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Daily Alpha · Reddit

Reddit supplied two opposed AI-capex theses and two disclosed-position/accounting cases; every claim remains unaudited.

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r/StockMarket

Reddit capex audit flags a depreciation lag

An unverified r/StockMarket analysis compiled 10-K figures and argues current hyperscaler margins have not yet absorbed depreciation from the latest buildout. The author explicitly noted fiscal periods are not directly aligned.

Capex to depreciation is 2.9x at Microsoft, 3.2x at Amazon, 3.9x at Meta, 4.3x at Alphabet, 7.3x at Oracle.

Even if cloud revenue grows, delayed depreciation can make today's free-cash-flow and margin snapshots look better than the mature cost base.

Watch Placed-in-service assets, depreciation growth, capex-to-revenue and operating-cash-flow growth.

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r/stocks

Unverified Reddit thesis says the selloff is a leverage unwind

An unverified r/stocks post argues that forced selling and crowded positioning, rather than vanished memory demand, explain the sharp move; it still cautions that easy thematic gains may be over.

What we are seeing now is primarily a leverage and positioning event.

The thesis reconciles firm physical demand with severe equity drawdowns but does not identify when deleveraging ends.

Watch Memory pricing, supply additions, ETF flows and post-Fed earnings reactions.

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r/ValueInvesting

Reddit author disclosed an Adobe add below $200

An r/ValueInvesting author said they added to an Adobe position just below $200, preferring its earnings profile and lower direct exposure to AI capex. The claim and thesis are unverified.

I added to my position just below $200.

It is a genuine disclosed add and a concrete example of rotation toward software economics rather than AI infrastructure ownership.

Watch Adobe growth, margins, AI monetization and whether compute costs actually fall.

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r/ValueInvesting

Unverified Reddit thesis treats circular financing as a demand warning

An unverified r/ValueInvesting post argues that Nvidia-linked guarantees, leases and stakes manufacture demand and resemble telecom vendor financing. The analogy and figures were not independently audited here.

A genuine seller's market never has to finance its own buyers.

This is the sharpest public bear case against the view that every unit of AI infrastructure demand is organic and creditworthy.

Watch Issuer disclosures, customer concentration, guarantees and whether financed buyers generate standalone cash flow.

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