AI and private-market excess creates equity-market fragility

Conviction: 74% · Horizon: 2Y · 2026-05-25
Private valuation marks and AI spending can hide balance-sheet and margin risks

Aggressive private-market marks, index-driven exit liquidity, private-credit opacity, and wasteful AI infrastructure spending can weaken reported earnings quality and increase drawdown risk in highly valued technology-adjacent assets.

Instrument Side Target Reason
ARKK Short We believe richly valued innovation equities are exposed to multiple compression if AI monetization disappoints, private-market marks reset lower, and funding costs remain elevated.

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