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Cinematic illustration of hedge fund managers stampeding toward glowing semiconductor AI chips on a Wall Street trading floor while neglected software stocks sit abandoned in the shadows, symbolizing momentum investing and crowded trades.

🚀 The Pros Play Amateurs

Wall Street has officially gone “all-in” on semiconductors. Hedge fund exposure to chip stocks has doubled in 2026 while software allocations collapsed to multi-year lows. Momentum is roaring — but history suggests crowded trades can become dangerous when everyone suddenly agrees.

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Chart illustration showing software sector valuations falling from around 40× earnings to roughly 22×, alongside icons representing insider buying and hedge fund positioning shifts.

🧠 Software’s Great Reset — And Why Insiders Are Buying

The North America Software Index has quietly reset, with valuations nearly halving to around 22× earnings. Hedge funds are closing shorts and insiders are buying shares of companies like ServiceNow, CoStar, and The Trade Desk. After one of the sharpest valuation compressions in years, opportunity may be emerging in software.

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