Stefan Uleia
📉 AI reality check on Wall Street Tech-led selling hit hard today: the $NSDQ100 sank about 1.5% (down ~1.9% at the lows) and the $SPX500 fell around 1%, while the Dow held up better but still slipped ~0.6%. Higher bond yields didn’t help valuation-heavy growth stocks. $AVGO (Broadcom Inc) showed the new regime: it beat earnings and guided higher, yet the stock still fell ~11%. The market’s issue wasn’t demand, it was margins. A higher mix of AI system/chip sales can be lower-margin, and investors are now punishing anything that looks like profit dilution. The “AI = automatic upside” narrative is fading. $ORCL (Oracle Corporation) extended its slide on concerns around heavy AI spending and pushed-back data-center timelines, while $NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation) also weakened. When expectations are sky-high, the bar keeps rising and earnings reactions get brutal. This is why I started diversifying earlier. AI remains a winning long-term theme, but it’s maturing and everyone is now watching ROI, not just revenue growth. I still see room to diversify further (including value/defensive exposure like consumer staples/discretionary), while keeping core AI positions. Next week we get a few key macro prints that could fuel Santa’s Rally like a rocket 🚀… or hit it like an iceberg 🧊
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