Cloudflare Inc (NET) — the peer cohort

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• Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69Midday 10 · 16 Sept 2026Software is today’s laggard rather than its leader: the software ETF flat at $105.41, Microsoft −0.5% at $494.39, ServiceNow −0.8%, Amazon flat, while the security names hold their bid — Palo Alto +1.2%, Cloudflare +0.8%, CrowdStrike +0.5%.
• Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their linesMidday 10 · 15 Sept 2026Security keeps the bid on day two: CrowdStrike +2.9% to $242.15, SentinelOne +2.3%, Zscaler +1.8% to $195.14, ServiceNow +1.9%, Okta +1.0%, Salesforce +0.7%, Cloudflare +0.7%, Fortinet +0.6%, Palo Alto +0.5% — the software ETF flat at…
• AI trade — the pacing call splits tech: chips −5%, software +4.5%, security +12–15%, 10-year hits 5%Midday 10 · 14 Sept 2026The software ETF is up 4.5% at $106.07, its best day of the year, and the security names that Sunday’s Weekly said were being sold on price and bought on flow are up 12% to 15%: Zscaler +14.8%, SentinelOne +14.6%, CrowdStrike +14.7%, Palo…
• Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7%Morning 10 · 11 Sept 2026The other half of the sort did not benefit: the software ETF fell 0.6% to $101.20, its sixth losing session in a row, with Cloudflare −1.0% to $311.17, Datadog −1.6%, Meta −1.4% after Wednesday’s gains.
• Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave backMorning 10 · 10 Sept 2026Under the fall, the midday flip held into the close: Cloudflare +10.5% on its OpenAI security service, Datadog +7.2%, Meta +6.6% on its Muse agent, Marvell +4.3%, Astera Labs +4.0%, while Nvidia, Broadcom, TSMC and ASML slipped and AMD…
• Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%Midday 10 · 10 Sept 2026The iShares software ETF is up 0.5% at $102.38, its first gain in six sessions, with ServiceNow +2.1%, Salesforce +0.6%, Datadog +0.5% and Shopify +0.3% after two heavy days; Cloudflare −0.2% at $313 and Meta −0.2% at $652 are holding…
• The trade flips at midday: chips fade, software bounces — Meta +6%, Cloudflare +9%, Datadog +6% while oil holds $101 and the 10-year hits 4.85%Midday 10 · 9 Sept 2026The semiconductor ETFs opened higher and have given it all back, Nvidia, Broadcom, TSMC and ASML are lower, and the buying has moved to names with a catalyst: Cloudflare +9% on an OpenAI security partnership, Datadog +6%, Meta +6% on its…
• Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breathMidday 10 · 2 Sept 2026The selling has spread to the whole AI-software group: Cloudflare (NET), Datadog (DDOG), ServiceNow (NOW) and Samsara (IOT), which reports tomorrow, are all lower, and together they are the main weight on the software ETF.