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AI StocksThe thesis on Nvidia's hardware moat has played out exceptionally well, but that also highlights one of the biggest risks investors face, which is becoming emotionally attached to a winning…

The market is fixated on when Big Tech will generate economic value from the $650 billion+ being poured into AI data center expansion annually. The market is missing the point.…

Last week, AMD offered more details on the release of their groundbreaking GPUs with little fanfare in the markets – which is par for the course as AMD has a…
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Since 2022, Big Tech capex has been the clearest barometer of AI demand. But the market’s reaction to Google’s latest earnings shows investors are questioning how long that spending can…

Nvidia’s pace of growth in the Data Center segment has been nothing short of remarkable. Data Center revenue reached $89 billion in Q2 FY27, up nearly 9x over the last…

This evening, Nvidia effectively pulled a rabbit out of a hat by showing the GPU juggernaut may not need hyperscalers to the degree the market thinks. According to management, “There…

Big Tech’s AI Capex has stomped estimates for multiple years and analysts are now calling for capex to surge to $1 trillion in 2027. However, hyperscalers have long battled investor…

Big Tech capex is the driving force behind the AI infrastructure trade, yet Wall Street has repeatedly underestimated the sheer scale of the buildout. Currently, in 2026, the guidance for…

The reality of AI demand growth has shattered early estimates for token processing, yet expectations continue moving up and to the right. In the second installment of our token processing…

Total annual token processing is no longer measured in billions or trillions of tokens, but in the quadrillions and beyond. As annual token processing is now tracked in units with 15…

Nvidia is moving its next-generation Rubin GPUs from 4nm to 3nm, yet Google’s latest TPUs are already on N3 and are expected to remain there. Meanwhile, a growing number of…

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) is the single, most important company to the AI industry. However, to compete with the incumbent, Intel does not need to beat TSMC at leading-edge manufacturing. It…

Big Tech’s AI revenue is accelerating, but free cash flow is moving sharply in the opposite direction. Across Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon, capex is rising much faster than operating…

The most pronounced difference between 2026’s tech rally compared to rallies in the past is which companies have been left out of it. The names most associated with the AI…

This is Part 2 of our two-part series on AI inference economics. In Part 1 — Why Nvidia's Next AI Battle Is About Tokens per Watt, we laid out why tokens per…

As hyperscalers move from building AI infrastructure to monetizing it, tokens per watt helps to reflect if revenue is scaling and if profitability is improving. Offload engines can increase tokens per watt by improving utilization and by…

Over the past 10 months, memory chip stocks have gone from being solid beneficiaries of the AI boom to capturing a massively outsized piece of the return pie. The inflection in…

Neoclouds are one of the more hotly debated AI business models, with CoreWeave and Nebius being the two most widely recognized names. These companies have seen their sales, backlog, and…

CPUs have gone from an afterthought to becoming the AI trade’s next great bottleneck – and with AMD, Nvidia, Arm and Intel circling a market that is doubling nearly overnight,…

In April, Google announced it would begin selling its TPUs to select third-party data center operators, which is something the market has anticipated for nearly a decade. The TPU-versus-Nvidia-GPU debate…

AI networking stock Lumentum is among the key I/O Fund winners in 2026. We allocated heavily to LITE in January—a month before Nvidia backed the company. While most investors couldn’t…

April was the best month in six years for the Nasdaq-100. The single best-performing large-cap stock wasn't Nvidia, Microsoft, or Meta. It was Bloom Energy, up roughly 109% in one…

Within the AI investment theme, there is nowhere that the supply chain shifts faster than in networking, leading companies to gain content on new platforms or lose incremental share. The…
In this report, we take a deeper look at the technical scenarios, which suggests that Nvidia’s latest high is shaping up to be a potential bull trap. That view is…

The thesis on Nvidia's hardware moat has played out exceptionally well, but that also highlights one of the biggest risks investors face, which is becoming emotionally attached to a winning…

Arm unveiled an AGI CPU to address one of AI’s biggest bottlenecks, which is orchestration. During the chatbot craze of 2023-2025, GPUs did most of the heavy lifting while CPUs…

The $20 trillion market cap will not come from GPU unit growth alone, though unit growth remains very important. Rather, the value proposition will increasingly focus on economic output. This…

At GTC this week, Jensen Huang stated the revenue opportunity for Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips may reach at least $1 trillion through 2027, up from a previous target of $500…

Palantir stock sold off 38% from November to February and is down about 10% year-to-date. Even so, it has held up better than many software peers given the software sector…

The market is fixated on when Big Tech will generate economic value from the $650 billion+ being poured into AI data center expansion annually. The market is missing the point.…

I’m pleased to share the I/O Fund’s audited 2025 return of 37%, bringing cumulative performance since our May 2020 launch to 326%. This represents a 294% lead versus popular tech…

TSMC is one of the least sensational management teams in the AI stocks space, yet management explicitly called AI a multi-year “megatrend” in their most recent earnings call, with demand…

Big Tech is expected to invest $530 billion for building AI infrastructure in 2026, while the path to near-term monetization remains a question mark. As investor scrutiny around capital expenditure…

Palantir’s stock has defied gravity, delivering steady performance that no other AI software stock has come close to matching (yet). For investors, the Palantir thesis is two-fold: the company must…

The stock market in 2025 was a high-stakes tug-of-war between geopolitical tensions and the AI trade. Headlines were dominated by the DeepSeek fears, trade wars, tariffs, and persistent whispers of…

We describe our newsletter as “free,” however the resources required to produce the research behind our weekly analysis are substantial. Delivering early, actionable insights consistently—and making them available to the…

As we close out a defining year for tech, we’re proud to share a few media moments where our theses met the mainstream. We are grateful that our readers trust us to…

Meta’s stock sits at the center of the AI spending debate, as Big Tech continues to shock markets with outsized AI-driven capital expenditures. What is being overlooked is that Meta’s stock is…
The AI accelerator market will inevitably widen beyond Nvidia’s GPUs - the keyword is widen. More players will sell more AI systems as the market expands, and that growth supports both…

In April, there was a major shift in the AI accelerator market, and for once, it didn’t come from Nvidia. Six months later, merchant TPUs are moving from announcement to…

Microsoft’s Maia 300 is its “biggest bet yet” on its own silicon, but the details tell a narrower story than the headlines. The chip covers inference for Microsoft’s own products…
Despite their leadership, AI stocks like Taiwan Semiconductor and Nvidia are flat year-to-date and trading at similar levels as June 2024. Clearly, the AI trade is not as straightforward as…

Nvidia’s streak of blockbuster earnings has turned investor expectations into a high-stakes game— anything short of perfection risks disappointment. As the company gears up to report fiscal Q1 results, markets…

Nvidia has traversed choppy waters so far in 2025 as concerns have mounted about how the company plans to sustain its historic levels of demand. At GTC, Huang threw cold…

Key Nvidia suppliers are providing mixed guidance on the timing of Nvidia’s Blackwell GB200 systems. The commentary is subtle, and it would require knowing this stock thoroughly to identify the…

Broadcom’s stock surged 35% in two days despite a mediocre Q4, as management offered investors a picturesque addressable market forecast for 2027. Q4 was not the blowout report the market…
Semiconductor stocks will come into focus in 2025 as geopolitical tensions rise. China is likely to retaliate following Trump’s most recent threats of 10% additional tariffs to all Chinese goods.…

Chipmakers Qualcomm, Intel and AMD are working to bring AI-capable PCs to the “mainstream”, delivering powerful neural processing units to PCs for on-computer AI operations. AI PCs are not only…

Direct liquid cooling doesn’t lie as it’s intricately linked to the Blackwell launch, implying that Blackwell would indeed ship by Q4 – and Nvidia just confirmed that (multiple times) in…

Arm Holdings is the third-best performer of 2024 in AI-related semiconductor stocks with a 56% YTD return, behind only Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor.

Currently, there is a major bottleneck right now for AI applications to where client devices are not powerful enough or energy efficient enough to leverage AI capabilities at the edge.
Despite warning of a slowdown in the broader semiconductor industry this year, TSMC’s April sales surged 60% YoY and 21% MoM. This marks a positive start to the 20-percentage point…
Semiconductor stocks are standout performers so far in 2024, with investor appetite for AI stocks remaining elevated as AI chip leader Nvidia continues its streak of high growth.

Arm Holdings is positioned to capitalize on the growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, leveraging its established licensing model and extensive ecosystem to drive future growth.

The Magnificent 7 of 2023 have now become 2024’s Magnificent 3: Nvidia, Meta and Amazon. Of these, Nvidia’s saw a stellar start to the year as shares have gained nearly…

Nvidia has surged this year with 241% gains YTD, which has more than doubled the returns of the FAANGs. This is no small feat considering it’s widely understood Big Tech…

We’ve had unwavering conviction in Nvidia’s AI story since November of 2018. In fact, it was our leading position going into 2023 and our AI allocation of 45% exceeded Stanley Druckenmiller at 29%,…

Nvidia guided fiscal Q2 at $11 billion, which is 53% higher than analyst expectations of $7.2 billion. The stock was up 25% after hours, adding $200 billion to its market…
Semiconductors are the common denominator across the burgeoning technology trends of the next decade. Artificial Intelligence, 5G, high-performance computing, Internet-of-Things, gaming, electric vehicles, and robotics, among others, all require semiconductors…

In May and June, I stated that our firm was not buying Nvidia right now. Well, similar to the weather, this has changed.

The tech giant reveals cutting-edge AI advancements, a powerful cloud based Omniverse platform, and strategic collaborations in the automotive industry.

For an investor, the antidote to noise is quality stock analysis. Due diligence requires dozens of hours per equity, and it takes hundreds of hours every year to produce a…

Last August, Nvidia had a $2.5 billion revenue miss due to gaming and crypto mining related weakness. This caused the stock to selloff (8%) in one day. Many pundits were…

Last week, I joined Samuel Burke from Real Vision to discuss “3 Ideas.” We discussed why I see Nvidia as the #1 AI stock also why cloud is weaker than…

The new Ada Lovelace architecture uses 76 billion transistors and a 4nm production process. In the keynote, the CEO stated: ‘Nvidia engineers worked closely with TSMC to create the 4N…

Despite an enormous increase in Big Tech capex primarily driven by data centers, this line item does not get the attention it deserves in terms of follow-through to the semiconductor…

Nvidia had a big week with GTC 2022 and management is clearly ready to rumble against any excess inventory from crypto mining. The negative catalyst from crypto mining and Nvidia's…
Semiconductor stocks have gained prominence due to growth drivers such as artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, 5G, robotics, machine learning, and electric vehicles. Despite semiconductor companies underperforming YTD, there is evidence…

Lead Tech Analyst Beth Kindig joins Charles Payne of Fox Business news to discuss the $52B CHIPS Act, FABS Act, opportunities in tech that may be overlooked, and why I/O…

Despite supply constraints and the challenging macro environment, semiconductor stocks have withstood the tech sell-off better than other sectors. This is due to many semiconductor companies being profitable with strong…
TSMC broke off Q4 semiconductor earnings after it reported on 01/13/22. Sales at the massive foundry pure play grew 21% YoY in Q4, and net income increased 16%, setting the…
It is the first of the series of earnings previews for Q4. We chose Lam Research, AMD, Teradyne, Nvidia, Texas Instruments, Broadcom, and Qualcomm for the Semiconductor sector. To understand…

Last August, I predicted that Nvidia could surpass Apple on market cap. Here is what I said in my Forbes article: “I believe Nvidia is capable of out-performing all five…
This quarter we chose Nvidia, Lam Research, Ambarella, Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom, Marvell Technology, and Qorvo for an earnings preview.
Taiwan Semiconductor officially opened the sector’s earnings with a bang as it beat consensus estimates and also guided strong revenue in the fourth quarter. Specifically, the company’s Q3 YoY sales…

AI data centers are at the heart of the AI revolution, but their massive energy demands raise critical questions. With power consumption expected to grow 160% by 2030, data centers…

Natural gas is emerging as the backbone of AI data center expansion, with demand expected to reach up to 6 billion cubic feet per day by 2030. As AI-driven infrastructure…

Solar is arguably one of the market’s most sold-off industries at the moment, with the Invesco Solar ETF falling more than 42% YTD as the industry struggles to find growth in a…

After the strong rally, it appears the market is taking profits on commentary around the outlook for margins. It’s not only that they were lower quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), but also Tesla…

This analysis looks at First Solar, Enphase and Tesla as beneficiaries of the Inflation Reduction Act. IRA’s primary objective is to spur investments in clean energy, transport and manufacturing.

Solar energy stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 Index YTD with the most noticeable divergence June-August. The S&P 500 index is down 17% YTD and Nasdaq-100 index is down 26%,…

Watch I/O Fund analyst Bradley Cipriano give a brief overview of Enphase's Q3 2021 results and what to expect going forward in this short video presentation.

Watch I/O Fund analyst Bradley Cipriano give a brief overview of Tesla's strong Q3 2021 results in this short video presentation.

With the Nasdaq still in correction territory, renewable energy star, Plug Power (PLUG), is more than 35% off the all-time high. This is after a large bounce off the recent…

With the NASDAQ100 down about 10%, the current bull market’s darling, Tesla, is down about 27%.

With many popular stay-at-home stocks pulling back on heavy volume and Bitcoin testing $50,000, investors are wondering what’s in store for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.

Last month, Autonomous Vehicles fell into the “trough of disillusionment,” which is the downward slope that analyst firm Gartner publishes to show the hype cycle for ce...

It’s understandable if you missed the headlines that Apple may buy Tesla. That piece of speculative news, like most news about Tesla, has been overshadowed by the PR st...

Our latest analysis lays out how we plan to navigate the rest of this bear cycle, along with the technical roadmap to $2 million — a view further supported by…

In our last Bitcoin analysis, "Bitcoin After the Cycle Peak: What Comes Next and How We're Positioning", we argued that Bitcoin was closer to a cycle low than most believed,…

Bitcoin rarely rewards narrative-based investors for long. Time and again, it has shown a habit of reversing its dominant trend against the prevailing story of the moment. A large portion…

In August, the I/O Fund warned that Bitcoin was entering a high-risk phase as global liquidity stalled, and sentiment patterns flashed caution. Since then, Bitcoin has fallen more than -35%. In…

Our track record including a more recent 600% move in Bitcoin is not the product of hype but of a systematic framework—one built on technical analysis, on-chain metrics, and a…

In late 2022, when Bitcoin was trading near $16,000, the I/O Fund issued a Strong Buy Alert. At the time, many of the market’s biggest crypto bulls were silent. Fast…

Robinhood’s fundamental transformation over the past two years has been nothing short of remarkable. Crypto is driving strong revenue growth at 50% YoY in Q1, while TTM operating margin is…

Since calling the Bitcoin bottom near $16,000 in late 2022, the I/O Fund has maintained a disciplined, contrarian approach — issuing 13 buy alerts before Bitcoin surged above $100,000. Now,…

Ethereum has long been the frontrunner in decentralized apps (dApps) and blockchain innovation, but its scalability challenges have left the door open for competitors like Solana. Launched in March 2020,…

In December 2022, we boldly stated that “Bitcoin is a buy” when it was trading around $17,000. We were positioning for a new bull cycle and projected a target between…

Bitcoin is the best performing asset in market history. There is no stock or asset that has come close to delivering the returns of this digital currency --- it has…

Bitcoin and the spot BTC ETFs have clearly seen strong investor appetite since the approval in the beginning of the year. Alongside strong initial adoption of the new ETF class,…

Bitcoin is an asset where the bulls pound the table to “buy, buy, buy,” and the bears relentlessly and stubbornly call it a scam. In reality, both are the wrong…

The SEC approved nearly a dozen spot Bitcoin ETFs on January 10 in what was heralded as a “watershed” moment for the crypto industry, opening the door for investors to gain exposure…

Bitcoin is susceptible to a noisy, bifurcation between bulls and bears with extreme statements, such as: “Bitcoin will go to a $1 million” or “Bitcoin is a ponzi scheme and…

The recent decoupling of Bitcoin from equities, we believe, is the start of a new uptrend that appears to be inversely correlated to the financial sector. The financial media would…

We update the new developments in Bitcoin’s price patterns as well as the on-chain metrics that we tend to see around historic lows. We will also take a look at…

Bitcoin is the best performing asset of our lifetime. Given the history of Bitcoin’s awe-inspiring returns shown below, the single most important question for every investor in the market today…

In August of 2019 we released our first premium report on Bitcoin. At the time, Bitcoin was trading between $10,000-$11,000, following a bounce greater than 200% in less than a…

This week, Beth spoke with Clay Finck of the Millennial Investing Podcast about the Metaverse, the Fed, Wall Street flops and how to find winning stocks. The discussion began with…

With all of the volatility in the stock markets, it would be easy to forget about Bitcoin as it’s not the most volatile asset across the tech universe anymore (that…

I/O Fund’s Lead Tech Analyst Beth Kindig shared her views on cryptocurrency in the Finimize X Ledger Crypto Summit 2021. Here is the video “How to Value the Next Big…

Beth Kindig shared her views on Square’s name change to Block, Jack Dorsey stepping down as Twitter’s CEO, and the upcoming opportunities to watch in an interview with CoinDesk. Here’s…

In November, Beth Kindig shared her views on bitcoin miners, Microsoft and other tech stocks on the Fox Business show “Making Money with Charles Payne.” Below are video previews of…

Despite Bitcoin’s recent decline, volatility is actually decreasing and the asset is beginning to stabilize in terms of historical performance.

On March 2nd we provided a detailed webinar regarding the state of Bitcoin. We outlined that we could see one more push for Bitcoin into the $64,000 - $107,000 region…

After reaching a new all-time high of more than $61,200 per coin last weekend, Bitcoin is currently trading around $59,000.

Voyager Digital is a smaller cap that gives investors exposure to the Bitcoin and crypto trading trend at a reasonable valuation.

With many popular stay-at-home stocks pulling back on heavy volume and Bitcoin testing $50,000, investors are wondering what’s in store for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.

I first recommended Bitcoin to my free newsletter readers in June of 2019. Although I was already a proponent of Bitcoin (enough even to attend conferences), I knew it ...

Last July, I began covering bitcoin. The premise was based on three phases for widespread adoption: institutional adoption, global economic uncertainty, and mobile paym...

Institutional adoption of bitcoin and economic uncertainty are two phases previously discussed in this series that evaluates if bitcoin will make a good investment. Fin...

In the previous analysis, we discussed one primary reason that bitcoin will make a good long-term investment, as the price is likely to go up and stabilize once institu...

The largest bitcoin conference in the world took place last month in San Francisco with many early pioneers discussing why bitcoin has made a good investment for them a...

Last week, the world’s largest bitcoin conference took place in San Francisco. Despite bitcoin holding a $200 billion market cap in Q2 2019, cryptocurrency conferences ...

Facebook has been clobbered by privacy issues for nearly 16 months now. A pivot into cryptocurrency could help save the social media giants market cap while making good...

In this report, we will unpack the current macro-backdrop. We will explain why this breakout in yields matters, why the U.S. Dollar remains the key, and why growth in the…

For investors who think they've missed out on AI, the best is yet to come. But first, there will be a notable correction. Since March 2009, the S&P 500 has…

In our last broad market report on June 18th, we presented a case for caution, presenting numerous warning signs that we tend to see before a correction, ranging from institutional…

On February 28th, the U.S. went to war with Iran, and the market was handed the kind of shock it hasn't contended with for years. The conflict set off a…

In our last broad market update, the S&P 500 was trading near 6,850, grinding through its fifth consecutive month of going nowhere. I drew a clear line in the sand…

Investors have been hearing “tech bubble” warnings for more than a decade — but instead of collapsing, the Nasdaq‑100 has gained 550%. If we look back ten years ago to…

Since November 2021, when the equal-weight Mag 7 Index does not confirm a new high in the S&P 500, it has been a reliable signal of a weakening market environment.…

Despite how it may seem, modern-day narratives rarely drive market swings. Tariffs, political headlines, niche trends like rare earth materials, or speculation about which company OpenAI partners with next —…

Less than one-fifth of the U.S. economy is expanding, yet this small segment is growing at such a blistering pace—driven by AI-related spending—that it continues to hold up the rest…

In our last Broad Market Report titled, Historic Uncertainty Meets $7 Trillion Dollar Debt Wall: What Comes Next For The S&P 500, the S&P 500 was trading near 5800 and…

We are seeing mounting evidence that this bounce may be the start of a new push to all-time highs, such as improved breadth, better than expected earnings plus the size…

As the S&P 500 reaches a key bounce target, troubling signs in bonds and consumer behavior suggest this market rally may be on thin ice. I/O Fund’s Knox Ridley explains…

Rising tariffs are injecting significant uncertainty into the stock market, triggering daily volatility and forcing analysts to revise earnings estimates. Our Q1 preview dives into the potential impact on key…

In early 2025, as markets rallied to new highs, we warned that divergence across key sectors signaled a looming correction. Now, with all major indexes in a technical bear market…

Retail investors face significant disadvantages in the stock market, often underperforming institutional investors by a wide margin. Studies show that high-frequency trading firms dominate market activity, creating extreme volatility that…

The digital world is overloaded with noise—millions of posts, comments, and messages flood the internet every minute. For investors, this creates a challenge: filtering out distractions to focus on high-quality…

In a world flooded with information, investors face an overwhelming amount of noise. Quality stock analysis is the key to cutting through the clutter. At I/O Fund, we provide in-depth,…

In our mid-October 2024 broad market report, we highlighted that a breakout above 5825 on the S&P 500 could push the index into the 6000–6185 range—contingent on holding support at…

The Best of I/O Fund’s Free Newsletter in 2024 highlights top-performing tech stocks, Bitcoin insights, and AI-driven market trends. Discover how I/O Fund delivered unparalleled analysis on Nvidia, Bitcoin, Meta,…

Below, I review five of the top stocks of 2024, selected based on their price action, fundamentals and presence withing leading tech themes. Choosing a top 5 means many great…

In this report, my team will address the risks brewing in the market. The strange behavior in the bond market could be signaling that the FOMC has made a policy…

Optimism around the Fed could spark a continuation of the relief rally in the Russell 2000 and further rotation out of the Mag 7. Below, we look at the pros…

In this report, we will show that the sentiment readings over the last several months suggest investors should be cautious. This is backed up by our broad market analysis, which…

In this article, I lay out both the bull and bear cases for 2024 and beyond. Interestingly, both are calling for a level of volatility in 2024 that will, at…

The majority of other sectors are confirming a continuation of the 2022 bear market, meanwhile, a handful of big tech names, with outsized weighting in the major indexes, suggest that…

The two most important markets that are driving the S&P 500 is oil and the US dollar. Both are suggesting a continuation of the equity rally for another leg higher,…

September is widely known to be the worst month for tech as it’s the only month to see negative average returns for the past decade for the Nasdaq 100. Meanwhile,…

On June 30th, the NASDAQ posted the strongest first six months in the index’s history, dating back to 1971. The 6-month returns of 30.5% in 2023 easily beats the prior…

When the market was selling tech last year, the I/O Fund was buying AI leaders. For example, from September 2021 through January of 2023, we initiated 9 buy alerts for…

Amidst the growing skepticism in our banking sector, we thought it would be helpful to introduce an alternative way to both protect and diversify one’s assets. The information below discusses…

Experts pay attention to FOMC meetings in order to help navigate the financial markets and their positions with more confidence. Our FOMC meeting cheat sheet will help equip you with…

The bear market is not over. This has been our probable thesis since the start of 2023. With the 10-year rates breaking out to new highs, and on-going inflation reports…

For an investor, the antidote to noise is quality stock analysis. Due diligence requires dozens of hours per equity, and it takes hundreds of hours every year to produce a…

In late November, we warned our readers that December could be a volatile month. The recent bounce in January also provided some warning signs, which we used to get defensive.

Sentiment continues to show some of the most bearish readings we’ve seen since the 2022 bear market began. The AAII, which is a survey that asks investors if they are…

Last week, the market went through one of the largest intraday swings since the bear market began in 2022. Since then, we have reclaimed that high. The question is: what…

Amazon is on the verge of joining the $2 Trillion Club, driven by a 4-percentage point accelerating in AWS to 17% YoY growth combined with strong 25% growth in advertising…

Ad spending growth is widely forecast to accelerate in 2024, after a challenging macro environment significantly dented budgets and growth in 2023. The US advertising market is already showing positive signs of growth,…

The Magnificent 7 of 2023 have now become 2024’s Magnificent 3: Nvidia, Meta and Amazon. Of these, Nvidia’s saw a stellar start to the year as shares have gained nearly…

Social media stocks Meta (META), Pinterest (PINS), and Snapchat (SNAP) enjoyed strong gains in 2023 as the broader ad market stabilized and fundamentals improved. Social media ad spend is expected…

Ad-tech stocks have generally enjoyed strong returns in 2023, buoyed by a rather fierce tech rally. Ad spending growth showing initial signs of stabilizing in the back half of the…

The mega-cap stocks that are known as FAAMG reported earnings recently. These names are driving the market higher, especially Microsoft and Apple. In fact, the percentage of Microsoft and Apple’s combined…

Earlier this month, Google’s stock (Alphabet) tumbled 7% when chatbot Bard was unable to complete a search with 100% accuracy. During a demonstration, Bard returned incorrect information about which telescope…

Ad-tech stocks across the board had a tough year last year. Investors are hoping that 2023 will be a better year, yet according to the projected ad spend for 2023,…

Earlier this week, I/O Fund CEO and Lead Tech Analyst Beth Kindig joined Jeremy Owens, Tech Editor, and San Francisco Bureau Chief of MarketWatch, on Barron’s Live. They discussed cloud…

The ad-tech sector's performance is closely linked with the macroeconomy. This sector has been hit hard in the last few months due to global uncertainty. We believe this sector will…

Beth Kindig looks back at Facebook ($META), the ultimate ad-tech stock between 2012-2018 to answer three important ad tech stock valuation questions.

Apple epitomizes what it means to be both a good value stock and a good tech stock with its strong margins, outsized cash flows, stable balance sheet, and a loyal…

I/O Fund lead tech analyst Beth Kindig joined Motley Fool analyst Deidre Woollard to talk about the recent downturn for tech investors and how I/O Fund is weathering the storm.

If an investor were to believe market price action this week, it would appear Facebook had strong earnings while Alphabet stumbled. Yet, the opposite is true. Primarily, it was strength…

Below, we discuss the nuances of Facebook’s ad model compared to other mobile ad players and how we came to predict nearly three years ago that Facebook faced insurmountable issues…

Ad-tech is a cash efficient industry with a healthy rebound when economic activity recovers. Ad-tech earnings will be critical for the broader tech landscape, and major players such as Google,…

Google parent Alphabet’s results have further renewed optimism in the stock market as the company beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 4.9% and EPS by 13%. It was led by the…

This quarter, we chose to go over Roku, Snap, PubMatic, The Trade Desk, Magnite, Pinterest, and Digital Turbine.

In this earnings preview, we review key companies in ad-tech to gauge what to look for in the upcoming Q3 earnings reports.

Two years ago, the I/O Fund wrote about Apple’s mobile privacy changes and kept our newsletter readers aware of these changes as they rolled out. Going into earnings, we are…

The last few months have been difficult for tech growth investors. In isolation, it would appear that the party is over, and the broad market is likely to follow. However,…

Despite mixed reports about Pinterest’s upcoming earnings report, we are seeing similar year-over-year growth in DAUs as Snapchat reported, which is 21.16% and 22% respectively. We are hopeful that with…

Global digital ad spending is projected to grow 10.1% YoY, powered by 18% growth in social media, according to a report from Dentsu, an advertising and public relations company based…

Netflix came in strong with the recent earnings and there is no reason to expect Roku will not also come in strong especially as Covid and stay-at-home orders have accelerated…

Last week, I posted an article exploring the difference between Roku and Netflix. In the article, I pointed out that because Netflix came in strong with the recent earn...

Google Cloud certainly has the technical chops and engineering talent to compete with Microsoft Azure and Amazon’s AWS when it comes to cloud infrastructure, edge computing – and especially inferencing/training…

This report covers the 3rd Quarter Earnings of Datadog, Roku, Square, The Trade Desk and JFrog
This report covers the 3rd Quarter Earnings of Pinterest, Snap, Microsoft, Twilio and Shopify

In the upcoming release of iOS 14 in September, Apple will make this an opt-in for every single application. This means a message will appear for every application using a…

I recently wrote a report analyzing the future of Roku in 2020. My guess is investors will get Roku’s story wrong again this year as the company must choose between…

Last week I wrote an article explaining why I’m pivoting away from the bull thesis for The Trade Desk for 2020.

In a recent article, I pointed out that ad-tech may have a long road ahead before previous levels of demand return. Despite increased usage, Facebook, Google and Twitte...

Facebook stock has struggled to keep up with the stellar gains of its mega-cap tech peers, and the problem can be found at the product level, which discounted cash flow...
Another day, another headline saying Alphabet’s Google and Facebook are being investigated for allegedly breaking privacy laws and engaging in anti-trust behavior.

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