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.

+19.0pp
Basket vs S&P 500since published — the verdict number
Basket absolute+36.1% · 16 instruments
S&P 500 same period+17.1%
Call directionBullish ↑

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

InstrumentPriceTodaySince publishedvs SPY90d
DELLDell Technologies 472.78 -6.9% +173.0% +155.9pp —
MRVLMarvell 241.24 -1.6% +120.3% +103.2pp —
SMCISuper Micro Computer 35.09 -1.9% +59.1% +42.0pp —
NETCloudflare 316.38 -2.5% +49.4% +32.3pp —
ANETArista Networks 185.55 -5.1% +47.0% +29.8pp —
ASMLASML 1657.44 +0.5% +27.1% +10.0pp —
LRCXLam Research 277.46 -3.3% +25.7% +8.6pp —
TSMTSMC 422.55 -1.7% +23.6% +6.5pp —
NVDANVIDIA 217.23 -1.8% +22.3% +5.2pp —
AMATApplied Materials 430.01 -3.7% +21.9% +4.8pp —
NXT.AXNEXTDC 13.91 +6.6% +10.4% -6.7pp
AVGOBroadcom 344.33 -0.6% +9.5% -7.6pp —
GEVGE Vernova 926.45 -1.6% +3.2% -13.9pp —
VSTVistra 154.20 +1.6% +1.7% -15.4pp —
CEGConstellation Energy 275.00 -1.6% -0.1% -17.2pp —
VRTVertiv 214.78 -3.6% -17.0% -34.1pp —
SPYS&P 500 — benchmark 771.77 +0.3% +17.1% — —
Basket: Fabs, EUV, accelerators, networking, servers, cooling, DCs, and the power to run them

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