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.

+11.1pp
Basket vs S&P 500since published — the verdict number
Basket absolute+27.0% · 16 instruments
S&P 500 same period+15.9%
Call directionBullish ↑

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

InstrumentPriceTodaySince publishedvs SPY90d
DELLDell Technologies 451.15 -7.1% +160.5% +144.6pp —
MRVLMarvell 223.21 -8.8% +103.8% +87.9pp —
SMCISuper Micro Computer 33.69 -5.3% +52.8% +36.9pp —
NETCloudflare 303.37 -1.3% +43.2% +27.4pp —
ANETArista Networks 170.93 -7.3% +35.4% +19.5pp —
TSMTSMC 412.17 -4.6% +20.6% +4.7pp —
ASMLASML 1562.47 -6.8% +19.8% +3.9pp —
NVDANVIDIA 211.82 -4.6% +19.2% +3.4pp —
NXT.AXNEXTDC 13.91 +6.6% +10.4% -5.4pp —
AMATApplied Materials 375.44 -8.2% +6.5% -9.4pp —
LRCXLam Research 230.08 -11.8% +4.3% -11.6pp —
AVGOBroadcom 323.20 -4.3% +2.8% -13.1pp —
CEGConstellation Energy 255.34 -5.7% -7.2% -23.1pp —
VSTVistra 140.25 -10.2% -7.5% -23.4pp —
GEVGE Vernova 825.73 -10.8% -8.0% -23.9pp —
VRTVertiv 195.16 -8.0% -24.6% -40.5pp —
SPYS&P 500 — benchmark 763.59 -1.2% +15.9% — —
Basket: Fabs, EUV, accelerators, networking, servers, cooling, DCs, and the power to run them

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