Reichmuth: AI spending stays high, but tech stocks hinge on revenue and margin payoff
Reuters2026/08/07 07:58- Reichmuth & Co flagged AI capex as a key market driver, with stock performance increasingly tied to revenue gains and margin expansion.
- Recent declines in some AI-linked stocks seen as valuation normalization, not an end to the AI cycle; benefits expected to broaden beyond chipmakers.
- Equity leadership has rotated since mid-May from expensive US tech and semiconductors toward pharmaceuticals and financials, shifting focus to earnings and cash flow.
- Rising long-term US Treasury yields, Middle East escalation risk, August-October seasonality, US midterm elections seen as raising pullback odds.
- Recommended selectivity, disciplined rebalancing, continued AI exposure; favored pharma and biotech for defensiveness, kept conventional energy as a hedge.
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