Broadcom has long been seen as a workhorse in the semiconductor industry, quietly building the plumbing of the digital economy—networking chips, connectivity solutions, and infrastructure software—while ceding the limelight to flashier rivals. But UBS’s latest upgrade, which raised its price target on the stock from $290 to $345, marks a turning point. With shares hovering near … [Read more...] about Broadcom’s Quiet March Toward AI Supremacy
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French Stocks Falter as Government Totters
The exposed diagonal tube running across the Centre Pompidou in Paris is more than just an eccentric detail of modernist architecture. In the midst of France’s latest political storm, it reads as an allegory for the nation’s financial and political path: a single bold line rising with conviction, breaking into angles, shifting direction, uncertain where it will finally lead. … [Read more...] about French Stocks Falter as Government Totters
Netflix’s Hollow Empire: Premium Valuation, Mediocre Content
Netflix’s reputation as the pioneer of streaming has begun to ring hollow. Once a synonym for cultural dominance, the company now floods its platform with shows that feel more like algorithmic noise than meaningful storytelling. Many of its original series leave audiences with the aftertaste of regurgitated, AI-generated content—formulaic characters, predictable arcs, and … [Read more...] about Netflix’s Hollow Empire: Premium Valuation, Mediocre Content
Markets Hold Their Breath for Nvidia’s Earnings
The stock market is once again at an inflection point, with Nvidia’s earnings looming as the event that could determine whether sentiment breaks higher or cracks under its own weight. Comparisons to the dot-com bubble of 2000 have become a staple of commentary, with analysts and pundits pointing to stretched valuations, concentration in a handful of mega-cap names, and nervous … [Read more...] about Markets Hold Their Breath for Nvidia’s Earnings
Tesla’s Inflated Value and the Mirage of Future Revenues
Tesla today sits atop a valuation mountain that is breathtaking to behold but troubling to rationalize. At roughly $346 a share and a market capitalization that dwarfs not just automakers but even diversified industrial giants, the company trades at multiples so stretched that they border on fantasy. Bulls celebrate Tesla’s vision of autonomy, robo-taxis, energy storage, and … [Read more...] about Tesla’s Inflated Value and the Mirage of Future Revenues