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Meta’s AI Bill Nearly Doubles to $145 Billion. Ads Are Still the Only Thing Paying It.

Meta’s AI Bill Nearly Doubles to $145 Billion. Ads Are Still the Only Thing Paying It.

by Third Pole Markets | Aug 9, 2026 | Finance, Equity Mechanics

TL;DR — Meta’s capital spending guidance nearly doubled to $130 billion to $145 billion for the year, on top of an already-record base. Advertising revenue is still the only line item paying for it. Meta spent $72.22 billion on capital expenditures in 2025. This...
A Third of Every S&P 500 Dollar Now Goes to Six Companies

A Third of Every S&P 500 Dollar Now Goes to Six Companies

by Third Pole Markets | Aug 9, 2026 | Finance, The Long View

TL;DR — A third of every dollar in the S&P 500 now sits in just six companies. An index fund marketed as diversified carries the concentration risk of a handful of mega-cap tech bets. Buy the most boring, most diversified investment product retail investors have...
Nvidia Has 60% of TSMC’s Packaging Capacity. That’s the Only Roadmap That Matters.

Nvidia Has 60% of TSMC’s Packaging Capacity. That’s the Only Roadmap That Matters.

by Third Pole Markets | Aug 8, 2026 | Finance, The Long View

TL;DR — Nvidia controls roughly 60% of TSMC’s advanced chip packaging capacity, the process that turns GPU dies into finished AI accelerators. That number predicts Nvidia’s 2026 output better than anything said on an earnings call. Every quarter, half a...
Alphabet Cut Its Buyback to $0. Stock Comp Didn’t Get the Memo.

Alphabet Cut Its Buyback to $0. Stock Comp Didn’t Get the Memo.

by Third Pole Markets | Aug 8, 2026 | Finance, Equity Mechanics

TL;DR — Alphabet spent $13.2 billion on stock buybacks a year ago. This quarter it spent zero, despite $69.5 billion in unused buyback authorization, because AI infrastructure spending now sits ahead of shareholder returns in the capital allocation queue. A year ago,...
Amazon Booked a 245% Profit Jump. The Business Only Grew 43%.

Amazon Booked a 245% Profit Jump. The Business Only Grew 43%.

by Third Pole Markets | Aug 8, 2026 | Finance, Equity Mechanics

TL;DR — Amazon’s net income jumped 245% this quarter. Revenue only grew 43%. The gap comes almost entirely from a change in AWS server depreciation schedules, not from the underlying business accelerating. Amazon’s headline this quarter was a 245% jump in...
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