Morning brief — Jul 25: Tech is getting all the attention but steel and hospitals just crushed earnings — ride the quiet winners
While all eyes are on tech earnings, companies in completely different sectors — a steel maker and a hospital chain — just delivered blowout results and raised their forecasts. Also in focus: AI & automation, Energy, Growth.
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- Tech is getting all the attention but steel and hospitals just crushed earnings — ride the quiet winnersLONG · CLF, THC
While all eyes are on tech earnings, companies in completely different sectors — a steel maker and a hospital chain — just delivered blowout results and raised their forecasts. Their stocks jumped on the news.
- Oil at $100 plus stagflation chatter and a 40-year rate warning — load up on gold as the ultimate hedgeLONG · GDX, GLD, NEM
Oil is back at $100 a barrel just as Wall Street is warning about stagflation — the worst-case combo of slow growth and sticky inflation. With a major bank also warning that the structural forces that kept rates low for 40 years are now ending, investors are exiting risk assets and hunting for safe stores of value.
- Nvidia's $500B AI deal is creating a hidden supply-chain winner — buy the memory and equipment makers feeding the beastLONG · BESI.AS, BESIY, SKHYNIX
Nvidia just locked up massive supplies of specialized memory chips from SK Hynix for its $500 billion AI buildout, guaranteeing demand for that company's products. At the same time, a European chip-equipment maker called BE Semiconductor is reporting record orders driven by the same AI boom — proof the AI spending surge is lifting lesser-known suppliers beyond the usual headline names.
- IBM warns on AI while ServiceNow cashes in — long ServiceNow, short IBMLONG · IBM, NOW
IBM just disappointed investors by cutting its revenue forecast, partly due to struggles with the AI transition, while ServiceNow reported strong growth by successfully capitalizing on AI demand. This divergence highlights a clear winner and loser in the enterprise software shift.
- Oil at $100 is crushing airlines but pumping energy stocks — short airlines, long oil producersLONG · XAL, XLE, XOM
Oil just hit $100 a barrel on Middle East conflict, and airlines are already warning that fuel costs are eating into their profits. But the same higher oil prices that hurt airlines are great for the companies that produce oil — and investors can profit from the shift.
- Yen near 165 as Japan threatens intervention — fade the weakness for a snap-backLONG · FXY, USDJPY
The Japanese yen has dropped to its lowest level in months, nearing 165 per dollar. With U.S. rates expected to stay elevated and Japanese officials threatening to step in, a classic short-squeeze setup is emerging.
- Oil breaks $100 on four simultaneous global supply shocks — ride the energy rallyLONG · OIH, XLE, XOM
Oil prices just pushed past $100 a barrel because conflicts in the Middle East and attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are threatening global oil supplies at four different points at once.
- $500B AI data center blitz keeps demand surging — buy the chipmakers powering itLONG · AMD, NVDA
Alphabet just committed to massive AI infrastructure spending, and Nvidia is partnering on a $500 billion data center initiative. Meanwhile, AMD is confirming that demand from big tech buyers remains incredibly strong.
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