that can be bought and held for substantial gains over the next five years”
FBN’s Charles Payne on his top four long-term stock picks
One of four stocks Payne believes can be bought and held for substantial gains over the next five years while the market is under pressure, with a value proposition detailed on his site.
“Boeing Disney Nvidia and PayPal”
FBN’s Charles Payne on his top four long-term stock picks
One of four stocks Payne believes can be bought and held for substantial gains over the next five years while the market is under pressure, with a value proposition detailed on his site.
“Boeing Disney Nvidia and PayPal”
FBN’s Charles Payne on his top four long-term stock picks
One of four stocks Payne believes can be bought and held for substantial gains over the next five years while the market is under pressure, with a value proposition detailed on his site.
“Boeing Disney Nvidia and PayPal”
FBN’s Charles Payne on his top four long-term stock picks
Amazon faces near-term competition across retail and cloud but will dominate its core businesses long-term while additional businesses provide significant room to grow
“long term I think the stock goes significantly higher from here”
Charles Payne gives his take on Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway stock
2018-11-07
BRK
bullish
Fox Making Money · video
Berkshire's business is humming — strong earnings, a $1B buyback signals confidence, and the rail segment has meaningful pricing power
“I say stay the course with this stock I don't think you can go wrong”
Charles Payne gives his take on Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway stock
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