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Premarket Alpha Midday Alpha Post-Market Alpha
Daily Alpha Post-Market Alpha by Buzzberg Research

What changed since midday

Jukan and a Macquarie view relayed by Jonah Lupton pushed back on the CXMT memory selloff; Gavin Baker called Anthropic's S-1 commitments fundable as CoreWeave and Oracle spreads widened; Aramco's Dhahran HQ was hit as Morgan Stanley raised Brent forecasts; breadth stayed thin.

Main narratives

day change
01

Jukan and a BofA note tie CXMT's 4F² push to its DUV limits, while Macquarie sees its growth absorbed by China

Jukan argues CXMT has hit the limits of DUV scaling and is moving from 6F² to 4F² at a 13 to 14nm node to extend DUV, saying Samsung and SK hynix hold off only because yields aren't there. A BofA note relayed by @pequityresearch links CXMT's 4F² push to its EUV restrictions. Jonah Lupton, relaying Macquarie's Katherine Zheng, says CXMT bit shipments grow ~35% in 2027 and ~45% in 2028, mostly absorbed by China.

MU +1.8% · 000660.KS -4.2% · 005930.KS -3.0%
02

Gavin Baker says Anthropic's ~$400B of S-1 commitments are fundable as data-center credit spreads widen

Gavin Baker says the ~$400 billion of contractual commitments in Anthropic's S-1 are $31 billion of annual cloud spend over 7-10 years, fundable from Anthropic's revenue, plus $161 billion of Broadcom commitments to be financed by Broadcom and private credit. Credit pricing is less calm: per Zerohedge, CoreWeave unsecureds hit a 1,000bp G-spread for the first time and Oracle unsecureds trade like deep junk.

AVGO +1.4% · CRWV +6.6% · ORCL +2.8%
03

Aramco's Dhahran headquarters was hit in Houthi attacks as Morgan Stanley raised its Brent forecasts

FirstSquawk reports Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran was hit during Houthi attacks on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley raised its 4Q26 Brent forecast to $105 from $100 and its 1Q27 forecast to $100 from $95. Tom Kloza, quoted by TheValueist, flagged wholesale diesel up 28 cents a gallon in Southern California. John Arnold says oil sentiment has shifted over the past six weeks toward massive global restocking keeping prices higher for longer.

VLO -0.1% · MPC -1.2% · PSX +0.2%
04

The S&P 500 sits near its high while only 38% of its stocks are above their 50-day average

Jonah Lupton notes the NYSE high/low index at 16%, its lowest since April 2025, with only 38% of S&P 500 stocks above their 50-day average and the average S&P 500 stock 19.5% below its 52-week high. Kobeissi says the equal-weight consumer discretionary ETF RSPD is down 8.0% in 2026 while the S&P 500 is up 13.9%. @mr_derivatives says SPY is on pace for its lowest monthly volume in over two decades.

SPY +0.7% · RSPD +1.4%

Themes of the session

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Z-score shows how far this edition's mention count is above or below the theme's own average across 20 comparable earlier editions. +2.7σ means mentions are 2.7 standard deviations above that average — simply, the theme is being mentioned much more often than usual. It measures attention, not bullishness or expected return. Themes need at least 8 posts; gold begins at +2σ, and σ is hidden when history is too thin.
Banks +5.6σ
BAC +0.6% · JPM +0.7% · C +0.9%
+3 more ACCESSCORP — · UBS — · STT —
21 posts 12 voices base 4.2
Capital Markets +2.9σ
GS +1.4% · MS +1.4% · BRK.B +1.4%
+12 more APO — · ASST — · CG — · STEP — · HLNE — · TPG — · ARES — · NGXGROUP — · BRK.A — · LSEG.L — · BX — · BLK —
21 posts 16 voices base 8.1
Retail & Mobility +2.4σ
GME +0.1% · GRAB +1.1% · BABA +0.5%
+1 more NKE —
28 posts 22 voices base 13.1
NeoCloud +2.0σ
NBIS +6.4% · CRWV +6.6% · IREN +1.0%
+1 more APLD —
34 posts 19 voices base 19.3
Pharma & Biotech +1.6σ
ZURA +4.5% · IOVA +4.9% · ABCL -1.8%
+8 more IBRX — · MRNA — · PDSB — · VTRS — · SLS — · TCRT — · MLTX — · JNJ —
12 posts 6 voices base 7.7
Thematic ETFs +1.5σ
SMH +1.9% · SOXL +6.1% · KBE +1.9%
+21 more XLK — · XLF — · XLU — · SOXX — · XLE — · DRAM — · XLY — · XLV — · XLI — · JAAA +0.0% · URA — · BIZD — · BOTZ +1.4% · KRE — · PSP — · ITA — · PEJ — · XBI — · XRT — · MSOS — · BITQ —
31 posts 28 voices base 24.1
Defense +1.4σ
AVAV +0.6% · KTOS -0.8% · UMAC +1.5%
+2 more ONDS — · MOB —
8 posts 5 voices base 4.7
AI ASIC +1.3σ
AVGO +1.4% · MRVL +4.7% · QCOM +2.3%
+6 more ARM — · ALAB — · 2454.TW — · LSCC — · SMTC — · SNPS —
24 posts 16 voices base 14.2
AI Memory +1.1σ
MU +1.8% · SNDK +2.7% · SKHY +0.8%
+4 more 005930.KS -3.0% · 000660.KS -4.2% · 285A.T — · 2408.TW —
41 posts 30 voices base 24.1
Foundry Equipment +1.0σ
TSM +3.1% · INTC +3.2% · ASML +1.6%
+6 more AMAT — · AEHR — · 3443.TW — · TSEM — · ASX — · GFS —
23 posts 18 voices base 14.8
AI Compute +0.9σ
NVDA +1.7% · AMD +1.7% · CBRS +1.4%
59 posts 33 voices base 43.1
Equity Indexes +0.7σ
SPY +0.7% · QQQ +0.8% · ES=F —
+12 more IWM — · EWY — · MTUM — · EFA — · EUFN — · NQ — · FXI +0.2% · DIA — · RSPD +1.4% · IWB — · RTY — · IWV —
38 posts 30 voices base 31.5
Crypto Assets +0.7σ
BTC — · ZEC — · USDC —
+15 more ETH — · NEAR — · SOL — · SNARKSTR — · VVV — · ZAMA — · ENA — · UNI — · INJ — · PRL — · QTC — · INK — · PAPER — · LIT — · REZ —
35 posts 24 voices base 29.9
Oil & Gas +0.7σ
DK +3.0% · PSX +0.2% · CLMT +0.9%
+8 more MPC -1.2% · VLO -0.1% · PBF — · 2222.SR — · SM — · REP — · XOM — · ORSTED —
13 posts 6 voices base 9.7
Positioning Market Radar →

Buying / adding

3 positions · 4 voices

Selective / waiting

3 positions · 3 voices

Penguin Solutions

@temple_eight remains bullish on Penguin Solutions into the midterms but not afterwards, citing high rates and a turning credit cycle, while saying 2027 earnings alone justify a $100 share price.

@temple_eight Alpha #197 22 smart
Penguin Solutions: How Far Can Fremont Take Them?
PENG
7d before+21.8%
since call -28.0%

Fading / not buying

2 positions · 2 voices
YouTube
30 videos · 9h 52m Specialist macro voices tied higher long-end yields to AI capital demand rather than a recession signal. Open the desk →
X
1458 posts Jukan pushed back on the CXMT-driven memory selloff, and Gavin Baker argued Anthropic's S-1 commitments are fundable. Open the desk →
Reddit
508 threads WallStreetBets posters split on whether weak market breadth is a warning or a bottom. Open the desk →
Substack
1 letter Open the desk →