Stocks Slip From Records But Pare Losses After Strong 10-Year Auction
Long-end yields again hit multi-decade highs before a historically strong 10-year auction pulled them back, letting large-caps pare losses.
Long-end yields again hit multi-decade highs before a historically strong 10-year auction pulled them back, letting large-caps pare losses.
– $LPCN +40% (Health Canada approves TLANDO for testosterone replacement therapy)
– $APUS +9.4% (extends a high-volume rally tied to the BlockAssure agreement to build and operate the AssureChain insurance network)
– $PENG +4.3% (Q4 beat and FY27 sales and EPS outlook topped prior guidance and Street expectations on accelerating AI-infrastructure demand)
– CNQ +1.6%, APA +1.2%, OXY +1.0%, COP +1.0% (oil producers rise as crude climbs back above $100 a barrel)
– $CRBU -42% (launches a strategic-alternatives review, discontinues two allogeneic CAR-T programs and plans substantial workforce reductions)
– $BULL -30% (bipartisan House panel report says structural China ties pose national-security and US-user-data risks)
– $STM -5.4%, $TER -3.0%, $ASML -3.0%, $AMAT -2.7%, $LRCX -3.0%, $MU -2.8% (chip stocks fall in the risk-off technology tape as oil-driven inflation concerns pressure rate-sensitive growth shares)
– $BMNR -5.0%, $CRCL -4.0%, $MSTR -3.8%, $COIN -3.1%, $HOOD -3.0% (crypto-linked stocks fall as digital-asset prices weaken)
– $AAOI -4.8%, $CIEN -3.8%, $MTSI -3.0%, $COHR -3.2%, $GLW -3.3% (AI-networking and optical winners pull back after sharp recent rallies as technology exposure is reduced)
– $DB -4.7%, $SAN -4.2%, $HSBC -3.9%, $NWG -3.5%, $BCS -3.3% (European-bank ADRs fall as oil-driven inflation and sovereign-bond stress deepen fiscal concerns, with UK lenders also facing budget-tax fears)
– $STZ -3.9% (quarter beat, but adjusted FY guidance was merely reiterated and beer depletions declined)
– $BE -3.8%, $CEG -3.5%, $EME -1.9% (AI-power and data-center infrastructure winners give back part of recent gains amid the broader risk-off rotation)
A little known fact…
Micron ($MU) and Nvidia ($NVDA) alone will deliver more than 30% of the Q3 S&P EPS growth as the median stock barely grows.
Position: Short NVDA (VS), SPY (M)
We raised cash early, put some back to work late in the month, locked in gains on Meta and kicked off our quarterly EPS All-Stars reconstitution.
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