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07-02 19:02

I would avoid treating a day or two of price action as confirmation of a lasting rotation.


If softer labour data ultimately supports Fed rate cuts, both AI hardware and software could benefit. Hardware names also tend to be more cyclical and volatile, so sharp pullbacks are not unusual after strong rallies.


Rather than switching wholesale, I would prefer a balanced approach:


Keep core exposure to quality AI infrastructure if the long-term demand for compute and memory remains intact.


Add selectively to software and platform leaders where earnings growth justifies valuations.


Wait for the NFP report and upcoming earnings before concluding that capital has permanently rotated away from hardware.



A durable rotation should be confirmed by fundamentals and earnings, not just a few sessions of market leadership.

Markets Rotate: Defend or Buy the Tech Dip?
The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.73% while the Dow surged nearly 590 points to a record high, after June nonfarm payrolls added only 57,000 jobs — a sharp miss that triggered a mass rotation out of AI capex beneficiaries and into Dow value stocks. Semiconductors, optical networking names, and Meta were all sold off, with defensive assets and rate-cut beneficiaries emerging as new destinations. Following yesterday's hardware-to-software shift, today's rotation escalated into a full AI capex-to-value pivot — will you follow this move?
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