The S&P 500, it went up too. 0.56%. To 6,881. The Nasdaq Composite, a bit more enthusiastic, rose 0.78% to 22,754. IBM and Booz Allen Hamilton, they tagged along. Up a little. The infrastructure crowd. They always move together. Like schools of fish. Or politicians.
The ensuing sell-off, a predictable dance of panic and profit-taking, has left AMD down nearly 5% this year. A modest decline, perhaps, but a noticeable one when compared to the exuberant leap of the PHLX Semiconductor Sector, which has bounded ahead by a rather impressive 15.5%. One is left to ponder, is this a moment for the cautious to observe, or for the discerning investor to… intervene?
To speak of ‘blue chip’ stocks feels almost… pedestrian. It lacks the poetry of a true assessment. These are not merely ‘safe’ investments; they are vessels of accumulated momentum, carrying within them the echoes of innovation and adaptation. Palantir, a shadow amongst these sunlit giants, represents a different impulse—a reaching for the unknown, perhaps, but one that lacks the established gravity. Gamestop, a momentary flare, has faded. The market, in its quiet way, reveals its preferences.
To sift through the filings, the additions and subtractions of the portfolio, feels like cataloging the falling leaves – interesting, certainly, but obscuring the enduring structure of the forest. More telling is the weight of what remains, the gravitational pull of those holdings that defined the Oracle’s long watch. And at the very center of that gravity, a company once considered outside the realm of his traditional value investing – Apple.
Comparisons are inevitably drawn to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a rather more established, and frankly, less excitable, concern. The question, then, is whether Micron might follow in TSM‘s wake. A charming notion, perhaps, but one requiring a degree of scrutiny that, sadly, seems to be in short supply these days.
The filing, dated the 17th, reveals an acquisition of 316,586 shares, translating to roughly $13.84 million. A sum that, in the grand ledger of things, is not colossal. But it’s the direction of the wind that matters, isn’t it? The investment represents 3.5% of Hidden Lake’s managed assets—a considered weighting, a deliberate tilt of the scales. A stake, not a throwaway gamble.
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The occasion for this slight misfortune was the release of the company’s fourth quarter earnings report. While the total revenue managed to exceed expectations, the profit per share fell somewhat short of the sums anticipated by the more discerning amongst its shareholders. Forward guidance for the year 2026, though respectable, proved insufficient to maintain the lofty estimations previously assigned to the stock.
I’m just saying, people get so caught up in yield. It’s like they’re looking for a free lunch. There’s no such thing. You’re handing over your money, and they’re promising you a return. It’s a transaction. And transactions, let’s be honest, are rarely as clean as they appear. It’s all smoke and mirrors, really.
Broadcom (AVGO +0.46%) has risen to supply the very bones of these data centers, the networking that binds it all. Demand, as one might expect from a fever dream of innovation, is substantial. Last year saw the stock climb a goodly 49%, a performance that left even its rival, Nvidia, trailing at 38%. A strong harvest, certainly, but one must always ask: can it be sustained?