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1 posted on 02/13/2026 12:25:39 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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MSFT

Still up for the Year.

A five year double.


2 posted on 02/13/2026 12:31:09 PM PST by TexasGator (1:/)
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“The video suggests NVIDIA profits massively from selling the picks and shovels (chips/GPUs) regardless of whether the AI “gold rush” ultimately pays off for the buyers.”

Applied Materials is selling the picks and shovels. Nvidia is selling the ore crushers, hard rock drills and lifting equipment.


3 posted on 02/13/2026 12:31:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Pop goes the weasel.


4 posted on 02/13/2026 12:31:29 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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How about apple?!


5 posted on 02/13/2026 12:35:07 PM PST by Skywise
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If the latest AI models are as good as they say, they shouldn’t need as much need processing power to so the same or better work.


6 posted on 02/13/2026 12:36:21 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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“Reliance on debt/leverage”

That’s not really accurate.

Over 90% of this planned spend is in the bank and belongs to the big hyperscalers.

Free cash flow minus all costs.

They are spending the money they earned from nearly everyone in the world to take the world to a new technological basis.

But nobody is quite sure what that will be.


8 posted on 02/13/2026 12:39:50 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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AI…. usually ‘the juice is nor worth the squeeze’. The financial returns for the hundreds of billions invested make it frequently NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.


13 posted on 02/13/2026 1:08:46 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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I have seen a few of this guys videos.


15 posted on 02/13/2026 1:20:26 PM PST by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity / )
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I want the bubble to hurry up a burst so I can upgrade my computers with all that cheap stuff ,LOL


16 posted on 02/13/2026 1:24:06 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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I have to think part of the issue for Meta and Alphabet is the class action lawsuit in Cali regarding the addictive nature of social media. There is no way a California jury isn’t out to heavily pick some pockets.


19 posted on 02/13/2026 1:32:20 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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