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Novo Nordisk's weight-loss pill holds 80% of its market even after a rival pill arrived, Mike Doustdar, the company's chief executive, told CNBC the morning after Novo's Capital Markets Day in London. He credited the pill's lack of interactions with other drugs. A patient can take it alongside a birth control pill, which he said is not true of the competitor's.
That was one interview, on a night that produced 11 summaries. DoubleLine's deputy chief investment officer said the Treasury's effort to hold down long-term bond yields is futile, and that his firm is buying the shortest-dated bonds instead. An Alger portfolio manager said Meta's new AI agent, Muse, is starting to show how the company's heavy spending will make money.
"The question with Meta is you're spending all these dollars, show me the business model" — Ankur Crawford, Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Alger, on CNBC Television
We scanned 596 shows and 1 hour of audio, wrote 11 summaries, and pulled 17 quotes into this 5-minute read.
Here is what mattered.
Macro
Without the Fed and the Treasury holding them down, 10-year yields would top 10%
"and I think when you combine it all together, you would likely see ten year yields right now north of 10%." — Matt Cole, CEO at Strive, on Bloomberg Crypto
The Treasury's effort to hold down long-term yields is futile
"Effectively what they're trying to do is yield curve control ... I think the Treasury Secretary's efforts are really futile ... the bond market doesn't believe the Treasury Secretary right now." — Jeffrey Sherman, Deputy CIO at DoubleLine Capital, on Bloomberg The Close
DoubleLine is buying the shortest-dated bonds and avoiding long ones
"I don't think it's time to move to the sidelines. ... we're very much exposed to the front end" — Jeffrey Sherman, Deputy CIO at DoubleLine Capital, on Bloomberg The Close
International
A solar plant expected to deliver 100 units can deliver 300, or none
"So the 100 you thought you were going to get from renewable energy could be 300, or it could be zero. ... Your signature of demand is going to change." — Dan Ginsberg, Executive Director at Discovery Green, on BusinessDayTV
Crypto and Digital Assets
Strive sees no Bitcoin price as too high while the US debt problem lasts
"And so I guess I would say, until something breaks explicitly with the debt crisis in the United States, our view is that probably no Bitcoin price is too high, because we think Bitcoin can effectively go to infinity versus the dollar ... But we do think even on a real basis, Bitcoin will be worth substantially more than it is today." — Matt Cole, CEO at Strive, on Bloomberg Crypto
Bitcoin held up after the CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate
"we can still pursue our industry without government intervention ... Bitcoin was resilient in the face of that last week ... bad news is good news, good news is good news, we're in a good place." — Michael Bucella, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Neoclassic Capital, on CNBC Television
Fixed-rate loans against Bitcoin mean holders need to sell less
"Coinbase just announced fixed-rate loans against Bitcoin. ... The more financeable we can make it, the less people will have to sell it." — Michael Bucella, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Neoclassic Capital, on CNBC Television
Alternatives and PE
A failure in the investor's eyes ends the relationship
"So nobody is a permanent friend here." — Bharat Sangani, Founder and CEO at Encore Enterprises, on Centimillionaire Strategies
After 30 years without a loss, Encore's real estate arm lost capital last year
"and we got caught last year" — Bharat Sangani, Founder and CEO at Encore Enterprises, on Centimillionaire Strategies
Consumer
No drug interactions keep Novo's pill at 80% market share against a rival
"that's why we have 80% market share right now." — Mike Doustdar, CEO at Novo Nordisk, on CNBC International Live
Novo sets no deal target and will buy where its pipeline has gaps
"We don't set a number of assets" — Mike Doustdar, CEO at Novo Nordisk, on CNBC International Live
Technology & AI
Nolan's Odyssey budget would pay for 10,000 AI versions
"one guy with his computer working at night, for just under $25,000 ... you could make 10,000 versions of our film for that number." — Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman at Fountain 0, on CNBC Television
Nvidia's newest data centers use no water once they are built
"In the current generation of AI infrastructure, especially Nvidia's hardware, we've kind of solved the water consumption issue at the data center level ... can operate without water consumption once the data center is built." — Josh Parker, Head of Sustainability at Nvidia, on Semafor
A coordinated AI slowdown only works if Chinese labs join
"it's not necessarily about fast or slow ... China is the elephant in the room ... it only works if everybody does it" — Sasha Baker, Head of National Security Policy at OpenAI, on Semafor
Teachers near Meta's Louisiana data center are getting $50,000 bonuses
"if you look at where Meta built their data centers in Louisiana, incredibly positive for that community ... teachers are getting a $50,000 bonus" — Ankur Crawford, Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Alger, on CNBC Television
VC & Startups
Confido's CEO saw the problem it solves at a helmet maker and Anheuser-Busch
"In college I'd worked for a couple of consumer companies -- a football helmet manufacturer owned by a family office, and Anheuser-Busch -- and I saw the problems we solve today in those companies. ... I don't know why it took us a year, but it was very much a hiding-in-plain-sight problem." — Justin Hunter, Co-Founder and CEO at Confido, on YC Root Access
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