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As a global asset manager, Brookfield Asset Management monetizes third-party capital through fee-based structures, with a historical focus on infrastructure investments. Recently, the firm has diversified into clean energy, real estate, private equity, and credit markets. Collectively, these segments support a fee-bearing capital base of approximately $550 billion-a figure management aims to double to $1.1 trillion by 2030.

But lo and behold, change has arrived, and the P/E ratio has fallen as steadily as a large hat at a summer garden party. It now sits at a modest 35, which, considering the company’s past sky-high valuations, is about as cheap as one is likely to see Amazon anytime soon. If I may make a bold claim, this could very well present an opportunity for those with a sufficiently strong stomach for the rigours of investing.

Now, when the dust settles on 2024, we find that three of those seven giants-Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta-still walk with purpose, leading the charge. But some of the old soldiers, like Apple and Tesla, seem to have found themselves tangled in the weeds, losing ground. So, while there are those who see opportunities in their struggles, the smart money-well, it’s pointing toward a single name that looks destined for even greater heights.

Currently worth around $265 billion, AMD would need to grow by 277% in just five-and-a-half years. For those keeping score at home, that means churning out an annual growth rate of roughly 27%. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Twenty-seven percent? That sounds as likely as Moses getting Wi-Fi on Mount Sinai!” But hold your horses-or should I say GPUs-for there *is* method to this madness.

Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Amazon have all benefited from AI adoption across sectors like cloud computing, social media, advertising, and e-commerce. Now, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is experiencing accelerated growth from surging demand for generative AI software.

And yet, as with all tales of hubris, shadows loomed. Governments, eager to shepherd this nascent industry, propped it up with subsidies, tax credits, and regulations. These measures, though well-intentioned, carried within them the seeds of complacency. For what is a dream built on incentives alone, when those incentives begin to wane?

The billionaire’s latest sacraments include five AI “stocks” acquired in Q2 2025. Wall Street’s prophets now proclaim one will ascend to heavenly heights. But as the Master might say: “Beware the hour when the market’s angels sing – their hymns often precede a crash.”

As the years wore on and the baby boomers, now with their backs heavy from the weight of time, began to step away from the grind of daily labor, their thoughts turned, inevitably, to their twilight years-how to ensure that they would not slip silently into oblivion but instead ride the wave of financial security. Among the many options before them, the ultrahigh-yield dividend stocks stood out like the fabled treasures of long-lost empires, promising riches wrapped in the thinnest of veils. MPLX (MPLX), with its alluring 7.6% annual dividend yield, began to beckon like a lighthouse on a foggy night. But was it truly the time to buy?