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Deepseek’s breakthrough | Porfolio manager Mark Schmehl’s take on it

January 31, 2025

Deepseek’s breakthrough | Porfolio manager Mark Schmehl’s take on it
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Mark Schmehl is a successful portfolio manager with Fidelity. One of the funds he manages returned an impressive 57% in profit in 2024. In this video, he responds to the DeepSeek AI model breakthrough. 

"Invest in companies actually using AI rather than those selling it!" 

 

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Key Takeaways 

  • Mark has been favouring users of AI over infrastructure/computer companies in anticipation of a scenario like this. It just happened faster than expected (over one weekend). 
  • DeepSeek is real and the model is a breakthrough - the price of intelligence just fell 80%. 
  • What’s the impact when the price of a commodity falls this much? Short answer is: it’s good for buyers and bad for sellers. 
  • This has just accelerated Mark's existing preference from the past year - he has been looking for users of AI and less for sellers of AI. 
  • Mark moves quickly, just like the market, and continues to move into positions of the market where users of AI's costs are improving. 
  • It's a narrow group of companies that don't benefit from this change we've just experienced. 

 

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