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Stephen J. Altemus, the CEO, recently offloaded a little over 12,000 shares. Not a fortune, about $250,000, but enough to make me wonder if he needed a new roof. Or maybe he’s just really into Beanie Babies again. The SEC filing, naturally, is a joyless document, filled with numbers that blur together after a while. They tell you he still has over 13.8 million shares, which, frankly, feels excessive. I have trouble keeping track of my library card.

The pronouncements from Nvidia – a projected $500 billion in Blackwell and Rubin orders – are… audacious. One almost suspects a touch of hubris. Yet, the orders continue to pour in, a relentless tide of demand. It is as if the world, in its insatiable hunger for artificial intelligence, has willingly surrendered its reason. The unveiling of the Rubin chips – a GPU, a CPU, a network of connectivity – is not simply a technological advancement, but a further entrenchment of Nvidia’s dominion. Analysts, predictably, are revising their estimates upwards. A mere six months ago, a certain level of expectation prevailed. Now? Now, a fevered anticipation grips the financial community. The Rubin windfall, they say, will begin to manifest in the latter half of 2027. But what of the souls caught in the gears of such accelerated progress?

Both funds, you see, are predicated on the charmingly optimistic notion that size does not always equate to success. They aim to capture the dynamism of those companies too modest to grace the halls of the large-cap aristocracy. A sensible ambition, perhaps, if one is willing to accept a degree of volatility that would make a lesser investor weep into their sherry.

Which brings us to 2026. The hope, you see, is a stubborn thing. It clings. So here are three digital tokens, battered and bruised, that might, just might, avoid complete oblivion. Don’t mistake this for optimism. It’s more of a clinical observation.

The question before us, then, is this: Can Costco, by the close of the year 2026, ascend to the lofty height of $1,000 a share? A seemingly modest ambition, one might think. Yet, in the theater of the market, even the smallest step requires a delicate balance of hope, calculation, and a touch of good fortune. Let us examine the players and the stage upon which this drama unfolds.

Since the year 2023, Nvidia has established itself as a frontrunner in the provision of the computational power necessary to fuel this new technology. Indeed, to dismiss its current valuation as excessive, simply because it has already enjoyed considerable appreciation, is a failing common to many, and one which often leads to missed opportunities. It is a weakness of the human character to dwell upon what might have been, rather than to consider what yet may be. The market, one might observe, is rarely swayed by sentimentality, and neither should the investor.