Billionaire investor Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates made sweeping additions to its AI-related holdings in Q1 2026, deploying more than $1.631 billion into a concentrated set of technology names while trimming two notable positions in the same space. The fund’s latest 13F filing from the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows Bridgewater aggressively expanded its exposure across the AI infrastructure stack during the quarter, opening two new positions and significantly increasing five existing stakes. The largest addition by dollar value was Amazon, where Bridgewater increased its holdings by 125%, adding 2,440,457 AMZN shares and bringing its total stake to 4,388,711…
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Henry Kanapi is a journalist and editor covering the intersection of artificial intelligence, financial markets, and technology disruption. He has sourced, written, and edited thousands of stories on crypto, banking, and macroeconomics as Senior Editor at The Daily Hodl, where he helped shape coverage for an audience of over two million monthly readers. At CapitalAI Daily, Henry brings a decade of newsroom experience to fast-paced reporting on AI breakthroughs, market shifts, fraud cases, and regulatory battles. His focus is on accuracy, clarity, and exposing how money moves in the age of artificial intelligence. Henry’s work has been cited by leading financial outlets, investment firms, and research communities tracking the future of markets. He is committed to a high editorial standard rooted in transparency and trust.
Situational Awareness LP, an AI-focused investment fund, has disclosed one of the most concentrated bearish positions against the semiconductor complex seen in recent 13F filings, placing billions of dollars in put options across eight major chip and technology plays. Fresh 13F data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows Situational Awareness founder Leopold Aschenbrenner’s bearish positioning is spread across the entire semiconductor ecosystem, from chip designers and equipment makers to the broadest semiconductor ETF. As of Q1 of 2026, the firm’s largest single bearish position is against the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) with 5,327,900 puts valued at $2.042…
A sweeping new study from UC Berkeley is raising fresh concerns about what artificial intelligence is doing to the integrity of college grades, finding that the share of A grades surged dramatically after ChatGPT’s release in courses most exposed to AI. The researcher Igor Chirikov analyzed more than 500,000 grades at a large research university spanning 2018 to 2025, using a difference-in-differences design to isolate the impact of AI on grade distributions across courses with varying levels of AI exposure. In courses with more AI-exposed tasks, such as writing and coding, Chirikov says the share of A grades rose by…
Morgan Stanley’s chief cross-asset strategist says the S&P 500 has a meaningful runway ahead, driven by an earnings story that is already delivering at historically strong levels and an AI capital spending cycle that is growing faster than almost anyone anticipated a year ago. In a new episode of Morgan Stanley’s Thoughts on the Market podcast, Serena Tang says the firm’s US equity strategist has set a mid-2027 S&P 500 target of 8,300, supported by expected earnings growth of 23% in 2026 and 12% in 2027. On the earnings picture, Tang says the most recent quarter delivered a striking result.…
Steve Eisman, the investor made famous by his bet against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, says retail traders have not been this aggressively bullish since they were stuck at home with stimulus checks five years ago. In a new episode of The Eisman Playbook, Eisman says the data behind the retail enthusiasm is specific and alarming. “Retail traders are buying calls in CBOE’s MAG10 stocks, which are the big seven, plus AMD, Palantir, and Broadcom, at the heaviest 10-day clip since 2021, according to a report from The Exchange. Of new positions opened, 52% were…
A senior Goldman Sachs executive says the first quarter earnings season was broadly exceptional, but warns that speculative behavior is beginning to emerge in one specific corner of the market that warrants close attention. In a new episode of Goldman Sachs’ Breaks of the Game podcast, Tony Pasquariello, global head of hedge fund coverage at Goldman Sachs, says the overall earnings picture has been strong enough to justify the AI rally, but that signs of excess are starting to appear around the edges. “The Q1 reporting period was every bit terrific. Including the private equity marks, we’re looking at high,…
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says the market is significantly undervaluing Microsoft, and he reveals that he poured more than $2 billion into MSFT last quarter. In a new post on X, Ackman says Pershing Square began building its Microsoft position in February following a meaningful share price decline after the company reported its fiscal Q2 2026 results. Ackman says Pershing Square accumulated 5,654,078 MSFT shares worth $2.092 billion at a valuation of 21 times forward earnings, broadly in line with the broader market multiple. According to Ackman, the market is not currently pricing in Microsoft’s huge stake in the ChatGPT…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has made a series of sweeping portfolio changes, opening a significant new position in one of the world’s largest technology companies while fully exiting stakes across tech and financial services. Fresh 13F data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that Berkshire opened a new position in Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG), acquiring 3,585,215 GOOG shares valued at $1.028 billion, in Q1 of this year. Berkshire also added to its stake in Alphabet’s Class A shares (GOOGL), gobbling up 36,403,656 GOOGL shares worth $10.014 billion last quarter. In total, Berkshire’s stake in Alphabet is…
A new report from Bitget says AI has become a core part of how crypto investors make decisions, with more than half of surveyed users now relying on AI tools to interpret market data across asset classes that extend well beyond digital assets. The Bitget User Asset Allocation Report 2026 combines trading activity data from the exchange with responses from more than 6,000 users globally, painting a picture of a retail investor base that is becoming simultaneously more diversified and more technologically sophisticated. Looking at AI adoption, the crypto exchange finds the shift is already mainstream among active crypto traders.…
A senior Goldman Sachs Asset Management executive says three specific and potentially high-velocity risks are keeping her up at night, even as equity markets continue pushing to new record highs and investor sentiment remains broadly optimistic. In a new episode of Goldman Sachs’ The Exchanges podcast, Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo, global co-head of Multi-Asset Solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, says the risks she is watching are notable not for their probability but for the speed and severity of the damage they could cause if they materialize. “From what keeps me up at night, the probability of these is not equal. But…