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

What changed since midday

Intel fell about 29% after guiding Q4 revenue to $15-16 billion against about $17 billion expected. Anthropic reportedly faces a BB-range rating and Amazon set up up to $80 billion of supplier financing. Marvell's Lumentum deal split optics voices, and Quanta reported 57% revenue growth.

Main narratives

day change
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Intel guided fourth-quarter revenue to $15-16 billion against about $17 billion expected and the stock fell about 29%

Intel guided fourth-quarter revenue to $15-16 billion and adjusted EPS to $0.25, against about $17 billion and $0.43 expected. Bloomberg called the roughly 29% fall its deepest single-day decline on record. Per @the_ai_investor, 17 analysts cut targets; BofA moved to Neutral with a $100 target, citing fourth-quarter PC shipments down 25% to 30% quarter over quarter. The same post notes third-quarter data center and AI revenue of $7.3 billion, up 78%.

INTC -29.5%
02

Anthropic may receive a BB-range rating after its IPO, per the FT, and Amazon set up supplier financing of up to $80 billion

Per the Financial Times, relayed by @DeItaone, Blackstone warned investors that Anthropic may receive a BB-range rating after its IPO; its $63 billion Project North Star financing relies heavily on guarantees from Broadcom. Bloomberg reported that Amazon set up supplier financing arrangements to borrow as much as $80 billion against hardware it buys. @ces921 notes hyperscaler credit spreads 15bp wider against 2bp for IG and Amazon CDS out 13bp.

AMZN -1.2% · AVGO -5.2%
03

Marvell's Lumentum deal split optics voices between a laser-supply grab and a short on Marvell

@jasonschips argues Nvidia had locked up Lumentum's capacity for scale-up CPO, leaving Marvell unable to provide scale-up optics in its ASIC program, so Marvell bought Lumentum, and adds that Marvell's Celestial memory-pooling solution needs a ton of lasers. @insane_analyst called the deal dogshit and has shorted enough Marvell to cover a Lumentum long. @kevinxu listed Marvell as rumored to buy Lumentum with no premium.

MRVL -9.3% · LITE -8.2% · NVDA -3.9%
04

Quanta Services grew revenue 57% with about $64 billion of backlog, and TheValueist sees equipment as the new constraint

TheValueist's read of Quanta's third-quarter call: revenue grew 57%, backlog is approximately $64 billion and quarterly free cash flow was $1.2 billion. TheValueist argues the power-infrastructure investment cycle is broadening while its principal constraint shifts from construction labor toward equipment availability, procurement and energization. That favors critical electrical equipment, while infrastructure owners must commit cash earlier and wait for assets to generate returns.

PWR -3.2% · GEV -3.1%

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.
Equity Indexes +2.7σ
SPY — · QQQ -3.2% · ES=F —
+17 more NDX — · NASDAQ — · VT — · NQ — · ES +1.0% · IWM — · VTI — · VOO — · DIA — · IVV -1.6% · EWY — · SPX — · VXUS — · US500 — · XAU — · SPMO — · SOX —
102 posts 70 voices base 48.6
Thematic ETFs +1.9σ
SOXL -23.8% · SOXX -7.8% · SMH -6.4%
+21 more XLV — · GDX -5.3% · IBIT — · TQQQ — · SOXS — · XLP — · DRAM — · ARKX — · XLK — · ARKG — · ITA — · CIBR — · XLC — · XLY — · GDXJ — · SQQQ — · IBB — · URA — · AMLP — · MAGS — · AIQ —
51 posts 43 voices base 32.5
Volatility +1.9σ
VIXY — · VIX — · UVIX +19.7%
+2 more VXX — · VOLATILITY —
14 posts 9 voices base 3.2
Crypto Infrastructure +1.9σ
COIN -9.5% · W -3.6% · CRCL -8.8%
10 posts 7 voices base 2.9
Commodities +1.3σ
GLD -3.4% · SLV -5.9% · USO —
+9 more BNO — · CPER — · WTI — · SILVER — · SI=F — · CL — · COPPER -4.7% · GOLD -3.4% · GC —
33 posts 24 voices base 23.8
Consumer Electronics +1.3σ
AAPL -1.1%
20 posts 17 voices base 10.6
Chip Manufacturing & Equipment +1.1σ
INTC -29.5% · TSM -5.3% · LRCX -5.6%
+3 more 8035.T — · KLAC — · TOELY —
59 posts 42 voices base 27.2
Construction & Infrastructure +1.1σ
CAT -3.5% · FIX -7.0% · PPIH -2.6%
+4 more EME -1.4% · ADT — · PWR -3.2% · LXS —
8 posts 6 voices base 4.5
Internet Platforms +1.0σ
RDDT -28.9%
22 posts 18 voices base 7.0
Bonds & Rates +0.8σ
TLT +0.2% · US10Y — · QQQI -3.0%
+4 more SGOV — · SPYI — · IEF — · LQD +0.0%
16 posts 16 voices base 12.3
Crypto Assets +0.6σ
BTC -0.9% · BNB -0.8% · HYPE -5.4%
+13 more ETH — · NEAR — · ZEC — · XMR — · ICP — · STRK — · TIA — · VAR — · ANSEM — · TRX — · TAO — · LUNC — · USDC —
55 posts 34 voices base 40.2
AI ASIC +0.3σ
MRVL -9.3% · AVGO -5.2% · QCOM -10.8%
+3 more ALAB — · ARM — · 2454.TW —
22 posts 17 voices base 17.9
Oil & Gas +0.3σ
VLO +3.9% · MPC +2.8% · PSX +3.1%
+11 more XOM — · CVX — · CLMT — · DK — · BTE — · PBF — · ENI.MI — · LNG — · WMB -0.7% · KMI +0.1% · WDS —
12 posts 5 voices base 10.7
Hyperscalers -0.0σ
GOOGL -0.8% · AMZN -1.2% · META -1.6%
+2 more MSFT -1.4% · ORCL -6.1%
92 posts 61 voices base 93.5
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Buying / adding

2 positions · 2 voices

Selective / waiting

1 positions · 1 voices

AI complex

ParadisLabs says weak fourth-quarter guides from Amazon and Intel hit crowded megacap positioning even as AWS grew 39% and Google Cloud 103%, and expects range-bound trading near term.

@paradislabs Alpha #4 57 smart
Black Friday for Technology stocks. AI Market Memo:
AMZN
7d before-3.1%
since call +0.2%
GOOGL
7d before-12.6%
since call +0.6%
NVDA
7d before-3.0%
since call +0.3%

Fading / not buying

3 positions · 3 voices
YouTube
41 videos · 22h 44m Bloomberg said Intel's roughly 29% fall followed an outlook weakened in part by sluggish PC demand, and Morgan Stanley's Andrew Sheets said heavy AI tech issuance pushed up yields and spreads. Open the desk →
X
1592 posts @ces921 put hyperscaler credit spreads 15bp wider against 2bp for IG, and @jasonschips read Marvell's Lumentum deal as a way to secure laser capacity Nvidia had locked up. Open the desk →
Reddit
869 threads Reddit's own selloff split r/ValueInvesting between a seller who says the thesis broke and an owner modeling about $226 by late 2029. Open the desk →
Substack
2 letters Open the desk →