Policy Change

Tae Kim · Key Context by Tae Kim · August 01, 2026 at 22:39 · ⏱ 1 min read  | Read on Substack ↗
Summary
The author is updating his personal investment policy to allow trading in individual U.S. technology stocks, driven by missed opportunities to capitalize on his own bullish tech calls. This shift aligns with his expectation that the next 6-9 months will see dramatic AI advancements and massive new compute demand driven by the imminent arrival of 'RSI'.
  • •The author is lifting a prior journalistic restriction to allow personal investments in individual U.S. tech stocks.
  • •Past bullish newsletter calls on Dell, AMD, and Credo have generated triple-digit returns, prompting the policy change.
  • •Frontier AI labs expect 'RSI' to emerge very soon, which the author notes will 'soak up an unbelievable amount of compute.'
  • •The upcoming Hot Chips conference in late August will feature key semiconductor updates from Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Samsung, and Google.
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Category finance
Ideas
Tae Kim Senior writer, Barron's; author of The Nvidia Way
Author explicitly names Dell as one of his 'best-performing ideas' that prompted the policy change, noting it is up triple digits since his initial bullish call.
Author explicitly names Dell as one of his 'best-performing ideas' that prompted the policy change, noting it is up triple digits since his initial bullish call. Risk: Past performance is highlighted retrospectively; current valuation may already reflect the triple-digit run-up.
DELL
Tae Kim Senior writer, Barron's; author of The Nvidia Way
Highlighted both as a missed triple-digit gain opportunity from past bullish calls and as a key presenter at the upcoming Hot Chips conference.
Highlighted both as a missed triple-digit gain opportunity from past bullish calls and as a key presenter at the upcoming Hot Chips conference. Risk: Faces intense competition from Nvidia in the AI compute space despite strong historical performance.
AMD
Tae Kim Senior writer, Barron's; author of The Nvidia Way
Credo is specifically cited alongside Dell and AMD as a top-performing idea, indicating strong underlying conviction in the author's thesis for the stock.
Credo is specifically cited alongside Dell and AMD as a top-performing idea, indicating strong underlying conviction in the author's thesis for the stock. Risk: Smaller market cap and higher volatility compared to mega-cap peers mentioned in the same basket.
CRDO
Tae Kim Senior writer, Barron's; author of The Nvidia Way
The author predicts that imminent 'RSI' advancements will 'soak up an unbelievable amount of compute,' positioning key Hot Chips attendee Nvidia as a primary beneficiary of this next wave of AI scalin
The author predicts that imminent 'RSI' advancements will 'soak up an unbelievable amount of compute,' positioning key Hot Chips attendee Nvidia as a primary beneficiary of this next wave of AI scaling. Risk: High market expectations heading into the Hot Chips conference and subsequent earnings.
NVDA
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Speakers: Tae Kim  · Tickers: DELL, AMD, CRDO, NVDA