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Is Lululemon stock (Nasdaq:LULU) a turnaround opportunity or a falling knife? Simon Erickson and Heather Horton break down the athleisure brand’s comeback plan, from its recurring see-through leggings problem to a sweeping leadership overhaul under new CEO Heidi O’Neill.We cover founder Chip Wilson’s activist push for a product-first strategy, the new board members and executives joining from ESPN, On Holding, Athleta, and Walmart Canada, and Lululemon’s Q2 fiscal 2026 earnings. Revenue and comparable sales are falling, but gross margins, share buybacks, and a $1.4 billion cash position tell a more nuanced story.With nearly every Wall Street analyst calling it a hold or sell and the stock trading at a fraction of its former valuation, Simon explains why Lululemon earned a spot on 7investing’s October Strong Buy list, and why this high-risk turnaround could have major upside if it works.🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeCompanies mentioned:Lululemon Athletica (Nasdaq:LULU)Nike (NYSE:NKE)Gap Inc. (NYSE:GAP), parent of Athleta and Old NavyOn Holding (NYSE:ONON)Walmart (Nasdaq:WMT)Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq:COST)Rocket Lab (Nasdaq:RKLB)The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), parent of ESPNChapters0:00 Lululemon’s turnaround story1:16 Heather’s take on the brand and valuation2:09 Chip Wilson’s activist push3:07 The 2013 see-through pants controversy4:58 The sheer leggings problem returns in 20267:02 Why see-through leggings are inexcusable8:30 Competition and margin wiggle room9:26 Leadership shakeup: Heidi O’Neill takes over11:21 New board members from ESPN and On11:50 New president and COO from Athleta and Walmart14:16 Q2 fiscal 2026 results16:10 Silver linings: margins, buybacks, and cash19:06 Valuation: what Wall Street analysts think24:51 Why Lululemon is a 7investing Strong Buy27:58 Is Chip Wilson a liability?29:33 Women in the C-suite and long-term thinking30:55 Wrap-up and next week: Rocket Lab#7investing #SimonErickson #Lululemon #LULU #StockMarket #Investing #TurnaroundStocks #StocksToBuy

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has been 7investing's #1 ranked Best Buy for three months running, and Simon Erickson breaks down exactly why. Learn how Broadcom is positioned to capture more than $100 billion a year in AI product revenue as hyperscalers spend $40-60 billion per gigawatt building out AI data centers, why the company's custom AI chips (XPUs) for Google's TPUs are just the beginning, and how a 25-year history of disciplined acquisitions — from Brocade to VMware — has built one of the most dominant semiconductor and infrastructure software companies in the world. Simon also covers Broadcom's explosive 2026 quarterly growth (93% year-over-year revenue guidance for Q4), its rising dividend, why the stock has been selling off despite the strong fundamentals, and how 7investing's Best Buy process works. 🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribe🔗 See all 5 of our Sept 2026 Best Buys: 7investing.com/advisor_update/7investings-best-buys-september-2026/Stocks Mentioned Publicly Traded: Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL)Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE:TSM) Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Acquired by Broadcom (no longer separately traded): Brocade Communications Systems (2017 acquisition)CA Technologies (2018 acquisition)Symantec (enterprise security segment, 2019 acquisition)VMware, Inc. (2023 acquisition)Private/Not Publicly Traded: OpenAIAnthropicChapters 0:00 Welcome to 7investing Live: Broadcom Deep Dive0:50 Why Broadcom Is Our #1 Best Buy1:55 Quiz: The Cost to Build an AI Data Center3:58 Broadcom's Role in the AI Data Center Boom4:55 Broadcom's History of Acquisitions6:52 Lessons from Failed Acquisitions: HP and Autonomy7:56 Why Broadcom's Ticker Is AVGO, Not BRCM8:22 CEO Hock Tan's Deal-Making Strategy8:48 Custom AI Chips (XPUs) Explained9:16 Broadcom's Google TPU Partnership10:14 The $300B AI Data Center Opportunity11:42 Broadcom's Explosive Quarterly Growth in 202614:58 Why Is Broadcom Stock Selling Off?15:56 Broadcom's Growing Dividend17:49 How 7investing Picks Its Best Buys21:39 Inside 7investing's Best Buy Selection Process23:15 7investing's Track Record: 104% Return vs. S&P 50025:30 Wrap-Up & What's Coming This Friday#7investing #SimonErickson #Broadcom #AVGOStock #AIChips #SemiconductorStocks #StockMarket #AIInvesting #BestBuy #DataCenters

Simon Erickson and Heather Horton welcome back Steve Symington, managing director of New Columbia Capital and a former 7investing advisor, to revisit Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) nearly seven years after Steve first called it an undervalued stock when its market cap was around $40 billion. The conversation also touches on SpaceX's record breaking IPO earlier this year and persistent rumors about a potential SpaceX acquisition of Tesla, which Steve puts at roughly a 5% chance. Steve and Simon land on a hold or weak buy for Tesla today, while Heather explains why she sold her Tesla shares in 2019 and has stayed on the sidelines since. Stock analysis and valuation breakdown for anyone researching Tesla stock, TSLA stock forecast, Elon Musk stocks, or whether Tesla is still a good stock to buy in 2026. 🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribe Chapters 0:00 Welcome to 7investing Live 0:45 Introducing Guest Steve Symington 0:48 Today's Topic: Revisiting Tesla 2:17 Steve's 2019 Call: Tesla as a Value Stock 4:15 What Wasn't Being Priced In Back Then 6:11 Tesla's Hidden Premium in Tough Industries 7:17 Tesla's Q2 2026 Numbers: Deliveries and Margins 9:42 Market Share Holding Up as EV Sales Slow 11:19 Legacy Business as a Cash Flow Engine 11:46 Cybercab and the Robotaxi Network Rollout 14:42 Why Tesla's Stock Price Runs on Narrative 15:03 Revisiting the 2024 Tesla DCF Valuation Model 19:32 Is Tesla Still a Buy? Steve's Verdict 20:39 Could SpaceX Acquire Tesla? 21:35 Heather's Take: Why She Sold in 2019 22:59 Looking Back at the 2019 Bankruptcy Fears 24:50 Simon's Verdict: Hold, Maybe a Weak Buy 25:43 Final Thoughts from Steve and Heather 27:25 7investing's Official Conviction Rating on Tesla Stocks Mentioned Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) — primary focus of the episode SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) — mentioned re: its 2026 IPO and rumored Tesla acquisition interest #7investing #SimonErickson #Tesla #TSLA #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Robotaxi #Optimus #StockAnalysis

Simon Erickson and Heather Horton tackle a mailbag request on small modular reactors (SMRs), the mini nuclear reactors being built to solve a real problem: AI data centers now require more power than the largest nuclear plants in America can currently provide. They compare three publicly traded SMR companies, NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR), Oklo (NYSE:OKLO), and GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV), including how each company's reactor technology works, their current cost per megawatt hour versus renewables, and how each is trying to compete with traditional nuclear plants that can cost $50 billion or more to build.🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeStocks MentionedPublicly Traded:NuScale Power Corp. (NYSE:SMR)Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO)GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV)Constellation Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:CEG)Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE)Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501)#7investing #SimonErickson #NuclearStocks #SMRStocks #Oklo #GEVernova #NuScale #AIEnergy #EnergyStocks

On 7investing's Livestream show on August 21, I had a conversation with Upstart Holdings' new CEO Paul Gu that included two very important questions. You see, I had two outstanding questions about Upstart's future strategy that I just wasn't hearing the media or any other investors asking him.  So I did. The first was: "Will Upstart's new secured products like Home and Auto loans will be as disruptive as those for unsecured Consumer loans?" Or in other words, will your AI models also have an edge in these new markets too? And the second question was: "How does Upstart intend to use its new banking charter as a competitive advantage rather than as a distraction to its relationship with regional banking customers?" Or in other words, will your new banking charter change your business model? His answers really clarified things and made a ton of sense.  This short, 15 minute conversation is a must-watch for any investor who owns -- or may soon own -- shares of Upstart Holdings. 0:00 – Welcome & Introduction to Paul Gu, Upstart CEO 1:03 – Upstart's Disruptive Approach to Lending 2:02 – Question 1: Can Upstart's AI Models Scale to Secured Loans? 6:03 – The Strategy: Compounding Growth Beyond Personal Loans 7:01 – Why Upstart's Models Keep Getting Better Over Time 9:38 – Auto & Home Loan Growth Stats 10:03 – Question 2: The National Banking Charter Explained 13:38 – What Investors Are Missing About Upstart 14:59 – Closing Thoughts & Where to Learn More 🔗 Free 7-day 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribe

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) just posted record second quarter 2026 results $234 million in quarterly revenue, up 62% year-over-year, and a total backlog of $2.36 billion. Simon Erickson walks through the investor slide deck covering Launch, Space Systems, and the new Space Applications division, then digs into the biggest news of the quarter: Rocket Lab's $8 billion acquisition of Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) and its satellite spectrum. Simon also previews how these developments feed into Rocket Lab's discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation model, and what it could mean for the stock price going forward.🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeThis is 7investing Live, streaming every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10 AM ET, covering earnings breakdowns, DCF valuations, and stock analysis on companies like Rocket Lab, Upstart, and The Trade Desk.Stocks MentionedPublicly Traded:Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB)Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM)Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ:UPST)The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD)Chapters0:00 Welcome to 7investing Live0:42 Today's Topic: Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q2 Earnings3:03 Record Backlog & the Iridium Acquisition5:24 Why Rocket Lab Acquired Iridium7:40 New Space Systems Contracts (Space Force, Victus Haze)10:04 Neutron Rocket & Commercial Contracts11:45 Building the Rocket Lab DCF Valuation Model14:33 Backlog Growth: $2.3B Now, $5B+ by 202716:50 Iridium's Revenue & Accelerated Space Applications Timeline18:24 What This Means for Retail Investors19:04 Good vs. Bad Acquisitions: Lessons from AOL and HP19:55 Wrap-Up & What's Next (Full DCF, Upstart, Trade Desk)#7investing #SimonErickson #RocketLab #RKLBStock #Iridium #SpaceStocks #StockMarket #EarningsReview #DCFValuation #InvestingTips⚠️ This is not investing advice. Please do your own research before making any investment decisions.

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) has fallen roughly 90% from its late-2024 highs, and in this episode of 7investing Live, Simon Erickson digs into why. They break down Trade Desk's second-quarter 2026 results, including slowing revenue growth, declining margins, and back-to-back quarterly misses after eight straight years of beating Wall Street estimates.The conversation covers the company's pricing dispute with ad agency Publicis, rising competition from Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and its own demand-side platform, and Trade Desk's newly hired C-suite team brought in to rebuild client relationships. We also discuss client retention trends, the shifting economics of digital advertising take rates, and whether Trade Desk's AI-powered platforms can help it hold its competitive edge.The episode closes with a look at valuation: is Trade Desk's beaten-down stock price already reflecting its challenges, or does it represent a buying opportunity for patient investors?🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribe⚠️ This is not investing advice. Please do your own research before making any investment decisions.Chapters Timestamp Chapter00:00 Show Open & Welcome02:47 Trade Desk's Historic Run: $13 to $130+ a Share04:43 Q2 2026 Earnings: Slowing Growth, Falling Margins08:12 CEO Jeff Green Blames Macro Headwinds10:08 Weak Q3 Guidance & Two Straight Misses11:58 The Publicis Pricing Dispute13:44 Amazon's New DSP: A Direct Threat17:24 New C-Suite Hires: Rebuilding Client Trust21:06 Valuation Check: Is $13 a Share Justified?24:00 The End of the Cookie Story26:42 Take Rates & Industry Consolidation28:21 Kokai AI Platform: Still Best-in-Class?31:01 Wrap-Up & What's Coming This WeekHashtags#7investing #SimonErickson #TradeDesk #TTD #DigitalAdvertising #StockMarket #Amazon #AdTech #StockAnalysis #Investing

Simon Erickson and Heather Horton break down Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ:UPST) Q2 2026 earnings, released the day before this live stream. New CEO Paul Gu, one of the company's original co-founders, posted his own recap directly on X just 100 days into the role, a move Simon highlights as a sign the company is finally learning to speak Wall Street's language rather than getting lost in the weeds of its AI credit models. Upstart uses proprietary AI models, drawing on more than 1,000 data points instead of a traditional FICO score, to originate consumer loans in a lending market Simon describes as worth more than a trillion dollars.The episode covers total loan originations of $4.2 billion, up 50% year over year across 558,000 loans, along with a breakdown of unsecured personal loan growth versus a rapidly scaling auto and home loan business. Simon and Heather also walk through Upstart's contribution profit, total net revenue, and its return to GAAP net income for the quarter, along with the company's newly reaffirmed three-year growth targets through 2028. They close with a discussion of Upstart's pending federal banking charter and what that could mean for how the company funds future loans.🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeStocks MentionedPublicly Traded:Upstart Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UPST)#7investing #SimonErickson #Upstart #UPST #AIstocks #FintechStocks #EarningsReport #StockAnalysis #ArtificialIntelligence

47 days after SpaceX's record-breaking $75 billion IPO — the largest in history — Simon Erickson and Heather Horton dig into whether the stock is a buy now that shares have pulled back from their post-IPO highs. Learn about SpaceX's origin story, Elon Musk's Mars mission, and how the company slashed launch costs from over $18,000 per kilogram down to under $1,000. Simon breaks down SpaceX's three business divisions — Space, AI (xAI/Grok), and Connectivity (Starlink) — and explains why a 75x trailing revenue valuation, upcoming lockup expirations, and the $60 billion Cursor AI acquisition make this a "buyer beware" situation for investors.🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeThis is Part 1 of a multi-part SpaceX series on 7investing Live, streaming every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10 AM ET.Stocks MentionedPublicly Traded:Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) — mentioned re: GPUs powering SpaceX's data centersAT&T (NYSE:T) — mentioned as a Starlink alternativeVerizon (NYSE:VZ) — mentioned as a Starlink alternativeSpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX)Private/Not Publicly Traded:xAI (SpaceX division)Starlink (SpaceX division)Cursor AI (acquired by SpaceX)AnthropicOpenAIChaptersTime Chapter0:50 Welcome to 7investing Live2:21 SpaceX's Record $75B IPO4:44 SpaceX's Origin Story & Elon's Mars Mission6:51 How SpaceX Slashed Launch Costs9:57 Why SpaceX Isn't Just About Profit10:32 SpaceX's Three Business Divisions12:25 Space Division: Rockets & Launches13:42 AI Division: xAI, Grok & the Colossus Data Center15:42 Connectivity Division: Starlink17:45 Buyer Beware: Is SpaceX Overvalued?18:41 Lockup Expirations Explained19:34 Elon's Voting Power & the Tesla Comparison20:12 The $60B Cursor AI Acquisition22:33 SpaceX's Massive Capital Expenditures27:12 What's Next: Part 2 Preview#7investing #SimonErickson #SpaceX #ElonMusk #Starlink #xAI #IPOStocks #StockMarket #SpaceStocks #InvestingTips

Simon Erickson breaks down how a short squeeze works and why SoundHound AI stock (NASDAQ: SOUN) may be setting up for one right now. Learn what short interest and days-to-cover really mean, how these metrics predicted Upstart Holdings' (NASDAQ: UPST) 220% run in 2023, and why SoundHound's current 41.6% short interest and 5.8 days-to-cover ratio look strikingly similar. Simon Erickson and executive producer Heather Horton also discuss SoundHound's conversational AI platform, its 99% year-over-year revenue growth, upcoming Q2 earnings on August 5th, and whether short squeeze investing is right for the average investor.Simon also shares why SoundHound AI ranked #3 on 7investing's Best Buys list for July and how you can see the full rankings.🔗 Free 7investing trial: https://7investing.com/subscribeStocks MentionedPublicly Traded:SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN)Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ:UPST)Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)SoundHound customers:Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) Hyundai Motor Company (KRX:005380) SoundHound customerHonda Motor Co. (NYSE:HMC) Private/Not Publicly Traded:Jersey Mike'sTorchy's TacosAmelia (acquired by SoundHound AI)Chapters0:00 Welcome to 7investing Live0:40 Today's Topic: What Is a Short Squeeze?1:58 Defining Short Interest4:44 Defining Days to Cover7:02 Case Study: Upstart Holdings (UPST) in 20238:50 Today's Candidate: SoundHound AI (SOUN)9:16 SoundHound's Conversational AI Business12:00 SoundHound's Short Interest & Days-to-Cover Data15:03 SoundHound Ranks #3 on 7investing's Best Buys16:53 Q&A: Why Is SoundHound Being Punished?19:03 How to Play a Short Squeeze Stock20:02 What Catalyst Could Trigger the Squeeze?22:46 Is This Strategy Right for Average Investors?23:43 Fundamentals vs. Technical Analysis27:54 Wrap-Up & Next Show Preview#7investing #SimonErickson #SoundHoundAI #SOUNStock #ShortSqueeze #StockMarket #AIStocks #ShortInterest #SmallCapStocks #StockAnalysis⚠️ This is not investing advice. Please do your own research before making any investment decisions.

Everyone calls the S&P 500 "the market." But is it really? In this episode of 7investing Live, founder and CEO Simon Erickson breaks down what the market actually is in 2026, and why the benchmark you're using matters more than you think. There are roughly 5,600 companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, yet just 500 of them make up 80% of the total US market value and the top 10 stocks alone now account for a staggering 36.4% of the S&P 500 index.Simon walks through the numbers behind today's market concentration: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) sitting at the top as a nearly $5 trillion company, the S&P 500's $69 trillion total market cap, and why the index now rises and falls with Big Tech and the AI trade. Then the conversation turns to the more surprising story of 2026: the Russell 2000 small-cap index is up 20.7% year-to-date, nearly double the S&P 500's return, marking its best first half since 1991 and its widest margin of outperformance over the large-cap index since 2001.What's driving the rotation? Simon and Heather dig into mega-cap fatigue, stretched valuations for companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), the worst performer of the top 10 constituents, down 20% this year, 40%+ forecasted earnings growth for small caps, and the under-the-radar AI infrastructure plays like Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) hiding in the small-cap fish pond. Plus, a preview of later this week: three small-cap ideas with 20-bagger potential.0:00 - Welcome and 7investing Overview2:00 - Large-Cap Dominance: A closer look at the S&P 5007:02 - The Entire Market: An Introduction to the Russell 3000 Index8:32 - A Small-Cap Index: An Introduction to the Russell 200010:56 - Why are Small Caps Outperforming in 2026?13:40 - Returns of the Top 10 Companies in the S&P 50016:50 - Q&A: Investor behavior and risk toleranceWant to see all of our official stock recommendations? Visit 7investing.com/subscribe and get your first 7 days of premium access completely freePublicly Traded Companies Mentioned:NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL, NASDAQ:GOOG)Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B)Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO)Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE)Indexes/ETFs referenced: S&P 500 (SPY), Russell 3000, Russell 2000 (IWM)Private / Pre-IPO Companies Mentioned:OpenAIAnthropicHashtags#7investing #SimonErickson #SP500 #Russell2000 #smallcapstocks #stockmarket #investing #stocks #NVIDIA #bigtech #AIstocks #marketanalysis

Prediction markets are taking the financial world by storm. Kalshi and Polymarket have gone from under $1 billion in combined monthly trading volume to over $40 billion in just one year, a 30X explosion fueled by the World Cup, the NFL, elections, and even bets on AI milestones. In this episode of 7investing Live, Simon Erickson is joined by Brett Schafer and Ryan Henderson of the Chit Chat Stocks podcast to break down what this meteoric rise means for investors.We dig into how prediction markets actually work: peer-to-peer event contracts regulated by the CFTC, take rates of just 0.7-1.5% versus the 7-10% cut traditional sportsbooks capture, and why that efficiency gap could be a massive disruption threat to online sports betting giants like DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) and FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT). We also explore which brokerages stand to benefit; Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR) and Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) are racing to bring event contracts onto their platforms, and whether derivatives exchange CME Group (NASDAQ:CME), now trading near its cheapest valuation in a decade, is being unfairly punished by the market.Plus: the ethical concerns around insider trading and political betting, the coming regulatory showdown between the states and federal government, and our panel's picks when forced to choose between Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Kalshi, Polymarket, and DraftKings at today's valuations.0:00 - Introduction to Prediction Markets and Chit Chat Stocks1:56 - Predicting the Winner of the 2026 World Cup3:26 - Prediction Market Trading Volumes and the Growth Drivers8:28 - Overview of Kalshi and Polymarket and how they differ from Casinos and Online Sports Betting12:03 - Impact to Brokerages: Robinhood and Interactive Brokers14:07 - Controversial Topics: Government-related events and cracking down on bad behaviors16:19 - The shifting role of state-based and Federal regulations18:32 - DraftKings and the scalability of consumer-facing platforms26:15 - Robinhood and Interactive Brokers and the upside for brokerages29:02 - Closing Game! Which stock would you invest in: Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Kalshi, Polymarket, or DraftKings? Publicly Traded Companies Mentioned:Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR)Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD)DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG)Flutter Entertainment / FanDuel (NYSE:FLUT)CME Group (NASDAQ:CME)Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE)Spotify (NYSE:SPOT)Boeing (NYSE:BA)Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL)SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX)Private / Pre-IPO Companies Mentioned:Kalshi (~$22B valuation, Series F)Polymarket (~$15B valuation)AnthropicFiscal AIWant to see all of our official stock recommendations? Visit https://7investing.com/subscribe get your first 7 days of premium access completely freeFind more of Brett and Ryan's stock research at chitchatstocks.substack.comand www.youtube.com/@UCG5Ni-SI-jyrEsoNUhqftNQ Hashtags#7investing #SimonErickson #PredictionMarkets #Kalshi #Polymarket #DraftKings #InteractiveBrokers #Robinhood #stocks #investing #sportsbetting #stockmarket

Is Cerebras Systems the next great AI chip stock or a red-hot IPO priced for perfection? In this episode of 7investing Live, Simon Erickson and executive producer Heather Horton welcome back Nick Rossolillo, co-founder of Chip Stock Investor, to break down three of the market's biggest stories.First up: Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS), the wafer-scale chip maker that just IPO'd at a $40+ billion market cap. With 44GB of SRAM embedded directly on the chip, Cerebras was purpose-built to solve AI's "memory wall" problem for inference workloads. Now it's reportedly landed a ~$10 billion order from OpenAI and a deal with Amazon Web Services that could top $20 billion. Simon and Nick dig into whether these massive orders are real, how Cerebras stacks up against NVIDIA's GPUs and hyperscaler custom silicon, the TSMC capacity bottleneck that could throttle its growth, and how to value a company trading near 20x sales without profits.Then the conversation turns to Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB), which has pulled back from $150 to around $70 per share. Simon shares the latest iteration of his discounted cash flow valuation, and the duo debates the proposed Iridium acquisition — a deal that could pull Rocket Lab to EBITDA-positive on a pro forma basis — plus what the long-awaited Neutron rocket launch means for the company's future.Finally: Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX). After another quarter of decelerating revenue guidance, is the streaming giant now a value stock rather than a growth stock? Nick explains why the advertising business hasn't reaccelerated growth the way he expected, and what he'd need to see before buying the dip.Plus: Nick's take on the recent chip stock sell-off across NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, SanDisk, and Kioxia and why "stocks go up, stocks go down" might be the healthiest way to think about it.Subscribe for more deep dives on AI infrastructure, semiconductors, and innovative growth stocks!Start your FREE 7-day trial of 7investing: https://www.7investing.com/subscribeFollow Nick and Casey Rossolillo at Chip Stock Investor: https://chipstockinvestor.comRocket Lab Deep Dive videos mentionedPart 1 https://youtu.be/AMDd0-JKUH0 (Deep Dive)Part 2: https://youtu.be/Z76xTGFNwBA (Valuation)Companies MentionedPublicly Traded:Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS)Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB)Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX)NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO)Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM)Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM)SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK)Kioxia Holdings (TSE:285A)Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSAT)SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX)Private / Pre-IPO:OpenAIAnthropicVideos Mentioned:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z76xTGFNwBA&t=3shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMDd0-JKUH0&t=987sHere's the shifted chapter list, with all timestamps moved back 55 seconds:0:00 Welcome to 7investing Live0:54 Cerebras Systems: IPO recap & the Wafer-Scale Engine2:31 Is NVIDIA even the right comparison for Cerebras?5:38 The memory wall: why bigger AI models need new chips8:52 Latency vs. throughput — and the new AI alliances10:46 Are the $10B OpenAI & $20B Amazon orders real?14:02 Cerebras risks: how do you value a hot IPO?17:27 The TSMC capacity bottleneck20:01 Heather's take on Cerebras20:41 Rocket Lab: the sell-off & Iridium acquisition24:34 Simon's DCF valuation & price target for RKLB29:05 Why Neutron changes everything30:12 Q&A: Does Peter Beck carry an "Elon premium"?31:36 Netflix: buying opportunity or cheap for a reason?36:57 Q&A: Is Netflix a growth stock or a value stock?39:03 Chip stocks selling off: normal volatility or a warning?42:57 Wrap-up & final thoughts#7investing #Simonerickson #Cerebras #CBRS #NVIDIA #AIinvesting #semiconductors #chipstocks #RocketLab #RKLB #Netflix #NFLX #AIinference #stocks #investing #stockmarket #TSMC #AIdatacenters

Want access to all our investing content? Join at 7investing.com/subscribe Join the conversation on the 7investing discord: https://discord.com/invite/PT9ZQqdXXSEvery federal agency in the United States must be quantum-safe by December 2030. That NIST mandate is the starting gun for one of the most under-the-radar investment themes in the market, and Arqit Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQQ) is positioning itself directly in its path. Simon Erickson and Heather Horton dig into this $500 million micro-cap, its turbulent history, and why it might be one of the most intriguing early-stage ideas on the 7investing watch list.The threat Arqit is solving is real: the encryption that secures virtually all internet traffic today is built on mathematical problems classical computers can't break but quantum computers theoretically can. Arqit's answer is symmetric key encryption (the ARQ19 protocol), delivered through their QuantumCloud platform, which generates real-time quantum-safe encryption keys that a quantum computer couldn't reverse-engineer. Their newest product, Encryption Intelligence, monitors live network traffic for quantum vulnerabilities end-to-end — and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has integrated it into their accelerator hardware as a channel partner.The backstory is messy and worth knowing. Arqit raised $400 million in a 2021 SPAC IPO at a $1.4 billion valuation before having a commercial product, on claims from founder David Williams that the technology could secure "every connected device in the world." British cybersecurity researchers disputed those claims, Williams pushed back too hard, and he ultimately stepped down. New CEO Andy Lever, an engineer-turned-operator, has since grounded the company's ambitions in what actually works. The revenue base is tiny: $623,000 in H1 2026, up ~10x from $67,000 in H1 2025. Eleven contracts in place now versus seven for all of fiscal 2025. The math is early-stage but the trajectory is moving in the right direction.Simon isn't going all-in, a founder exit is a red flag worth respecting, and the valuation is built almost entirely on future promise. But Arqit is officially on the 7investing watch list alongside Quantinuum (NASDAQ:QNT), the much larger ~$20 billion quantum computing platform company. For investors willing to take a basket approach across early quantum names, Arqit represents exactly the kind of picks-and-shovels play that tends to produce 10x or 20x returns if you get in early enough in a foundational technology cycle.Stocks & Companies Mentioned:Arqit Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQQ)Quantinuum (NASDAQ:QNT)IonQ (NYSE:IONQ)Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)#ArqitQuantum #ARQQ #QuantumComputing #PostQuantumCryptography #CybersecurityStocks #QuantumSecurity #MicroCapStocks #GrowthStocks #TechStocks #EarlyStageInvesting #QuantumInvesting #CyberSecurity #StocksToWatch #InvestingIn2026 #7investing #Simonerickson

Three massive semiconductor and computing developments are reshaping the future of AI infrastructure — and 7investing's Simon Erickson sits down with Nick Rossalillo of Chip Stock Investor to break them all down. First up: Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS), which just went public on May 13th at $185/share (~$40 billion valuation) and is now trading near $46 billion at 90x trailing sales. The company's Wafer Scale Engine, a chip that uses an entire silicon wafer rather than individual diced chip, was designed specifically for AI inference workloads that NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) GPUs struggle to handle efficiently due to on-chip SRAM limitations. With potential $20 billion in orders from OpenAI and access via AWS, Cerebras is real, but neither Simon nor Nick is buying at this price. Their rule: wait a year before touching a fresh IPO.Next, SpaceX's freshly-raised $75 billion gets put under the microscope, specifically Elon's ambition to build orbital data centers. Nick walks through the SpaceX diagram: 70-meter solar panel wingspan, laser-based networking between compute modules, and the massive engineering challenges around power, heat dissipation, and in-orbit assembly. This isn't imminent, Starlink's next-gen constellation comes first — but if Elon can crack the economics, it would rewrite the rules of data center infrastructure entirely.Finally, Huawei's Tau Scaling announcement: a new architectural approach to chip performance that bypasses the need for extreme ultraviolet lithography (which China can't access due to ASML export controls). Tau temporal scaling focuses on minimizing signal travel time between transistors using logic folding, new materials, and 3D stacking. Huawei claims it could reach 1.5 nanometer equivalent performance by 2031. Simon and Nick are skeptical — 381 chips in six years is not mass production, and TSMC (NYSE:TSM) will be well past that node by then but it's worth watching as China continues building workarounds to Western export restrictions.Whether Moore's Law is dead or simply rerouting, the chipmaking industry is more innovative and more investable than it's been in decades.Join the conversation on the 7investing discord: https://discord.com/invite/PT9ZQqdXXSWant access to all 7investing research? Join at 7investing.com/subscribe Follow Chip Stock Investor  @chipstockinvestor  and https://chipstockinvestor.com/0:00 - Introduction to 7investing and Chip Stock Investor0:54 - Is Moore's Law Dead? A review of scaling semiconductor manufacturing3:08 - Cerebras Systems' recent IPO. How is their Wafer Scale Engine different than NVIDIA's GPUs, how does this impact Moore's Law, and is the stock a buy today?21:12 - SpaceX's recent IPO. Elon wants to build and launch orbital data centers. How does SpaceX plan to use the $75 billion it raised, what are the challenges it faces, and is the stock a buy?28:16 - Huawei's Tau scaling. Could this new chip architecture make ASML's extreme ultraviolet lithography obsolete, and what are its chances of succeeding?39:39 - Outro, final thoughts, and audience questionsStocks & Companies Mentioned:Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS)NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)AMD (NASDAQ:AMD)SpaceX (SPCX)Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company / TSMC (NYSE:TSM)ASE Technology Holding / ASE Group (NYSE:ASX)Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR)ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT)Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX)Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)Amazon / AWS (NASDAQ:AMZN)Alphabet / Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS)Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930)Huawei — private (Chinese company)OpenAI — privateLuckin Coffee (OTC:LKNCY) — mentioned as cautionary example#Semiconductors #MooresLaw #CerebrasSystems #CBRS #AIChips #NVIDIA #SpaceX #OrbitalDataCenters #HuaweiTech #TauScaling #ChipStocks #AIInvesting #TechStocks #GrowthStocks #StockMarket #InvestingIn2026 #7investing #Simonerickson