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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-20 15:28

      The AI Memory Crunch: Apple's Price Hikes Signal a New Era of Expensive Tech

      We’ve all been tracking the insane AI hype, but the collateral damage is finally hitting our wallets. Tim Cook just openly admitted that price hikes across Apple’s hardware lineup are now "unavoidable." Let that sink in. Apple has arguably the most ruthless, high-volume supply chain leverage on the planet. If they can’t bully suppliers into absorbing cost surges anymore, every other PC, smartphone, and component maker stands zero chance. This isn't just another standard "boom-and-bust" crypto-mining type shortage. This is a permanent, structural shift on the factory floors, and it’s creating a massive bottleneck called "memflation." The TL;DR on why this is happening: The AI Wafer Penalty: The "Big Three" memory makers (Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron) are aggressively moving factory capacity aw
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-19 14:37
      Brazil with ancelotti leading them I believe he can lead them straight to the glory
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-19 10:38
      $NVDA 20260618 190.0 PUT$ fully premium at expirt
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      ·06-19 10:37
      $SPCX 20260618 165.0 PUT$ fully premium at expirt
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-18

      AI's Monumental Bet Faces a Harder Test in a Higher-Rate World

      Kevin Warsh’s debut as Federal Reserve chair sent an unmistakable signal: the easy-money era is over. The central bank held its benchmark rate steady at 3.5% to 3.75%, but the updated projections told a different story. Nine officials now see at least one rate hike this year, a sharp pivot from earlier expectations of cuts. Sticky inflation, hovering near 3.6% on core PCE measures, driven by resilient growth, energy pressures, and lingering geopolitical tensions, has forced even patient policymakers to reconsider. I have followed monetary policy long enough to respect this shift. Warsh, known for his hawkish leanings, is confronting an economy that refuses to cool on schedule. Higher-for-longer rates or potentially higher rates raise the cost of capital across the board. That matters profo
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-18
      No, AI won't fully offset higher rates. Warsh's Fed held rates at 3.5-3.75% but shifted dots toward hikes amid sticky inflation (~3.6% PCE forecast) from energy/geopolitics and resilient growth. AI drives record highs via massive capex ($500B+ in 2026 for hyperscalers) and earnings in tech/semiconductors, powering S&P concentration. Yet higher rates raise borrowing costs, pressure valuations, and risk a pullback if productivity/ROI lags. Markets are resilient but vulnerable to rotation or correction if AI hype meets reality. Diversify; expect volatility.
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-15

      Hedging Your Portfolio Against an AI Trade Meltdown: Using AI-Excluded or Low-Tech ETFs for True Diversification

      The AI boom has driven extraordinary gains in a small group of mega-cap technology stocks, often referred to as the Magnificent 7. These companies have dominated major indices like the S&P 500, accounting for a disproportionate share of recent market returns through investments in chips, data centers, cloud computing, and AI infrastructure. While the long-term potential of artificial intelligence remains significant, elevated valuations, high concentration risk, and uncertainty around the pace of real-world monetization have many investors concerned about a possible correction or sharp unwind in the "AI trade." If your portfolio relies heavily on broad market ETFs such as those tracking the S&P 500, you may have unintended overexposure to these AI leaders. In such a scenario, an AI
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-13
      It's a dip worth buying on weakness, not a falling knife. This pullback tests support but doesn't break the structural bull case: central bank buying, geopolitical risks, and long-term forecasts from JPM (~$6,000+ by end-2026) remain intact. DBS's new tokenized physical gold (1g tokens, redeemable, vaulted in Singapore, launching H2 2026) improves accessibility and signals institutional confidence in sustained demand For long-term holders/investors: Accumulate on dips near $4,000 support. Short-term traders should wait for stabilization. Gold's history shows sharp corrections often precede new highs.
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-11

      The AI and Space Mega-IPOs: Scaling, Monetization, Profitability, and the Uber Cautionary Tale

      As 2026 unfolds, SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are poised for massive public debuts—potentially the biggest IPO wave in tech history. These companies promise transformative technologies: reusable rockets and Starlink broadband from SpaceX, and frontier AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic. But they face enormous capital demands for scaling compute clusters, energy infrastructure, data centers, and global operations. The central questions are how they will scale efficiently, monetize their products sustainably, and achieve genuine profitability—or whether they will need to dramatically raise subscription prices. History offers a warning: venture capital-fueled price suppression can mask underlying economics until the music stops. Scaling Challenges: Capital Intensity on Steroids All three co
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    • MkohMkoh
      ·06-11

      The Token Economy in AI: Observations from the Front Lines of a Market in Flux

      As a keen student of both AI systems and capital markets, I've watched the shift from traditional software economics to the token economy with fascination. What once looked like a straightforward SaaS evolution has become something far more fundamental: a new operating system for monetizing intelligence itself. The implications for investors are profound and many are still pricing AI companies through an outdated subscription lens. In classic SaaS, you paid a monthly fee for access. Revenue was predictable, gross margins were high once the product was built, and success showed up in net revenue retention and low churn. Generative AI upended that. The dominant model is now token-based pricing—paying for every chunk of computation consumed. A token is roughly three-quarters of a word, but th
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