Chip Stock Investor Podcast

NVIDIA stock: Jensen Huang is out as CEO and shares have plunged. Do you sell, buy the dip, or wait?In this video: why we’re holding our NVDA position without adding to it, why interim CEO Colette Kress and NVIDIA’s long-tenured leadership team offer more continuity than the headlines suggest, and where we’re putting new money instead.After a rollercoaster week that saw NVIDIA drop more than 10% at Thursday’s open following Jensen Huang’s exit, Nick and Kasey give their unfiltered take on the media frenzy and the market fallout.NVIDIA lost its charismatic leader, but Colette Kress and Jensen’s lieutenants are still in place. We’re waiting for Tuesday’s update before making any move, because the rule still holds: panic early or not at all. In the meantime, we’re buying quality companies on the dip and keeping our portfolio diversified beyond semiconductors.Chapters0:00 - Friday the 13th: A Brutal Week for Nvidia Investors0:45 - Why Media Speculation Is Hurting Investors3:00 - What We Know vs. What We Don’t4:30 - Our NVDA Position: Panic Early or Not at All5:30 - Colette Kress and Nvidia’s Leadership Continuity6:45 - Where We’re Adding Instead: Diversifying Beyond Semis8:15 - The AI CapEx Boom and Chip Stocks Without Staying Power10:15 - Buy the Dip, but Only on Quality11:30 - Outlook: A Mid-Bull-Market Crisis, Not a New Cycle— LINKS & RESOURCES —Join Semi Insider — $120/yearSemi Insider is Chip Stock Investor's paid research service: all research as it happens, the CSI 100 + quarterly outlook, dashboard tools (Compare Companies, Reverse DCF, supply-chain mapping), weekly live Q&A, portfolio moves before execution, and the private Discord.Join: https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricingFree demo: https://demo.chipstockinvestor.com/All our links & socials: https://linktr.ee/chipstockinvestorContent in this video is for general information or entertainment only and is not specific or individual investment advice. Forecasts and information presented may not develop as predicted and there is no guarantee any strategies presented will be successful. All investing involves risk, and you could lose some or all of your principal.CSI owns shares of Nvidia as of publication. Positions can change without notice.#NVIDIA #JensenHuang #Semiconductors

Rocket Lab stock: Record Q3 2026 revenue and a $3.6B backlog, but is it a buy with Neutron delayed to 2027 and the share count up 25%?In this video: what drove Rocket Lab’s record quarter, how the Iridium acquisition is being funded, and why our valuation model still has us waiting for a better entry.Sponsored by Fiscal.ai. See disclosure in the sponsor block below.Rocket Lab grew Q3 revenue to $268M (from $155M a year ago), and its backlog more than tripled to about $3.6B, led by Electron and HASTE launch contracts. It also sold new stock to fund the roughly $3B cash portion of the Iridium deal. Neutron’s slip to 2027, a 25% rise in shares outstanding and Iridium’s debt to refinance all weigh on the thesis. At a market cap near $40B, we’re keeping Rocket Lab on watch with a price target in the high $40s.Chapters0:00 - Why Rocket Lab’s Q3 Report Mattered (Neutron, Iridium, Globalstar)1:20 - Q3 2026 Earnings Snapshot: Record Revenue & Backlog1:50 - The End-to-End Space Economy Thesis2:50 - Revenue Breakdown: Space Systems vs. Launch Services3:30 - Path to $1B Revenue & 41% Adjusted Gross Margin5:10 - $3.6B Backlog: Electron, HASTE & Neutron Contracts8:00 - Balance Sheet, Stock Sale & 25% Dilution9:00 - Iridium Deal Economics: Revenue, Debt & Free Cash Flow11:00 - Valuation: Pro Forma Model & Our Price Target12:15 - Risks We’re Watching & Why RKLB Stays on Watch— LINKS & RESOURCES —Join Semi Insider — $120/yearSemi Insider is Chip Stock Investor's paid research service: all research as it happens, the CSI 100 + quarterly outlook, dashboard tools (Compare Companies, Reverse DCF, supply-chain mapping), weekly live Q&A, portfolio moves before execution, and the private Discord.Join: https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricingFree demo: https://demo.chipstockinvestor.com/Sponsor — Fiscal.aiThis video is sponsored by Fiscal.ai, the financial data platform we use at Chip Stock Investor. Get 15% off any paid plan: https://fiscal.ai/csiDisclosure: That is an affiliate link — if you sign up, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It helps support the channel.All our links & socials: https://linktr.ee/chipstockinvestorContent in this video is for general information or entertainment only and is not specific or individual investment advice. Forecasts and information presented may not develop as predicted and there is no guarantee any strategies presented will be successful. All investing involves risk, and you could lose some or all of your principal.CSI doesn't own shares of Rocket Lab as of publication. Positions can change without notice.#RocketLab #SpaceStocks #Semiconductors

Nvidia stock: Is the Jensen Huang scandal a threat to the investment thesis, or is the real risk regulatory?In this video: what’s on Nvidia’s calendar next week (Q3 earnings on Nov 17 and a closed-door congressional briefing on Nov 18), what the board’s independent investigation says about governance, and which companies could feel the ripple effects.The AI trade selloff got messier over the weekend. House committee chairs asked Jensen Huang to appear at a closed-door briefing about his relationship with Alice Huang and Megaspeed, after reports alleging she has ties to Chinese intelligence. Nvidia’s board then launched an independent investigation overseen by outside counsel. We think it’s too early to call a hit to Nvidia’s financials or market share, since data center demand isn’t going away and someone will fill it. Our main concern now is governance gaps that could invite regulatory action. That risk would also reach CoreWeave, Nvidia’s suppliers, and companies it has invested in, like Coherent, Lumentum and Corning.Chapters0:00 - Why the AI Trade Sold Off on November 50:40 - Congress Requests a Closed-Door Briefing With Jensen Huang1:25 - Nvidia Q3 Earnings Land the Day Before2:15 - Inside the Board’s Independent Investigation3:15 - Who’s on Nvidia’s Board, and the Questions We’d Ask4:15 - Market Share Fears vs. the Real Regulatory Risk5:30 - Downside Ripple Effect: CoreWeave and Nvidia’s Suppliers6:40 - Is AI Data Center Demand Actually at Risk?— LINKS & RESOURCES —Join Semi Insider — $120/yearSemi Insider is Chip Stock Investor's paid research service: all research as it happens, the CSI 100 + quarterly outlook, dashboard tools (Compare Companies, Reverse DCF, supply-chain mapping), weekly live Q&A, portfolio moves before execution, and the private Discord.Join: https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricingFree demo: https://demo.chipstockinvestor.com/All our links & socials: https://linktr.ee/chipstockinvestorContent in this video is for general information or entertainment only and is not specific or individual investment advice. Forecasts and information presented may not develop as predicted and there is no guarantee any strategies presented will be successful. All investing involves risk, and you could lose some or all of your principal.CSI owns shares of Nvidia as of publication. Positions can change without notice.

In this video: why a slowdown in new data center builds could favor companies that already own capacity, how existing data centers can keep growing through compute, power, and cooling upgrades, and what stood out from Arista Networks and Monolithic Power Systems in Q3 2026 earnings.Local opposition to new data center construction is growing in some states. That trend was already underway before the midterms, and this week it moved into focus. A halt on new builds is a very different problem from limits on data centers that are already built or running. Owners of existing capacity, especially the hyperscalers, gain an advantage, and spending can keep flowing into next-gen racks, high-voltage power, liquid cooling, and building expansions. A slowdown could also push the CapEx cycle toward a healthier phase, where cloud and AI revenue grows faster than spending.🎙️ Part of our interview with Jacob Goldstein, referenced in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s52tSnAOSdcThe full interview is available to Semiconductor Insider members at https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricingChapters0:00 - Data Center Pushback: Why This Isn’t a New Trend2:00 - New Builds vs. Existing Data Centers: Two Different Risks2:55 - Why Hyperscalers With Existing Capacity Could Win3:45 - Upgrading Compute Inside the Same Walls (Vera Rubin)5:00 - High-Voltage Power, Liquid Cooling & Building Upgrades8:10 - Relocation Options and the CapEx-to-Revenue Turn9:30 - Arista Networks Q3: Expanding Beyond Ethernet13:00 - Monolithic Power Q3: Growth Plus Profitability14:15 - Thesis Recap: Why the AI Build-Out Continues— LINKS & RESOURCES —Join Semi Insider — $120/yearSemi Insider is Chip Stock Investor's paid research service: all research as it happens, the CSI 100 + quarterly outlook, dashboard tools (Compare Companies, Reverse DCF, supply-chain mapping), weekly live Q&A, portfolio moves before execution, and the private Discord.Join: https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricingFree demo: https://demo.chipstockinvestor.com/All our links & socials: https://linktr.ee/chipstockinvestorContent in this video is for general information or entertainment only and is not specific or individual investment advice. Forecasts and information presented may not develop as predicted and there is no guarantee any strategies presented will be successful. All investing involves risk, and you could lose some or all of your principal.CSI owns shares of Arista Networks and Monolithic Power Systems as of publication. Positions can change without notice.

Join our weekly live Q&A for exclusive sessions like this one! https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricing #pricingAnthropic stock: Is the IPO of the year worth buying on day one, or is it better to wait?In this video: what Anthropic’s S-1 reveals about its share structure and voting control, how its revenue and margins have scaled in 2026, and why we’re sticking to our one-year IPO rule.Anthropic made $16.9 billion in Q3 2026 alone, more than its entire first half of the year. Its adjusted operating margin turned positive (19% in Q2), and it now earns about $2.08 in revenue for every dollar spent on compute. The catches: Class F and Class T shares keep the Amodeis in control of the board, there are $266 billion in purchase commitments stretching into the 2040s, and a likely $1.5–2 trillion valuation. That’s why we’d treat any IPO allocation as a short-term trade rather than a long-term buy.Chapters0:00 - Why the Anthropic IPO Matters for Chip Investors1:05 - AI Labs and the Five-Layer Cake3:10 - Biggest Risk: PBC, LTBT and Super-Voting Shares5:40 - Q3 Revenue and the Path to Operating Breakeven7:15 - The $80.7B Net Loss Is Mostly Non-Cash9:25 - How Anthropic Makes Money: Tokens vs. Subscriptions11:55 - Revenue per Dollar of Compute and Adjusted Margins14:15 - Customers, Competitors and the Cloud Provider Tax19:35 - Balance Sheet and $266B in Purchase Commitments22:20 - Are We Buying the IPO? Valuation and Our Plan— LINKS & RESOURCES —Join Semi Insider — $120/year through November 30, 2026!Semi Insider is Chip Stock Investor's paid research service: all research as it happens, the CSI 100 + quarterly outlook, dashboard tools (Compare Companies, Reverse DCF, supply-chain mapping), weekly live Q&A, portfolio moves before execution, and the private Discord.Join: https://chipstockinvestor.com/features-and-pricingFree demo: https://demo.chipstockinvestor.com/All our links & socials: https://linktr.ee/chipstockinvestorContent in this video is for general information or entertainment only and is not specific or individual investment advice. Forecasts and information presented may not develop as predicted and there is no guarantee any strategies presented will be successful. All investing involves risk, and you could lose some or all of your principal.