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Open-source AI took away the only major catalyst Meta had, while Nvidia has become the biggest beneficiary of that change. If Meta fails to hold its multi-month range, the stock could fall toward the $410s. This reverses an earlier bullish view on Meta, a change worth making when something pivotal occurs. x.com x.comÂ
Meta's upside rests on the market mispricing what it could do by pairing an unmatched real-world user database with competitive AI. It trails Anthropic and OpenAI, but that database is a moat only years in the industry can build, and it grows extremely valuable as agentic AI spreads. If Zuckerberg's team gives the leading models even slight competition, Meta gains a substantial edge. Unlike Google last year, Meta is not undervalued for what it already does: harder, but just as much potential. x.comÂ
Rising Chinese competition and doubts about valuations add to Nvidia's downside risk as the AI sector bleeds. Nvidia's break from an uptrending triangular pattern rarely ends well; the AI bubble is cracking, and the trendline break marks the beginning of something much bigger. x.comÂ
Fresh funding for AI expansion supports a continued bid for AI stocks as compute spending shows no sign of slowing. Meta committed to $95B in shareholder dilution for AI, Anthropic is set to have $200B in cash in a couple of weeks, and SpaceX got a $40B Apollo loan solely to buy more Nvidia GPUs. The Anthropic IPO might even be a positive catalyst rather than the negative one many fear. x.comÂ
Meta's AI infrastructure financing raises the risk that a long wait for revenue and profit will keep its shares volatile. It disclosed plans to raise up to $95 billion. @amitisinvesting warns that further dilution could keep the stock stuck even if the buildout eventually pays off. Meta's selloff is still a massive buying opportunity. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Nvidia faces risk from its biggest customers' spending pullback, even though it should win as long as chip-cycle demand stays intact. Magnificent Seven free cash flow could turn negative, and Meta and Microsoft are cutting Anthropic spending by more than half. Anthropic is one of the largest consumers of chips, and if it is being cut, OpenAI likely is too, especially on the enterprise side. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Meta looks unattractive because its fines, capital raises and AI capex make the math ugly. The stock could trade back to the $500s, while hyperscalers probably have to make those raises with equity down 15-25%. Muse looks like a fad and average users may not need AI agents, matching LogicalThesis's view. x.com x.com x.comÂ
AI product, networking, compute and power demand could reward patient owners of Meta, Nokia, Oracle, Broadcom, IREN and Vistra. Meta's Muse could unlock massive revenue; free cash flow could recover when AI spending slows. Nokia works with Nvidia on AI-RAN and 6G. Oracle has $664B in obligations and massive potential reward from OpenAI. Broadcom's AI chip revenue rose 221% to $16.7B; IREN has a $9.7B Microsoft contract and 5 GW of power. AI power bottlenecks favor Vistra. x.com x.com x.com x.com … Show more
Semiconductors could stay undersupplied for a long time as more capable AI per dollar creates more uses and drives compute demand. Micron and NVIDIA trade at low forward P/Es because investors fear peak cyclical earnings, yet current earnings show no slowdown. Shortages may worsen as AI adoption spreads, though the industry could remain cyclical; a reversal of the forced rollover trade is hoped for, not assured. x.com x.com x.comÂ
NVIDIA's projected earnings growth could support substantial upside without an enormous multiple. At $221.97 it trades at 10.4x estimated FY2029 earnings; even at $350, nearly 58% higher, it would trade near 16.4x. Estimates imply roughly 130% cumulative EPS growth over the next two fiscal years and may be conservative. SpaceX and Meta earnings look bullish for future chip demand. Slower AI spending, margin pressure or competition could undermine the estimates. x.com x.comÂ
Apple's ecosystem and services, Nvidia's AI chips and software, Palantir's AI platform, Tesla's potential growth drivers and Meta's scale make these five stocks hard to bet against. Apple has loyal customers; Palantir can help businesses and governments use complex data; Tesla is betting on autonomy, robotics and energy; and Meta's users, ad technology and cash flow support continued AI investment. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
Nvidia's order book could collapse if its biggest customers cut AI spending, much as Cisco fell 90% in 18 months after the 1999 infrastructure boom. Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta are spending $650bn on AI infrastructure this year, which is effectively Nvidia's whole business model. If their CFOs find in Q3 that AI capex is not producing measurable returns, they cut, Nvidia's orders fall and so does 30% of the S&P 500. Timing is the only question. x.comÂ
