In investing, a lot of information you can acquire via the internet and Claude tokenmaxxing.
But there is an entirely different world which you can only tap into through conferences and in-person conversations.
This post is the result of spending a full week in Taipei staring at racks and talking to people! We cover
1. Immersion Cooling
2. Fuel Cells
3. Hiwin (Robotics Supplier)
4. DRAM
5. Kyber Racks
6. Astera Labs
7. Nvidia RTX Spark (Laptops)
8. MediaTek MicroLED
9. Scale-Out CPO
10. Scale-Up CPO
And some implications for CPO players like $LITE.
JPM: Another beneficiary of the AI cycle is European luxury stocks
The report argues that the AI supercycle has driven a surge in HBM and memory demand, sharply improving earnings expectations for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. This, in turn, has supported equity-market strength, with the KOSPI up 91% year-to-date, bolstering consumer sentiment and high-end consumption.
While Korean households’ allocation to equities, bonds, and funds is only around 4%, lower than in the U.S. or Western Europe, the magnitude of the market rally means the wealth effect is still meaningful. JPM also estimates that the after-tax bonus pools at Samsung Electronics and SK hynix alone could reach roughly $25 billion in 2026 and more than $35 billion in 2027.
JPM expects this wealth effect to be particularly concentrated among younger male consumers. Given that roughly two-thirds of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix employees are male, the categories most likely to benefit first are luxury cars, watches, high-end ready-to-wear, and outerwear. Leather goods and jewelry, which are more female-oriented categories, could also benefit, but more through gifting demand than direct consumption.
I wasn’t planning to share this, but it’s such a high-quality explanation of CPO that I have to.
Just watch it. You’ll regret it if you don’t.
https://t.co/Z5M3TvHH2B