AI, Private Credit, and the Return of Easy Money with Brooks Cutright, Portfolio Manager at Hedgeye Asset Management | Ep #247

The AI trade just suffered a major semiconductor sell-off—but is this the beginning of the end, or a buying opportunity inside a long-term bull market? In this episode of Payne Points of Wealth with Brooks Cutright, Portfolio Manager at Hedgeye Asset Management, we uncover the hidden forces driving Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Micron, SanDisk and other major technology stocks. The recent volatility may have less to do with collapsing AI demand and more to do with index rebalancing, ETF flows, and hedge funds positioning around hundreds of billions of dollars in predictable trades. But the bigger question is impossible to ignore: Will the trillions being spent on artificial intelligence ever pay for themselves? Big Tech companies are pouring massive amounts of capital into AI chips, data centers and computing infrastructure—even as questions grow about adoption, monetization and return on investment. If computing power becomes a low-margin commodity, today’s biggest AI spenders may not become tomorrow’s biggest winners. In this episode: • What really caused the semiconductor stock sell-off • How index rebalancing forces funds to sell mega-cap tech • How hedge funds profit from predictable market flows • Whether Nvidia and the AI trade are entering bubble territory • Why hyperscalers may struggle to monetize AI spending • The “picks and shovels” companies making money from the AI arms race • Why private credit could be hiding the market’s biggest leverage risk • How to find companies before they enter the S&P 500 • Why power producers and infrastructure stocks may offer a better AI opportunity than semiconductor stocks The ultimate AI winners may not be the companies spending the most money. They may be the businesses using AI to lower costs, improve productivity and expand profit margins. If you’ve saved more than $1 million for retirement, Payne Capital Management will run a complimentary Total Financial Master Plan covering your investments, retirement income, diversification, fees and tax strategy.