Halftime Report Is a Bigger AI Correction Coming? 11/18/25
Nov 18, 2025
Jenny Harrington, a member of the Investment Committee focused on portfolio insights, joins Jim Labenthal, who defends major holdings like Microsoft, alongside Josh Brown, a market commentator spotlighting healthcare stocks. Mackenzie Segalis, a CNBC reporter, discusses Bitcoin's recent volatility and what it means for crypto equities. The group debates the potential for a larger correction in the AI sector, explores the health care market's appeal, and analyzes trading strategies amid shifting tech sentiment. Don't miss their top stock picks!
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Bubble Talk But Reluctant Selling
- Fund managers widely label AI names a bubble while still holding them due to benchmark and allocation pressures.
- That mismatch helps explain why price moves can be sharp even without wholesale institutional selling.
Ask About Depreciation And Upgrade Cadence
- Ask management directly about the depreciation and upgrade cadence that underpins revenue and margin assumptions.
- Use those answers to test whether the upgrade cycle and customer depreciation windows are reconcilable.
Not All Circular Deals Are The Same
- Circular investment deals are mixed: some create real customer pipelines, others look like leveraged speculation.
- Separating those transactions by balance-sheet strength and intent matters for risk assessment.