Infrastructure manufacturing exec – I would rather have copper in my warehouse than cash in the bank

Luke Gromen @LukeGromen

Something I heard recently from a US electrical infrastructure manufacturing exec: "I'd rather have copper in my warehouse than cash in the bank, because based on what I'm seeing in supply chains, I'm concerned that cash may not be able to secure me actual copper at some point."

 

Peter Thiel just put 72 percent of his public portfolio into energy and power – Here’s the full list

 

Peter Thiel just put 72% of his public portfolio into energy and power. Here’s the full list:

  • VIST 18.1% Argentine shale in Vaca Muerta. Second biggest position in the whole book.
  • VST 14.1% Independent power producer with nuclear and direct data centre contracts.
  • AEP 10.1% Regulated utility with one of the largest contracted data centre pipelines in the country.
  • DTE 9.6% Midwest utility feeding industrial and AI demand. FE 9.5% Transmission heavy. The wires side of the buildout.
  • CMS 9.4% Another regulated utility, sized almost identically to the rest. XE 0.9% Small modular reactors. Tiny position, but that's the nuclear bet. Generation, fuel, regulated utilities and next generation nuclear. 4 different ways to own the same constraint.