Udapting the portfolio with conviction projects :
Revenu sharing project (buy back and burn) : $BTRFLY, $Banana, $PEAS
Lending borrowing : $AAVE
RWA : $IXS
Out of KOLs coins
Paradis Macro Report [June 16]:
Catalysts · FOMC · US/Iran Peace Deal · AI Trades & Positioning
-> Today is day one of a brutal catalyst cluster:
- Tomorrow: Warsh's first FOMC
- Tomorrow: UK May CPI + US May retail sales
- Thursday: BoE
- Friday: US/Iran signing ceremony (US markets shut)
- June 22: Index rebalance - $MRVL joining S&P 500. $ALAB, $CRWV, $NBIS, $RKLB, $TER joining Nasdaq.
- June 24: $MU earnings
-> FOMC tomorrow is most important:
It'll be a near-certain hold decision, and the markets have fully priced in cuts to hikes in 2026. With CNBC reporting 66% chance of at least 0.25 pt hike by end of 2026.
Already priced (neutral): A hold, removal of the easing bias, a 2026 median dot showing zero cuts, one hike by year end, "inflation elevated" language.
Hawkish surprise: A two hike 2026 median dot, explicit signal of a September/October hike, Warsh framing the energy shock as structural, scrapping the dot plot in a way that lifts term premium.
Dovish surprise: Warsh leaning on AI-productivity to argue inflation is nearly tamed, framing oil as transitory, a 2026 median that still shows zero hikes.
Hawkish dot/guidance -> bad for long-duration AI-semis.
"Transitory energy" framing -> risk-on.
-> US/Iran Peace Deal
The US/Iran peace deal is what's led to a more risk-on market this week.
Where on Sunday, Trump posted that the deal "is now complete," authorizing "the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz."
Things are still unfolding, with the formal signing due on Friday, with the US and Iran both describing different deals:
- US: expecting permanently toll-free transit and full nuclear dismantlement
- Iran: saying transits are toll-free for 60 days then administered by Iran + Oman w/ "no new nuclear commitments"
Also important to note that the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed.
But both Brent + WTI dropped to two-month lows. And 10Y yields fell to ~4.43% intraday (one month low).
Leading to all the equity indices rising this week. Ofc partly driven by $SPCX going ape shit.
Regardless, Hormuz reopening would:
- Remove the inflation tail (energy was the bulk of May's CPI gain)
- Relieve Fed hike pressure
- Broadly risk-on for higher beta AI stocks
Also, US markets are closed on Friday so headline gap risk is elevated.
-> AI Trades & Positioning:
Would not cut core AI infra longs right now.
Personally, I trimmed some of the more crowded/high multiple/post rebound names like $CRDO / $ALAB etc.
And holding core names like $NVDA / $AVGO / $TSM plus optical names like $LITE / $COHR.
I've also got some FX hedges on e.g. USD/JPY which are relatively cheap rn.
Then for positioning into FOMC:
Hawkish playbook: long-duration semis like $NVDA + $AMD are most rate-sensitive and lead down on a hawkish dot / 10Y >4.7%.
Memory ($SNDK / $MU) is more earnings-driven and somewhat insulated.
However, for most people, I would generally avoid placing short-term trades into macro events. Especially riskier instruments like options/leverage.
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I could honestly turn this into a 5,000 word report lol, but that's the *very* high level summary.
AI workloads are creating new memory objects that are too large for HBM but too valuable for cold storage. Itâs simply to expensive to use DRAM for everything if itâs possible to use NAND for some of it. Weâve gotten three announcements focused on flash from three major players in the past couple weeks:
Nvidia is using flash to store reusable KV cache via CMX. This targets long-context, multi-turn and agentic inference by extending GPU memory with a shared KV-cache tier, allowing flash to become context memory for long-running agents.
AMD is using flash to store some system memory until it is predicted to be hot enough to go to DRAM. Theyâre buying MEXT as a software layer to accomplish this.
Apple is using flash to store some model weights until needed. Apple stores inactive experts in flash on the device side (AFM 3 Core Advanced, published a week ago).
If you can get the system to know what data is likely to be needed next, flash goes from simple storage to cheaper memory.
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Always delta-neutral.
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gLiminal.
Late thesis :
$Hims x5 from here
$Keel x10
$Fly x3/4
$Infq x3/4
Donât be greedy but still donât be a pussy and hold tight these are life changing bets
These are the materials I read every week:
- BofA Simon Wuâs memory report
- Mirae Asset Securitiesâ AI Weekly report
- Global Semi Research Substack
- My own weekly recap and retrospective of TrendForceâs news
- Lately, The Diligence Stack as well
I just realized⊠hit 5,118.02% returns last week.
5000%+ not too bad in <2 years?
Hard to keep up with $5 footlong sandwich inflation even after front running:
-> $MSTR for halving
-> $RKLB and $HOOD for space/fintech rally
-> $GOOGL and $TSM for large cap rally
-> Samsung, SK Hynix, Asian equities for memory
-> $LITE, $AXTI, and $COHR for EML/photonics
-> $SOI, $SIVE, $AEHR, $TSEM, Win for CW/SiPH/CPO.
Some side quests here and there with Venezuelan natural resource companies and drones (that didnât turn out as well).
But generally market read has been decent so far on whatâs coming next.
And I do think scale up photonics is next, especially focusing on CW laser companies, substrates, testing and foundries.
Faster compounds:
$AAOI - 10x revenue ramp from optical transcivers h2 2027
$NBIS - 10x revenue ramp Q4 2026
$ARM - 5x revenue growth from their new AI CPU
$MRVL - 2-3x revenue growth from $MSFT Maia Ramp.
$AVGO - Long hyperscaler ASIC
$LITE - Long OCS / Google TPU
Win Semi - Foundry exposure to frontier industries
$TSEM - Long photonics, backlogged
SK Hynix - Memory exposure, extreme operating income ramp
With some barbell exposure away from Hyperscaler capex aside from Amazon:
$VNP - Long term rare earths for Western Supply chains
$NEO (TCX) - Robotics Supply chains
$AMZN - Robotics/AI cutting opex
$CRCL - Stablecoin long
$RDDT - Ridiculously high profit
$GLD - Safe Hedge
$IBIT - Halving 2028
$CVX Calls - Oil Hedge
And maybe long term (you know it's coming):
$INTC / $AMKR- Made in America supply chains
$SOI - Silicon Photonics / CPO substrates.
$RKLB - Long term call on Space industry
Then pick one or two small cap moonshots:
$SIVE - CW Laser Chokepoints or $IQE for Landmark rerating on restructuring were my two favorites.
There's others I've mentioned like $AEHR for testing or $VPG for Optimus.
How I actively manage my own stuff from $AXTI and others is a lot different risk profile than what others should do.
Going full port into high-beta in this macro environment is not the best idea.