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What Emily Roland is saying
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12 dated public stances tracked since 2024-08-28, most recently 2026-10-14. 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 Emily Roland'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. Emily Roland is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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2026-10-14
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-28 | USTS | bearish | +2.4% | +2.0% | -2.4% |
| 2024-08-28 | SPX | bullish | +7.9% | +7.7% | +17.7% |
| 2024-08-28 | Investment Grade Credit | bullish | -0.9% | -0.7% | +3.1% |
| 2024-08-28 | High Yield | bearish | -2.0% | -3.6% | -8.3% |
Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES | 1 | 1 bullish | 2024-08-28 | |
| EUROPEAN FINANCIALS | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-10-14 | |
| HEALTHCARE | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-09-17 | |
| High Yield | 1 | 1 bearish | 2024-08-28 | |
| Investment Grade Credit | 1 | 1 bullish | 2024-08-28 | |
| Long Dur Treasuries | 1 | 1 bullish | 2026-10-14 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2026-10-14
Long Dur Treasuries
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
The current backup in bond yields mirrors the 2017-18 fiscal stimulus cycle that ended with Fed cuts by 2019; as the current fiscal sugar rush fades and the hiking cycle peaks, locking in current yields builds a multi-year return stream at a moment when…
“most people hate every bond on planet Earth right now and love every stock — we want to lean into the value created on the fixed income side”
Bloomberg Surveillance 10/14/2026
Utilities and munis have been disproportionately repriced by the backup in rates and now offer value as rate-sensitive sectors at the point where yields may be approaching a cyclical peak in this hiking cycle
“uncovering areas of the market that were hit by higher rates — things like utilities, municipal bonds — those are where we're looking to find some value”
Bloomberg Surveillance 10/14/2026
2026-10-14
EUROPEAN FINANCIALS
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
European financials have been quietly outperforming as the value trade returns to global markets, providing portfolio diversification against concentrated US semiconductor exposure that has dominated equity returns
“European financials are quietly outperforming right now so you see that value trade back in and help protect against some of the weakness in the semi space”
Bloomberg Surveillance 10/14/2026
2026-09-17
long SPX / short European Equities
pair
Bloomberg Open Interest · video
US energy independence insulates US equities from $100 oil while Europe's reliance on energy imports means it bears the brunt of elevated energy costs, creating a durable relative performance gap
“I think Europe is likely to take the brunt of it where the US on a relative basis likely to hold in”
Stocks Gain in Wake of Fed
2026-09-17
SPECULATIVE / NON-PROFITABLE GROWTH STOCKS
bearish
Bloomberg Open Interest · video
After the greatest four-year S&P bull run in history, trimming speculative non-profitable market segments is prudent risk management given elevated oil and rates near 5% that could compress multiples on cash-burning names
“we would suggest trimming into the some of the more speculative nonprofitable segments of the market”
Stocks Gain in Wake of Fed
Healthcare and utilities offer defensive quality in a historic bull market facing $100 oil and 5%+ yields, with both sectors showing positive price momentum as portfolio risk management amid late-cycle conditions
“sectors like healthcare and utilities are perking up in our view”
Stocks Gain in Wake of Fed
Said again: 2026-10-14 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
2024-08-28
Investment Grade Credit
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
Single-A IG corporate bonds yielding 4-5% are historically elevated; now is the optimal time to lock in carry before initial jobless claims rise and spreads widen, making income less accessible.
“the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining and we think this is the time to think about emphasizing bonds”
90d -0.9% · 180d -0.7% · 1y +3.1%
Awaiting Nvidia | Bloomberg Surveillance | August 28, 2024
Said again: 2024-08-28 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
HY spreads near 300bps (well below the 20-year average of 500bps) imply 12-month forward returns of only 0-1% with a range of +10% to -10%, making the risk-reward unattractive when IG already offers elevated yields without credit risk.
“when spreads have been at this level of around 300 basis points your 12 month forward-looking return is around 0 to 1%”
90d +2.4% · 180d +2.0% · 1y -2.4%
Awaiting Nvidia | Bloomberg Surveillance | August 28, 2024
2024-08-28
US LARGE CAP EQUITIES (HIGH QUALITY)
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
US generates ~11% earnings growth vs ~5% internationally, with high-quality stocks — concentrated in the US — offering superior balance sheets and better margin defense during late-cycle conditions.
“the US has simply been able to generate better earnings results just this year we're looking at about 11% in the US versus about half that in international markets”
Awaiting Nvidia | Bloomberg Surveillance | August 28, 2024
2024-08-28
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
bullish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
Agency MBS offers solid fundamentals and good valuations with elevated all-in yield, providing a favorable risk-return profile without needing to go down the credit spectrum.
Awaiting Nvidia | Bloomberg Surveillance | August 28, 2024
Said again: 2024-08-28 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
2024-08-28
High Yield
bearish
Bloomberg Surveillance · video
High yield spreads near 300bps are historically tight; at this level, 12-month forward returns have historically been 0–1% with a range of positive 10% to negative 10%, making the risk-reward unattractive relative to IG alternatives that offer similar or…
“historically when spreads have been at this level of around 300 basis points your 12-month forward-looking return is around 0 to 1%”
90d -2.0% · 180d -3.6% · 1y -8.3%
Awaiting Nvidia | Bloomberg Surveillance | August 28, 2024
US generates ~11% earnings growth in 2024 versus ~5.5% for international markets, and houses the highest concentration of quality stocks with strong balance sheets capable of defending margins as late-cycle dynamics play out
“the US has simply been able to generate better earnings results — about 11% in the US versus about half that in international markets”
90d +7.9% · 180d +7.7% · 1y +17.7%
Awaiting Nvidia | Bloomberg Surveillance | August 28, 2024
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