Super El Niño 2026-27: What Is Mispriced, What the Vehicles Actually Earn, and When to Leave
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Six new working research drafts synthesize the original Ideas and dated primary evidence. They are not presented as previously published author calls or current trading instructions.
The investment question is how much of today's memory profitability survives the next capacity response. HBM qualification and product mix can extend the earnings cycle, but record margins are a starting point for stress testing.
High memory profits can fund another wave of equipment spending. The trade needs orders, process intensity and customer budgets to confirm the lag; a memory share-price rally is not an equipment order.
Autonomous vehicles create a bargaining contest between the fleet and the demand platform. Uber's opportunity is to improve fleet utilization while retaining profitable customer access; availability alone does not prove either.
Generation, electrical equipment and skilled installation sit at different points on the same power-delivery path. The opportunity is profitable conversion of a funded project; adding every backlog figure together double-counts that project.
AGRO is a leveraged sugar-and-fertilizer earnings bridge. Weather only becomes an equity thesis after production, realized prices, hedges, costs, debt and minority interests are accounted for.
The author changed the position when the price changed. The next step is to test whether cooling content, conversion margins and cash generation justify the new valuation, rather than treating a drawdown as the thesis.
Private credit, the Athene flywheel and a valuation discount.
China internet, cloud economics and capital allocation.
Unit economics, competitive dynamics and the growth runway.
Published reports and investment pitches sit alongside the working thesis archive. Open a thesis to inspect evidence, valuation, catalysts and the conditions that would invalidate it.
Model, variant view, valuation, catalysts, kill criteria and a published note. Only these are featured on the homepage and scored as theses; closed ones keep their realised result.
A sugar-plus-urea vehicle, not a pure sugar one: 84% of FY27 sugar is unhedged, so each cent above 17.4c flows to EBITDA, but the bear case is as much about urea at $450/t and a 5.0x multiple on $1.95bn of net debt as about sugar. Fairly priced with positive skew — a low-weight convex overlay whose job is the bull case.
A sugar-plus-urea vehicle, not a pure sugar one: 84% of FY27 sugar is unhedged, so each cent above 17.4c flows to EBITDA, but the bear case is as much about urea at $450/t and a 5.0x multiple on $1.95bn of net debt as about sugar. Fairly priced with positive skew — a low-weight convex overlay whose job is the bull case.
$3.2 / $13.6 / $22.3 at 25 / 50 / 25%; probability-weighted $13.2 — +8% against the $12.19 price when Issue #8 was published, +26% against the $10.50 average cost the card is scored from.
Strength is consensus; phase is the edge. Every agency has the strongest event since 1950 as its base case, so the event itself is priced. What is half-priced is the India-data premium in Mar-27 raw sugar (our 21.0c against a 19.05c forward, with fatter tails on both sides), and what is unpriced is that sugar reverses at the ONI peak unless India turns net importer — so the position needs an exit rule before end-January 2027. Grains and fertilizers are not on the transmission chain; palm oil is, but after the peak.
Strength is consensus; phase is the edge. Every agency has the strongest event since 1950 as its base case, so the event itself is priced. What is half-priced is the India-data premium in Mar-27 raw sugar (our 21.0c against a 19.05c forward, with fatter tails on both sides), and what is unpriced is that sugar reverses at the ONI peak unless India turns net importer — so the position needs an exit rule before end-January 2027. Grains and fertilizers are not on the transmission chain; palm oil is, but after the peak.
Mar-27 scenarios 15 / 21.5 / 26c at 25 / 50 / 25% → 21.0c probability-weighted vs the 19.05c forward. CANE $9.83 / $12.67 / $14.63; AGRO $3.2 / $13.6 / $22.3; BG $69 / $112 / $155. The illustrative structure the numbers support is a small CANE position with a smaller AGRO overlay, sized jointly as one sugar factor.
The strongest mispricings in the AI-power complex are absolute, not relative. GEV's 110 GW backlog against 24 GW a year of capacity locks in roughly 4.6 years of production through 2032 even in a bear capex scenario, against the 13% revenue CAGR consensus assumes.
The strongest mispricings in the AI-power complex are absolute, not relative. GEV's 110 GW backlog against 24 GW a year of capacity locks in roughly 4.6 years of production through 2032 even in a bear capex scenario, against the 13% revenue CAGR consensus assumes.
Sizing proposed in the note: GEV 5%, HUBB 4%, ETN 4%, EME 3%, AGX 3%, ACM 2%.
Conditional. Bunge is selling its Brazilian sugar mills that would have made it a fit; what it offers is crush-margin optionality, and crush margins are strong for non-El Niño reasons (RVO clarity, a record July crush). Attractive below $110 or on oilseed confirmation: Australian canola losses, a narrower palm–soy spread, a lasting Black Sea premium.
Conditional. Bunge is selling its Brazilian sugar mills that would have made it a fit; what it offers is crush-margin optionality, and crush margins are strong for non-El Niño reasons (RVO clarity, a record July crush). Attractive below $110 or on oilseed confirmation: Australian canola losses, a narrower palm–soy spread, a lasting Black Sea premium.
$69 / $112 / $155; probability-weighted $112, −11% vs $125.32 (+2.4% dividend).
The core expression, but a front-month comparison overstates it. After the 29 September roll CANE holds May-27, Jul-27 and Mar-28, which capture 69–80% of the Mar-27 move in our scenario curves; contract by contract the fund earns −14.1% / +10.8% / +27.9% net of carry, a probability-weighted +8.8%, not the +16% the first edition implied.
The core expression, but a front-month comparison overstates it. After the 29 September roll CANE holds May-27, Jul-27 and Mar-28, which capture 69–80% of the Mar-27 move in our scenario curves; contract by contract the fund earns −14.1% / +10.8% / +27.9% net of carry, a probability-weighted +8.8%, not the +16% the first edition implied.
$9.83 / $12.67 / $14.63 at 25 / 50 / 25%; probability-weighted $12.45, +8.6% against $11.46.
The market prices AI as a cost centre and a competitive threat to Microsoft. It is an accelerant: Microsoft controls both the productivity layer and the infrastructure layer, and the disruption narrative widens the moat rather than eroding it.
The market prices AI as a cost centre and a competitive threat to Microsoft. It is an accelerant: Microsoft controls both the productivity layer and the infrastructure layer, and the disruption narrative widens the moat rather than eroding it.
A widening-moat compounder at a multiple that underestimates the AI monetisation cycle. Positioning per Issue #5: add on weakness.
Litigation headlines are being priced as near-terminal risk. The Athene flywheel and private credit's structural growth are worth multiples of the current price, and the discount to Blackstone and KKR has no fundamental basis.
Litigation headlines are being priced as near-terminal risk. The Athene flywheel and private credit's structural growth are worth multiples of the current price, and the discount to Blackstone and KKR has no fundamental basis.
5.5x EV/EBITDA at pitch. Target $155 on FY2027 FRE + SRE of $19.20 per share.
A blanket EM and political discount is being applied to the world's lowest-cost offshore producer. The feared governance outcomes are largely priced; actual execution since 2023 has surprised positively.
A blanket EM and political discount is being applied to the world's lowest-cost offshore producer. The feared governance outcomes are largely priced; actual execution since 2023 has surprised positively.
3–4x EV/EBITDA and ~15% yield at pitch. Re-rating toward EM oil peers implies +60–80%.
An $18–20 a barrel Hormuz risk premium against a 2026 supply surplus: the IEA projected supply +2.5mb/d against demand +930kb/d, and consensus had Brent at $63.85 for the year. Defined-risk puts replaced the decaying SCO.
An $18–20 a barrel Hormuz risk premium against a 2026 supply surplus: the IEA projected supply +2.5mb/d against demand +930kb/d, and consensus had Brent at $63.85 for the year. Defined-risk puts replaced the decaying SCO.
Closed Apr 3, 2026 at $4.20 against $6.50 paid: −35%. Post-mortem in Track Record.
Sold down 30% on sector contagion despite zero Hormuz exposure and domestic fuel sourcing. This is the long side of the oil view: own the beneficiary of lower jet fuel rather than the commodity.
Sold down 30% on sector contagion despite zero Hormuz exposure and domestic fuel sourcing. This is the long side of the oil view: own the beneficiary of lower jet fuel rather than the commodity.
Target revised to $62–65; stop-loss $40.
Priced as a fading e-commerce incumbent. The cloud and AI re-acceleration and the Qwen agentic platform are not in the multiple, and near-term margin compression is a deliberate investment cycle rather than structural decay.
Priced as a fading e-commerce incumbent. The cloud and AI re-acceleration and the Qwen agentic platform are not in the multiple, and near-term margin compression is a deliberate investment cycle rather than structural decay.
~9x EV/EBITDA at pitch. Target $185 (+44.5% from ~$128).
The market still prices Luckin on legacy fraud risk and OTC liquidity. Underneath is a data-driven store machine growing 56% a year, halfway through its expansion cycle, with unit economics Starbucks cannot match in China.
The market still prices Luckin on legacy fraud risk and OTC liquidity. Underneath is a data-driven store machine growing 56% a year, halfway through its expansion cycle, with unit economics Starbucks cannot match in China.
19x P/E at pitch. Target $147.20 (+291% from $37.69) over a three-year hold.
Names that are held or watched with the research not yet complete: the reasoning is recorded in the same fields, but there is no full model or published note behind them yet, so they are not scored as theses. A position note graduates when the write-up is done; the next one in the queue is the AMAT / LRCX wafer-fab-equipment model.
Memory capex follows memory pricing with a lag. With HBM and DRAM pricing at records, the equipment cycle has further to run than the multiples of AMAT and LRCX imply; the market is pricing the current capex level as the peak.
Memory capex follows memory pricing with a lag. With HBM and DRAM pricing at records, the equipment cycle has further to run than the multiples of AMAT and LRCX imply; the market is pricing the current capex level as the peak.
Multiples at entry not published; the sizing assumes flat-to-up 2027 WFE guidance from both companies.
Between May and August the book was rotated out of EM value, energy, hyperscalers and the Japan basket into memory (MU 30%), wafer-fab equipment (AMAT 10%, LRCX 5%), data-center power (VRT 10%), China travel (TCOM 10%) and gold (GLD 30%), with 5% cash. Ten positions were closed: six for gains, three for losses, one flat.
Between May and August the book was rotated out of EM value, energy, hyperscalers and the Japan basket into memory (MU 30%), wafer-fab equipment (AMAT 10%, LRCX 5%), data-center power (VRT 10%), China travel (TCOM 10%) and gold (GLD 30%), with 5% cash. Ten positions were closed: six for gains, three for losses, one flat.
The pipeline is now focused on opportunities outside technology to rebalance the book over the next quarter.
HBM is bespoke, high-margin memory that scales with every GPU generation, not commodity DRAM. The first position exited at $155 on a prior-cycle ceiling that proved wrong; the re-entry at $367 was built into a 30% position as the cycle confirmed.
HBM is bespoke, high-margin memory that scales with every GPU generation, not commodity DRAM. The first position exited at $155 on a prior-cycle ceiling that proved wrong; the re-entry at $367 was built into a 30% position as the cycle confirmed.
Re-entered Apr 3 at $366.79 and added through September; the holdings table carries the broker average cost. No target published; the position is sized on the view that HBM pricing holds through the next GPU generation.
The palm chain has the best base rate in the theme (peak → +6 months median +12%) and no US-listed vehicle, and its clock is the opposite of sugar's: price highs came 5–13 months after the ONI peak because trees respond to drought with a lag, and Indonesia's B50 mandate (1 October) removes 16–17 Mt from the export market on top of the weather. A 2027 story to be built after the December CPC confirmation, not before.
The palm chain has the best base rate in the theme (peak → +6 months median +12%) and no US-listed vehicle, and its clock is the opposite of sugar's: price highs came 5–13 months after the ONI peak because trees respond to drought with a lag, and Indonesia's B50 mandate (1 October) removes 16–17 Mt from the export market on top of the weather. A 2027 story to be built after the December CPC confirmation, not before.
Not valued yet. A first-half-2027 note would take the planters through the same bridge as AGRO: CPO price → realised price after levies → EBITDA per hectare → multiple. Stocks above 3.0 Mt with CPO below RM4,200 would say the 2027 narrative is early.
Issue #7 passed on VRT at 51x on valuation, not on the business: data-center power and thermal management remain the most direct picks-and-shovels exposure to the AI buildout. The stock is 21% below its Apr 24 price of $323, and the position reverses the earlier call on price.
Issue #7 passed on VRT at 51x on valuation, not on the business: data-center power and thermal management remain the most direct picks-and-shovels exposure to the AI buildout. The stock is 21% below its Apr 24 price of $323, and the position reverses the earlier call on price.
Entry about $256. The multiple at entry is not published; the thesis is that the de-rating has removed the objection raised in April.
The book's non-tech leg. Against a 45% semiconductor sleeve, gold is the one large position whose driver is not the AI capex cycle: the cross-market signal from the Iran-war episode (Treasuries and gold pricing more risk than equities) has not resolved, and central-bank buying supports the bid on drawdowns.
The book's non-tech leg. Against a 45% semiconductor sleeve, gold is the one large position whose driver is not the AI capex cycle: the cross-market signal from the Iran-war episode (Treasuries and gold pricing more risk than equities) has not resolved, and central-bank buying supports the bid on drawdowns.
No target: the position is sized for its correlation, not its upside.
The regulatory overhang on China internet is priced far more severely than the actual policy environment. Trip.com is the dominant online travel agency in the world's largest outbound market with an under-penetrated inbound corridor, and earnings power sits well above consensus.
The regulatory overhang on China internet is priced far more severely than the actual policy environment. Trip.com is the dominant online travel agency in the world's largest outbound market with an under-penetrated inbound corridor, and earnings power sits well above consensus.
Multiple at pitch not published.
The market fears autonomous vehicles will destroy Uber. Uber is more likely to be the distribution layer for robotaxi fleets: AV operators do not want to run supply, insurance, support and demand aggregation at scale.
The market fears autonomous vehicles will destroy Uber. Uber is more likely to be the distribution layer for robotaxi fleets: AV operators do not want to run supply, insurance, support and demand aggregation at scale.
Thesis only; not held and no target published.
Valued on current-year GAAP losses while the market ignores the magnitude of GTA VI. Generative AI cuts content development cost rather than threatening the franchise; the disruption fear is backwards.
Valued on current-year GAAP losses while the market ignores the magnitude of GTA VI. Generative AI cuts content development cost rather than threatening the franchise; the disruption fear is backwards.
Thesis only; not held and no target published.
Treasuries, commodities and equities are pricing the Iran shock with very different levels of pessimism. If bonds are right, gold has further to reprice, and Barrick has lagged even the move gold has already made.
Treasuries, commodities and equities are pricing the Iran shock with very different levels of pessimism. If bonds are right, gold has further to reprice, and Barrick has lagged even the move gold has already made.
Expressed in the portfolio through GLD (30%) rather than Barrick equity; no price target published.
The stock lags a fundamental re-rating already underway: record backlog, recovering margins and direct exposure to grid modernisation and renewable transmission.
The stock lags a fundamental re-rating already underway: record backlog, recovering margins and direct exposure to grid modernisation and renewable transmission.
Consistency note: Issue #7 (Apr 24, 2026) screens MTZ as 'avoid' at 44x NTM. This position predates that note and its status is under review.
Consensus models Energy & Transportation as a cyclical segment. The data-center power buildout makes it a multi-year growth driver, and reshoring capex is layered on top.
Consensus models Energy & Transportation as a cyclical segment. The data-center power buildout makes it a multi-year growth driver, and reshoring capex is layered on top.
Reasonable multiple relative to earnings power; E&T growth not in consensus.
Copper equities have decoupled from a copper price holding near multi-year highs. Two supply constraints absent from consensus models, DRC sulphuric acid and South American labour, tighten the market further.
Copper equities have decoupled from a copper price holding near multi-year highs. Two supply constraints absent from consensus models, DRC sulphuric acid and South American labour, tighten the market further.
Position reduced from the original size; monitoring for re-add.
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