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Top of mind
Prepared Wednesday, November 11 (Veterans Day: stocks trade, the bond market is closed), so the latest complete session is Tuesday, November 10. October CPI rose 0.4% month over month against 0.3% expected, with core at 0.3% against 0.2%, and futures moved from about 84% odds of a December hike to fully pricing one. The S&P 500 fell only 0.38%, which says equities are treating a quarter-point hike as done and have not priced the half-point tail.
Market snapshot
Tuesday, November 10 close. Index levels and percent changes come from the same Reuters wrap (via Yahoo Finance), and the direction is confirmed by CNBC and several other same-day reports.
| Asset | Level | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 | 7,520.93 | -0.38% | Gave back a small slice of Monday's 2.35% jump |
| Nasdaq Composite | 25,065.87 | -0.74% | Nvidia was the main drag |
| Dow Jones | 52,231.89 | -0.30% | Down 157.86 points |
| 2Y Treasury | about 4.73% | about +16 bps | Biggest one-day rise since April 2025; reports range 4.68%–4.77% |
| 10Y Treasury | about 4.95%–4.99% | about +8 to +10 bps | Sources differ on the exact close |
The VIX is omitted because I could not find a dated, confirmed close for Tuesday. Gold was reported down more than 2% on the day, from a single source, so no level is given.
Sector laggards: Technology, down 1.4%, the worst of the 11 S&P sectors (Reuters). I could not confirm Tuesday's sector leaders, so that line is left out.
Read-through: A rates shock, not a growth scare. The front end did the moving (the 2s10s curve reportedly flattened about 6 bps to 26 bps), which is what a market repricing a faster Fed path looks like. Breadth was weak, but the index decline was modest relative to the size of the move in 2-year yields.
Headlines & analysis
1. October CPI beats on headline and core
Source: Reuters (via Yahoo Finance), Seeking Alpha, Benzinga So what: Headline rose 0.4% and core 0.3% month over month, each a tenth above forecast. There is no year-over-year figure this month because October 2025 data is missing from last year's shutdown, so month-over-month is the only clean read, and it ran hot.
2. Futures now fully price a December hike, and 50 bps is on the table
Source: Reuters (via Yahoo Finance), Benzinga So what: Markets moved from about 84% odds on Monday to fully pricing at least a 25 bp hike at the December 8–9 meeting, per CME FedWatch as cited by Reuters. Fed Governor Waller had reportedly said a core reading of about 0.3% or higher would make him consider a half-point move, and odds of 50 bps briefly neared 15% before easing to about 10%. BlackRock's Rick Rieder framed it as a question of "the extent of the hike."
3. Nvidia falls 5.4%, down 9.6% in two sessions
Source: Reuters (via Yahoo Finance) So what: Nvidia dragged the tech sector to a 1.4% loss even as peers had rallied on Monday. Coverage ties the slide to an ongoing independent investigation involving its CEO plus scrutiny of AI-infrastructure financing. I have not verified the investigation's details and am not repeating specifics. The signal: index-heavy single names are now a source of headline risk, not just beta.
4. CoreWeave beats and raises after the bell
Source: Seeking Alpha, Stocktwits, CNBC preview So what: Q3 revenue was reported at $3.66 billion (up 168% year over year) against about $3.55 billion expected, full-year revenue guidance was raised to $13.0–$13.3 billion, and backlog reached about $132.5 billion. After-hours gains were reported anywhere from about 3% to 15%, so the move is unsettled. It matters because CoreWeave is a bellwether for the debt-funded AI build-out the market has been questioning all month.
Ideas — long-term core
Quality businesses, durable competitive advantages, reasonable valuation. Hold horizon: years.
No new long-term idea today. A hot inflation print and a repriced Fed path are reasons for patience, not new commitments, and I could not verify current valuation multiples for any candidate.
Watch list only: broad, diversified index exposure for core allocations. Bear case: a 10-year near 5% and a Fed that may hike more than once both compress equity multiples, and the S&P 500's small decline on Tuesday may simply mean the repricing is not finished.
Ideas — opportunistic
Catalyst-driven, time-bound, sized smaller. Hold horizon: days to months. Define exit before entry.
CRWV — Post-earnings follow-through test
- Catalyst: Q3 beat, raised full-year revenue guidance and a backlog of about $132.5 billion, after a stock that was reportedly down more than 47% over the prior three months.
- Time horizon: Days to weeks. Watch whether the after-hours gain holds in Wednesday's regular session.
- What would invalidate: A close back below Tuesday's regular-session close of $48.73, or any new financing or debt headline that reopens the funding question.
- Risk note: Reported after-hours moves ranged from 3% to 15%, a sign of thin liquidity. Capex guidance was raised too (low end to $37 billion), so the bear case is that revenue growth is being bought with ever more borrowed capital, in a rising-rate environment. Size small.
Portfolio-level guidance
Allocation and risk observations. Not specific buy/sell calls — those depend on a full picture this report doesn't see.
- Concentration check: Nvidia's two-day 9.6% drop is a reminder of how much index return rides on a few AI names. Check look-through exposure across index funds, not just direct holdings.
- Rates positioning: The front end repriced hardest. Short-term Treasuries and cash-like holdings now pay more, while longer bonds carry the risk of further losses if the Fed goes 50 bps or signals more hikes.
- Cash & dry powder: Rising short-term yields make holding cash less costly. Keep planned buying schedules rather than reacting to one print.
- Risk regime read: Rates-driven and headline-driven. The modest equity reaction cuts both ways: either resilience, or complacency that a 50 bp hike or a hot PPI would expose.
Watch list — tomorrow / this week
Earnings: Applied Materials is reported to report this week, which is a read on chip-equipment demand. Nebius and other AI-infrastructure names are also on the calendar. Confirm dates on company IR pages. Economic data: October PPI is reported to be due Friday, November 13. I could not confirm the consensus, and sources conflict on the retail sales date, so check the BLS and Census calendars. Fed / central bank: Fed speakers after CPI, especially anyone addressing 25 versus 50 bps. The bond market and Federal Reserve Banks are closed Wednesday for Veterans Day, so the next Treasury read is Thursday. Other: CoreWeave's regular-session reaction; further Nvidia governance headlines; oil and Iran-related news. Risk to this call: sources differ on the 2-year and 10-year closes, the VIX close was not found, and several details rest on search summaries rather than primary data, so treat exact figures as approximate.
Disclaimer
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