77. Margin Trading & Investing Explained

We are revisiting Episode 42, originally aired July 26, 2024, where we look at how AI Power Grid Pressure can also be a headwind to consider in your long-term AI investing strategy. Start with our AI Portfolio and Investment Thesis discussed in ⁠Episode 21⁠ to understand the full AI investing picture. According to our very own Jess Inskip, "The real ‘P/E Risk’ isn't overhyped price to earnings. The risk is price to energy." (Get it? That's a P/E Ratio joke 👻) Most of us are invested in AI, whether we know it or not because the S&P 500 is mainly technology.
How Much Electricity Does Generative AI Use?
Nvidia (NVDA) valuations are justified as the hyperscalers are top customers and we are seeing real earnings at incredible profit margins. The earnings potential makes sense. However, the energy consumption and subsequent pressure represent the real risk. Each Blackwell AI GPU sold by Nvidia consumes up to 1200 watts of power, so 3.5mn of them would consume 1.8GW of power in the US alone. (Consensus estimates 3.5b in GPU sales by 2027).
Validate Your Investment Thesis (What you eat, eats.)
Look at the root of the problem with all of this AI grid pressure and see where the solutions might be (as in which companies are coming up with solutions for this bigger issue). "Sustainable AI" is still in it's infancy, but maybe there are some companies out there that are using AI for good and to help come up with solutions to some of these issues? Do your homework. 😉
AI Opportunities (but do your homework)
The grid pressure is a longer-term risk, it does not mean the AI story has peaked yet: Opportunities still exist benefiting NVDA, AVGO, MRVL, AMD, and MU.

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