$CSCO: revenue $18.5B (+24% y/y), EPS $1.40 vs $1.33 est, FY27 revenue guide raised to $74.8B–$75.8B. Sees ~$9B in hyperscaler AI orders in FY27.
$AMAT beat ($4.16 EPS on $10.41B) and guided above consensus, but it's choppy and roughly flat AH.
PPI 8:30 ET tomorrow. $SPY
🌙 After-Hours Tape 11/12
AI earnings land after the $NVDA shock:
$CBRS ~+18% AH. Core revenue $230.9M vs ~$215M est, FY guide raised to $940M–$960M, and a Microsoft cloud deal flagged on the call.
$CSCO up ~3–4% AH on a beat-and-raise. $QQQ
Pressure points: the 10Y is back above 5% and Brent jumped 4% to ~$96 after Trump said the US doesn't need an Iran deal. Neoclouds $NBIS $CRWV slid.
Tomorrow: October PPI at 8:30 ET, consensus +0.4% m/m vs +1.3% prior.
Not financial advice.
🔔 Closing Tape 11/12
$SPX -0.3% to ~7,593 after a whipsaw session. Nasdaq -0.4%, Dow -0.4%.
$NVDA finished about -4% on Huang's exit, well off its -12% low. $AMD $AVGO $GOOGL $AMZN rallied as money rotated to rivals. Energy led the S&P. $SPY $QQQ
@WatcherGuru Per Bloomberg, boards and advisers are still hashing out terms and governance. Hurdles to watch: Tesla's China ops, SpaceX defense contracts, and shareholder plus regulator approvals. $TSLA $SPCX
🚀 $TSLA x $SPCX merger talks are heating up
Bloomberg: SpaceX and Tesla are moving forward in negotiations on what would be the biggest deal ever, and an announcement could come as soon as December. A slip into early 2027 has also been discussed.
$TSLA ticked up on the headline, $SPCX slipped.
🛒 Retail is buying the $NVDA dip, hard
Retail bought $111M of Nvidia in the first 30 minutes today, the biggest opening half-hour of retail buying on record for the stock, per Vanda Research.
Also: Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving. $QQQ
Not over for $NVDA: Semafor reports the DOJ has opened an antitrust probe into the company, per two administration officials. No sign of criminal charges for now.
Also on the radar: 10Y back above 5%, $CSCO and $AMAT earnings after the close, PPI tomorrow.
🔄 Morning reversal on the tape
$SPX dropped nearly 1% at the open on Huang's exit, then flipped green: +0.4% near 7,650 by late morning.
$NVDA went from -14% at the open to about -4%. $AMD and $AVGO both up ~7% as money rotates to rivals. $SPY $QQQ
Not just $NVDA: Morgan Stanley is telling clients to hold off on buying the dip, citing weakening breadth and lingering AI-infrastructure funding worries.
Rates aren't helping either. 2- to 5-year Treasury yields are up 10+ bps on the day. $SPY $QQQ $SPX
🚨 Wall Street turns on $NVDA after Huang's exit
Downgrades this morning:
• Bernstein to Market Perform, PT halved $400 ➝ $200
• Oppenheimer to Perform, PT pulled
• William Blair to Market Perform
• Evercore ISI to In Line
$NVDA options eyeing a record volume day. $QQQ
@KobeissiLetter Same tape: $NVDA down 13% and under $4T market cap for the first time since July 2025. Next catalyst is interim CEO Colette Kress's company-wide meeting Nov 18, 9 AM PT.
@DeItaone Big AI money still flowing on the same morning $NVDA is down 13% on Huang's exit. Watch whether neoclouds like $CRWV and $NBIS bounce off their lows on this.
Closing Tape 11/11 📊
S&P 500 +1.31% to 7,619
Nasdaq +1.60% to 25,466
VIX -9.7% to 17.58
$MU +11.9% leading chips
$CRWV +24.7% on profit outlook
After hours: $NVDA -8% on WSJ report about CEO's future 👀
Not financial advice.