Here's my watchlist for the next meaningful pullback:
$Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd(CRDO)$
$Applied Optoelectronics(AAOI)$
The framework balances high-gamma beta plays with names that have more secular, institutional moats.
The hierarchy is functional: CRDO and AAOI serve as high-velocity proxies for 800G optical infrastructure. AAOI's recent June updates highlight mid-year capacity expansions, heading toward a $1.1B annualized revenue runway. Meanwhile, GOOG and MU act as structural anchors, capitalizing on full-stack LLM ecosystems and non-negotiable HBM memory demand. Even legacy 5G/6G networking giant NOK could offer deep value on a macro flush.
As the broader market looks for its next local floor, I'm weighing whether to focus more on the explosive capacity scaling potential of AAOI or the relative safety of GOOG.
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