Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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The Apple Siri Gemini Deal: Renting the Model, Defending the Platform
Khan Capitals | June 2026 Key Takeaways A Record High, Then a Verdict For most of the past two years, every Apple set-piece event has functioned less as a product launch and more as a referendum on a valuation. The 8 June 2026 keynote, Tim Cook’s last before John Ternus assumes the chief executive title…
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The $1 Trillion AI Semiconductor Selloff: When Good News Became Bad News
Khan Capitals | June 2026 Key Takeaways A Record Week That Broke on Friday The AI semiconductor selloff of 5 June 2026 will be remembered for its violence, but the more instructive detail is what preceded it. On Monday 1 June the Nasdaq Composite closed above 27,000 for the first time. On Tuesday the S&P…
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Dell’s $51.3 Billion AI Server Backlog: The Build-Out Moves Down the Stack
Khan Capitals | June 2026 Key Takeaways A Beat Without Precedent in Enterprise Hardware Enterprise hardware is not supposed to produce results like this. The sector’s economics, long production cycles, thin margins and procurement-driven demand, have historically made it the steady, low-multiple counterweight to software’s volatility. Dell Technologies’ first-quarter fiscal 2027 results, reported after the…
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Apple After Cook: Ternus, $100bn in Buybacks, and the AI Question
Khan Capitals | May 2026 Key Takeaways An Earnings Beat, a Succession, and a $100 Billion Buyback Apple closed mega-cap earnings week with a result that, in any other quarter, would have dominated coverage. Revenue of $111.2 billion grew 17 per cent year on year, comfortably ahead of the $109.7 billion consensus. Diluted earnings per…
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AI Capex Hits $725bn: Wall Street Splits on the Hyperscaler Trade
Khan Capitals | May 2026 Key Takeaways A Capex Cycle Without Modern Precedent The last week of April delivered the clearest read yet on what the AI build-out actually costs at scale. Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon all reported within a 36-hour window, with Apple following on Thursday. The earnings themselves were broadly strong; the…
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Tech Volatility in 2026: Software Stocks Drop $400B in a Week
The MSCI Software Index plunges 21% as AI agents threaten per-seat licensing, Microsoft loses $400 billion in a day, and $400 billion in software sector value is destroyed in a week. Why this is the AI trade’s Phase Two, not its ending.
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2026 Outlook: Navigating Tariffs, AI, and Geopolitical Risk
Wall Street targets range from 7,100 to 8,000 for the S&P 500 as AI capex approaches $520 billion, valuations sit at dot-com-era levels, and the global easing cycle fractures. How to navigate the most complex investment environment since the pandemic.
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2025 Year in Review: DeepSeek, Tariffs, and Record Diversification
The S&P 500 delivers its third straight year of double-digit gains despite the DeepSeek shock, the worst tariff-driven sell-off since COVID, and a 60-percentage-point divergence within the Magnificent Seven. How diversification finally paid off and what it means for 2026.
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AI Capex Boom: $600 Billion and Counting
Hyperscaler AI spending exceeds $400 billion and counting. The largest corporate infrastructure buildout since the 1990s telecom boom is reshaping the investment landscape from semiconductors to power utilities. How to navigate the gap between capex and monetisation.
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DeepSeek Shock: China’s AI Challenger Rattles US Tech Stocks
Nvidia loses $589 billion in a single session as a Chinese AI startup challenges the entire Western AI infrastructure thesis. What DeepSeek means for the semiconductor complex, the capex cycle, and the future of AI investing.