Citi's Poon Werkun on AI Trade, Fed, China
THE SO WHAT
If the “AI trade” is unwinding while Fed and China uncertainty stay high, public-market multiples are decoupling from the underlying AI adoption curve. Treat this as a window to secure talent, infra, or distressed assets at better prices—without reading too much signal about real enterprise demand from equity charts alone.
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