Meta Platforms Inc. (META) — the peer cohort

Long reads

• Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has ClosedReport · 13 Sept 2026
• Magnificent Seven — The Seven at the ShelfWeekly Signal · 30 Aug 20263 · Two consolidations that may be ending — and the two Musk lines META and NVDA on five-year windows — two consolidations, both pressing their exits.
• Pattern 03 — NVIDIA Strategic Authority InvestmentReport · 12 May 2026Three rhythmic series run alongside the dated events: Hyperscaler earnings (MSFT / GOOGL / META / AMZN, quarterly) — capex disclosures set NVIDIA's tape.

101 and glossary

• The CapEx Cliff Question: When Does AI Infrastructure Spending Peak?101Key Companies ASML ★ Sentinel ASML Order book as CapEx leading indicator MSFT Microsoft Largest AI CapEx spender GOOG Google Second-largest AI CapEx AMZN Amazon AWS CapEx acceleration META Meta Reality Labs + AI CapEx

Dailies

• AI trade — sellers of compute sold, buyers bought: chips −5.6%, software +5%, SoftBank +7% in TokyoMorning 10 · 15 Sept 2026
• Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their linesMidday 10 · 15 Sept 2026
• Stocks snap a four-day losing streak as oil slips under $100 and chips bounce 2% — despite core inflation hotter than hoped and Fed hike odds at 82%; Oracle gives back its entire after-hours jumpMidday 10 · 11 Sept 2026
• Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave backMorning 10 · 10 Sept 2026
• Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%Midday 10 · 10 Sept 2026
• The trade flips at midday: chips fade, software bounces — Meta +6%, Cloudflare +9%, Datadog +6% while oil holds $101 and the 10-year hits 4.85%Midday 10 · 9 Sept 2026
• Decision Time for the Semi ComplexDaily Pulse · 25 Aug 2026How the complex got to the line NVDA Mon −2.91% — the only red mega-cap MSFT +0.84% · GOOGL +0.94% · AMZN +1.33% · META +1.66% · AAPL +0.32% DRAM (memory) 54.28 −5.89% COHR 275.49 −4.85% · LITE 830.17 −4.22% · FN 421.14 −3.56% · AMAT…
• The buyback rally fades and the 30-year pushes back to 5.25%, but crypto answers louder — Bitcoin above 75,000 toward its best week since March 2024, BITW breaks a year-long wedge, and the yen's first falsifier line goes live at 158.83Morning 10 · 21 Aug 2026Hyperscalers Thursday: MSFT −0.65, GOOGL −1.17, AMZN −2.16, META −0.04, NVDA −0.33, AAPL −1.75.