Nov 6, 2026 · 48 min
Gold gains as AI and semiconductor trade confront repricing
Long Gold And Short Semis Into Year-End? | Weekly Roundup
The episode maps a market rotation away from crowded technology exposure toward gold, resources, bonds, and selective cyclical trades amid conflicting cross-asset signals.
- 1The post-election relief rally reversed sharply, reviving uncertainty about growth, rates, and the durability of technology leadership.
- 2Semiconductor weakness and fragile AI financing raise the possibility that the market is entering a broader repricing phase.
- 3Gold, bonds, natural resources, and homebuilders emerge as preferred year-end ideas, but extreme volatility makes position sizing decisive.
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The brief
Tony Greer joins Felix and Jack to examine why the post-election relief rally failed, arguing that the midterm result may have opened a new period of uncertainty.
The central tension is whether weakening semiconductors and AI enthusiasm signal a normal correction or a deeper repricing, especially as financing and IPO supply grow more important.
Bonds have shown resilience while gold, the yen, and other cross-asset signals suggest growth and inflation may be slowing, complicating expectations for further rate hikes.
The year-end menu favors gold, agricultural commodities, natural resources, bonds, and homebuilders over crowded technology exposure, with oil treated as a smaller event-driven position.
Greer’s practical edge is a three-part entry process—below-market bids, stop-in orders, and time-based commitment—paired with strict sizing and exits during three-sigma reversals.
What was said on this episode
27 statements · 10 positive · 10 negative · 4 mixed · 3 neutral
The midterms mark the beginning of a new period of market uncertainty.
“the midterms represent are just the start of the uncertainty”
Listen at 7:10
Government shutdown threats and political turmoil may return within months.
“we're probably going to have a government shutdown threats and whole scramble again in a few months too”
Listen at 7:37
“if that does happen that would be unbelievable for the markets that'll be you know industrials will be bid only for a little while and that'll be exciting the miners will all come back to life and things like that”
Listen at 9:11
The semiconductor bubble’s chart has begun breaking down.
“I think semi, you know, the bubble, I've been talking about it and I finally made some money today on it with a big, you know, down move being short. But that chart just started to come undone.”
Listen at 10:15
Anthropic-related developments could push the Nasdaq 5–10% lower.
“they could be heaving this into a Nasdaq that's five, 10 percent lower here by then or more”
Listen at 10:32
Natural resources will withstand the selloff while technology reprices lower.
“natural resources and commodities are going to live through this. And tech is just going to have to reprice”
Listen at 11:03
The Nasdaq will decline while energy producers, miners, industrials, and materials outperform.
“the Nasdaq really comes off. And the only thing that survives are like E&P, gold miners, you know, industrials, basic materials, things like that.”
Listen at 12:06
The October bond-market low will not be revisited.
“We're not going to see that price.”
Listen at 15:24
Tony Greer intends to buy declines in bonds.
“I'm looking to buy the dip in bonds.”
Listen at 16:12
Greer favors basic materials, natural resources, and bonds over technology.
“I want to stay bullish in basic materials and natural resources. I want to stay bullish in bonds. I want to stay bearish in tech.”
Listen at 17:04
The AI bubble is currently bursting.
“you've got this AI bubble that's bursting all over your face”
Listen at 20:28
A 10% Nvidia decline would cause a large S&P decline.
“if NVIDIA is off 10% in a day, you know, the S&P is going to be down big”
Listen at 20:42
Bitcoin’s bullish breakout remains technically intact.
“my blue sky breakout is still intact”
Listen at 21:49
Semiconductors remain attractive shorts, while gold and miners warrant attention.
“there's still room in the semi-short and gold and gold miners now are a trade that I don't want to take my eye off”
Listen at 22:11
Gold’s range consolidation may precede another secular bull-market advance.
“the market just goes back to doing what it was doing which is consolidating within a range, looking for its next excuse to get on a bull market run in a secular bull market”
Listen at 23:57
The bond market has barely moved since the election.
“The bond market hasn't moved since the election.”
Listen at 25:18
December rate-hike odds will collapse if technology weakness continues.
“the chances of a hike in December are going to collapse if this continues at all”
Listen at 31:38
CoreWeave’s credit is deteriorating.
“CoreWeave credit is coming undone”
Listen at 32:16
Approximately $500 million of data-center loans were offered for sale simultaneously.
“A roughly $500 million portfolio of data center loans have been up for sale all at once.”
Listen at 32:51
Banks are marketing roughly $1 trillion of AI capital expenditure financing.
“they got a trillion dollars at AI CapEx to sell you”
Listen at 33:05
Semiconductors may gap lower again and accelerate their breakdown.
“semis look like they can. they can leave another like gap or two on the chart here and just break away”
Listen at 34:43
Gold and agricultural commodities are attractive year-end trades.
“I think it's gold. And I think in agricultural commodities, there's some interesting stuff.”
Listen at 37:57
Long gold against short semiconductors and bonds is an attractive trade.
“if you long gold and short semis which basically is what you're doing tony like that feels just beautiful and bonds too”
Listen at 38:24
Home-construction stocks have held flat despite severe adverse conditions.
“the setup in those are this year they got the kitchen sink thrown at them right seven dollar diesel seven and a half percent more seven or whatever seven percent mortgage rates whatever um and i'm looking at them and i'm like they're unchanged on the year”
Listen at 38:46
Home-construction stocks may avoid the semiconductor collapse and withstand energy volatility.
“it could be a sneaky one that can avoid the semi-collapse and sort of live through a couple of other things going on with energy moving around”
Listen at 39:31
Crude oil’s 200-day moving average is immediately below its current price.
“The 200 day moving average is right below”
Listen at 44:54
Greer plans to take a small long crude-oil position.
“i will be long a little bit of crude oil going home”
Listen at 45:01
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