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[Josef @joseftrades]

So many ways to make money in this world and your dumbass picked day trading 💀

[Jordan @HyperAICapital]

“Mum, how did we get so poor?”

“Your father went all in on $IREN instead of $NBIS”

[Shay Boloor @StockSavvyShay]

$NBIS signs a 5-year AI infrastructure deal with $META worth up to $27B.

The agreement includes $12B of dedicated capacity starting in 2027 plus a commitment from Meta to purchase up to $15B of additional compute across future Nebius clusters.

[Method @_TimSon8]

Thought this for a sec until I looked at the fine print, Amex stays on top

[The Wheelie Investor @WheelieInvestor]

Robinhood just took out every other credit card company

No one is beating this

Not even Amex

[Retail Mourinho @retail_mourinho]

$ONDS shareholders monitoring the Iran situation

[Method @_TimSon8]

@QualityInvest5 Yes

[Nate Endicott @EndicottInvests]

Why founder-led businesses tend to win

And why $NBIS fits the bill

Markets focus on quarterly earnings prints which is exactly why we saw $NBIS drop 8% after their Q4 print.

Long-term returns usually come from structure.

One of the most overlooked structural advantages in public markets is founder leadership.

Over multi-year periods, founder-led companies have historically outperformed professionally managed peers. This is because incentives, time-horizon and capital allocation look fundamentally different(Zuck is a great example)

Time Horizon Changes Everything

AI infrastructure requires:
- Heavy upfront capex
- Multi multi year power planning and site planning
- Long contract cycles(think $MSFT 5 year deal)
- Extremely delayed margin realization( $NBIS wont even hit EBIT positive this year)

Which is something that cannot be optimized on a quarter by quarter basis right.

Usually hired in executives have incentives tied to much shorter windows like a 2 or 3 year window, which fundamentally changes how they are going to operate in order to achieve those targets sooner.

A founder optimizes the shape of the business not for the reporting cycle.

Capital Allocation Is apart of the Moat

In AI Infra, power procurement and the time to value from a cluster build out perspectrive are all that matter

Questions that define long-term outcomes:
- When do you secure capacity?
- How aggressively do you expand? ( $NBIS going from 7 to 16 sites)
- Do you prioritize immediate margins or long-term positioning?
- How do you structure contract duration?

$NBIS is taking a disciplined approach:
- Significant cash buffer (60%+ of capex will be funded from cashflow)
- Long-term contracted power roadmap (Guided for 3GW+)

The executive team is treating the balance sheet like a tool.

Previous Experience Matters
Arkady Volozh previously built Yandex into a scaled technology platform by investing early in infrastructure and engineering depth.

This was the biggest IPO in 2011 after google. Arkady has faced the pressure.
He has led a big company in public.
He has navigated extremely competitive markets
He has managed MASSIVE engineering teams
He has allocated capital through cycles.

The experience matters for the AI cycle we are in.

Why This Matters Over the Next Few Years
The current phase for $NBIS is the buildout(duh)

The next phase, if executed correctly, is utilization stabilization and operating leverage expansion.

Founder-led companies often look expensive during the "build" phase. The financial profile changes once the infrastructure maturity is reached(who knows when that will be)

This is when margins expand and free cash flow finally peaks its head.

Most investors arrive at that stage AFTER the rerating(this is our alpha).

Final Thought

Founder-led businesses do not guarantee success. Do not blindly follow a management team ever.

But in capital-intensive industries where timing, discipline, and strategic consistency determine outcomes, leadership structure becomes a material variable.

AI infrastructure is entering a multi-year expansion cycle.

In that environment, aligned ownership and long-term capital allocation matters FAR more than quarterly narratives.

That is the lens through which I evaluate Nebius.

[Method @_TimSon8]

Is it THAT good?

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

YTD performance:

🟢 Wingstop +19.3%
🟢 Nvidia +1.7%
🔴 Apple -2.0%
🔴 Alphabet -2.8%
🔴 Meta -3.2%
🔴 Tesla -7.8%
🔴 Amazon -10.8%
🔴 Microsoft -17.0%

[Method @_TimSon8]

$META

[Method @_TimSon8]

Yall sit for only 14?

[jazz @youngjazzeth]

traders escaped 9-5 just to sit at their computers for 14hrs a day

[Method @_TimSon8]

$LMT $NOC

[WAR @warsurv]

A Colombian pilot flying at 12,500 feet captured what is being described as the best UFO footage ever recorded, and its authenticity has been confirmed.

[Method @_TimSon8]

Long $NBIS

[Kris Kay | 🎲 444 Capital @thekriskay]

Never seen a growth story like this before.

Never could fade a hyperscaler in the making.

$530m to $31 billion in 4 years.

$NBIS

[Method @_TimSon8]

So sell on Thursday buy on Friday got it 👍

[TT3 @TradingThomas3]

Market down today so they're bringing out the big dog tomorrow morning 😭

[Method @_TimSon8]

$RKLB @ $66 is right where I was lined up to add to my position. I’m adding a good amount here.

[Method @_TimSon8]

@Ze1ooooo Boom start again

[Method @_TimSon8]

@TradingLucid save us

[Method @_TimSon8]

Why does Topstep say limits are 2,4,6 yet I can’t do any amount above 1 for mgc? @Topstep

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

How often you check positions

Never: zen
End of day: investor
Market hours: trader
Pre + after-hours: market addict
Futures overnight: autism