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Market Observations

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Market Observations June 13, 2026
Follow the AI Capex Dollar

Map all $407B of hyperscaler capex through the supply chain and two things jump out: one chip layer keeps more gross profit than power, construction, and networking combined — and the whole build is about to stop being self-funded.

$407B Capex mapped$55B NVDA/AMD capture7%→48% Debt share by 27E 13 min read
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Market Observations June 8, 2026
The $20 Subscriber Who Costs $300 a Month

A Claude Pro subscriber who actually maxes out their weekly coding allowance probably costs Anthropic something like fifteen times what they pay — and that gap is exactly why usage caps exist.

$20 Sub price~$300 Est. cost~15x The gap 13 min read
Market Observations June 1, 2026
T-Bone May: The Scorecard

The May T-Bone momentum watchlist returned +12.7% in 31 days. Three names did all the work. Two names were mistakes. Here's what the screener got right and what it got wrong.

+12.7% May Return11/14 Win Rate+59.9% Best: ASTS 8 min read
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Market Observations May 16, 2026
The AI Capex Reckoning

$700B committed in 2026 — the under-priced risk isn't whether spending slows, it's that sustaining capex is now baked into the architecture regardless of demand.

$700B 2026 Capex$1T+ 2027 Est.3 Scenarios 10 min read
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Market Observations May 5, 2026
S&P 500 — Historical Analogues & Forward Paths

The 2026 drawdown tracks 2018 most closely — same fast-recovery pattern — but worse starting valuation and no Fed backstop change the recovery math.

4 Analogues+14–25% Recovery Range12wk Forward Path 8 min read
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