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22:18
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
2h
NFLX
GOOGL
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MED
Netflix owns AI filmmaking efficiency tools.
Whitesell argues that AI disruption of on-air talent is overstated and that AI's near-term role in Hollywood will be production efficiency and cost savings; he cites Netflix's acquisition of Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking company as a great solution that gives filmmakers more efficient production and creative options.
NFLX WATCH
YouTube becomes home for premium creator TV.
Cooper says Unwell announced a TV slate at Google's Brandcast that will be made primarily for YouTube streaming, and that YouTube was not as much in premium long-form content a few years ago; this positions YouTube as a growing home for creator-led premium TV.
GOOGL WATCH
MED
22:07
Aug 12
Aug 12
LQD 1ST
DBC 1ST
JPY 1ST
AIQ 1ST
SPY 1ST
▾
HIGH
Stay up in quality amid tight spreads.
Credit spreads are currently at historic tights across the market, making it prudent to stay up in quality rather than reaching for yield in riskier credit tiers.
LQD LONG
Global investment cycles will drive commodity demand.
The massive debt and investment boom currently underway will lead to a significant investment cycle that drives heavy commodity demand, creating long-term value in commodities and non-dollar fixed income markets.
DBC LONG
Loose fiscal policy weakens the Japanese Yen.
The Japanese Yen is weakening to historic lows because of a toxic policy mix featuring very loose, growth-centered fiscal policy that requires more issuance, combined with negative real policy rates that remain well below inflation.
JPY SHORT
AI companies are delivering real revenue growth.
The AI investment story is evolving from initial hype about spending into a phase of scrutiny where companies are actually delivering real revenue and cash flow, making the sector a strong long-term opportunity rather than a bubble.
AIQ LONG
Strong corporate earnings support further equity gains.
The broader equity market remains incredibly resilient and is supported by strong corporate earnings growth rather than just multiple expansion, providing further momentum for equities despite recent run-ups.
SPY LONG
Legacy business and dividends provide a backstop.
While Cisco's stock is somewhat overvalued and its weighting was reduced, the company's legacy business provides a strong backstop of recurring cash flow and consistent dividend growth, justifying holding the stock independently of the AI hype.
CSCO LONG
Stiff competition and capital intensity pressure Cerebras.
Cerebras faces a rough capacity ramp and bottom-line struggles because, despite having elegant semiconductor technology, it must compete against the 800-pound gorilla Nvidia in hardware and well-funded rivals like CoreWeave and Nebius in the capital-intensive neo-cloud business.
CBRS AVOID
HIGH
21:36
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
2h
SPY
MAGS 1ST
▾
HIGH
Avoid passive S&P 500 on low fees
Davi argues investors should not buy passive ETFs merely because fees are low. He says the S&P 500's low fee drives a self-fulfilling virtuous cycle: persistent inflows keep buying the same large mega-cap stocks, especially the Mag 7, concentrating risk in a repeat trade he calls 'the definition of insanity.'
SPY AVOID
Rotate from Mag 7 to international value
Within equities, Davi says the clean allocation is to rotate away from Mag 7 and tilt toward international value, implying better opportunity outside concentrated U.S. mega-cap growth.
MAGS AVOID
HIGH
21:04
Aug 12
Aug 12
SMH 1ST
XLP
XLV 1ST
XLY 1ST
XRAY 1ST
▾
HIGH
Sell the semiconductor AI dead cat bounce.
The recent violent rebound in semiconductors, memory, and the AI trade is a dead cat bounce after the July waterfall. Positioning was record crowded, retail call buying hit all-time highs, major hedge funds took large July losses and face redemption requests, so institutions are using the bounce to sell into retail strength. Most semis and memory names have not made new highs, and revenue/earnings expectations are at extremes similar to 2022 and 2000.
SMH AVOID
Buy consumer staples, healthcare, and discretionary.
Consumer confidence is starting to turn up from multi-decade or all-time lows, unemployment is still only 4%, and energy prices are rangebound. Defensive areas such as consumer staples and healthcare are washed out, while consumer discretionary is at roughly 10-year relative lows versus the S&P 500 and has a very low bar. He recommends a barbell of defensive consumer and offensive consumer exposure.
XLP LONG
XLV LONG
XLY LONG
Buy Dentsply Sirona for defensive healthcare turnaround.
Dentsply Sirona is a defensive healthcare company and the largest supplier of dental supplies since the late 1800s. The stock was hit by bad management, but management used a large portion of tariff refunds to buy back stock in the hole, signaling they believe the shares are cheap.
XRAY LONG
Short USD/JPY for stronger yen, weaker dollar.
The US and Japan are now aligned, and the yen will either naturally or through intervention stabilize and appreciate relative to the dollar over the next couple of years. The carry trade is already being mitigated, and he wants to play a weaker dollar and stronger yen despite short-term countertrend moves.
USD/JPY SHORT
Buy Diageo as safe consumer staples turnaround.
Diageo is the premier high-end spirits and Guinness beer purveyor, cut in half from 2021 highs but still generating about $3 billion in free cash flow and growing double digits outside the US. The turnaround under CEO Dave Lewis is fixing the tequila problem. It has 13.4% ROIC, offers a margin of safety, and AI should help margins rather than disintermediate the business.
DEO LONG
Buy Disney for experiences and IP monetization.
Disney is a cheap long-term consumer discretionary play. The parks are packed, the new CEO comes from the high-ROIC experiences side, streaming is now free-cash-flow positive, ESPN is valuable, box office is strong, and the company is monetizing its IP library through parks and cruise ships.
DIS LONG
Avoid software due to AI disintermediation risk.
Software is cheap and some names may be generational buys, but AI could fully disintermediate many software business models within five years. Because he cannot be certain there will not be capital impairment, he keeps software in the too-hard box.
IGV AVOID
HIGH
20:35
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
3h
XLV 1ST
GLD 1ST
▾
HIGH
Healthcare breakout is finally emerging.
Healthcare has been a long-time underperformer with negative alpha, but relative performance is finally improving and breakouts are emerging. The sector tends to benefit from turbulence in technology, and leadership has broadened from biotech and pharma into life science and healthcare service names.
XLV LONG
Gold tactically overbought; avoid short-term buying.
Gold is tactically overbought after a recent surge, so he would not buy it very short-term. However, the longer-term trend has not changed yet and he thinks it is building a base, making it more good news than bad.
GLD AVOID
HIGH
20:33
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
3h
SPCX
CoreWeave 1ST
VSAT 1ST
PL 1ST
▾
HIGH
SpaceX is frothiest cross-sector trade
SpaceX has become the market's center of gravity and is probably the frothiest trade ever, with short interest bets collapsing from $32 billion to $24 billion in 60 days. Because everyone owns the massive IPO and it spans launch, satellite, AI and other sectors, its moves bleed into technology, software, memory and other stocks.
SPCX WATCH
CoreWeave seeing short-covering flow
Short covering is happening across the board, and Bob specifically names CoreWeave as one of the stocks seeing that covering, suggesting positioning-driven upside in AI/cloud momentum names.
CoreWeave LONG
Viasat and Planet Labs skew long
S3 is monitoring the ratio of active longs to shorts in SpaceX-adjacent names. Viasat and Planet Labs are skewing long and are 'pro space,' positioning them for upside tied to the SpaceX/Elon Musk influence.
VSAT LONG
PL LONG
HIGH
20:27
Aug 12
Aug 12
UAMY 1ST
FN 1ST
GLW 1ST
CoreWeave 1ST
NEBIUS 1ST
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HIGH
US Antimony cut outlook, lower prices.
U.S. Antimony fell sharply after the mining company cut its full-year outlook for gross revenue and reported lower antimony prices, pressuring the critical minerals name.
UAMY AVOID
AI optical equipment earnings beat expectations.
AI optical equipment names outperformed after Lumentum Holdings reported fiscal Q4 results that beat expectations and gave an outlook above analyst consensus; analysts are positive on the maker of optical equipment, and the strength pushed other names such as Fabrinet and Corning higher.
FN LONG
GLW LONG
LITE LONG
AI cloud demand remains very strong.
CoreWeave surged after AI spending drove faster-than-expected sales growth, with Q3 sales guided to $3.45B-$3.6B, a $104B backlog, and post-quarter customer commitments suggesting AI demand remains strong. Nebius also reported Q2 revenue that beat estimates and is up 193% year-to-date.
CoreWeave LONG
NEBIUS LONG
Vestas raised guidance and announced buyback.
Vestas Wind Systems rallied after lifting its full-year profit guidance and announcing a share buyback following a jump in turbine orders; investors are rewarding the company's turnaround.
VWDRY LONG
Cisco beat and guided above estimates.
Cisco beat fiscal Q4 adjusted EPS and revenue, and its current-quarter and full-year guidance came in well above Street expectations, sparking an upside knee-jerk reaction in the stock.
CSCO LONG
Cerebras missed revenue and gross margin.
Cerebras Systems fell after Q2 revenue missed estimates and gross margin came in at 14% versus the 26.3% expected, raising questions even as cloud revenue beat. The stock had been up sharply into the print and was priced for higher expectations.
CBRS AVOID
HIGH
20:09
Aug 12
Aug 12
EOAN.DE 1ST
▾
HIGH
E.ON growth huge from grid connection demand
As the largest grid operator, E.ON sees massive increases in connection requests from data centers, batteries, and renewables against an already loaded grid, which gives E.ON huge growth potential even though operational delivery is challenging.
EOAN.DE LONG
HIGH
20:07
Aug 12
Aug 12
WTI
▾
HIGH
Oil prices should eventually decline.
Kelly expects oil prices to eventually fall because the Strait of Hormuz conflict has only one solution and oil will eventually flow out of the strait again, easing a key supply pressure.
WTI AVOID
HIGH
20:06
Aug 12
Aug 12
UGA
WTI
▾
MED
Gasoline and oil may rise temporarily in August
Tiffany Wilding says retail gasoline prices fell in June and July but could increase a little in August because of rising oil prices tied to Middle East/Iran risks. However, unless gasoline prices continue rising dramatically, the one-time energy price adjustment's inflationary effect should wear off.
UGA WATCH
WTI WATCH
MED
20:00
Aug 12
Aug 12
CAVA
▾
HIGH
Cava insulated from cyclospora food-safety outbreak.
Consumers are trading into Cava from full-service restaurants, other limited-service restaurants and grocery stores because the food is differentiated and not easily recreated at home; Mediterranean diet is the top-ranked diet for nine years, and GLP-1/health/wellness trends are structural, moving more people toward Cava's protein-dense, fiber-rich cuisine. Premium attachments such as salmon support sales.
CAVA LONG
HIGH
20:00
Aug 12
Aug 12
Wealthion
4h
DBC
COPPER 1ST
REMX 1ST
▾
HIGH
Commodity cycle looks mature, speculative.
The commodity cycle appears mature: M&A has already occurred and speculative 'crazy' projects are beginning to appear, which is a late-cycle warning sign even though he cannot say how long the cycle will last.
DBC WATCH
Copper has structural supply-demand gap.
Copper demand out to 2050 exceeds what current and imminent supply can deliver, creating a large structural supply gap; he is a huge copper bull from both demand and price perspectives, and he views aluminum substitution as inadequate because copper is a superior metal.
COPPER LONG
Government funding supports critical minerals.
Governments in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe are showing much more interest in supporting critical metals/minerals, and public-sector money is flowing into private projects, which he views as a big encouragement for the sector.
REMX LONG
HIGH
19:55
Aug 12
Aug 12
SPY
▾
MED
US market direction hinges on Washington outcome
The stakes for markets are much higher now because the political setup is binary: either 2027 produces animal spirits or Washington casts a pall over markets through the 2028 election. This is a developing market regime to watch rather than a clean directional trade.
SPY WATCH
MED
19:54
Aug 12
Aug 12
WEN
▾
HIGH
Peltz preparing Wendy's take-private bid.
Nelson Peltz/Trian has been in Wendy's since February and is assembling a consortium with Abu Dhabi's Blue Five Group and major franchisee Fling Group to line up financing for a take-private. Wendy's fits a typical LBO situation because it has declining sales, rising costs, and trades at a discount to McDonald's, and the board has signaled it will be receptive to offers.
WEN WATCH
HIGH
19:54
Aug 12
Aug 12
SPY 1ST
TLT FLIP
LQD 1ST
▾
HIGH
Retail equity enthusiasm supports staying invested
Retail investors continue to show enthusiasm for equities, visible in retirement accounts and retail anecdotes; while there are concerns around AI, inflation and the economy, she does not see a broadly speculative tone, and she argues investors should be fully invested.
SPY LONG
Long yields face upward pressure
The bond market's yield curve is being driven by rising real yields, a rising term premium, uncertainty about future Fed policy and fiscal/debt issuance concerns; this makes it hard to see what would bring long-end yields down.
TLT AVOID
Avoid overextending credit risk exposure
Tight credit spreads mean investors are getting less return for the risk taken; she and her fixed income team want to be judicious with credit exposure and avoid overextending.
LQD AVOID
HIGH
19:52
Aug 12
Aug 12
SPY
IWM
GLD FLIP
SILVER FLIP
GDX FLIP
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HIGH
S&P 500 long on positive divergence.
Positioned roughly 50% long S&P 500 via SPY after covering shorts on July 29-30. S&P 500 held above its June 9 low while Nasdaq 100 and Philadelphia semis made new lows, a positive divergence; S&P 500 also broke above its prior all-time high on an upside gap, which he says is a very bullish pattern that follows through roughly 80% of the time. April buy-signal models also project higher S&P 500 levels.
SPY LONG
Russell 2000 long on momentum thrust.
Nearly 10% long Russell 2000 as part of oversold bounce positioning after covering shorts. The Russell 2000 had its greatest 10-day rate of change in five years off the March low, a momentum thrust that historically has preceded higher prices.
IWM LONG
Gold and silver in long-term bear.
He is not long gold, silver, or GDX and sold near the January 29 high. Long-term valuation extremes versus crude, soybeans, housing and CPI argue a major multi-year/long-term top; he expects rallies within a long-term bear market but no new highs, and gold, silver and GDX likely peak again this week and trade back down.
GLD AVOID
SILVER AVOID
GDX AVOID
SOXX long after semiconductor crash.
20% long the Philadelphia semiconductor index after it lost over 20-28% into the July 29 low following a more than 100% run from March; he got into the losers because they were way oversold, panic selling should produce at least a short-term bounce, and if the July intraday low holds the recovery can continue.
SOXX LONG
Nasdaq 100 long after panic low.
After the crash lows, he is watching for a possible short-term top this week due to Montgomery cycle dates and exhaustive upside gaps into recovery highs in Nasdaq 100 and KOSPI. Best case is a retest of the July lows, especially KOSPI and SOXX, within the next month or two.
QQQ LONG
KOSPI long after 44% crash.
5% long KOSPI/EWY after the Korean index fell 43.93% in 27 days into the July 29 Montgomery cycle date with panic liquidation and margin selling. He argues the crash low most likely leads to a three-to-five month strong upside move, though a retest of the lows is quite probable.
EWY LONG
HIGH
19:39
Aug 12
Aug 12
BITO
WTI
UNG
USD/JPY
SKYY
▾
HIGH
U.S. digital asset legislation is bullish.
The CLARITY Act digital asset market structure bill getting Senate floor time is a positive catalyst because the U.S. needs to remain the world leader in financial markets, especially digital assets, protect consumers, foster innovation, and outcompete China.
BITO LONG
Commodity supply uncertainty will persist.
Even if a Gulf deal is struck, the conflict and uncertainty will persist, leaving markets to live with uncertain supply of oil, natural gas, aluminum and other key commodities for a long time.
WTI WATCH
UNG WATCH
Yen intervention failed; USD/JPY resumes.
The U.S.-Japan intervention only temporarily flushed out yen shorts and has not narrowed U.S.-Japanese rate differentials, so the exchange rate is back near 160 and yen shorts are likely to resume; Japan's role as the largest U.S. Treasury holder adds risk if it turns seller.
USD/JPY LONG
AI spend persists despite overbuild worry.
Massive AI data center buildout may be overdone with revenue and profit pushed into the future, but AI has become a central pillar of U.S. national security policy, so no government will allow the train to slow down soon and AI spending will outlive this administration.
SKYY WATCH
HIGH
19:10
Aug 12
Aug 12
FUL 1ST
▾
HIGH
Unit sale deleverages, unlocking shareholder value.
Ancora's proposed purchase of H.B. Fuller's building adhesives unit would inject about $1 billion of cash and directly address the company's post-AMS leverage problem of over 4x leverage and more than $3 billion in net debt. It would also let management focus on integrating the higher-growth AMS acquisition and remove a lower-margin, lower-growth segment. If H.B. Fuller's board does not engage, Ancora is prepared to run a broader activist campaign and push strategic alternatives, which Chadwick frames as value-maximizing for shareholders.
FUL LONG
HIGH
19:04
Aug 12
Aug 12
SG 1ST
▾
HIGH
Cyclospora impact transitory; Sweetgreen recovery underway
Sweetgreen's new wraps launched a few months ago are already mixing at about 20% of orders. Priced near $11, they provide a value entry point, drive transaction growth, and show higher customer frequency and return rates than the rest of the menu. Margins are similar to bowls and salads despite some mix headwind, supporting a long-tail frequency opportunity.
SG LONG
HIGH
18:45
Aug 12
Aug 12
SOL
JITOSOL 1ST
JTO 1ST
▾
HIGH
Solana usage rising while SOL lags.
Solana transaction volume and network usage are climbing again, with activity shifting away from centralized venues toward on-chain decentralized exchanges and prop AMMs. Solana was built for high-throughput internet capital markets, but the SOL token price has not yet reflected this on-chain utility; she views this as an upcoming evolution in how token prices incorporate usage, making it a key setup to watch.
SOL WATCH
JitoSOL institutional adoption driven by compliance.
JitoSOL has gained institutional adoption because Jito proactively answered institutional legal/compliance concerns: it was the first private company to engage the SEC crypto task force in February 2025, published a securities classification report and tax treatment guidance, and JitoSOL is already included in an ETF. Jito also expects further ETF innovation, including potential qualification under new rules allowing 15% other digital commodity exposure.
JITOSOL LONG
JTO captures fees and planned burns.
JTX is Jito's newly launched non-custodial, fully on-chain trading interface that brings Jito's institutional-grade infrastructure and trustworthy execution to retail. It is built on Solana's market structure and aims to offer broad asset choice, price transparency, and low slippage, with a roadmap that includes on-chain equities; this expands Jito's consumer/trading layer and can drive more fee-generating activity into the Jito ecosystem.
JTO LONG
HIGH
18:40
Aug 12
Aug 12
SPY
BITO 1ST
▾
HIGH
Index capital gains to inflation helps investors
Steil supports indexing capital gains to inflation because the post-pandemic inflation surge means households saving in the markets for retirement, education, or family events are being taxed on inflation-driven gains; he argues investors should not be punished for inflation and that this relief should be part of the broader tax package, though timing before the election is uncertain.
SPY WATCH
Senate crypto market structure bill is bullish
Steil sees the Senate's decision to give digital asset market structure legislation floor time as a big win and positive catalyst; he argues the US must remain the world leader in financial markets and digital assets, consumers deserve protections, innovation must stay in the US against competitors like China, and he is optimistic the Senate will pass it and the House will approve the Senate version.
BITO LONG
HIGH
18:39
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
5h
AVGO 1ST
SPY
SMH 1ST
MU
XLK 1ST
▾
HIGH
NVDA, AVGO, MU earnings power indexes.
The earnings composition of the S&P and Nasdaq has changed: NVIDIA, Broadcom, and Micron are top-ten index holdings, and their monster earnings can keep pushing index-level profit growth higher, making Yardeni's 8400 target plausible.
AVGO LONG
MU LONG
S&P 500 heads toward 8000-plus.
Ed Yardeni's 8400 S&P target reflects a roaring 20s earnings-led melt-up; profit margins can move toward 17%, and once the S&P breaks above the August 5 high of 7793, systematic funds should engage further and drive the market toward 8000.
SPY LONG
Tech valuation supports next AI phase.
Tech's P/E has compressed and the market is pivoting to the next phase of AI; the recent memory unwind looks technical rather than fundamental, and NVIDIA's MOUs plus expanded credit/private funding signal wider AI investment that should support earnings-driven tech leadership.
SMH LONG
XLK LONG
Flows support tech, chips, momentum recovery.
Tech's 85.1% beat rate and the second-biggest institutional inflow ever, driven by hedge fund clients after deleveraging, show positioning is cleaner and money is returning to tech, chips, and momentum.
MTUM LONG
NVDA, AVGO, MU earnings power indexes.
Ahead of NVIDIA earnings, consensus revenue growth is re-accelerating to 96%, earnings growth is 114%, free cash flow should reach $47 billion, and next-quarter guidance could hit $100 billion, so the market is getting in front of a strong quarter and working back toward the 236 May high, though post-earnings caution is warranted.
NVDA LONG
HIGH
18:39
Aug 12
Aug 12
CAVA 1ST
WEN 1ST
EAT 1ST
▾
HIGH
Cava outperforms on healthy Mediterranean value
Cava is outperforming with same-store sales above 9% and traffic above 5% in the first half, driven by healthy Mediterranean positioning, strong value, menu innovation such as salmon and pomegranate glaze, and limited seafood competition, making it a winner in a diverging restaurant industry.
CAVA LONG
New CEO turnaround makes Wendy's attractive
Michael Halen is more optimistic on Wendy's because its new CEO Bob Wright knows the business deeply, previously engineered an impressive turnaround at Potbelly, has energized the franchisee base, and has a plan to turn Wendy's around; the Trian co-investor reports are taken with a grain of salt.
WEN LONG
Chili's turnaround drives Brinker's strong sales
Brinker's Chili's has posted roughly 70% cumulative same-store sales growth over five years, driven by returning to its core brand, operational improvements, best-in-class marketing from the CEO and CMO, and ongoing ingredient and menu upgrades that bring customers back.
EAT LONG
HIGH
18:35
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
5h
NVDA 1ST
EDGEX 1ST
▾
HIGH
Nvidia stock should rise on lessened risk.
Nvidia's move to bring third-party financing into compute purchases widens the funding circle and lessens Nvidia's own risk, so the stock should go up; third-party lenders will also help set market rates for compute assets.
NVDA LONG
Edge computing is a long-term AI play.
Over the next decade, edge computing will become a real play in the AI race because billions of phones have significant compute power and AI-native phones will run LLMs or SLMs on device.
EDGEX LONG
HIGH
18:33
Aug 12
Aug 12
GOOGL
SPY
MSFT
NVDA
▾
HIGH
Google/Microsoft cash flow consumed by AI capex.
Ulrich warns that even highly cash-generative hyperscalers are being stretched by AI capex: he cites Google and Microsoft as already using nearly all operating cash flow for AI investment and turning to equity and debt issuance, creating vulnerability if AI returns disappoint.
GOOGL WATCH
MSFT WATCH
US equities could boom; bubble signs accumulate.
Ulrich says the AI boom may still drive US corporate earnings and stock prices higher, but he sees accumulating warning signs from circular financing and securitization that make the market's AI-driven gains not normal and worth monitoring.
SPY WATCH
Nvidia's GPU-as-infrastructure narrative could extend boom.
Nvidia is trying to turn GPUs and AI data centers into a new financeable infrastructure asset class with recurring revenue and securitization. Ulrich sees this as a phase shift that could extend the AI capex boom and Nvidia chip sales if the market accepts the narrative, but the asset-class thesis is unproven and transfers bubble risk to institutional and retail investors.
NVDA WATCH
HIGH
18:19
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
6h
GOOGL
▾
MED
Pixel 11 tests Gemini-driven upgrade cycle.
Google sees its edge over Apple in the Gemini ecosystem because it controls the model, Android, and the services underneath. Agentic capabilities should make devices much simpler to use, grow in importance, and perhaps eventually become the primary way people use phones, laptops, and other devices.
GOOGL WATCH
MED
18:18
Aug 12
Aug 12
SPY
TLT
LQD 1ST
VT 1ST
XLV
▾
HIGH
Earnings momentum justifies higher S&P target.
Yardeni raises his S&P 500 target because the market's euphoria is driven by fabulous earnings momentum rather than FOMO; the P/E has stayed around 20 while earnings have been phenomenal, and AI companies continue to deliver upside surprises.
SPY LONG
Rate hike could boost bonds.
Yardeni expects markets to price a September Fed rate hike after a hawkish new Fed chair, but he thinks the bond market would react positively to that hike, which would also be positive for stocks.
TLT LONG
Investment-grade issuance absorbed well.
Yardeni argues that 4-5% rates are normal and a vote of confidence, not a higher-for-longer problem, and notes record investment-grade bond market issuance is being absorbed very well, signaling healthy credit demand.
LQD LONG
Better valuations support global equities.
After years of recommending a US overweight, Yardeni says he cannot recommend overweighting the US when it accounts for 65% of MSCI global market cap; he sees good returns and better valuations outside the US and calls this a global bull market in stocks.
VT LONG
Health care overweight on AI leverage.
Yardeni's firm raised health care to overweight because health care is the sector that most badly needs to manage information better with AI; the sector is at record highs as investors understand its businesses and AI leverage.
XLV LONG
Financials gain from fintech productivity.
Yardeni favors financials, which are at record highs and spending billions on fintech; he sees significant productivity gains as financial services modernize payments and operations.
XLF LONG
Industrials benefit from AI boom.
Industrials are at record highs and are directly benefiting from the ongoing AI boom, which Yardeni says is real and is driving demand across the sector.
XLI LONG
Market broadening beyond Magnificent Seven.
The equal-weighted S&P 500 is up 15% and the impressive 493 outside the Magnificent Seven are doing well, showing the rally is broadening beyond mega-cap tech; investors are buying indexes and technology, but financials, industrials, and health care are also at record highs.
RSP LONG
HIGH
17:23
Aug 12
Aug 12
CRWV
NVDA 1ST
WTI
CAVA 1ST
WING 1ST
▾
HIGH
AI infrastructure demand continues outpacing supply.
The AI infrastructure buildout is accelerating rather than cooling, with demand outpacing supply and revenues more than doubling year-over-year, proving the strength of the AI hardware ecosystem.
CRWV WATCH
SMCI LONG
AI trade regains momentum after July selloff.
The AI trade is regaining momentum after the July selloff, with on-the-ground reporting showing no signs of weakness, and Nvidia's new financing deal alleviating capital constraints.
NVDA LONG
Monitor oil amid unsettled Middle East tensions.
Oil remains a key asset to monitor due to the unsettled geopolitical situation in the Middle East, even though recent volatility has temporarily calmed risk sentiment.
WTI WATCH
Salmon addition drives strong traffic for Cava.
Cava is driving strong customer traffic and sales growth by offering novel seafood options like salmon, which are rare and impactful in the fast-casual space.
CAVA LONG
Wingstop struggles as consumers seek better value.
Wingstop and similar chains are struggling as consumers become more discerning and seek better value for their money in a divergent restaurant market.
WING AVOID
Market broadens into materials and industrials sectors.
The market is expected to broaden beyond technology into materials and industrials as the economy remains strong and earnings growth expands to other sectors.
XLB LONG
XLI LONG
Global equities offer attractive diversification beyond tech.
Global equities, including international developed and emerging markets, look attractive as they provide diversification away from US growth stocks while performing strongly year-to-date.
VT LONG
AI and data centers drive warehouse demand.
The transformational buildout of AI and data centers is driving massive adjacent demand for industrial warehouse space to house cooling towers, generators, and manufacturing equipment.
INDS LONG
Constrained launch market drives strong rocket demand.
Firefly is benefiting from a highly constrained launch market and strong demand for small and medium lift rockets, supported by major government and commercial contracts.
FLY WATCH
New nuclear fuel increases existing reactor output.
Lightbridge is rapidly advancing toward commercializing its new nuclear fuel, which can significantly increase the power output of existing reactors, supported by strong government initiatives.
Lightbridge LONG
HIGH
17:14
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
7h
UGA 1ST
▾
MED
Gasoline decline won't last; August rebound.
July CPI showed gasoline prices fell 2.9% month-over-month, but Liesman said he does not think that decline will last and expects gasoline to come back in the August data; this is a near-term rebound call for gasoline/energy prices.
UGA LONG
MED
17:04
Aug 12
Aug 12
GLD 1ST
SPY
BTC
SILVER 1ST
ETH 1ST
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HIGH
Fiat debasement and yield capping drive gold.
Fiat money is being debased by 8% to 9% a year based on M2 growth, and the Bretton Woods system is over. Gold is in a secular bull market and is projected to reach $9,000 as authorities are forced to cap yields and monetize debt.
GLD LONG
Supply-side policies and AI capex drive earnings.
The US is escaping secular stagnation through supply-side economic policies and an AI-driven capex boom that will drive real economic growth. The S&P 500 is expected to reach 10,000 next year based on $440 in earnings, and potentially 14,000 to 15,000 by the 2028 election.
SPY LONG
Perfect scarcity makes Bitcoin a debasement hedge.
Bitcoin benefits from perfect scarcity and inelastic supply. Smart money and whales are accumulating it while weak hands have exited. It is poised for a massive run driven by fiat debasement, structural demand, the four-year cycle, and a positive ISM business cycle.
BTC LONG
Yield curve control drives silver prices higher.
Silver is participating in the debasement trade alongside gold and Bitcoin, benefiting from implicit yield curve control as authorities step in to cap rising interest rates.
SILVER LONG
Wall Street is adopting Ethereum alongside Bitcoin.
Wall Street is coalescing around a select few crypto winners as the world transitions into the digital age, with Ethereum being one of the primary beneficiaries alongside Bitcoin.
ETH LONG
Buy high-quality large caps and rotate capital.
Investors should avoid getting too fancy and instead buy big, high-quality names across sectors, such as Caterpillar, Microsoft, and Corning, rotating capital as charts dictate.
CAT LONG
MSFT LONG
GLW LONG
Micron is likely to double from here.
Despite being a high-beta play in the broader AI and semiconductor boom, Micron is likely to double from its current levels as the market continues its upward trajectory.
MU LONG
NVDA and AVGO pulled back to support.
Nvidia and Broadcom present interesting buying opportunities because their charts have pulled back to their upward-sloping 200-day exponential moving averages.
AVGO LONG
NVDA LONG
HIGH
16:53
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
7h
Quantinuum 1ST
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HIGH
Oracle deal accelerates Quantinuum adoption
The Oracle partnership integrates Quantinuum's Helios quantum computer into an Oracle U.S. data center at both hardware and software levels, making quantum computing a first-class citizen of Oracle data services, compute, network, storage, identity, and security. This industry-first hybrid quantum-HPC-AI integration should make the quantum computer easier and more extensive for developers and customers, accelerating usage, demand, and adoption.
Quantinuum LONG
HIGH
16:48
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
7h
GOOGL 1ST
Memory 1ST
Smartphones
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HIGH
Pixel/Android AI leads iPhone, driving demand.
Google's Pixel 11 and Android are integrating Gemini Intelligence more deeply than iPhone, moving toward an autonomous agent that can understand context, connect information across apps, and take actions. Osterloh says Pixel and iPhone are going in very different directions and these unique Android/Gemini features will make consumers want a Pixel or Android phone.
GOOGL LONG
RAM and flash shortage raises industry prices.
There is quite clearly a shortage of memory, both RAM memory and flash memory. Near term, everyone in the industry is needing to raise prices, and Google will also need to raise its prices like other industry players.
Memory LONG
Agentic AI upgrade cycle still unproven.
The bigger test is whether agentic AI actually gives people a reason to upgrade smartphones. So far it has not, and Apple is about to make the same bet with a much bigger installed base, making the consumer upgrade cycle a key setup to monitor.
Smartphones WATCH
HIGH
16:47
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
7h
NVDA
GOOGL
CRWV 1ST
CAVA
MSFT
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HIGH
AI compute is new asset class.
Nvidia's $500B arrangement with Wall Street is still a memorandum of understanding and amounts to vendor financing; Nvidia raises the funding, finds customers, pays them to rent back GPUs, helps raise debt, and backstops deals including CoreWeave's IPO, so it does not resolve circular financing concerns.
NVDA LONG
Google Cloud revenue tied to AI labs.
UBS estimates 48% of Google Cloud's next-year revenue will come from Anthropic and OpenAI, meaning Alphabet's cloud growth is heavily tied to circular compute demand from unprofitable AI labs rather than durable end customers.
GOOGL AVOID
CoreWeave is circular vendor-financed AI demand.
CoreWeave is a clear example of circular AI financing: Nvidia pays it contract revenue, helps raise its debt, invested over $2 billion and propped up its IPO, while CoreWeave's demand is heavily reliant on OpenAI and Anthropic, making it a vendor-financed compute front.
CRWV AVOID
Cava resilient with traffic and pricing.
Cava reported a strong quarter with traffic uptick, its ingredients were not sourced from food-safety outbreak areas, sales trends are rebounding, and its intentional underpricing of CPI plus no additional planned 2026 price increases is driving traffic growth and share gains across income cohorts.
CAVA LONG
Microsoft AI revenue depends on OpenAI.
Microsoft's AI revenue is dangerously concentrated: about 70% of fiscal 2026 AI revenue came from OpenAI, while Microsoft 365 Copilot is only a single-digit billion business despite $261 billion in capex since 2022, making its AI growth dependent on unsustainable, unprofitable AI labs.
MSFT AVOID
HIGH
16:34
Aug 12
Aug 12
GDX 1ST
BTC 1ST
USD
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MED
Small volatile allocation improves portfolio diversification.
Ben cites Bill Bernstein's framework: putting 5-10% of a portfolio into a highly volatile, lower-return asset such as a precious metals equities fund can improve overall portfolio outcomes through rebalancing and correlation benefits. The volatility itself can reduce total portfolio volatility when systematically rebalanced.
GDX LONG
Bitcoin as small volatile diversifier.
Duncan says the same volatile-asset diversification logic applies to Bitcoin; he personally holds a 2% Bitcoin position as a small diversifier/rebalancing asset.
BTC LONG
Fixed mortgage shorts the dollar.
Ben frames a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage as an effective short on the US dollar, because you borrow today and repay with future dollars. In a higher-inflation regime, this short-dollar exposure has been beneficial and argues against prepaying the mortgage.
USD WATCH
MED
15:29
Aug 12
Aug 12
GS
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HIGH
Goldman gains options-based ETF capabilities.
Goldman Sachs is paying up to $2.25 billion to buy Neos Investments, an established options-based ETF provider, giving Goldman access to risk-managing, yield-oriented ETF products and leadership expertise, and signaling a strategic shift toward expanding its ETF and asset-management offering through acquisition rather than building in-house.
GS WATCH
HIGH
15:19
Aug 12
Aug 12
CNBC
9h
CoreWeave 1ST
NVDA
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HIGH
CoreWeave's scale and margins are inflecting.
CoreWeave is scaling into a massive AI infrastructure supplier: it brought on 500MW of power, now has a 1.5 gigawatt installed base, enterprise adoption is building, and contribution/operating margins are rising. Since Q2 closed, CoreWeave contracted more than $25 billion in additional deals in five weeks, supporting long-term sustainability of the business model.
CoreWeave LONG
Older NVIDIA GPUs retain premium value.
Older-generation NVIDIA GPUs are proving to have a longer useful life than anticipated; they are contracting for longer terms and at higher prices. The NVIDIA GPU and CUDA software create fungibility and premium value, and CoreWeave contracted 2020-vintage NVIDIA architecture out to 2029 at full freight, underscoring durable NVIDIA demand.
NVDA LONG
HIGH
15:12
Aug 12
Aug 12
ETH
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HIGH
ETH yield-cut proposal will fail.
Austin argues that cutting ETH staking yield to zero while US government money market funds pay around 3.5% makes ETH much less attractive; investors need a very strong ETH appreciation case to prefer ETH over cash, and some may lend ETH and borrow dollars to capture money-market yield, creating carry pressure.
ETH LONG
HIGH
14:55
Aug 12
Aug 12
WTI
ITA 1ST
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HIGH
Iran controls Hormuz; oil price risk persists
The Strait of Hormuz is unlikely to reopen sustainably because Iran now controls it and will not cave to additional U.S. economic pressure; the closure has already brought higher prices and economic damage, and a durable reopening would require U.S. concessions such as sanctions relief, frozen assets, or voluntary tolls. This keeps oil supply risk and energy price pressure elevated.
WTI LONG
Munitions depletion supports defense sector demand
The U.S. has drawn down high-value precision munitions and needs to rebuild its military industrial base; cheaper systems such as drones are being used more widely, and a defense budget request over $1 trillion is pending. This supports sustained demand for U.S. defense production and drone alternatives.
ITA LONG
HIGH
14:47
Aug 12
Aug 12
CoinDesk
9h
BLCN 1ST
COMP 1ST
AAVE 1ST
MORPHO
APO 1ST
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HIGH
Blockchain infrastructure is the real product.
The real investable shift is not speculative crypto products but blockchain-based financial infrastructure that upgrades the pipes connecting the same borrowers and lenders, makes operations more efficient, and aims to bring the entire $200 trillion credit market on-chain.
BLCN LONG
Morpho infrastructure model beats Aave/Compound.
Aave and Compound act like on-chain banks that manage assets and underwrite borrowers, creating concentrated underwriting risk; Morpho is instead pure plumbing for credit with permissionless markets and non-custodial vaults, making its architecture more flexible and less exposed to asset-management mistakes.
COMP AVOID
AAVE AVOID
Morpho aggregates global lenders and borrowers.
Morpho Blue currently addresses crypto variable-rate open-term crypto-backed loans, a roughly $50 billion market where Morpho covers about $13 billion and is fastest growing; Morpho Midnight expands the addressable market into much larger traditional credit by adding fixed-rate fixed-term, programmable compliance, portfolio collateral, and marketplace interest-rate discovery.
MORPHO LONG
Apollo leads institutional crypto credit.
Apollo is one of the most aggressive traditional asset managers entering crypto and operates as a credit factory; the Morpho partnership positions Apollo as a leading institutional player in on-chain credit and private credit infrastructure with scale to underwrite many loan types.
APO LONG
HIGH
14:20
Aug 12
Aug 12
Bankless
10h
META
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MED
Meta's open-source AI pivot is bullish.
Meta's pivot back to open-source AI with models like Muse Glimmer, its aggressive compute capex, and its dominant AI glasses position leverage its 4 billion users to commoditize frontier intelligence, improve ad personalization, and unlock long-term value, making the stock attractive.
META LONG
MED
14:09
Aug 12
Aug 12
13:52
Aug 12
Aug 12
The Block
10h
BTC
SPY
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HIGH
Bitcoin cycle bottom likely October 2026.
Bitcoin historically bottoms about one year after its cycle top, with the most probable month being October. This cycle topped in October 2025, and structural similarities to 2018 (10x scale) along with the typical midterm-year second stock market correction point to a final low around October 2026, setting up the next bull market into 2027.
BTC WATCH
Expect 10-20% stock correction soon.
AI is a transformative productivity tool and the dominant narrative, so riding the bubble via broad market indices makes sense. He personally invests in the stock market, which is heavily weighted toward AI leaders like Nvidia and Google, and believes in never letting a good bubble go to waste.
SPY WATCH
HIGH
13:33
Aug 12
Aug 12
CoreWeave 1ST
SMCI 1ST
005930.KS
000660.KS
TCEHY
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HIGH
AI capex drives CoreWeave, Super Micro.
AI infrastructure spending is surging as hyperscaler capex flows through, evidenced by CoreWeave's strong bookings, revenue beat, and Super Micro's guidance 25% above expectations, confirming the AI capex trade.
CoreWeave LONG
SMCI LONG
Singapore fund investment positive for Samsung, SK hynix.
Singapore's highly regarded sovereign wealth fund planning to invest in Samsung Electronics and SK hynix is a positive catalyst, given its track record, and supports the AI chip theme with Samsung offering logic and foundry advantages beyond memory.
005930.KS LONG
000660.KS LONG
Tencent AI monetization improving, watch.
Tencent's core ad business is improving thanks to AI tools, and fundamentals are holding up while they catch up on AI build-out, though the stock still has a way to go to convince.
TCEHY WATCH
Extreme short Treasury positioning favors rally.
Extreme short positioning in long-dated US Treasuries (10Y/30Y) sets up an asymmetric reaction to CPI: even an in-line or soft print could trigger profit-taking, causing a bond rally.
US 30Y Treasury Bond LONG
Extreme short Treasury positioning favors rally.
Core CPI is decelerating toward target (2.5% y/y expected), and cooling inflation combined with signs of labor market softening will prompt the Fed to cut rates by October, supporting Treasuries.
US 10Y Treasury Note LONG
HIGH
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