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.

+10.3pp
Basket vs S&P 500since published — the verdict number
Basket absolute+25.0% · 16 instruments
S&P 500 same period+14.7%
Call directionBullish ↑

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

InstrumentPriceTodaySince publishedvs SPY90d
DELLDell Technologies 424.30 -10.8% +145.0% +130.3pp —
MRVLMarvell 196.40 -10.0% +79.3% +64.7pp —
SMCISuper Micro Computer 32.95 -4.3% +49.4% +34.7pp —
ANETArista Networks 168.86 -8.3% +33.8% +19.1pp —
NETCloudflare 280.70 -9.5% +32.5% +17.9pp —
ASMLASML 1565.90 -6.6% +20.1% +5.4pp —
TSMTSMC 406.13 -5.9% +18.8% +4.1pp —
NVDANVIDIA 204.64 -4.2% +15.2% +0.5pp —
AMATApplied Materials 390.09 -7.5% +10.6% -4.1pp —
NXT.AXNEXTDC 13.91 +6.6% +10.4% -4.3pp —
LRCXLam Research 239.11 -6.0% +8.4% -6.3pp —
AVGOBroadcom 326.08 -5.5% +3.7% -11.0pp —
GEVGE Vernova 857.87 -3.4% -4.4% -19.1pp —
CEGConstellation Energy 262.38 -0.8% -4.6% -19.3pp —
VSTVistra 138.37 -1.8% -8.7% -23.4pp —
VRTVertiv 232.50 -5.5% -10.1% -24.8pp —
SPYS&P 500 — benchmark 755.72 -1.8% +14.7% — —
Basket: Fabs, EUV, accelerators, networking, servers, cooling, DCs, and the power to run them

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