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5 min readWhy the Tech Selloff Just Reversed Course
On the 39th anniversary of Black Monday, tech stocks had just suffered their worst week since April 2025. Investors braced for another crash. Instead, the Nasdaq rallied 1.2% and chip giants gained 1.6%. CoreWeave, however, kept falling—dropping another 0.4% even after a Goldman Sachs upgrade, following a 20% decline the prior week. The question is whether last week's fears were overblown, or whether the market is correctly distinguishing between different kinds of risk.
The CoreWeave Problem and the Credit Market Squeeze
John Mowray, Chief Investment Officer at NFJ Investment Group, argues that the selloff was not a blanket repudiation of AI. It was a credit market problem concentrated among "neo-cloud" companies—specialized data center operators that carry heavy debt loads. CoreWeave's bond troubles spooked investors, and rightly so. When the 10-year Treasury yield is above 5%, the cost of capital crushes companies that depend on debt financing.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:57) **Market Context: Tech Selloff & Monday's Reversal** - Ed Elson sets up the episode: tech stocks had their worst week since April 2025, but Monday saw a dip-buying rally, with the Nasdaq gaining 1.2%.
- 2 (03:11) **Defining the Coreweave Credit Risk** - John Mowray explains why the selloff was justified, but also why it's specific to certain companies.
- 3 (04:46) **The Mechanism: High Interest Rates Punish Debt-Heavy Firms** - Mowray pinpoints the 10-year yield over 5% as the direct cause of the selloff in exposed names.
- 4 (05:48) **Specific Undervalued Picks in the AI Trade** - Mowray names individual stocks he sees as overpunished and attractive.
- 5 (06:57) **The Opportunity in Dislocation** - Mowray argues that uncertainty about CapEx and interest rates is what creates the buying opportunity.
- 6 (07:05) **Where the Real AI Bubble Is: Private Markets** - Ed Elson proposes his theory that the AI bubble exists primarily in the private markets, not public ones.
- 7 (08:25) **The "Guardrail" of the 2000 Tech Bubble** - Mowray agrees with Ed and adds a historical framework for why the current AI boom might be more durable.
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Show Notes
Ed Elson is joined by John Mowrey to break down why tech stocks rallied yesterday and where he still sees opportunities in the market. Then, Aaron Parnas joins to unpack why investors are convinced the Democrats will sweep the midterms and whether or not he thinks they actually will. Finally, Ed shares his take on You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes.
John Mowrey is the Chief Investment Officer at NFJ Investment Group. Aaron Parnas is the author of The Parnas Perspective Substack and co-host of Raging Perspectives.
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