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'Nvidia Is Sucking The Oxygen Out Of The Room:' Wealth Manager Says Stocks With 'Good Fundamental Executi

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2024-06-17 14:17

Nvidia is second-best performer among S&P 500 stocks, thanks to its AI exposure, and the strength is expected to last multiple years.

  Tech rally has predominantly fueled the market upside in the current bull run, and a wealth manager said on Saturday that Nvidia Corp. NVDA in particular has drawn investments out of the other sectors and even the rest of the tech stocks.

  Nvidias Far-reaching Impact: “Nvidia is sucking the oxygen out of the room,” said Lumida Wealthco-founder Ram Ahluwaliain a post on X, formerly Twitter.

  Sharing a chart of the S&P 500 sector indices, he said every sector is hurting except tech. The financial advisor also traced back the declines in other stocks to Nvidias strength. “Your [Lululemon Athletica Inc] stock is down because the owner decided to buy $NVDA. Your $SNOW stock is down because the owner decided to buy [NVIDIA].”

  Much against his earlier expectations that the phenomenon would be limited to techs, every sector seems to be impacted, Ahluwalia said. He went a step further and noted that stocks across the Atlantic were also flat-lining due to the Nvidia pull. “I believe the ‘AI story,’ with [NVIDIA] as the leader, is causing the weak breadth stats,” he said.

  Ahluwalia‘s deduction comes amid analysts’ concern over a lack of breadth in the current market rally. Granted, the Nasdaq Composite is at a fresh record and the S&P 500 Index is trading just off its record high. But much of the upside is fueled by the strength in Nvidia, Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL,Amazon.com, Inc.AMZN,Apple Inc.AAPL, Microsoft CorporationMSFT andMeta Platforms, Inc.META – all of which have AI exposure.

  The iShares Russell 2000 ETF IWM, an exchange-traded fund that tracks an index comprising small-cap stocks, is down about 0.5% this year compared to the nearly 14% and 18% gains, respectively, for the broader S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index.

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  “I am surprised by how powerful this effect is,” Ahluwalia said. “If you told me every sector would be down red and Nvidia and AI friends are sucking the oxygen out of the room at this level, I wouldnt have believed it.”

  The Pushback: Ahluwalia said the Nvidia onslaught can hurt even fundamentally sound stocks. “Stock[s] that have good fundamental execution can still decline due to growth to value' transitions,” he said, adding that Lululemon Athletica Inc. LULU is one such stock.

  Market strategists have premised their optimism on the AI-frenzy spearheaded by Nvidia. On Sunday, Evercore ISI chief equity and quantitative strategist Julian Emanuelraised his S&P 500 year-end target to 6,000, which suggests a 26% gain for the index this year. He attributed his positive expectations to ebbing inflation and AI fervor that will likely propel stocks even higher.

  The AI bubble may not burst any time soon, analysts say. Deepwater Asset ManagementsGene Munster expects that the bubble will last at least three to five years.

  In premarket trading on Monday, Nvidia rose 0.67% to $132.77, according to Benzinga Pro data.

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