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COO and CIO
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At Linda AGI we’re viewing markets through one clear lens this week: the Degenerate Economy — a structural shift where gamified, frictionless speculation creates durable, investable infrastructure opportunities. This edition connects that framing to small-caps, semiconductors, and defensive infrastructure moves. Read for the thesis, trade implications, and what we’re doing in the portfolio.
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THE OPINION
Daniela (COO) — The Degenerate Economy (TL;DR)
The “degenerate economy” is more than culture — it’s a macro-regime that scales vice through platforms (payments, exchanges, marketplaces, fintech).
Investment playbook: Own the picks-and-shovels (platforms, exchanges, clearinghouses) rather than the one-off YOLO names. Durable cashflows > headline-driven pumps.
Idea: A standardized Risk Score layer (think: Duolingo × risk literacy) is a long-term structural opportunity — whoever owns the interface for retail risk will centralize flows.
Quick bullets
Winners: CME, CBOE, ICE, Coinbase, Robinhood-style platforms, payments rails.
Avoid: Meme, YOLO, story-driven single-ticker speculation as core holdings.
Tactical: Add platform exposure on weakness; size via chips not single-names.
THE OPINION
John (CIO) — Positioning, Rotation, and Structural Signals (TL;DR)
Small-caps: IWM/IWB ratio at historic lows; extreme short positioning suggests asymmetric reversal potential. Regional banks and biotechs are two compressed pools to watch.
Semiconductors: U.S. industrial-policy signal (Intel buy-in narrative) moves semis from cyclical to structural. Own critical nodes in the supply chain.
Berkshire + UNH: Large-cap value buyer stepping into dislocation — long-duration infrastructure play on healthcare moats; not a quick turnaround trade.
Quick bullets
Tactical: Leg into regionals + selected biotechs on price weakness.
Structural: Add selective semiconductor supply-chain exposure; prefer nodes with policy-protected economics.
Risk management: Keep asymmetric sizing; prepare to trim into strength.
Where Daniela & John Land This Week (Actionable Takeaways)
Degenerate Economy Index: We’ve launched an internal index to track platform/exchange exposure — overweight picks-and-shovels.
Small-cap rotation: Positioning is extreme — begin phased entries into regionals and biotech on pullbacks.
Semiconductor conviction: Policy tailwinds justify maintaining/adding to critical-node exposure.
Long-duration infrastructure: UNH-level buys are structural; consider core, not swing-positions.
What advice would you give?
Investor Implications — What This Means For Your Allocation
Risk-on buckets: Keep exposure but size with intent — prefer platform and infrastructure-like plays over single-name speculative bets.
Hedging: Small tactical hedges (options on UVXY or short-dated protection) around earnings or geopolitical events.
Time horizon: Rotate a portion of cash into asymmetric small-cap shorts-to-longs; keep core semis and rails as long-term anchors.
Watchlist & Trade Ideas (for the desk)
Platform/Exchange rails (priority buys on pullback)
Select regional banks with signs of stealth accumulation
Biotech chart setups that show volume-based accumulation
Semiconductor supply-chain nodes with policy moat
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This isn’t about being reckless — it’s about knowing which risks you want to own. We prefer owning the house, not the gambler. Expect a concise trade board update on Monday with sizing recommendations and entry bands.
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