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This Week's Picks2026-08-17
This week's pulseThis week, top investors engaged in a heated debate over the investment logic behind AI hardware. In its Edinburgh Worldwide letter, Baillie Gifford clearly stated that the sell-off in AI hardware stocks at the end of July does not alter the long-term thesis, that efficiency gains will not eliminate demand for computing power, and that massive capital expenditures actually confirm strong demand. In contrast, Damodaran, citing the sharp rise and fall of the Situational Awareness fund, warned that excessive conviction can lead investors to overlook risks. The core disagreement lies in whether AI infrastructure spending signals long-term demand or acts as a catalyst for a short-term bubble. Additionally, several Baillie Gifford trusts (such as Scottish Mortgage and Schiehallion) hold highly concentrated positions in private tech giants including SpaceX, ByteDance, and Bending Spoons, indicating that top investors are betting on the next wave of disruptive growth through private markets.
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Aug 2026
20 Aug 2026Aswath Damodaran (Musings on Markets)Article~32 min
AI's Bar Mitzvah Moment: From Hype & Hope to Business Questions!
This piece says AI has moved from hype to a 'bar mitzvah' moment where it must prove it can make real money. The author, Damodaran, is cautious because AI companies have invested $1.7 trillion but onl…
Source: Fund website
19 Aug 2026Rick Rule (Rule Investment Media)Article~11 min
Paul's Notes #11 — Gold continues to shine for producers
This report covers the gold mining industry. The author is cautiously optimistic: despite falling gold prices and rising costs squeezing margins, miners still have strong cash flow and generous shareh…
Source: Fund website
18 Aug 2026Colossus (Invest Like the Best / Business Breakdowns)Podcast~10 min
Ben Thompson on Big Tech, China, and the AI Boom Running Out of Money - [Invest Like the Best, EP.487]
This interview argues that capital, not computing power, may be the real bottleneck in the AI race. Ben Thompson says the US winning AI completely would be dangerous, and the current 6-9 month gap wit…
Author · Patrick O'ShaughnessySource: Podcast transcript
17 Aug 2026Baillie GiffordFund family weekly
BG fund family: 38 new documents across 38 funds
American Fund, Cautious Managed Fund, China Fund, China Growth Trust, Developed Asia Pacific Fund, Emerging Markets Growth Fund and 32 more · 38 factsheets. Tap for fund timelines.
17 Aug 2026Patient Capital ManagementArticle~6 min
Opportunity Equity Strategy Update for 8/07/2026 – 8/14/2026
This report covers Patient Capital's fund performance for the week of August 7-14. The fund fell 1.28%, lagging the S&P 500's 0.39% gain. The manager's view is that the market is very picky: companies…
Source: Fund website
17 Aug 2026Sands CapitalDeep research~13 min
AI Sentiment Versus Fundamentals
This report says the recent AI chip stock sell-off is a technical correction, not a fundamental downturn, and the author remains bullish long-term. The author thinks the market overreacted, as Google,…
Source: Fund website
14 Aug 2026Baillie GiffordDeep research~7 min
The market’s short memory
This report says memory chip companies like Micron are making huge profits now (revenue $41.5B, 85% gross margin), but the author thinks it's just a temporary shortage. Once new factories come online, prices will crash—it's happened three times before. So the author doesn't own Micron and instead bought more Arm and KLA during July's chip stock dip. Arm designs chips for phones and data centers, benefiting from AI growth; KLA makes inspection equ…
Source: Fund website
13 Aug 2026Baillie GiffordDeep research~8 min
Edinburgh Worldwide enlightenment: has the long-term case changed?
This article says the July sell-off in AI infrastructure stocks was mostly about positioning and emotion, not a change in the long-term story. AI computing demand remains strong, so the fund stays bullish. Three key holdings: Astera Labs (makes chips for connecting GPUs, revenue doubled), BESI (chip packaging equipment, revenue up 69%), and IREN (AI cloud computing, expects over $4 billion in future revenue, most already contracted). The author s…
Source: Fund website
12 Aug 2026Rick Rule (Rule Investment Media)Article~47 min
British Columbia's mining revival — Rule Investment Newsletter #19
The article says British Columbia's mining sector is enjoying a revival, helped by faster permitting, big mergers and fresh capital. The author is cautiously optimistic for the medium term but warns t…
Source: Fund website
12 Aug 2026Scottish Mortgage (Baillie Gifford)Article~16 min
Baillie Gifford Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Factsheet
This monthly update covers Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, a fund that buys and holds world-class growth companies, including private ones. It gives no market forecast, only restates its long-term…
Source: Fund website
11 Aug 2026Colossus (Invest Like the Best / Business Breakdowns)Podcast~15 min
Eric Vishria - A Decade of Lessons Investing in Software & Hardware - [Invest Like the Best, EP.486]
This piece covers investor Eric Vishria's decade of lessons in software and hardware. His main point: AI is adopting faster than cloud computing, but the market is so big that no single company will d…
Author · Patrick O'ShaughnessySource: Podcast transcript
10 Aug 2026Hosking PartnersReport
Merryn Talks Money - The Capital Cycle Is Turning
This document constitutes the regulatory and legal disclosure statement of Hosking Partners LLP. The firm is registered in England and Wales under registration number OC382151, with VAT number 167151705, and its registered address is 11 Charles II Street, London. Hosking Partners is regulated by the
Author · Luke BridgemanSource: Fund website
10 Aug 2026Aswath Damodaran (Musings on Markets)Article~26 min
The Situational Awareness Blow-up: The Collateral Damage from Investing Conviction!
A finance professor uses the crash of AI-star fund Situational Awareness, which lost two-thirds of its public stock holdings in four weeks and was forced to liquidate, as a warning: markets give and t…
Source: Fund website
10 Aug 2026Patient Capital ManagementArticle~12 min
Opportunity Equity Strategy Update for 7/31/2026 – 8/07/2026
A fund manager's weekly update says the fund gained 5.29% after fees last week, beating the S&P 500 (a U.S. large-cap index) by 1.7 percentage points; it is up 18.55% this year, still ahead of the ind…
Source: Fund website
7 Aug 2026azvalor Asset ManagementArticle~14 min
Letter to inverstors 1H2026
This letter says markets look pricey and speculative, so index investing needs caution, but it’s a golden age for value investors who buy undervalued companies. The manager’s funds all made money in t…
Source: Fund website
6 Aug 2026Patient Capital ManagementDeep research~12 min
Looking Where the Light Is: Volatility Is Not Risk
This article argues that real investment risk is permanent loss of capital or lost purchasing power, not short-term price swings—so long-term investors should ignore daily noise, pick fund managers wi…
Source: Fund website
4 Aug 2026Patient Capital ManagementArticle~12 min
Opportunity Equity Strategy Update for 7/24/2026 – 7/31/2026
This week's update covers the Opportunity Equity portfolio, which beat the S&P 500 and is ahead by 2.46 percentage points for the year. The manager is broadly optimistic but flags a newly bought, not-…
Source: Fund website
4 Aug 2026Colossus (Invest Like the Best / Business Breakdowns)Podcast~8 min
Gavin Baker - AI Market Jitters - [Invest Like the Best, EP.485]
This interview says the July 2026 AI stock sell-off (NVIDIA down 40-60%) was overblown—actual demand in Silicon Valley is accelerating. Gavin Baker sees this as a buying opportunity. Key holdings: NVI…
Author · Patrick O'ShaughnessySource: Podcast transcript
4 Aug 2026Colossus (Invest Like the Best / Business Breakdowns)Podcast~11 min
Gavin Baker - AI Market Jitters - [Invest Like the Best, EP.485]
This piece says AI stocks crashed 40-60% in July 2026, but Gavin Baker thinks the market is too pessimistic because real demand (GPU prices, token usage) is accelerating. He likes NVIDIA (cheapest for…
Author · Patrick O'ShaughnessySource: Podcast transcript
Jul 2026
31 Jul 2026The Capital Cycle (Marathon)Podcast~14 min
Buyback Heaven (July 2026)
Japanese companies are now buying back their own shares on a large scale—using cash to repurchase and cancel stock, so each remaining share earns more. Japan’s exchange now requires companies trading…
Host · Edward ChancellorGuest · Justin HillSource: Podcast transcript
31 Jul 2026The Capital Cycle (Marathon)Podcast~12 min
RealKapital (July 2026)
Governments are now reshaping global steel trade for national security, turning once-competitive markets into ones dominated by a few protected companies. A case in point: ArcelorMittal, a steel giant…
Host · Edward ChancellorGuest · Tytus ZurawskiSource: Podcast transcript