Every time things get even better for the AI trade, it raises the specter of what is falling by the wayside, what doesn’t work in the rest of the economy. Yet another quarter of stellar results from TSM again brings that nagging concern to the forefront. Taiwan Semi: AI is the
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ASML chip equipment stocks investment thesis cyclical re-rating
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They say these chip-equipment stocks have to “re-rate” to reflect the cyclical nature of the business. Maybe, but the business continues to get stronger and stronger. That’s what matters from an investment standpoint. No cyclical re-rating for ASML: business is great Shares of
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TL20 AI Stocks Portfolio Surges 382% in Three Years
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The TL20 group of stocks to consider, which I have curated since July of 2022, is up 382% in three years and nine months. Just this month, the group have “gone parabolic,” as they say, up 24% for the month of April. Is that worrying? Sure. It’s a lopsided performance, with the
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Bloom Energy Valuation Stretched Amid AI Data Center Boom
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We are in a time of elevated expectations and elevated stock valuations for artificial intelligence-linked and data center-linked companies’ stocks. That includes Bloom, whose progress in clean energy is undeniable. Buyer beware. Bloom Energy’s valuation is ‘stretched’ Bloom
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Thematic AI Investing: Discovering Overlooked Corners of AI Growth
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This is very typical of thematic investing, which is that if there’s a theme, such as artificial intelligence, and AI “agents,” then every week or so, some investors will latch onto the presumably undiscovered corner of that theme. In this case, they went gaga over the CDNs as
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Technology Letter landing page tracks daily tech stock news
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You know, the landing page of The Technology Letter, which is free to browse, is like a daily map of what’s going on with tech stocks. Even if you’re not a subscriber, you can at a glance get a sense of some of the top stories affecting tech equities on any given day.… pic.twitter.com/30XVBnnIKk
— Tiernan Ray (@TiernanRayTech) 14 avril 2026You know, the landing page of The Technology Letter, which is free to browse, is like a daily map of what’s going on with tech stocks. Even if you’re not a subscriber, you can at a glance get a sense of some of the top stories affecting tech equities on any given day.
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Intel and the Value Trap Investment Strategy Risk
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When you chase a low valuation on some assets, it can be what’s called a “value trap,” just because nothing about those assets is going achieve full value anytime soon. It’s often an appealing speculation but I don’t think it’s the best investment. Simply put, I don’t think Intel
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Weekly Podcast: TL20 Stocks Surge 12% on Massive Gains
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Each week I do a podcast to put together various things in a way that makes sense to me, and, I hope, to investors. One of the functions of the podcast is to reflect on what is and is not working. The TL20 group of stocks soared 12% this past week thanks to enormous gains from
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Software Monitoring Giants: Why Datadog Survives AI Disruption
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Many of the same arguments are made in favor of great software companies again and again. Those arguments fall on deaf ears with software investors. Maybe Datadog won’t be destroyed by AI The tools that monitor code from Datadog and Dynatrace and Splunk have staying power in
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Anthropic’s Glasswing Promotion: A Flawed Zero-Knowledge Proof
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A zero-knowledge proof is a way to convince you I know something without actually telling you what I know. Anthropic’s promotion of Glasswing is like a zero-knowledge proof without the proof part: you don’t gain any knowledge, and you may not be convinced, but you have a sense