Steve Eisman stays bullish on Nvidia amid market volatility

In a week marked by Nvidia Corp.'s $430 billion sell-off, Steve Eisman of Neuberger Berman remains unfazed. The famed investor, known for his prescient bets, sees Nvidia as a steadfast long-term investment despite recent market jolts. Eisman, undeterred by short-term fluctuations, underscores Nvidia's pivotal role in AI computing, predicting sustained relevance for years to come. As the stock rebounded, Eisman reaffirmed his confidence, dismissing valuation concerns amid Nvidia's dominant position in the booming AI sector..Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here..Join us for BizNews' first investment-focused conference on Thursday, 12 September, in Hermanus, featuring top experts like Frans Cronje, Piet Viljoen, and more. Get insights on electricity and exploiting SA's gas bounty from new and familiar faces. Register here..By Alexandra Semenova and Farah Elbahrawy.A $430 billion sell-off earlier this week in artificial-intelligence darling Nvidia Corp. was no more than a blip to Neuberger Berman Group's Steve Eisman. .___STEADY_PAYWALL___.The senior portfolio manager, best known for his "Big Short" bet against subprime mortgages ahead of the global financial crisis, owns "a lot" of the chipmaker's shares and considers it a long-term play that's going to be relevant for years to come, he said Tuesday in an an interview on Bloomberg Television..Traders appeared to share his view Tuesday as the stock rallied 6.8%, climbing back from a three-day slide that pushed shares down more than 10% for the first time since April, past the threshold that represents a correction.."If you look at the chart on Nvidia, you can barely see the correction," Eisman said. "I don't think it means anything.".The AI poster-child has soared this year amid a furious appetite for its chips that dominate the market for artificial-intelligence computing. Its latest climb saw shares surge 43% from its May 22 earnings report and stock-split announcement to the June 18 peak, when it toppled Microsoft Corp. to become the world's most valuable company — a title it has since lost..Nvidia is still up 155% this year through Tuesday's close. As some skeptics worry that the company has grown too quickly, Eisman says price is the last thing to fret over..Read more: 🔒 Nvidia faces $430bn selloff, analysts eye key support levels."One of the things I learned running a hedge fund is that shorting a stock solely because of valuation is a death wish," he said, adding that people purchase a stock even when it's perceived to be expensive because they're buying into a story. "As long as the story is intact — like Nvidia is obviously intact — the story is going to continue. I don't think all that much about the valuation of Nvidia.".The message that Nvidia will continue to benefit from booming AI demand was echoed by Nuveen Asset Management LLC's chief investment officer.."Nvidia is the company that wins in this space, basically no matter what," Saira Malik said in an interview. "Everyone who wants to shift into AI basically has to use Nvidia's products. Their growth rate has been so strong that their price-to-earnings really isn't expensive.".Malik is a portfolio manager for several key investment strategies for Nuveen, a $1.3 trillion global asset manager. The $125 billion College Retirement Equities Fund – Stock Account, which she oversees, has outperformed 86% of peers over the past year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. were the fund's biggest holdings as of the end of May. ."People will say the stock price itself has just done so well, how can you own it?" Malik said. When compared to peers, "it's not an expensive stock.".While Nvidia trades at a premium of about 50% to the Nasdaq 100 Index, its 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio has pulled back from a 2023 high of 63 times down to about 40. It's now valued close to peers such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Malik said the AI-fueled rally in Nvidia and Microsoft — which has propelled US stock benchmarks to a series of record highs — is unlike the dot-com bubble. ."These companies are much more dominant because they are not brand new," she said. "They've been around for years investing in this trend. So I do think it's different this time.".Read also:.🔒 Investors are questioning Nvidia's soaring shares: Boom or bubble?🔒 The Economist: Think Nvidia looks dear? American shares could get pricier stillHow Nvidia surpassed Microsoft as top valued company.© 2024 Bloomberg L.P.

Steve Eisman stays bullish on Nvidia amid market volatility

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