The GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF, which tracks NVIDIA's stock performance with double leverage, plummeted 5.05% in pre-market trading on Monday. This sharp decline reflects growing concerns over NVIDIA's valuation and the sustainability of the AI rally that has propelled the chipmaker's stock to record highs this year.
The sell-off appears to be driven by several factors. Notably, Peter Thiel's hedge fund, Thiel Macro LLC, has completely liquidated its stake in NVIDIA, selling all 537,742 shares valued at approximately $100 million. This move follows a similar divestment by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp., which sold its NVIDIA holdings for $5.83 billion in October. These high-profile exits have sparked fears of an AI investment bubble, with some investors now questioning whether NVIDIA's meteoric rise has been overdone.
Adding to the pressure is a broader cooling off in the AI rally, which some Wall Street strategists are characterizing as a technical correction rather than a fundamental breakdown. The tech-heavy Nasdaq has experienced significant swings recently as investors pull back from this year's AI darlings and reassess market expectations. With NVIDIA's Q3 earnings report due this week, market volatility may intensify as investors anxiously await guidance on the company's AI-driven growth prospects and potential impacts from recent U.S. chip export restrictions to China.
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