
The Hidden AI Stock Trap in Your Portfolio — What To Buy Instead
Michael Landsberg says most portfolios hide AI exposure — and lays out the stocks, sectors, and global markets investors should add to diversify properly.
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Michael Landsberg says most portfolios hide AI exposure — and lays out the stocks, sectors, and global markets investors should add to diversify properly.

Quad 7 Capital suggested investors wait, especially for a buy sub-$200, which recently triggered, generating substantial short-term returns. Credo Technology is still viewed as a buy; core thesis is driven by its expanding role in AI infrastructure, leveraging serializer/de-serializer technology and the recent DustPhotonics acquisition to address high-speed, energy-efficient data transmission. CRDO's fiscal 2026 delivered records, crushing consensus and supporting robust forward growth expectations, but fiscal Q1 2027 will set the tone.

Uncle Sam needs inflation, not just economic growth, to escape today's debt crisis.

The broadening earnings growth that has eluded investors for years may have finally arrived.

Oil markets gained strong upside momentum as U.S. – Iran negotiations failed.

Materials was the best-performing S&P 500 sector last Friday, rising 1.52%. The sector's rally has broken out from its recent range, taking it to its highest level since 3/3/26 and just 2% below a new all-time high.

The Trump administration narrowed its waiver of the Jones Act while extending it for another 90 days. President Donald Trump's second extension of the waiver comes as the Iran war disrupts global oil markets and as U.S. midterm elections approach.

Digital advertising industry decelerated slightly from 22.2% in 1Q'26 to 20.3% in 2Q'26. We will likely see further deceleration for the next couple of quarters given the tough comps (both 3Q'25 and 4Q'25 grew by 18.5% YoY, which were the highest growth quarters last year).

Current equity market highs mask deep economic and credit market cracks, with AI-driven capex obscuring underlying weakness. Hyperscaler AI infrastructure spending exceeds $700B for 2026, driving negative free cash flow and record debt issuance at firms like GOOG.

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The Investment Committee debate how to navigate a bullish environment where Wall Street firms raise stock targets.

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Ferguson Enterprises demonstrates robust performance, gaining market share and executing successful bolt-on M&A despite a muted construction environment. FERG's balanced exposure to residential and nonresidential markets, with strength in data centers and HVAC, supports resilient revenue and margin performance. Guidance was raised to mid-single-digit revenue growth and higher operating margin, excluding the FloWorks acquisition, which is expected to enhance the growth profile post-integration.

Strong corporate earnings and rising government bond yields tell the same story: a structurally higher cost of capital calls for a different portfolio approach. U.S. Treasury yields fell as weak jobs data eased pressure for an immediate Fed rate rise.

President Donald Trump has extended for 90 days a waiver allowing foreign-flagged ships to transport oil and other commodities between U.S. ports, but imposed new limits after shipbuilders and their allies in Congress argued the policy was undermining the domestic maritime industry, the White House said.