Overnight,$Nvidia (NVDA.US) $“The strongest AI chip” Blackwell B200 GPUThe high-profile release not only stabilized Nvidia's position as king in the chip field, but also made industry insiders shout: A new Moore's Law is born!
At the same time, individual investors are also crazy about the market.
According to reports, Nvidia is becoming a target for YOLO traders (YOLO is an abbreviation of “You Only Live Once”, an investment concept for a new generation of retail investors in the US, similar to a gambler mentality).
Judging from Monday's options activity, individual investors are betting that Nvidia will rise to $1940 by the weekend, which means there is more than double the current closing price.
Specifically, between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. EST, traders appear to have purchased more than 24,000 Nvidia call options contracts, which expire on Friday at an execution price of $1940. According to reports, they purchased in small quantities of about 900 contracts/unit, which indicates that they may be retail traders, who paid a total of 24,000 US dollars.
According to market analysis, although it is almost impossible for Nvidia to achieve this increase, as long as the company rises this week, theoretically, these investors can sell these contracts for profit.
The market was excited by Nvidia's surge this year, but the unattainable share price has always been the main reason why some investors are deterred.
Goldman Sachs recently launched a study. The bank said that if Nvidia's surge is viewed as the first stage of the “AI boom,” then there are still three stages worth paying attention to in this set of “AI trading books.” According to this report, the “AI Trading Collection” logic is Nvidia → AI infrastructure → AI empowerment → productivity improvement.
So as the “AI boom” continues to spread, what other industries and companies are expected to become the “darling” of the capital market?
Phase II: AI Infrastructure
Goldman Sachs said that the second phase of the AI deal will involve the infrastructure stage, and it is necessary to focus on companies other than Nvidia involved in AI infrastructure construction.
This phase includes semiconductors, data center REITs, cloud service providers, hardware and equipment companies, security software developers, and utility companies.
Goldman Sachs said that, driven by optimism about artificial intelligence, most second-stage companies experienced valuation expansion, but there was a huge difference in profit revisions.
At this stage, Goldman Sachs listed 93 companies that met the “AI infrastructure” standards. Among them,
Semiconductor stocks include:$Arm Holdings (ARM.US) $,$Synopsys (SNPS.US) $,$Keng Teng Electronics (CDNS.US) $,$Broadcom (AVGO.US) $,$Maywell Technology (MRVL.US) $,$Monetary Power Systems (MPWR.US) $,$Qualcomm (QCOM.US) $,$AMD.US (AMD.US) $,$Intel (INTC.US) $,$GlobalFoundries (GFS.US) $,$Micron Technology (MU.US) $,$Western Digital (WDC.US) $Other companies;
Data center REITs include:$American Electric Tower (AMT.US) $,$EQUINIX (EQIX.US) $,$Digital Realty Trust Company (DLR.US) $,$DigitalBridge Group (DBRG.US) $;
Hardware and equipment companies include:$Cisco (CSCO.US) $;$Arista Networks (ANET.US) $,$Anno Electronics (APH.US) $,$Ultra Microcomputer (SMCI.US) $,$Corning (GLW.US) $,$Vertiv Holdings (VRT.US) $etc.;
Utility companies include:$New Era Energy (NEE.US) $,$American Southern Company (SO.US) $,$Duke Energy (DUK.US) $etc.;
Cloud service providers include:$ Microsoft (MSFT.US) $,$Amazon (AMZN.US) $,$google-A (GOOGL.US) $,$Oracle (ORCL.US) $;
Security software developers include:$Palo Alto Networks (PANW.US) $,$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US) $,$Palantir (PLTR.US) $,$SentinelOne (S.US) $.
Phase 3: AI Empowerment
Goldman Sachs said that the third phase is the “AI Empowers Revenue” phase, which focuses on companies that integrate AI into products to increase profits.
At this stage, Goldman Sachs listed 31 US listed companies, including$Intu.US (INTU.US) $,$Nutanix (NTNX.US) $,$serviceNow (NOW.US) $,$Datadog (DDOG.US) $,$Zscaler (ZS.US) $software companies, etc., and$MongoDB (MDB.US) $,$Cloudflare (NET.US) $,$Snowflake (SNOW.US) $Other IT service companies.
Notably, Goldman Sachs said that stocks included in the third phase basket have returned close to 8% this year. Although the excess returns on these stocks are driven by factors other than AI, investors' attention to these stocks is rising.
Stage 4: Productivity Enhancement
The fourth stage is the “productivity improvement” phase, which focuses on companies from all walks of life that use AI technology to improve production efficiency. It mainly targets labor-intensive industries, such as software services and commercial services, because these industries are more likely to be affected by artificial intelligence automation.
At this stage, Goldman Sachs listed 50 companies, including retail giants$Walmart (WMT.US) $,$Cost.US (COST.US) $, healthcare company$Illumina (ILMN.US) $,$Tenet (THC.US) $, and the one that is in the process of filing a lawsuit with OpenAI$The New York Times (NYT.US) $etc.
Notably, Goldman Sachs pointed out that the second and third phase transactions should be earlier than the fourth phase, because for many companies in these two stages, it is necessary for other companies to use AI to increase productivity.
Judging from this year's trend, a basket of stocks recorded an increase of 6% in the second phase, an 8% increase in the third phase, and only a 2% increase in the fourth phase.
Cow friends,
In addition to Nvidia,
Which companies are you still optimistic about,
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