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Both hedge funds and mutual funds are buying energy and power-related stocks, such as Bloom Energy and transformer companies, to address the massive electricity needs of AI data centers.

Korean equities have strong earnings momentum this year, especially in Q2. Take profits after Q2 earnings and buy back during the summer lull, focusing on current value (semiconductors, power equipment) and future value (robotics, space, nuclear). US equities will benefit from earnings and election policy momentum in H2. KOSDAQ lacks fundamental earnings and is driven by liquidity and policy.

Author expresses understanding of nuclear sector bull market driven by superconducting wires niche; implies continued nuclear strength, though lacks direct ticker commitment or specific nuclear play.

The bottom layer of the AI five-layer cake is energy. Jensen says this is the single greatest opportunity in several generations for energy industries, and any energy source—nuclear, wind, solar, hydrogen, sustainable—will get funded because AI needs enormous power. He cites Siemens, Mitsubishi, and GE Vernova as beneficiaries already doing well.

Beyond semiconductors, leading sectors adjacent to the AI supply chain, such as power equipment and nuclear, are worth prioritizing; shipbuilding and defense also belong to this leading group, with nuclear moving again.

The AI-driven electricity shortage keeps power equipment, nuclear, and renewables in focus. High oil and energy-security concerns strengthen the case for nuclear and renewables, and he says earnings estimates for these areas are being revised upward.

While semiconductors rest, shipbuilding, power equipment, nuclear and secondary battery sectors are taking turns supporting the index, which shows a healthy and resilient Korean market.

AI data centers and grid investment in Korea, the U.S. and Europe keep power equipment, nuclear and SMR, and renewable energy attractive; he flags power-equipment names and wind names such as CS Wind and CS Bearing as areas to watch.

Nuclear is his other favored theme; recent strength in Doosan Enerbility and policy support mean the sector is unlikely to break down significantly, so he remains positive.

AI data centers require reliable power, so power equipment, transmission, nuclear and energy security themes should continue to attract flows; he sees this as a persistent structural area.

War-driven energy supply disruptions, Qatar LNG repairs, and AI electricity demand accelerate energy self-reliance, favoring power equipment, ESS, nuclear, LNG, and shipbuilding.

Power and energy are the biggest shortages in the AI buildout. Investors can approach AI power equipment, SMRs, nuclear, and solar as ways to gain exposure to the electricity bottleneck created by data-center and AI demand.

The software selloff does not mean AI is broken; AI infrastructure names such as neoclouds, nuclear, hydrogen, and solar rallied in the U.S. because big tech cannot cut AI capex.

Cramer says the year of magical investing is over and warns investors to cut exposure to high-risk speculative stocks such as quantum computing, nuclear, ancillary data, and flying car names. He says if Bitcoin breaks its next support level, those stocks could get violently beaten down.

Nuclear is another trade tied to data-center power demand. Lead times are longer, but the administration has talked about fast-tracking nuclear projects.

The AI/resource boom will require much more energy, so Brett favors natural gas in the near term because it is abundant in the US, with a longer-term shift toward nuclear and eventually solar, including potentially space-based solar. This is part of the innovation exposure he wants investors to own.

Companies need to lean into electricity, not just energy, because hyperscaler/AI demand requires both more power and high industrial reliability. Data centers cannot go down, so reliability is underappreciated and benefits nuclear. VanEck's nuclear ETF has already seen performance/inflows and, after correcting from nosebleed levels entering Q4, is now more attractive.

For 2026, AI's next bottleneck is electricity. Immediate power needs should favor solar and secondary/EV batteries, while longer-term power demand supports nuclear and LNG as new leadership themes. These are underappreciated areas because AI companies cannot improve performance without securing enough power.

Nuclear, including SMRs, is a big part of his portfolio because small reactors on army bases can bypass regulatory hurdles, and nuclear can become the backbone of US power in about ten years.

Byrd expects to see quite a bit of nuclear power as part of the energy mix needed to meet growing power demand.

1. THE FACT: Power from NatGas is "nicely in the money for Q1" because Wind & Solar power cannot deliver the baseload Germany requires. The speaker hopes for a return to baseload power from nuclear, gas, and coal. 2. THE BRIDGE: The unreliability of renewable energy (wind & solar) for baseload power in Germany means traditional sources like natural gas, nuclear, and coal will be increasingly relied upon, making them profitable, especially in Q1. 3. THE VERDICT: Traditional baseload power sources (natural gas, nuclear, coal) in Germany are profitable and necessary due to renewable energy's inability to meet demand.