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

What changed since midday

CoreWeave's CDS priced a more than 50% chance of default as Jensen Huang said Nvidia sees no need to backstop it; Chamath questioned AI run-rate revenue math; Meta released the open-weight Muse Spark Open; Lockheed named solid rocket motors and seekers as Patriot ramp constraints.

Main narratives

day change
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CoreWeave's credit default swaps priced a more than 50% chance of default within five years as shares fell about 15%

Per Bloomberg, CoreWeave shares fell about 15% as its bonds hit distress levels and credit default swaps priced a more than 50% chance of default within five years; CEO Mike Intrator called the reaction not rational. Serenity relayed Jensen Huang saying CoreWeave's cost of capital is decreasing and that Huang saw no need for Nvidia to backstop it. DA Davidson's Gil Luria said neoclouds borrowing at high rates are destroying value.

CRWV +6.6% · NVDA +1.7%
02

Chamath Palihapitiya says AI run-rate revenue often annualizes a month of API usage rather than contracted revenue

Chamath Palihapitiya argued that SaaS ARR measured contracted revenue, while AI run-rate figures often forecast forward the last month, or even week, of transactional API revenue, and called it insane that investors enabled this. On CNBC's Halftime Report, the panel framed the central question as whether AI revenues justify capex; Altimeter's Brad Gerstner, who has reduced exposure on consolidation and macro pressures, remains constructive on the multi-year AI opportunity.

03

Meta released Muse Spark Open, an 816B-parameter open-weight model that Zuckerberg says runs on new Mac Studios

AI at Meta released Muse Spark Open, which it called the most capable US open-weight model to date, with 816B total and 42B active parameters and a 1M-token context window. Mark Zuckerberg said it runs great on new Mac Studios thanks to work with Apple. Per a Zerohedge headline, Meta keeps its most advanced technology closed. CNBC reported Apple and Meta are working to bring Meta's Muse assistant to Macs.

META -1.4%
04

Lockheed Martin unveiled a higher-performance Patriot PAC-3 variant and named solid rocket motors and seekers as its ramp constraints

A Lockheed Martin executive introduced a new PAC-3 variant positioned above the existing MSE round in speed, altitude and range, aimed at threats expected over the next several years. Production of the MSE round is being scaled toward the low thousands. The executive named supplier constraints in solid rocket motors and advanced seekers and circuitry as the main gating factors, with the new top-end variant expected to start slowly.

LMT -0.0%

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.
NeoCloud +5.4σ
CRWV +6.6% · NBIS +6.4% · IREN +1.0%
+3 more APLD — · BLZE -1.8% · DOCN —
83 posts 51 voices base 22.1
Crypto Assets +3.1σ
BTC — · STRK — · ETH —
+13 more STX — · HYPE — · NEAR — · INJ — · CARDS — · BNB — · SOL — · PAPER — · ZEC — · USELESS — · ATOM — · REZ — · CASHCAT —
49 posts 25 voices base 29.8
Thematic ETFs +1.3σ
SMH +1.9% · XLF +1.3% · DRAM —
+17 more SOXX — · IGV — · IBIT — · XLK — · SOXL — · XLV — · KBE — · XLE — · XLU — · KRE — · XLY — · RDTL — · DTCR — · RAM — · ITA -0.2% · XHB — · DRIV —
30 posts 20 voices base 23.9
Defense +1.3σ
UMAC +1.5% · LMT -0.0% · KRKNF +3.2%
+5 more KTOS — · RCAT — · LDO.MI — · AIR — · LDO —
8 posts 7 voices base 5.1
Banks +0.9σ
JPM +0.7% · BAC +0.6% · PNC +2.2%
+3 more CBK — · C — · CBK.DE —
10 posts 4 voices base 5.2
AI Hardware +0.7σ
DELL +7.5% · AAPL -1.2% · PENG —
+7 more VPG — · CLS — · HPQ — · STX — · TSSI — · NTAP — · HPE —
22 posts 14 voices base 14.6
Equity Indexes +0.6σ
SPY +0.7% · QQQ +0.8% · ES=F —
+9 more NIFTY50 — · NQ — · EWY — · IWM — · EUFN — · QUAL — · DIA — · ACWX — · VGK —
35 posts 22 voices base 30.6
AI Memory +0.5σ
MU +1.8% · SNDK +2.7% · SKHY +0.8%
+3 more 000660.KS -4.2% · WDC +6.0% · 005930.KS -3.0%
34 posts 22 voices base 25.4
AI Compute +0.3σ
NVDA +1.7% · AMD +1.7% · CBRS +1.4%
50 posts 35 voices base 45.2
Space +0.3σ
SPCX — · RKLB +2.0% · FLY -0.8%
9 posts 8 voices base 7.5
Foundry Equipment +0.2σ
TSM +3.1% · INTC +3.2% · ASML +1.6%
+8 more BESI — · AMAT — · TSEM — · AEHR — · TER — · AIXA.DE — · KLAC — · LRCX —
18 posts 16 voices base 16.3
Capital Markets +0.2σ
NDAQ +1.7% · ASST +7.1% · BX +3.5%
+6 more CBOE — · CG — · BLK — · GS — · OWL — · MS —
10 posts 7 voices base 8.9
Hyperscalers +0.1σ
GOOGL -0.9% · META -1.4% · AMZN +0.2%
+3 more MSFT -0.5% · ORCL +2.8% · GOOG —
42 posts 30 voices base 40.5
AI Photonics -0.1σ
LITE +4.0% · AAOI +1.7% · SIVE -0.2%
+6 more COHR — · OUST — · MXL — · CRDO — · M7U.DE — · MTSI +2.1%
19 posts 14 voices base 19.9
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2 positions · 2 voices

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3 positions · 3 voices

Fading / not buying

2 positions · 2 voices
YouTube
47 videos · 23h 29m Bloomberg reported CoreWeave's CDS pricing a more than 50% chance of default, and Brad Gerstner stayed constructive on multi-year AI after reducing exposure. Open the desk →
X
1404 posts Chamath Palihapitiya criticized AI run-rate revenue reporting, and Jukan argued compute and memory will tighten or deflate together. Open the desk →
Reddit
35 threads Open the desk →
Substack
6 letters SemiAnalysis says ASML is building a hybrid bonding tool, and QTR argues Nvidia must backstop CoreWeave if the stock keeps collapsing. Open the desk →