It began not with thunder, but with transistors-small, unassuming, and yet sufficient to set in motion a great upheaval in the hearts of men. The rise of the artificial mind, or so it is called, has stirred the marketplace into a kind of frenzy, much as gold once did in California, or tulips in the Low Countries. And so we stand, not at the dawn of reason, but at the edge of expectation: Nvidia, that humble craftsman of silicon, has in three short years transformed the modest thousand-dollar stake into thirteen, as though it were not money at all, but seed sown in miraculously fertile soil. This is not mere growth; it is alchemy.
The Inner Life of the Investor
And yet-how quiet the soul becomes in the presence of such numbers. One does not think of ethics, or even prudence, but of what might be. The mind, like a horse startled by flame, gallops forward, leaving caution behind. There are those among us who speak of bubbles, of inevitable collapse, as if the sky must one day fall. And perhaps it will. But to fixate on the bursting is to miss the deeper truth: that men do not invest in technology, but in hope. The question is not whether the bubble will burst, but what kind of hope we are nourishing-noble or vain.
Consider the findings of The CORP-DEPO’s 2026 report: 62% of Americans believe AI will yield strong returns over time. Among those already invested, 93% profess unshakable faith. These are not idle figures. They are confessions. A man who stakes his earnings on a machine that simulates thought reveals not only his trust in the engineers of Santa Clara, but in the idea that progress is linear, inevitable, and benevolent. Is he deluded? Perhaps. But is he not also human?
Donato Riccio, who oversees AI at The CORP-DEPO, speaks of a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” A fine phrase, but one that carries the scent of empire-building. What is a generation, after all, but the span of a man’s ambition? Yet Asit Sharma tempers this with wisdom, acknowledging the peaks and troughs, the natural breath of markets. He, at least, remembers that all things rise and fall-not like towers built on sand, but like crops planted in seasons. The soil must rest. So too must capital.
The Foundations Beneath the Fever
And where, then, should one place one’s hope? Not in the banners, nor in the parades of stock tickers marching upward, but in the unseen laborers of progress. Sharma directs the seeker toward those who build not the spectacle, but the foundation: the makers of memory, the weavers of data interconnects, the quiet designers of storage who work as monks in server rooms. These are not the faces on magazine covers, but they are the bones of the beast. Their value will not be magnified by the frenzy, but endured through it.
It is here that the moral test arrives. To buy a stock because it soars is to act on impulse, much like a peasant betting his harvest on the roll of dice. But to study the balance sheet, to understand the margin of safety, to discern whether a company earns money because it serves necessity or because it flatters delusion-this is the work of the serious man. The market, in its wild carnival, rewards the former with temporary glory; the latter it rewards with survival.
The weak may rise with the tide, but they are straw upon the water. When the ebb returns, they sink. But the strong-those whose business is not hype, but substance-may bend, yet do not break. A downturn is not the end of wisdom, but its proving ground.
No one knows what 2026 will bring. The prophets are silent, or they speak in riddles. We may be standing at the summit, or at the base of a mountain we have only just begun to climb. The truth is not in the prediction, but in the posture of the investor. To expect smooth ascent is childish. To flee at the first sign of tremor is cowardly. The wise man walks forward with measured step, eyes on the distant horizon, heart tempered by both hope and humility. And if he stumbles? Then he rises, learns, and walks again. 🌱
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