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2026-08-10

Fisher’s AI-Infrastructure Crowding Trade Is Real—But It’s the “Grid-to-Aircraft-to-Network” Link That Should Matter for Investors insight cover

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Aug 10, 2026

GEV · GE•9 min read

Fisher’s AI-Infrastructure Crowding Trade Is Real—But It’s the “Grid-to-Aircraft-to-Network” Link That Should Matter for Investors

Fisher Asset Management’s latest 13F (quarter ended June 30, 2026) shows aggressive positioning across AI’s “real economy” buildout—power and electrification via GE Vernova, aerospace platforms via GE Aerospace, and enterprise/data-center connectivity via Cisco Systems, alongside the usual AI compute core. The investable takeaway is not that AI exists—it’s that Fisher is paying up for the bottlenecks and replacement cycles that sit between AI demand and the supply chain that fulfills it.

GE Vernova Q2 revenue: $11.1BGE Vernova Q2 net income: $668M

Tariffs, export controls, and who absorbs them

2026-08-10

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