There Is No Single ‘AI Trade’ and Demand Is Only Growing
Winners in GPUs, memory, cloud margins, power and AI agents will be determined at different speeds.
Winners in GPUs, memory, cloud margins, power and AI agents will be determined at different speeds.
Trump “low-keying” it with Iran, Meta’s new AI model and other headlines moving stocks this morning.
Let’s scan through the headlines for the stories of the week that speak to our Pro Portfolio holdings.
We added three new holdings this week, diversifying our lineup, and locked in massive gains across three others.
As second-quarter earnings powers the market higher, I’m waiting for a chance to add to these two stocks.
The indices stalled while 150 stocks gained more than 10%.
Two definitions of irony:
* Softbank needs to use their stock in OpenAI to fund their next investment into OpenAI:
SoftBank Uses OpenAI Stake to Borrow $10 Billion
Google ($GOOGL), who actually in theory has money needs to sell more debt to fund their investments into AI, and credit spreads blow out further.
* Microsoft ($MSFT) is telling their employees to use less AI because it is too expensive, when they are trying to shove it down everyone’s throat and disclose that most of their growth is coming from OpenAI, whose big investor needs to use their stock to fund its next investment into OpenAI. I cannot keep up:
Microsoft tells engineers to curb their token-burning enthusiasm
Meanwhile Google shocks with another $25 billion bond offering — and hyperscaler credit spreads blow out.
Hyperscaler Bond Spreads Blow Out After Google Shocks With Another $
Position: None
Demand continues to climb, but supply chain woes look to slow that conversation to revenue and earnings.
ISM’s Inflation data, SpaceX spending and Foxconn’s July revenue among the headlines shaping the market today/
We’re taking prudent action but keeping sizable positions as our theses continue to play out.