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Trading Observations

  • Futures up sharply on hope our elected officials will finally play nice in the sandbox with each other.

  • Consumer may be stretched but they expect to spend at Christmas https://tinyurl.com/37hde9zy [tinyurl.com]

  • SPX performance after re-open https://tinyurl.com/yvtxd8d7 [tinyurl.com]

  • The amount of bond deals is amazing https://tinyurl.com/nhhvkawy [tinyurl.com]

Futures

DOW +181

S&P +63

Nasdaq +375

Financials / Consumer / Healthcare

MA/V: According to the WSJ, V and MA are nearing a settlement with merchants over a 20yr old legal dispute; we view as good for MA/V, as we could be nearing the end of this uncertainty; lower interchange could be good for GPN/PAY/TOST/XYZ. https://tinyurl.com/yvdrvyt5 [tinyurl.com]

HOOD wants to allow amateur traders to invest in AI Startups  https://www.ft.com/content/72783021-f778-4d6d-80b3-f91d8c7ae364 [ft.com]

Hinting at 50 year mortgages???…I wish this was a joke. Monthly payment lower but at what cost? https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5597005-trump-administration-50-year-mortgage/ [thehill.com]

  • 30 year mortgage on $400,000 at 6% = $2,398/month, total paid $863,352, total interest $463,352

  • 50-year mortgage on $400,000 at 6% = $2,087/month, total paid $1,252,272, total interest $852,272

PFE won bidding war for MTSR with $10B+ deal. After losing out to PFENVO will reportedly continue to explore opportunities in obesity, diabetes.

MTSR – Down 15% on PFE winning, NVO bowing out.

Risk On Crypto – BMNR up 8%. Crypto names up 3-5% in general.

COGT – Today’s Pharma winner is up 117% on solid cancer test results.

OSCR, UNH, HUM – All lower as the government restart doesn’t look to have an ACA/Healthcare decision attached.

LLY – MS bullish this morning on GLP-1 Pricing/access agreements, $1090 PT.  Upgraded at Leerink Partners on obesity adoption.

ONON Bullish Fresh Pick at Baird - Risk/reward tilts more positively. We believe sentiment for ONON is embedding fears of a growth slowdown, resulting in more attractive upside potential (see $15+ applying 2022-2024 low-valuation) vs. further downside (difficult to see >$5 downside absent extremely bearish scenario).

CELH rise 5.6% after the energy-drink maker announced a stock buyback authorization for up to $300 million.

Technology

CART - Instacart shares are up 7.5% in premarket trading after the online grocery company reported third-quarter results that beat expectations.

DOCN shares rise 7.5% after it was started with an outperform rating and $60 price target at Oppenheimer, a move that comes in the wake of the software company’s results.

META said it would invest “over $600B” in the US by 2028 “to support AI technology, infrastructure, and workforce expansion”

MNDY - Shares are sinking 19% in premarket trading, after the software company’s results added to concerns about its growth prospects.

NVDA - Jensen Huang said on Saturday that he has asked for additional chip supplies from TSM as the demand for artificial intelligence remains strong

TSM [streetaccount.com] reported a 16.9% increase in October sales, a bit better than the expected quarterly pace, but still slowest since February 2024.

Industrials 

US airline shares (UAL +2.1%, DAL +1.9%) gain as lawmakers move closer to a deal to end a government shutdown that has snarled air travel. Risk-on sentiment is sweeping sectors like cryptocurrencies and semiconductors.

On Friday, UPS & FDX announced they would ground their McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleets after the crash Tues in Kentucky that killed 14 people https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/08/usps-fedex-ground-planes-00643641 [politico.com] Autonomous driving – Chinese firms are dominating the autonomous driving market outside the US – WSJ

KTOS, Shield AI, Anduril etc - Defense contractors warned by Hegseth to accelerate weapons development and production – FT

AVAV, Shield AI etc - Drones – the US Army could purchase at least 2M drones in the next two years and ~500K annually in the years thereafter – Reuters

RUN are up 6.7% in premarket trading after Guggenheim upgraded the solar energy company to buy from neutral.

TSLA’s Siddhant Swasthi, the head of the Cybertruck program, is leaving the company – Reuters à likely because that thing is HIDEOUS looking

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$PM - New and hot consumer product!

Took the stock from a 15x to 30x P/E.

Purely multiple expansion.