Signal over Noise: What history tells us about the next market leaders

Every technology shift redraws the market leaderboard. From mainframe to PC, to internet and mobile, history shows it is not only about what stocks to own, but also what stocks not to own. Incumbents rarely win the next era, while profits shift to platforms and networks built on top of the hardware layer. In AI, companies fastest to reach platform mode, combining intelligence and application layers, are likely to define the next generation of market leaders.