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$5.1T Market cap · 2026-10-29
Corporates (spreads are tight, if this gets rly bad spreads should blow out). Long breadth, consumer exposure and small caps through stuff like $IWM, $RSP, $XSHQ, $RSPD. Short the narrow winners like $QQQ, $SMH, $AAPL, $CRWD, $ILMN, $NBIS. Also shorting long crowded bio longs
I’m not saying I think $AAPL is worth 35x earnings but I do think Ternus is going to go on a generational heater. Hardware guy that wants more product releases and wants to cut fat https://t.co/8nGQpm9GgP
Everyone is asking "Where is Serenity" or "Who is Serenity". But nobody is asking... "How is Serenity"? I do read things from $AMD $8.2B acquisition of World Labs... but feeling pretty sick right now, so taking a little break. I remember saying physical AI + world models would major shift way back when, so maybe I should have invested in private companies at the time... Apart from that... other interesting news: - Some channel checks from ECOC was that $NVDA apparently secured 50% of $LITE Greensboro UHP laser capacity? And possibly contracts that allow them to secure the remaining capacity per Barclays. That's $5B in lasers (annual capacity)... so it's hilarious to see Nvidia go out and bottleneck the rest of the industry by doing this. But this just puts more strategic value on other merchant laser suppliers + more visibility for Lumentum. It's kinda game theory over allocation, since if you secure all the HBM, lasers, and others it inadvertently makes it much harder for competitors to scale their programs. - Then there's your massive $150B Nvidia authorized buybacks (just look at $AAPL when they did buybacks..) They're printing too much. - What's also interesting is that Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expanding their FC-BGA substrate capacity today... but customers are the one funding this. I also remembered $MRVL in SEC filings cited large body substrates as one of the core bottlenecks of their program (alongside $TSM sole source dependencies). So they also went out and did some other expansion agreements with related companies like AT&S recently. - OpenAI delaying Astra-6.1 October release over safety concerns just now. Nvidia also happened to launch an AI safety platform. I don't think this is meaningfully bearish that the models are just getting 2 good.
Meta’s Muse and rival AI agents are gaining consumer traction, while Apple and Google lack comparable public products and face pressure on…
And so will $AAPL $AMZN $GOOG, they will all attempt to protect their walled gardens. Nothing new or surprising there. https://t.co/ZzqZmFtBwO
Apple has ceded frontier AI to partners like Google while planning AI-native glasses, camera-equipped AirPods and a smart-home hub over the…
Some huge options trades (tech, naturally) today. Over a billion of premium paid and a lot of vega as well ($20M+). $AMD, $AAPL, $AVGO and $DELL. All January ‘28.
I’m always fascinated by the huge value in large caps and how to frame it. Buffett in $AAPL, $KO, $WFC historically. Terry Smith $DPZ. Ackman $CMG, $CP. $GOOG like a year and a half ago. Mohnish Pabrai called out $META a few years ago and it multi bagged. This is a useful example $MSFT in 2006.
*INSTINCT IN TALKS FOR $10B VALUATION: INFORMATION Instinct rocks. It’s probably not better than Muse but I find myself using it way more often. When $AAPL or $GOOG buy Instinct?
Qualcomm's Amazon coherent-lite DSP work may carry lower margins as Apple’s C2 modem cuts Qualcomm’s iPhone share; Credo’s 30-meter uLED…
Apple’s iPhone Duo foldable pairs a TSMC 2 nm chip, IP68 protection and iOS 27 features, positioning it against Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Mark Hibben 1 clickI miss when $AAPL keynotes used to feel like Christmas morning. Sure you knew a new iPhone was coming but outside of that you pretty much had no idea what Steve was gonna whip out Tomorrow we get the foldable iPhone and it feels like pretty much every detail has already leaked. I think it’ll be pretty cool / underrated given where sentiment feels on it but I miss the mystery
Apple's iPhone upgrade cycle has stretched to 3.2 years as iPhone 18 models face memory costs that could consume 34% to 42% of bill of…
Tangerine Tan Capital Booked the quick 8-10% gain on this $AAPL short, knock on wood. Have a great weekend.
$AAPL also prices in the flattering things you've articulated. 35x EPS. Missed on Services revenue w/ a 4 point decel vs a 2 point harder comp. Comp gets harder in September. China revs missed and are slowing. China comps get much harder next year...could easily see 22% growth down to 10% or less. And again, everyone owns AAPL as evidenced by the near 2x market cap appreciation in the last year - thats nearly $2T that's been bought. All the other names have more hair, but much more upside if they continue to execute.
In July the bubble moved over into $AAPL where it was hanging out during the semis blood bath. $AAPL with a so/so print is constructive since that there the bubble has been parked.
Apple is accelerating its Qualcomm modem design-out before the April 2027 licensing expiry, threatening Qualcomm's high-margin handset…
Shorted a bunch of $AAPL and bought puts over last few days. Seems very overbought (was it a funding short?) and at a good level to find resistance. Edge AI models should ultimately be good for $AAPL, but company still has grossly mismanaged the AI opp and memory is a headwind.
OpenAI and Anthropic's IPO ambitions collide with AI-driven memory shortages that Apple says are forcing product price increases.
Apple’s Kalshi earnings-call contracts price mentions of “foldable” and “glasses,” while its 24-year transcript record indicates management…
Apple Pay reaches 785 million users and has become Apple’s springboard into cards, transfers and savings, giving it a fintech advantage…
$AAPL looking pretty smart staying out of the the AI capex wars 😉 This story is not over yet.
below relates to how the extreme upside case for $NN spectrum could develop. Satellite direct to phone requires low band spectrum to be effective. $AAPL may want to control its own satellite destiny. There simply is not much low band to go around. https://t.co/Z2JM9yR7tk https://t.co/5NRaPZlWMI
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