Full Signal The WINNING stocks for the AI chip boom! | Adam Parker
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Mar 2, 2026 
Adam Parker, founder and CEO of Trivariate Research and former Morgan Stanley chief U.S. equity strategist, brings macro, quant and fundamental expertise. He discusses sizing AI sell-offs and data-center risks. He breaks semiconductors into detailed buckets and explains why he prefers analogs and processors over memory. He also covers hedging AI exposure and why healthcare earns a high-conviction overweight.
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Semiconductors Over Software For Now
- Adam Parker favors semiconductors over software because software firms will likely miss earnings after investing heavily in AI, compressing gross margins.
- He argues software must invest to attach AI features, raising costs and causing margin pressure across names like Intuit and Salesforce.
Memory Rally Has Equal Upside And Downside
- Memory stocks (Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, Western Digital) have strong near-term earnings but are highly cyclical with symmetric upside/downside risk.
- Parker warns institutions avoid two-year bets with 70% upside and 70% downside and will likely sell into rallies.
Split Semiconductors Into Nine Baskets
- Break the semiconductor complex into granular baskets (they used nine) to track earnings revisions, valuations, and correlations.
- Use NLP on transcripts to cluster mentions (e.g., AI cost cuts) and identify which sub-buckets truly outperform.