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Oct 21, 2026 · AI capital ledger

$NVDA is locking up suppliers with commitments, not cash

Our read: $NVDA is locking up its suppliers with purchase commitments, not cash. Its supply and capacity commitments went from $50.3B to $279B in three quarters.

Oct 21, 2026 · AI capital ledger

Not-yet-started leases vs cash capex

Our read: the AI build is adding more in not-yet-started leases than in cash spending ($297.1bn vs $181.5bn), and most capex charts only show the cash.

Oct 21, 2026 · Agentic economy

Frontier labs are buying into industries

Our read: the AI labs are buying their way into industries, but their revenue hasn't followed yet.

Oct 20, 2026 · Power meter

Power meter: the grid is the limit

Our read: the limit on the AI build right now is the grid, not the chips.

Oct 20, 2026 · AI capital ledger

The $AMZN supplier-warrant ledger

Our read: $AMZN is lining up equity in the hardware between the chip and the power plug. The warrants vest as it buys from these suppliers; it still pays the strike price…

Oct 20, 2026 · Semiconductors

Chip output vs Korea chip exports

Our read: the chip boom looks more like a price boom than a volume boom.

Oct 19, 2026 · Macro history

$BRK.B: defensive by cash, cyclical by business

Our read: $BRK.B trades like a safe haven, but most of what Berkshire owns still rises and falls with the economy. It's defensive by cash, cyclical by business.

Oct 19, 2026 · Macro history

Oil spikes vs stocks: an event study

Our read: sharp oil spikes have been noise for stocks, not a signal.

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