Monday, June 1, 2026

How Long Will the AI-Powered Stock Boom Last?

The AI Trade Hits Overdrive, Powering Stocks to Historic Gains
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/ai-stocks-trade-e7b19a9f
The S&P 500 just posted one of its best two-month runs ever. That often means more good times ahead.

We should all prepare for the AI bull market to hit the buffers
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/03/we-should-all-prepare-for-ai-bull-market-to-hit-buffers/
There is a self-reinforcing circularity to the current economic boom – and it’s not sustainable.


Investors are piling into bullish options bets — another sign that the stock market is getting overheated
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/investors-are-piling-into-bullish-options-bets-another-sign-that-the-stock-market-is-getting-overheated-96c5fd15
The Cboe equity put-call ratio has been falling.


When AI is more expensive than people, why replace the people?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/01/when-ai-is-more-expensive-than-people-why-replace-people/
The AI bubble will burst, and how that will happen is becoming discernible.

 
The truth about the American profit machine
https://www.ft.com/content/362ccc0a-d6e5-40df-817f-64aea4717cc8
Ruchir Sharma:
America’s profit machine seems extraordinary by historical and global standards. But look closer, and cracks appear. Rising government deficits explain a surprising share of recent US earnings growth. Moreover, the “profitless” dotcom era is a myth. Earnings growth is not dramatically stronger today than it was in the late 1990s. Since then, speculative excess has moved into private markets, making the public markets and the economy look more robust than they really are. In short, this expansion is more dependent on government and the earnings story is less exceptional than investors realize. 


SK Hynix joins $1 trillion club after Samsung, Micron on AI chip boom
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sk-hynix-market-capitalisation-tops-1-trln-2026-05-27/ 

The Idaho Chip Maker That Doubled to $1 Trillion in 48 Days
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/global-stocks-markets-dow-news-05-26-2026-901372fa
The run-up is a sign of how even the most basic elements of the AI build-out are getting swept up in the frenzy for semiconductor stocks.