Stefan Uleia
๐…๐ž๐ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ˆ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  The past 48 hours brought a storm of market-moving headlines and they all point toward one central theme: AI-driven CapEx expansion. Despite a short-term drop in $META (Meta Platforms Inc) shares down 9% after a one-time 15.9B USD tax charge fundamentals remain strong. Revenue jumped 26% YoY, and daily active users hit 3.54B, showing solid engagement across its ecosystem. The marketโ€™s overreaction hides what really matters: Meta is investing aggressively in computing infrastructure to scale AI, with capex now guided up to 70โ€“72B USD. $MSFT (Microsoft) also saw near-term pressure after reporting a 3.1B USD accounting hit tied to its OpenAI investment. But underneath, Azure grew 40%, and management confirmed over 250B USD in new AI-related cloud contracts. Their AI foundation remains unmatched. Meanwhile, Trumpโ€™s meeting with Xi delivered a surprise boost to global sentiment. A one-year rare earths deal and tariff reductions eased tensions and sent Chinaโ€™s rare earth index higher positive news for tech supply chains and U.S. semiconductor players like Nvidia ,which just became the first 5 trillion USD company. The Fedโ€™s 25 bps rate cut to 3.75โ€“4% further supports liquidity, but Powell signaled caution ahead. Still, lower yields + rising AI capex = supportive environment for growth equities. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: Capital expenditure in AI. Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft all boosted 2025โ€“2026 spending plans signaling that the AI buildout is only accelerating. The short-term volatility weโ€™re seeing is the cost of long-term innovation.
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