fascinating chart
AI not longer just about intelligence benchmarks, but intelligence x cost to run
Green quadrant is the sweet spot: smart enough to matter, cheap enough to scale
SEC Dive 🤿🗃️; $CIRQ from @roundhill
Everyone is chasing the chip designers, but what about the plumbing behind the AI boom? 🚰⚡
Enter $CIRQ: Roundhill’s newly proposed MLCC & PCB ETF. It’s a pure "picks and shovels" play. Instead of buying NVIDIA, $CIRQ targets the critical infrastructure (capacitors and printed circuit boards) that every single AI server, EV, and smartphone requires to function.
Where it fits in the thematic universe:
1️⃣ $DRAM: Highest AI leverage
2️⃣ $PSEM: Power management
3️⃣ $CIRQ: Structural electronics supply chain
Filed but not live yet;
https://t.co/lcpUTqxwXn
If AI infrastructure spending holds, these highly specialized component makers stand to win regardless of who dominates the chip race. 🧠
#ETF #CIRQ #Semiconductors #Investing #yield #income #growth #portfolio #tech #chip $NVDA
1/8
A lot of people are talking about glass core substrates.
But if you are not from the packaging industry, you do not need to memorize every technical term first.
Start with one simple idea:
Glass core does not mean the chip itself becomes glass.
It is about making the “foundation” under a large AI chip package more stable.
This is a GOOD VIBES POST!!
My wife and I have been paired with a surrogate out of Oregon.
Baby Wheel Deal Josiah or Julianna coming atcha live if all goes well :)
No negativity will be tolerated on this post. Mute and Block button is locked and loaded on this one :)
I’ve had some rough days, but today was one of the toughest. I had to say goodbye to my best friend of 12 years.
12 years ago, she fell asleep in my arms when she was just 8 weeks old on the way home from the shelter. And today she fell asleep in my arms on her way to her new home in Heaven.
Chloe, thanks for the years of snuggles, frolicking in oceans, being my camping & hiking buddy, and smiling on every walk with me. I will see you someday 🫶🏼
SEC Dive 🤿🗃️; $CRAM from @defianceinvest
Defiance just filed the China Memory & Storage ETF (CRAM) 🇨🇳💾
A pure play on China’s "memory sovereignty" & AI chip self-sufficiency. Focuses on domestic DRAM, NAND & packaging amid US export curbs.
Higher political risk & upside than global $DRAM or $SMH. Geopolitical alpha.
Filed but not live yet
https://t.co/R4SClh9hAF
#RAM #semiconductor #chip #memory #growth #income #yield #portfolio #China #dividends
I told you Anthropic’s doom marketing would backfire. I disagree with the U.S. government’s move, but Anthropic's management deserves some blame for the panic, hysteria and FUD they stoked.
The margin of safety is almost gone
Hyperscaler capex is approaching telecom bubble levels as a % of operating cash flow... and once the buildout starts leaning more on equity & debt the market is going to look at it differently
SEC Dive 🤿🗃️; $YRAM from @YieldMaxETFs
The Memory & Storage ETF (YRAM) 🧠💾 Unlike traditional single-stock funds, $YRAM provides diversified exposure to an entire semiconductor sector (DRAM, NAND, SSDs, and data infrastructure) paired with an active options overlay.
🎯 **The Strategy:**
* **Primary Goal:** Generate high current income by harvesting volatility via covered call spreads.
* **Secondary Goal:** Capital appreciation from the AI and data center buildout.
⚖️ **The Trade-Off:** Spreads out single-stock risk across multiple industry players, but caps some upside during massive bull runs in exchange for cash flow.
A sector-income hybrid built for the modern infrastructure boom. 📈
Filed but not live yet;
https://t.co/uEoUTVPF9a
#Investing #ETFs #Semiconductors #YieldMax #AI #income #dividend #yield #growth #memory #RAM
/ 🧵 @citrini put out 100 pg report "State of the Themes 2026"
Key points
the AI trade is leaving the data center. Compute AI weights inside 3D NAND flash → 37.9x throughput, 28.2x lower latency, 5.6x less energy vs GPU/SSD.