Theses 07 / 20 TRACKING published 05 Apr 2026 · updated 06 Sept 2026 · v45

Infrastructure Winners

"Long infra. Short spoons." — the four-word NOOPS investment thesis. In a paradigm shift, infrastructure providers win. entity/nvidia is the kingmaker via strategic GPU allocation. entity/tsmc is sold out until 2028. entity/cloudflare got hammered in the cybersecurity sell-off but is actually an infrastructure winner — a buying opportunity.

+14.9pp
Basket vs S&P 500since published — the verdict number
Basket absolute+30.7% · 16 instruments
S&P 500 same period+15.8%
Call directionBullish ↑

A bullish call is scored on performance relative to the market, not the raw tape.

InstrumentPriceTodaySince publishedvs SPY90d
DELLDell Technologies 451.71 -4.6% +160.8% +145.0pp —
MRVLMarvell 227.83 -5.6% +108.0% +92.2pp —
SMCISuper Micro Computer 31.63 -9.9% +43.4% +27.6pp —
ANETArista Networks 176.98 -4.6% +40.2% +24.4pp —
NETCloudflare 296.30 -6.3% +39.9% +24.1pp —
ASMLASML 1641.52 -1.0% +25.9% +10.1pp —
TSMTSMC 412.61 -2.3% +20.7% +4.9pp —
NVDANVIDIA 214.13 -1.4% +20.5% +4.7pp —
LRCXLam Research 263.94 -4.9% +19.6% +3.8pp —
AMATApplied Materials 409.29 -4.8% +16.1% +0.2pp —
NXT.AXNEXTDC 13.91 +6.6% +10.4% -5.4pp
AVGOBroadcom 328.75 -4.5% +4.6% -11.3pp —
GEVGE Vernova 921.20 -0.6% +2.7% -13.2pp —
VSTVistra 152.02 -1.4% +0.3% -15.5pp —
CEGConstellation Energy 271.37 -1.3% -1.4% -17.2pp —
VRTVertiv 206.42 -3.9% -20.2% -36.0pp —
SPYS&P 500 — benchmark 763.25 -1.1% +15.8% — —
Basket: Fabs, EUV, accelerators, networking, servers, cooling, DCs, and the power to run them

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