AMD: A Tale Of Two Camps

AMD's upcoming AI innovations mark its most significant product cycle yet, especially with the Instinct MI400 and Helios system debut catapulting its capabilities into industry leader Nvidia's turf. However, escalating macroeconomic risks - spanning tariff pressures, inflationary resurgence, and geopolitical instability - threaten to disrupt the secular AI spending cycle that underpins AMD's upside prospects. And the stock's gradual 64% upsurge since the announcement of reciprocal tariffs in April corroborate a backdrop where investors may be underappreciating the impending headwinds.