In this Weekly Wrap, Jack Forehand and Matt Zeigler break down why rising long-term bond yields may be justified by stronger nominal growth, large fiscal deficits and AI-driven capital spending, and why the bigger market risk may be an AI earnings bubble rather than a valuation bubble. Featuring Kevin Muir, Dan Rasmussen and Ian Cassel, the episode also explores private equity’s huge software bet, the traits of elite stock pickers, and how the worldview of AI leaders could be driving unusually aggressive capital spending and risk-taking.
Topics covered:
Why long-term bond yields may be more rational than alarming given stronger nominal GDP, inflation, deficits and heavy Treasury and corporate issuance
How global fiscal expansion and the AI infrastructure build-out are adding to bond supply and upward pressure on rates
Why suppressing market interest rates can distort an important economic signal and create unintended consequences
How private equity became a lagged momentum investor and built massive exposure to software and healthcare technology
Why recurring revenue does not make a business bulletproof, and how AI could challenge software economics that once looked untouchable
Ian Cassel’s benchmarks for good, great and GOAT stock pickers, from 10-year outperformance to 20% annualized returns
The five or six core investing skills elite stock pickers need, and why world-class investors become exceptional at one or two
How AI CapEx can boost current supplier earnings while the buyer’s expense is spread over years through depreciation
Why an AI earnings bubble could exist even if headline valuation multiples do not look extreme
How futurism, expected-value thinking and confidence in AGI may be encouraging AI leaders to take enormous capital spending risks
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: Kevin Muir, Dan Rasmussen and Ian Cassel 05:09 Why suppressing bond yields could create new risks 09:54 Private equity as a lagged momentum investor 14:15 Why investment committees chase three- and five-year returns 19:00 The skills that separate good investors from great ones 23:11 Why elite stock picking takes a decade or more to judge 27:18 How AI CapEx is changing cash flow, buybacks and earnings 31:47 Price bubbles vs earnings bubbles 36:00 Why AI leaders may be taking massive CapEx risk 40:49 AI adoption bottlenecks and the need for skepticism
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