CEO, ETF Flows; former vice chairman, VettaFi
3 dated public stances tracked since 2022-06-06, most recently 2022-06-06. 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 Tom Lydon'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. Tom Lydon is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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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 |
|---|
| 2022-06-06 | USD | bullish | +8.0% | +4.0% | +5.5% |
| 2022-06-06 | KWEB | bullish | -9.9% | -3.1% | -9.8% |
| 2022-06-06 | ARKK | bullish | -7.8% | -17.1% | -1.9% |
Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|
| ARKK | 1 | | 1 bullish | 2022-06-06 |
| KWEB | 1 | | 1 bullish | 2022-06-06 |
| USD | 1 | | 1 bullish | 2022-06-06 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2022-06-06
USD
bullish
Fox Market Check (playlist) · video
The US dollar strengthens during periods of uncertainty and elevated inflation (CPI >8%), and UUP gives investors direct exposure to that trend while diversifying away from equity risk
“You can actually invest in the dollar through this Invesco dollar-denominated ETF, ticker symbol UUP”
90d +8.0% · 180d +4.0% · 1y +5.5%
What investors do in times of uncertainty
2022-06-06
KWEB
bullish
Fox Market Check (playlist) · video
Despite ongoing China regulatory headwinds, KWEB is attracting net buyers year-to-date and has bounced over 30% in 30 days, making it a contrarian opportunity for patient investors with a longer-term horizon
“KWEB is seeing net buyers year to date. That is up over 30% in the last 30 days”
90d -9.9% · 180d -3.1% · 1y -9.8%
What investors do in times of uncertainty
2022-06-06
ARKK
bullish
Fox Market Check (playlist) · video
ARK Innovation has sold off sharply but continues to attract net inflows on the thesis that disruptive innovation has a long-term secular tailwind that the current drawdown doesn't negate
“Innovation is not going to go away”
90d -7.8% · 180d -17.1% · 1y -1.9%
What investors do in times of uncertainty
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