Dow Jones Today: Stock Futures Tick Higher Ahead of Nvidia Earnings; Dow, S&P 500 Look to End 4-Session Skids

Peter Thiel’s Hedge Fund Dumped Nvidia Shares Just Before Its Big Earnings Report

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While everybody is watching for Nvidia’s earnings report tomorrow, a few big investors have already taken their chips off the table.

Thiel Macro, tech titan Peter Thiel’s hedge fund, revealed in a regulatory filing late last week that it sold its entire stake in the AI bellwether during the third quarter. The 537,742 shares the firm held heading into the quarter would have been worth approximately $100 million at the end of September.

While people may sell assets for all sorts of reasons, Thiel joins a growing list of heavy hitters whose Nvidia (NVDA) moves have lately raised eyebrows on Wall Street. Japanese investment firm SoftBank revealed last week that it sold its entire Nvidia stake in October, raising about $5.8 billion. (Executives said the position was liquidated to fund investments in another AI darling, OpenAI.)

Others have outright bet against Nvidia. Scion Asset Management, run by Michael Burry, the hedge fund manager of “The Big Short” fame, revealed earlier this month that it sold short Nvidia shares valued at $186 million in the third quarter. (Scion also had a short bet against Palantir (PLTR), the data analytics firm Thiel founded in 2003, valued at more than $900 million at the end of the quarter.)

Some on Wall Street are increasingly worried that the AI boom is actually an AI bubble. They point to elevated stock valuations, uncertainty about AI’s revenue potential, and a series of circular deals between vendors and customers as causes for concern. AI bulls contend that valuations are modest compared with the Dotcom Bubble, to which the current investment cycle is frequently compared, and remind skeptics that AI investment is being driven by hugely profitable tech businesses.

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–Colin Laidley

Stock Futures Tick Higher Ahead of Nvidia Earnings

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Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% higher.

S&P 500 futures advanced 0.3%.

Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.4%.