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· Midday Alpha · by Buzzberg Research
Reddit threads centered on dip-buying in AI and semiconductor names, with separate discussions of index support, volatility hedges, IREN's AI-cloud contracts and Airbnb's cancellation risk.
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AI and memory dip-buying
Retail investors largely bought the semiconductor and memory selloff, including leveraged SOXL and equipment names, while some threads questioned whether AI capex is overpriced.
Index and volatility hedges
Threads watched SPX support near 7,400-7,500, debated VIX futures ETF decay and tested a VVIX 135 signal for forward SPY returns.
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by score · day changeAirbnb's pay-later program may be masking a growing cancellation problem
The author argues Airbnb's Reserve Now, Pay Later program is masking a growing guest cancellation problem that investors may be underestimating.
Airbnb’s quarterly results. The hidden guest cancellation problem. Airbnb has a growing guest cancellation problem.
The author says the program is masking a growing cancellation problem, a risk investors may be underestimating.
Watch Airbnb's next quarterly disclosure on cancellation trends and pay-later terms.
Source →IREN's Q1 27 results reassure on AI-cloud revenue and site progress despite the stock drop
The author says IREN's Q1 27 earnings reassure on AI cloud revenue, contracted ARR targets and site progress, even as the stock moved lower.
$IREN Q1 27 earnings - Good improvements $IREN just reported its Q1 27 earnings and they reassure me to be
The author cites AI cloud revenue, contracted ARR targets and site progress as the basis for reassurance even as the stock moved lower.
Watch Contracted ARR conversion and site delivery.
Source →Remitly's 6-7x 2028 earnings multiple is too cheap for a durable remittance grower
The author makes a long Remitly case on 6-7x 2028 earnings and margin expansion, while flagging Wise as a positive grower and legacy providers as share losers.
Remitly is a durable, growing business at 6x '28 earnings I've spent a couple years studying the global remittance market
A cheap fintech compounder outside AI could attract flows if investors shift toward cash-generative names.
Watch Remitly's next revenue growth and margin guidance; Wise corridor trends.
Source →Hermès bull case centers on CEO Axel Dumas's ethical leadership and low pay
The author is bullish on Hermès, calling it the world's most valuable and most profitable luxury brand, primarily because of CEO Axel Dumas's ethical leadership and low pay; he is buying and accumulating shares.
Hermes, as good as Gold. Hermes ( EPA: RMS) is the world’s most valuable luxury brand and the most profitable.
The stated case is management quality at the world's most valuable luxury brand; he is adding shares.
Watch Hermès management succession and governance disclosures.
Source →Beachbody's adjusted multiples hide going-concern and shrinking-demand risk
The commenter warns Beachbody is a questionable going concern and that its ~0.7x EBITDA and ~0.15x revenue multiples are misleading for a shrinking CPG business.
Scanned this AI post. The risk is this goes to zero because it is a questionable going concern.
Screens ranking BODI as cheap on adjusted metrics may be mispricing balance-sheet and demand risk.
Watch Going-concern language, liquidity and revenue trend.
Source →Most argued
by comments per upvoteDevyani and Jubilant FoodWorks offer an India QSR margin-recovery trade
The author holds Devyani and Jubilant FoodWorks for 1.5 years and argues improving same-store sales growth, falling crude costs and margin recovery support the QSR sector despite food-quality and valuation concerns.
Do you buy KFC and dominos still ? I have been invested in Devyani and jubilant for 1.5 years.
A domestic India consumption trade with operating leverage if input costs stay low.
Watch Same-store sales and crude/input costs.
Source →HDFC Bank's rally looks like a manufactured pump to one Indian market participant
The author argues the sustained HDFC Bank rally looks like a manufactured pump propping up NIFTY and BANKNIFTY against a neutral-to-negative broader market, and urges caution.
Absolutely No Way!!! This looks like a manufactured pump to make NIFTY and BANKNIFTY in green light.
The author frames the rally as a manufactured pump supporting NIFTY and BANKNIFTY and urges caution.
Watch Whether the HDFC Bank rally persists alongside NIFTY and BANKNIFTY breadth.
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