Returns on AI investments are so high because chips can command any price they ask, and the build is both huge and inflationary. The effects of Trump's tariff policies. War in Iran. Ukraine destroying Russia's refineries. All these things have led to higher inflationary prices for the consumer.
It's been quite disruptive, and consumer confidence has dropped along with that. While that's depressing the economy, AI is pushing it forward. We're probably at a bit of a peak for inflation. It appears that the Americans have been able to open up the Strait of Hormuz for everything except Iranian oil. So the oil situation is improving.
A lot of damage has been done to oil infrastructure around the world, which needs to be rebuilt. Oil will come down, but it's not going back down to where it was.
Yes. We'll talk about a stock later that's put AI into its processes and it's recovered its investment. It's the same thing when we invented the car, the buggy people were all scared. It's that sort of situation. It's a massive change to how the world's going to work, and people are scared.
His team tend to be growth investors, and they made a lot of $$ on this one as a trade in the past. They then tried to trade it again. Disappointing. Will probably sell, take the loss, and move on. Concerned it may not make a comeback. (The women in his family aren't buying lulu anymore.)
He bought a bit on the acquisition. Gildan has great manufacturing capacity and technology, Hanes has great global brands. Costs to the acquisition. Typical consumer is the part of the economy that's being squeezed. If you own it, but a bit more (but not so much that you can't buy more if it goes lower).