Broken Moats on X
The July-to-current rotation reflects short covering and an unwind of long semiconductor trades, with recent AI laggard rallies vulnerable as SaaS earnings approach.
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$72B Market cap · 2026-08-25
The July-to-current rotation reflects short covering and an unwind of long semiconductor trades, with recent AI laggard rallies vulnerable as SaaS earnings approach.
Semiconductor swings and AI-driven software rallies have created idiosyncratic short setups, including private-credit-exposed insurers FG, MET and MFC and payroll vendors PCTY and PAYC.
Little perplexed you get more negative redemption stories around private credit, and the market only sells off the the the pure play PE companies. First derivatives are up? $MFC $FG $MET $WAL all have sizable exposure to the same asset class.....
Software sold off as private-credit names MFC, ARES and FG rose alongside banks, with JPM up 14% in June. The valuation gap points to lower private-credit prices.