Episode summary
Bloomberg Surveillance TV: June 12th, 2026 | Bloomberg Surveillance
Bloomberg Surveillance
· · 18 min · Hosts: Tom Keene, Paul Sweeney, Lisa Mateo, Michael Barr · Guests: Stuart Kaiser, Victoria Coates, Zach Griffiths
Summary
The episode centered on a market that is still being driven by narrow leadership, heavy capital needs, and strong earnings revisions. Stuart Kaiser of Citi argued that recent IPOs, secondary offerings from Meta, Google and Amazon, and a wave of debt issuance are creating “a broad-based demand for capital” tied to a massive construction and industrial production cycle. He said the market is experiencing short-term friction because investors are digesting how much capital will need to be raised, while the biggest free-cash-flow names in the MAG 7 should still be able to finance themselves.
Kaiser also said the market’s rotation is uneasy because investors are not eager to own the names they would have to buy in order to sell winners. He pointed to strong upward earnings revisions, including NASDAQ earnings up 10% since the end of March and semiconductors up 17%, as a reason fading the trade is risky. He added that the new issuance wave could change index behavior, especially if large IPOs land in NASDAQ before the S&P 500, widening the gap between the two benchmarks.
Victoria Coates argued that U.S. military pressure on Iran is forcing a reassessment in Tehran, saying the administration has shown it can “go back in” and hit targets again. Zach Griffiths of CreditSights said SpaceX should receive an investment-grade rating, pointing to recent equity value, expected debt capacity, and a projected net cash position after the IPO, even though the company is still expected to burn cash heavily.
Key takeaways
- Stuart Kaiser said the market is absorbing a large new supply of capital, but the strongest MAG 7 cash generators should still be able to fund themselves.
- Kaiser said NASDAQ earnings have been revised up 10% since the end of March and semiconductor earnings 17%, making it risky to bet against the AI winners.
- Kaiser warned that big IPOs may sit in NASDAQ before they reach the S&P 500, potentially widening the performance gap between the two indexes.
- Victoria Coates argued that U.S. military superiority is forcing Iran toward a better negotiating posture, though she cautioned that headlines are changing quickly.
- Zach Griffiths said SpaceX should be rated investment grade because the equity cushion, recent deals, and projected cash position outweigh the company’s near-term cash burn.
Notable quotes
“There hasn't been much market breath lately on both sell-offs and rallies. The market has been mixed as people rotate instead of broad changes in risk”
“this year has been really defined by estimate revisions, earnings going higher and that's driving stock returns”
“we do think it plays a factor here. And so we are expecting an IG rating on SpaceX when they come to the market”
How the episode opens
Bloomberg Audio Studios podcasts radio news. This is the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. I'm Jonathan Pharaoh along with Lisa Abramitz and Amarie Hordern.
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Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere else you listen. And as always on the Bloomberg terminal and the Bloomberg Business app. Stuart Kaiser of City writing, "There hasn't been much market breath lately on both sell-offs and rallies.
The market has been mixed as people rotate instead of broad changes in risk. Stuart joins us now for more. Stu, good morning.
Hey, good morning. How are you?
I know you can't talk much about this IPO specifically, but the amount of IPOs that are coming to the market at the moment, do you see them as a red flag for the bull market or a green flag to deploy more capital? I mean ultimately we'll have to see how they perform but and I think it's not just IPOs right you you have secondary offerings from Meta from Google from Amazon you have tremendous amount of convertible bond issuance hygi bond issuance so this is a a sort of broad-based demand for capital and I think a lot of investors are looking at this is one of the largest construction and industrial production cycles the world has ever seen right and that needs to be financed and what we're seeing I think the last couple weeks is a little bit of a friction in the market as as people digest just the enormous amount of capital that's going to need to be raised to get this back.
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Topics
- us equity trading strategy
- credit and macro strategy
- market outlook
- national security and foreign policy
- rates and economy
Companies and tickers mentioned
- C
- Citi
- CreditSights
- Heritage Foundation
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