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Asymmetric Investing

Why Alphabet Is Raising $80 Billion Right Now

2026-06-02 · 9 company · 2 thematic
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travis hoium

Travis Hoium hosts the Asymmetric Investing podcast/YouTube channel and manages the Asymmetric portfolio. He conducts fundamental research using Fiscal AI and focuses on platform business models, healthcare technology, and consumer subscription businesses. He discloses holding Hims & Hers as one of his largest positions.

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“So, as an Alphabet shareholder, I actually love this move because it's relatively low dilution, only about 2% dilution, gives them a ton of flexibility if they are seeing the ROI in this AI build-out. I want companies that are able to buil…”
—travis hoium
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