Halftime Report

Cerity Partners strategist: hedge-fund deleveraging, not fear, drove the chip selloff

4 calls: why political risk won't stop the AI buildout, why forced hedge-fund selling was the real story, and why Brian Belski says the catch-down isn't…

Nov 7 • Scuttlebutt

10 straight quarters of growth and a record $38B in flows, Citi's Head of Wealth finds

4 insights: why Citi's new savings rate is a defense against AI agents moving idle cash, why its AI adviser tool is rolling out slowly, and why private…

Oct 29 • Scuttlebutt

Investment Committee: a "zero tolerance policy" for cash-burning hyperscalers

3 calls: why one side of the panel says capital stays scarce for everyone but Meta, the other asks "who gets left holding the bag," and SpaceX's…

Oct 23 • Scuttlebutt

AI exposure at a 3-year low, but even more positive on 2027–28, says Altimeter's CEO

6 arguments: how Anthropic's forecast went from $30B to at least $100B, why Josh Brown says hot CPI doesn't matter, and the chip stocks Stephanie Link…

Oct 16 • Scuttlebutt

Lockheed Martin CEO on missiles: "We are tripling or quadrupling the production rate"

9 calls: why Lockheed's CEO says defense demand is "permanent," why a panelist calls the market "unhealthy," and why Stephanie Link is swapping BofA for…

Oct 15 • Scuttlebutt

CNBC's Investment Committee: the S&P's 2.3% Q3 gain is misleading

5 arguments: why tech capex is intact despite the political blowback, the Barclays stat behind a "misleading" 2.3% Q3 gain, and the AI financing wall…

Oct 13 • Scuttlebutt

Halftime Report panel: Nvidia's own AI supply deals top $400 billion

3 takeaways: why the panel calls OpenAI's financing "circular," the 44% Mag-7 wealth effect propping up consumer spending, and the one thing that would…

Oct 10 • Scuttlebutt

89% of S&P 500 stocks have had a 10% drop since June 1, CNBC's Investment Committee finds

8 arguments: why rate-sensitive stocks stay down through earnings, a stock market ignoring bond volatility, whether AI drives the energy rally, and…

Oct 9 • Scuttlebutt

Investment Committee: CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Palo Alto have all doubled this year

7 insights: Why the panel says there is no AI without cybersecurity, the 14% Wells Fargo has lagged the big five by, and the drawdown in Netflix one…

Sep 16 • Scuttlebutt

BlackRock's fixed income CIO: the Fed will hike, and it will not touch inflation

9 calls: What 100bps of rate rises costs the US government, the 7.2% he is getting inside three years, and why he now grades equities a B minus

Sep 16 • Scuttlebutt

Justin Shack: retail buys leveraged ETFs because it can't afford a house

2 numbers: What eight of August's ten most active exchange-traded products were, and why he says this wave of retail traders is nothing like the first…

Sep 15 • Scuttlebutt

Investment Committee: the AI safety essay is not what moved the semis

11 arguments: Why a hike this week looks like 1999 rather than 1997, the 10-year level one panelist is still buying, and the only tech demand nobody can…

Sep 15 • Scuttlebutt

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