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Macro environment is highly bullish, driven by an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire and portfolios hitting all-time highs.
Strong focus on AI infrastructure derivatives (power/turbines) and niche software with proprietary moats.
Some investors are rotating out of bonds (TLT) into beaten-down consumer staples and dividend stocks for yield and safety.
Notable consensus on the overall bull market continuing, though some are taking profits in materials to fund new software positions.
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[+8] u/Direct_Remove509: Israel and Lebanon agree to 10 day ceasefire. We are pumping baby!!
[+8] u/TAKINAS_INNOVATION: Samsung about to hit the 1 trillion market cap soon. Would be the first Korean company to hit it.
Market cap: $972.06 Billion USD
[+8] u/NotGucci: Amd new ATH.
Highly undervalued. Next trillion dollar company.
[+7] u/drew-gen-x: I bought $IP and $GIS along with $CAG this morning. I want to replace my $TLT position w divy stocks. I've already bought $T, and $VZ.
I get the bear case on processed food stocks; but they're learning to run very efficiently. And if I can buy consumer staples at prices lower than 2020 COVID lows with today's inflation & get paid a divy to wait for a rebound, I can wait.
[+6] u/16fca: MSFT close at 420, fucking blaze it
[+6] u/zbern: Didn't expect the materials to take off the way it did this year. Going to slowly take profits from USLM and ODC and gonna start positions in MANH and DSGX.
Been researching software the last few days looking for companies that are just being externally affected by the advances of AI and this Saaspocalypse. Companies that can not be replaced by vibe coding and have a proprietary, picks and shovels, and niche moat.
MANH - Warehouses are getting too big and complicated. Especially with advancements of automation and robotics, they will be more ingrained once the switch over from legacy to cloud systems.
DSGX - Ships and trucks have to cross borders. They help automate all the messy routing and customs paperwork so the freight actually gets delivered.
Fingers crossed. I'm not gonna pretend to know anything about software and exactly how it works. Going based of balance sheet and narrative on these positions.
[+5] u/Choice_Potato_6279: People won't even remember this dip next year and you'll need a magnifying glass to see it.
[+5] u/Current_Animator7546: Just an insane Bull run roght now!
[+5] u/_hiddenscout: Some turbine news:
>Interesting numbers here in this interview of GE Vernova's CEO on gas turbine reservations >> orders
>\- Ended 2025 with 43 GW of "slot reservations" (33% direct to data centers), 40 GW already on order (15% direct to data centers)
\- Customers putting down 20-25% deposits on reservations but don't have EPC/fuel secured (next bottleneck!) so not yet 'orders'
\- Reservations now through to 2031! Can't get shipped though until 2029, shipping 4 GW/quarter
\- Converting from Reservation to Order taking 6-18 months because of EPC/fuel issues
\- GE can build 20 GW/yr simple cycle now, up to 24 GW/yr by 2028, adding more shifts + capacity in SC plant, France
\- Note 24GW/yr simple cycle could theoretically equate to about 35 GW of NGCC/yr from GEV alone
\- 50% of gas commitments are in the U.S.
\- GEV also doing great business outside of turbines on switchgear, transformers, substation equipment - $200-300M for every 1 GW of data center load just on that
[+5] u/staythewaters: WTI and Brent settlements are coming due while there is a physical supply crunch. Paper oil prices starting to go back up to meet the physical price.
Would look out for Treasury manipulation of the futures oil market over the coming week, to artificially suppress prices.
[+5] u/Individual_Section_6: Well my portfolio is at ATH today. Really unbelievable.
GE Vernova has massive gas turbine reservations (43 GW) booked through 2031, heavily driven by data centers. The immense power demands of AI data centers are creating a multi-year backlog and guaranteed revenue pipeline for power generation equipment. Long GEV as a premier "picks and shovels" play on AI infrastructure and energy demands. Bottlenecks in EPC/fuel securing could delay the conversion of reservations into actual orders.
Consumer staples like GIS and CAG are trading at prices lower than their 2020 COVID lows. These companies are learning to run more efficiently, and their high dividend yields offer a better alternative to bonds (TLT) while waiting for a rebound. Buy beaten-down food stocks for dividend income and value reversion. Continued inflation pressure on margins or prolonged bearish sentiment on processed foods.
Warehouses are becoming increasingly large and complex, requiring advanced automation. Manhattan Associates (MANH) provides proprietary, niche software that cannot be easily replaced by AI "vibe coding," giving it a strong moat. Start a position in MANH as a resilient SaaS play benefiting from supply chain modernization. General software/SaaS sector weakness ("Saaspocalypse").
AMD has hit a new all-time high. The community views the stock as highly undervalued relative to its peers in the semiconductor space. Buy and hold as it marches toward becoming the next trillion-dollar market cap company. General semiconductor sector pullbacks or failure to capture expected AI market share.
There is a physical supply crunch in oil, causing paper oil prices (WTI/Brent) to rise to meet physical prices. While the supply crunch is bullish for oil prices, there is a threat of government intervention in the futures market. Watch oil markets closely for a breakout, but be cautious of artificial price suppression. Treasury manipulation of the futures market to artificially suppress prices.
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