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The Ride To Profitability: Uber’s AI Edge and Earnings Leverage
Uber pairs massive transaction scale with new AI-driven efficiencies across rides, Eats and freight. I see sustainable margin expansion and conservative valuation upside — that’s why I’m a Strong Buy.

Brigette Mwaura
Jun 268 min read


Broadcom Inc: The Quiet AI Bet You Should Own
I am rating Broadcom Inc a Strong Buy because I believe its dominant data-center networking silicon, high-margin infrastructure software [post-VMware] and fiscal discipline position it to capture AI-driven capex from hyperscalers while returning cash to shareholders.

Antonia Njeru
Jun 258 min read


Microsoft (MSFT): The AI Toll Booth with Durable Cash Flow
The company’s latest quarter was very strong. Revenue rose 18% to $82.9 Bn, operating income rose 20%, and non-GAAP diluted EPS rose 21%. Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $54.5 Bn, Azure and other cloud services grew 40%, and commercial remaining performance obligation rose 99% to $627 Bn.

Felix Ouma
Jun 239 min read


StoneX Group: The Market Is Missing Its Software and AI Opportunity
Growth is being driven by record activity across listed derivatives, OTC products, securities trading, payments, and global market access, while management continues investing in AI-driven automation and workflow solutions.

Felix Ouma
Jun 227 min read


Corning : Underpriced AI Exposure In Fiber And Photonics
Corning (GLW) is the materials-and-optics backbone of AI infrastructure. I rate it STRONG BUY because expanding fiber demand, optical interconnect wins, and higher-margin specialty glass will drive durable revenue and multiple expansion.

Brigette Mwaura
Jun 158 min read


Celestica: The Outsourced AI Infrastructure Play the Market Still Underestimates
I rate Celestica (NYSE: CLS) a Strong Buy because the company is becoming one of the most important manufacturing and infrastructure partners in the AI ecosystem, benefiting from accelerating demand for AI servers, networking equipment, and cloud infrastructure.

Felix Ouma
Jun 117 min read


Lumentum Holdings: An Overlooked AI Infrastructure Enabler
Growing demand for AI workloads is increasing the need for high-speed optical communication systems, where Lumentum’s lasers, photonics, and networking components play a critical role.

Felix Ouma
Jun 117 min read


Intel: The AI Re-Rating Nobody Believes In Yet
I believe Intel is a STRONG BUY because IDM 2.0 plus AI-driven server refreshes create asymmetric upside from improving margins and contracted foundry revenue. The market is pricing execution risk, not optionality — I see clear paths to re-rating.

Brigette Mwaura
Jun 98 min read


AMD: The Multi-Chip AI Play I’m Buying Now
First and foremost I believe AMD is a STRONG BUY because it sits at the intersection of two durable secular trends: cloud CPU displacement and the AI accelerator build-out.

Brigette Mwaura
Jun 99 min read


Packaging The AI Boom: Amkor’s Path To Higher Margins
I am rating Amkor Technology (AMKR) a Strong Buy because I see durable AI-driven packaging demand, a heavy backlog, expanding advanced-node services and a valuation that discounts near-term cyclical noise while offering upside as demand normalizes and AI content ramps.

Antonia Njeru
Jun 88 min read


Willdan Group: An Overlooked Beneficiary of the AI Power Buildout
The company delivered a strong start to 2026, with normalized net revenue growth of 17%, adjusted EBITDA growth of 35%, and expanding margins. Management also raised full-year guidance and increased its long-term margin target.

Felix Ouma
Jun 67 min read


Albemarle: Buy the Lithium Toll Road to AI and EVs
Albemarle owns advantaged lithium capacity and high-margin specialty chemistries essential to EV and AI battery stacks. I see durable cash generation from expansions and disciplined capital allocation—hence Strong Buy

Brigette Mwaura
Jun 58 min read


Seagate: Underrated Exposure to Exabyte Growth
I am rating Seagate Technology (STX) a STRONG BUY because the company is positioned to capture explosive, multi-year capacity demand from AI and hyperscaler growth. This is while trading at a valuation that underestimates its near-term margin and cash-generation upside.

Antonia Njeru
Jun 49 min read


Powering the AI Economy: Talen Energy’s Transformation Into Critical Infrastructure
I rate Talen Energy a Strong Buy since it is positioned at the intersection of surging electricity demand from AI/data centers and a constrained supply of reliable, dispatchable power.

Antonia Njeru
Jun 37 min read


Lam Research: The Toolmaker Behind the AI Buildout
The AI boom is increasing semiconductor complexity, not just semiconductor demand. Advanced AI workloads are driving node transitions, rising HBM demand, and more sophisticated packaging architectures, all of which increase process intensity and support stronger demand for Lam’s technology.

Felix Ouma
Jun 28 min read


JinkoSolar: The World's #1 Solar Manufacturer at a Dicounted Valuation
I am rating JinkoSolar a Strong Buy because it is the undisputed global leader in solar module shipments, trading at a deeply depressed valuation that prices in permanent earnings impairment rather than a cyclical trough followed by a structural recovery.

Brigette Mwaura
May 318 min read


GE Vernova: Owning the Power Constraint in the AI Era
I rate GE Vernova a Strong Buy since it is directly positioned at the existing AI bottleneck which is power. Data center demand collides with grid limitations, interconnection delays and infrastructure bottlenecks and GE Vernova is directly positioned at the constraint.

Antonia Njeru
May 308 min read


Constellation Energy: The Backbone of the AI Power Grid
I rate Constellation Energy a strong buy because it directly solves the binding constraint of the AI era through its unmatched fleet of nuclear baseload generation, giving it a structural and hard to replicate advantage as electricity demand from data centers accelerates.

Antonia Njeru
May 298 min read


ASE Technology Holding: Structural Growth at a Cyclical Multiple
I am rating ASE Technology Holding a strong BUY because the company is entering a structural earnings acceleration phase driven by advanced packaging leadership and rising AI-driven semiconductor demand.

Brigette Mwaura
May 267 min read


Why I’m Rating Vertiv Holdings (VRT) a Strong Buy
AI demand now includes power and cooling infrastructure, which can bottleneck performance. Vertiv offers technologies to optimize efficiency, highlighting the need for robust systems in AI deployments.

Felix Ouma
May 267 min read
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