What Would You Do With $3 Million? (EP. 451)

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Feb 11, 2026

They debate a shifting bull market with narrow leadership and surprising strength in staples and small caps. They talk about massive hyperscaler CapEx, AI reshaping software moats, and Anthropic’s impact on the narrative. They cover a crypto sell-off and practical Bitcoin sizing. They weigh a $3M house versus a $3M portfolio and argue about airline rankings and modern parenting time.

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ADVICE

Don’t Catch Falling Knives Blindly

Avoid buying stocks simply because they look stabilized after a long downtrend; wait for confirmed trend reversal.
Prefer buying on visible liquidity exhaustion or panic rather than sideways consolidation alone.

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ADVICE

Exit Quickly When Your Trade Fails

If you buy into distressed large-cap names, use very tight stops and accept small losses quickly.
Don't 'blindly buy' stocks down 50% without a disciplined exit strategy.

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ANECDOTE

Company Built Bespoke Software To Avoid Price Hikes

A NYC parking operator switched from a vendor to a bespoke system to avoid price hikes, illustrating AI-enabled insourcing.
The story shows some firms will build custom solutions when vendor leverage becomes intolerable.

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Market breadth and unusual weekly action

01:54 • 3min

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Large single-session stock declines and context

04:42 • 2min

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Sector leadership shifts and staples surge

06:25 • 3min

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Household-name drawdowns and concentration risk

09:10 • 2min

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Index tenure and investor rotations to the Dow

11:14 • 2min

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Value’s big outperformance and small-cap breakouts

13:01 • 2min

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Buying panic—timing trades in software and IGV

14:45 • 3min

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Anthropic, AI narrative, and software re-rating

17:18 • 6min

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Ben Thompson’s case: AI, code generation, and software moats

23:24 • 4min

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Private credit and software loan exposure risks

27:14 • 2min

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Hyperscaler CapEx splurge and economic implications

29:40 • 6min

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AI winners, ROI evidence, and real-economy beneficiaries

35:11 • 3min

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Emerging markets, dollar decline, and international case

37:54 • 2min

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AI adoption metrics and small-cap earnings lift

40:18 • 3min

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AI assistants and personal discomforts

43:17 • 1min

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Using Claude for market analysis

44:23 • 3min

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Crypto sell-off, Bitcoin trades, and personal sizing

47:11 • 4min

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Prediction markets and alternatives to options speculation

50:52 • 8min

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House versus portfolio thought experiment

58:56 • 3min

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Airline rankings and travel experiences

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Parenting time trends and overinvolvement

01:03:32 • 5min

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Email etiquette pet peeves and red receipts

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Weekend, shows, and media recommendations

01:11:57 • 6min

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Show wrap-up and market outlook

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