The AI buildout, surpassing railroads and the internet, moves Big Tech from being asset-light to asset-heavy, which has historically produced inferior returns
Executive Summary — The AI revolution has reached a key inflection point, with the largest U.S. tech firms embarking on a massive AI infrastructure buildout.
“With the AI boom in full swing, investors should heed the lessons of history. Aggressive capital spending has generally led to poor stock returns, both at the sector and individual firm level. Even if we manage to avoid a full-fledged bubble, the capital misallocation that often
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‘Since 1963, companies that aggressively grew their balance sheets underperformed their more conservative peers by a considerable -8.4% per year.’ www.sparklinecapital.com/post/ survivi... [image]