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Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives stated in a CNBC interview that the Nasdaq index is expected to rise to 30,000 points within the next year. Technology company earnings reports have been strong overall, easing market anxiety and reigniting investor enthusiasm for the prospects of artificial intelligence capital expenditure. Ives remarked, "This earnings season confirms the logic of the AI bull market... We are well aware that skeptics will always insist on being pessimistic."
Dan Ives, Managing Director at Wedbush Securities, stated on CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Monday that the Nasdaq index is poised to climb to 30,000 points within the next year, driven by technology companies' earnings reports exceeding expectations and boosting sentiment in the AI sector. The robust performance of technology firms during this earnings season has completely reversed the panic sentiment seen at the beginning of the year, with investors now turning comprehensively optimistic about the prospects for AI infrastructure development. As of Friday's close, the Nasdaq Composite Index stood at 26,247.08 points, marking a year-to-date gain of 12.93%. Ives noted, "This earnings season perfectly validates the logic of the AI bull market. Currently, there is a tenfold gap between chip supply and demand, and the artificial intelligence revolution is still in its early stages. We have long known that skeptics will ultimately persist in their pessimism." Michael Burry, famous for "The Big Short," warned on Friday that the current market frenzy for AI is beginning to resemble the final stages of the dot-com bubble. Burry wrote, "Today, stock market movements are no longer driven by employment data or consumer confidence; prices continue to rise simply because they are rising. Everyone thinks they understand this simple two-letter logic (AI)... The atmosphere is reminiscent of the final frenzied months of the 1999-2000 internet bubble." However, Ives remains bullish on the AI market, expecting it to continue for another two years. He pointed out that the rapid construction of AI infrastructure has generated unprecedented demand for memory chips, leading to a super-cycle. "For memory giants like SK Hynix, we are extremely optimistic about the current industry conditions." Ives believes that investment should be spread across the entire industry chain: "It is essential to heavily invest in major cloud technology giants, with chips at the core, while also allocating funds to software, cybersecurity, infrastructure, power, and other sectors. One should not focus solely on a single sub-sector but rather seize derivative opportunities across the entire industry chain." Over the past month, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (which includes 30 leading U.S. chip companies) has surged by 38%; stocks such as Intel, NVIDIA, Apple, and Google have all recorded double-digit gains. Paul Tudor Jones, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Tudor Investment, also stated on a CNBC program on Thursday that the AI-driven bull market still has room to grow, but a significant valuation correction cannot be ruled out in the future.
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