The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Chris Harvey'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. Chris Harvey is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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.
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.
Where the tracked view on a theme reversed between appearances —
bullish to bearish or back. Dates are the episodes on each side of the turn.
2026-10-26
FINANCIALS SECTOR
bearish
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Financials won't outperform because the Fed is still removing accommodation, keeping rates elevated, flattening the curve, and pressuring the consumer — the classic tightening-cycle headwind for the sector
“I still don't think it's gonna play ball because we're in a tightening cycle.”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-26 15:08 ET (5 min)
2026-10-26
MSFT
bullish
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Funding markets and latest AI applications are performing well, leaving plenty of room remaining in the hyperscaler trade
“I think there's still plenty of room in this trade”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-26 14:58 ET (5 min)
2026-10-22
Ai Infra
bearish
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Hyperscalers should outperform AI infrastructure suppliers because they are better positioned to monetize and commercialize AI and retain ample access to financing.
“I'd rather be in the hyperscaler.”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-22 17:13 ET (5 min)
2026-10-22
UTILITIES
bullish
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Utilities are attractive because stabilizing interest rates improve the outlook for this rate-sensitive sector while the bond market offers limited downside risk.
“Two weeks ago we upgraded utilities.”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-22 17:13 ET (5 min)
2026-10-19
SECULAR AI / TECH GROWTH
bullish
Bloomberg TV (uncut) · uncut_tv
In a tightening cycle investors rotate toward secular growth names because perceptions of slowing economy and higher rates make tech the refuge, same playbook as the two-tier market of 1999-2000
“I still believe that secular story is a good place”
Bloomberg TV uncut 2026-10-19 07:00 ET (30 min)
2026-10-19
COMMUNICATION SERVICES SECTOR
bullish
Bloomberg TV (uncut) · uncut_tv
Communication names benefit from the AI data-center buildout and space-based infrastructure narrative while offering more defensible growth characteristics than pure semis or industrials
“we like the communication space more conviction”
Bloomberg TV uncut 2026-10-19 07:00 ET (30 min)
2026-10-19
BANKS
bearish
Bloomberg TV (uncut) · uncut_tv
Banks face multiple compression near-term because a flattening curve, rising rates, and consumer-slowdown fears suppress multiples even though underlying fundamentals and funding markets remain sound
“banks don't work so well...rates go higher, curve flattens”
Bloomberg TV uncut 2026-10-19 07:00 ET (30 min)
2026-10-19
SPX
bullish
Bloomberg TV (uncut) · uncut_tv
Secular AI trade and post-election removal of policy uncertainty support an S&P recovery to 8000+ by year-end despite near-term tightening-cycle noise
“Looking for 8K plus into year end”
Bloomberg TV uncut 2026-10-19 07:00 ET (30 min)
Said again: 2026-10-26 (CNBC (uncut))
2026-10-19
COMMUNICATIONS / QUALITY TECH (SECULAR AI)
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
In a tightening cycle investors should rotate to secular growth over cyclicals; select quality tech and communications benefit from the AI buildout narrative and will see political headwinds ease post-midterms
“You want to be in more secular trades, not cyclical. You want to be in growth, in tech”
Bloomberg Surveillance 10/19/2026
2026-09-14
USTS
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
Real yields are healthy and a $13B 20-year auction with yields near multi-year highs creates a tactical entry, even though the AI-slowdown tailwind for bonds is being offset by the crude spike.
“like to buy 20s a little bit later on today”
Bloomberg Surveillance 9/14/2026
2026-09-14
SPX
bearish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
Simultaneous headwinds of AI regulatory uncertainty, rate hike cycle, an oil shock, and credit-market digestion concerns make this a time to reduce risk, move up the cap and quality spectrum, and wait for a better entry rather than add exposure.
“This is a time to tread water. Go up in capitalization, go up in quality, be a little bit more conservative, and wait for a better day.”
Bloomberg Surveillance 9/14/2026
2026-07-03
MTUM
bearish
CNBC Halftime Final Trades · video
Momentum showed unusual stress as the narrative flipped from compute scarcity to compute glut in a single day; after a sustained run, the risk/reward no longer favors holding full exposure even if the long-term trend is intact
“something doesn't feel right and so I think it's time at least tactically to take a little bit of money off the table”
90d +0.1%
CNBC HOST PUTS TOM LEE ON THE HOT SEAT + Josh Brown's Top picks in 1st segment(07/02)
2025-12-22
RUSSELL 2000 HIGH-BETA / LOW-QUALITY SMALL CAPS
bearish
Tom Lee · video
Russell 2000 is outperforming S&P 600 by 8% driven by money-losing, high-beta names, investment-grade credit spreads are below 80bps, and the high-beta S&P index is up 35%, signaling froth where risk is priced expensively relative to fundamentals
“I see a lot of froth, right? There's a price for risk. It's here. I think the price for risk is down here”
Tom Lee: What 2026 Could Mean for Your Portfolio?
2025-12-22
SOFTWARE STOCKS
bullish
Tom Lee · video
Within tech, software offers the best risk-reward on a selective basis as the AI trade continues to evolve
“we think the best risk reward is in the software space”
Tom Lee: What 2026 Could Mean for Your Portfolio?