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Matt Bloxham

Bloomberg Intelligence
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9 directional calls with a price to read (6 bullish, 3 bearish). 1 week later, with the call in 1 of 7; 1 month later, with the call in 1 of 4. Prices as of 2026-09-10. Three fixed windows, the same for every call, always shown together: one week, one month, three months after the first close that followed the tape. What the market did, not a score: a call can have a different horizon, and a view with no number or deadline is never graded here.

Nasdaq from 2026-06-22 to 2026-09-10 · ▲ bullish · ▼ bearish · dot = the close that day
26,80324,443
DateMarketCallWhat was said1 week1 month3 months
2026-09-10
anchor: next close
NasdaqBullishThey recently upgraded their full year guidance and they're continuing to struggle to kind of build enough capacity to meet that demand. I think it's going to be a multi year imbalance between demand and supply.not yetnot yetnot yet
2026-09-10
anchor: next close
NasdaqBearish (Hedged)And if they can fund it, they've raised a lot of debt. There's an equity raise out there too, which is potentially dilutive. So I think that there's a question there about the funding as well.not yetnot yetnot yet
2026-08-12
from 26,803
NasdaqBullish (Leaning)But I think that that that whole kind of upward pressure and memory pricing is still very much there. And it's still going to kind of populate through the market and in numbers in the second half of the year.-2.8%
against the call
not yetnot yet
2026-08-11
from 26,588
NasdaqBullish (Leaning)So I think generally that the AI economy is hungry for capital and the capital seems to be there.-1.0%
against the call
not yetnot yet
2026-08-11
from 26,588
NasdaqBearish (Hedged)And it just kind of adds to this complex circular economy that we have building around AI and potentially I think raises some questions about the possibility of systemic risk somewhere down the line.-1.0%
with the call
not yetnot yet
2026-08-10
from 26,445
NasdaqBullishnear term demand for A.I. compute and all the chips that go into that is incredibly strong-0.6%
against the call
-1.4%
against the call
not yet
2026-07-22
from 317.7
AlphabetBearish (Hedged)“I think expectations are pretty robust for Google. So I think it would be quite hard for them to deliver something that's going to really give a significant incremental positive versus where market expectations are already.”+5.0%
against the call
+8.5%
against the call
not yet
2026-07-17
from 25,508
NasdaqBullish (Leaning)“corporates are getting increasingly sensitive and focused around the cost of using AI models. So anything that can potentially deliver similar or equivalent performance for substantially less money is going to become more popular.”-2.3%
against the call
+3.1%
with the call
not yet
2026-07-17
from 352.0
AlphabetBullish (Leaning)“I think we will see Google come out with this product relatively soon. And I think it's going to be competitive enough to keep them in the mix with open AI and anthropic.”-7.2%
against the call
-2.2%
against the call
not yet

Where they stand

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NeutralThe AI Trade hedged · 2026-09-10
Matt Bloxham tells the anchor a DOJ antitrust finding that unwinds or penalises the Nvidia-Groq $20bn deal is a low-probability though possible risk.
So I think for me personally, that would be a kind of a low publicity risk
BullishThe AI Trade 2026-09-10
Matt Bloxham tells the anchor TSMC's demand is not slowing, it cannot build capacity fast enough, and the chip demand-supply imbalance will last multiple years.
They recently upgraded their full year guidance and they're continuing to struggle to kind of build enough capacity to meet that demand. I think it's going to be a multi year imbalance between demand and supply.
BearishThe AI Trade hedged · 2026-09-10
Matt Bloxham tells the anchor Oracle faces open questions on delivering its data-centre build-out and funding it, having raised heavy debt with a potentially dilutive equity raise pending.
And if they can fund it, they've raised a lot of debt. There's an equity raise out there too, which is potentially dilutive. So I think that there's a question there about the funding as well.
NeutralAI Winners & Chips 2026-08-14
Matt Bloxham (Bloomberg Intelligence) tells Guy Johnson that OpenAI has had to accelerate its enterprise pivot because Anthropic, with its enterprise focus, has overtaken it.
OpenAI has had to kind of turbocharge its development path this year because it's been overtaken by Anthropic. The difference there has been this focus on enterprise
NeutralThe AI IPOs leaning · 2026-08-14
Matt Bloxham (Bloomberg Intelligence) tells Guy Johnson the expected IPO order has flipped and the smart money now has Anthropic listing before OpenAI.
I think that the smart money right now would be on Anthropic coming first and OpenAI following.
NeutralThe AI IPOs 2026-08-14
Matt Bloxham (Bloomberg Intelligence) tells Guy Johnson that with no profits, OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs will be valued on EV/sales as SpaceX was, so near-term revenue figures drive the multiple.
enterprise value to sales is the multiple in which these values would get struck. That's how deals will get struck. That's how SpaceX happened. It's how anthropic will go. That's how open AI will go.
NeutralAI Winners & Chips hedged · 2026-08-14
Matt Bloxham (Bloomberg Intelligence) tells Guy Johnson China has a big development gap versus AMAT/ASML-level fab equipment and a narrower gap at the model and chip level.
there's a big kind of development gap more much more the model and perhaps even at the kind of actual chip and there's a narrower gap but they're still heavily reliant on European and US technology for the actual kind of fab stuff
BullishThe AI Trade leaning · 2026-08-12
Matt Bloxham (Bloomberg Intelligence) tells Lacqua memory-chip price pressure is still there and will show up in company numbers in H2 2026.
But I think that that that whole kind of upward pressure and memory pricing is still very much there. And it's still going to kind of populate through the market and in numbers in the second half of the year.
Nasdaq since this was said: ▼ -1.9% · 26,588 → 26,082 · as of 2026-09-10
BullishThe AI Trade leaning · 2026-08-11
Matt Bloxham (Bloomberg Intelligence) tells Bonnie Quinn the AI economy is hungry for capital and, judging by the Nvidia $500bn platform, Intel and Google raises, the capital is there.
So I think generally that the AI economy is hungry for capital and the capital seems to be there.
Nasdaq since this was said: ▼ -1.4% · 26,445 → 26,082 · as of 2026-09-10
BearishThe AI Trade hedged · 2026-08-11
Matt Bloxham tells Bonnie Quinn the Nvidia financing platform deepens AI's circular financing and raises questions about systemic risk down the line.
And it just kind of adds to this complex circular economy that we have building around AI and potentially I think raises some questions about the possibility of systemic risk somewhere down the line.
Nasdaq since this was said: ▼ -1.4% · 26,445 → 26,082 · as of 2026-09-10
BullishThe AI Trade 2026-08-10
Matt Bloxham tells Bonnie Quinn TSMC's 45% July sales jump shows near-term demand for AI compute and chips is incredibly strong.
near term demand for A.I. compute and all the chips that go into that is incredibly strong
Nasdaq since this was said: ▼ -2.0% · 26,605 → 26,082 · as of 2026-09-10
NeutralThe AI Trade leaning · 2026-08-10
Matt Bloxham tells Bonnie Quinn Apple's near-term access to CXMT chips is limited because CXMT prioritizes Chinese customers; it is a long-term diversification play.
their ability to tap into this company as a near term supply could be limited because that company is prioritizing local Chinese manufacturers
Nasdaq since this was said: ▼ -2.0% · 26,605 → 26,082 · as of 2026-09-10
BearishStock Picks hedged · 2026-07-22
Previewing Alphabet's earnings due after the close that day, asked whether the stock sells off no matter what. He also cautions that 'investor reactions to results at the moment are a little bit unpredictable' @7:51 and frames Alphabet as 'a bellwether for the full kind of AI value chain' @7:24.
“I think expectations are pretty robust for Google. So I think it would be quite hard for them to deliver something that's going to really give a significant incremental positive versus where market expectations are already.”
Matt Bloxham · Bloomberg Intelligence · Bloomberg ↗
Alphabet since this was said: ▼ -2.8% · 342.1 → 332.6 · as of 2026-09-10
BullishThe AI Trade leaning · 2026-07-17
On the day MoonShot's Kimi K3 'is sinking AI and semiconductor stocks' (host @0:00), Bloxham says it is 'going to, I think, create pressure for those big U.S. model developers like anthropic open AI and Google' @1:06, while noting it's 'still early days' on how good the model is @0:25.
“corporates are getting increasingly sensitive and focused around the cost of using AI models. So anything that can potentially deliver similar or equivalent performance for substantially less money is going to become more popular.”
Matt Bloxham · Bloomberg Intelligence · Bloomberg ↗
Nasdaq since this was said: ▲ +2.2% · 25,520 → 26,082 · as of 2026-09-10
BullishAI Winners & Chips leaning · 2026-07-17
On the Gemini delay: 'I don't think it's too serious' @2:21; 'a lot of people had written Google off... But that's not been the case. So I think, you know, Google is going to continue to be a strong player' @3:15-3:25.
“I think we will see Google come out with this product relatively soon. And I think it's going to be competitive enough to keep them in the mix with open AI and anthropic.”
Matt Bloxham · Bloomberg Intelligence · Bloomberg ↗
Alphabet since this was said: ▼ -4.1% · 346.8 → 332.6 · as of 2026-09-10
BullishAI Winners & Chips hedged · 2026-07-16
Answering 'Is there any crack in this story?' after TSMC raised 2026 revenue growth guidance to 40%+ in USD terms vs the market's ~35-36% @7:10-7:17. He flags 'token maxing' - enterprises 'burning through their budgets quicker than they thought' @8:24 - as the risk that could 'take the shine of some of these capital spending plans' @8:40. In his second hit he notes hyperscaler capex over $700 billion this year with the market 'already expecting that to go to $900 billion or more next year' @24:47.
“I think right now, no, but I think if there is going to be a crack, it remains this kind of theme around the sustainability of enterprise demand.”
Matt Bloxham · Bloomberg Intelligence · Bloomberg ↗

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