Author

@LouBasenese LouBasenese

Newsletter founder threading a high-conviction AI-infrastructure secular bull thesis with contrarian macro reframes.

Posts reasoned, tickered bull/bear theses and macro narrativ

trader score
-1.62
hit rate
50%
mean α
-0.64%
signals 14d
19

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 50% hit rate, -0.64% mean alpha, trader score -1.62. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -4.0% since posting (mean over 7 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28·@LouBasenese·Endorses reduced reliance on constant central-bank forward guidance as necessary.·
2026-08-28VKTX@LouBasenese+0.55Expects next-generation GLP-1 efficacy and treated indications to keep expanding, citing VKTX.
2026-08-28LLY@LouBasenese+0.80Expects expanding GLP-1 approvals, identifies LLY as the winner and NVO as a value trap.
2026-08-28NVO@LouBasenese-0.75Expects expanding GLP-1 approvals, identifies LLY as the winner and NVO as a value trap.
2026-08-28MRK@LouBasenese+0.00Expects expanding GLP-1 approvals, identifies LLY as the winner and NVO as a value trap.
2026-08-26NVDA@LouBasenese-0.15Expresses concern for NVDA, but the linked context is unavailable.+3.8%
2026-08-26META@LouBasenese-0.80States a strong ethical bearish stance and that the author has never owned and will never own META.+0.3%
2026-08-26META@LouBasenese-0.65Uses META's $16.68B payment to imply wrongdoing and express a negative view.+0.3%
2026-08-25·@LouBasenese·Says consumer-confidence expectations are more depressed than during COVID while questioning sentiment data.·
2026-08-20GANX@LouBasenese+0.55Highlights GANX entering Phase 2 with promising data.·
2026-08-20META@LouBasenese+0.35Suggests Meta shares consistently appear inexpensive.+5.9%
2026-08-19MRK@LouBasenese+0.70Celebrates MRK and MRNA medical progress as a major advance with immediate impact.-2.5%
2026-08-19MRNA@LouBasenese+0.70Celebrates MRK and MRNA medical progress as a major advance with immediate impact.-20.9%
2026-08-19·@LouBasenese·Expects AI-related job creation to arrive quickly despite near-term lag.·
2026-08-19·@LouBasenese·Advocates position sizing, diversification and patience as a route to better outcomes.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.