If You Missed Palantir or Nvidia. This is Even Bigger. (Most Aren’t Ready)

Felix & Friends (Goat Academy)•May 11, 2026

Summary

Felix presents a market outlook where individual stock picking requires active rotation rather than static holding. He points to the catastrophic declines of 77% to 97% in former retail favorites like PayPal, Plug Power, and Lucid as evidence that individual companies do not always recover like the S&P 500. Felix's thesis is that technology moves too fast for long-term holding to be safe, meaning investors must learn to identify when a 'story' has changed and rotate into sectors with fresh momentum.

Felix provides a breakdown of three specific stocks he is currently watching:

Fortinet (FTNT): Felix identifies this cybersecurity firm as a primary beneficiary of the AI era, where automated threats are forcing companies to double their security budgets. He highlights the company's proprietary ASIC chips as a significant competitive moat that allows for faster and more cost-effective firewalls. Felix notes that while the stock has already moved up 30% recently, the 'perfect entry moment' is often right at the all-time high, as it signals a strong breakout pattern favored by institutional investors.

Compass Minerals (CMP): This company is framed as a 'boring' but essential hard-asset play involving salt and specialty fertilizers like sulfate of potash. Felix argues that these physical assets cannot be replaced by AI or robotics and are currently undervalued after a period of debt restructuring. He mentions that the stock has dropped from highs of $100 to approximately $27, and he is seeing institutional money pouring back in following better-than-expected earnings.

MKS Instruments (MKSI): Felix describes this company as a 'shovel of the shovel' play in the semiconductor industry because they provide the precision instruments needed to build chip-making machines. He expects the stock to benefit significantly from the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent globally to build new semiconductor fabrication plants. Felix suggests that the valuation is reasonable and the business is at a cyclical turning point where semiconductor equipment orders are beginning to accelerate.

Mentioned Stocks

FTNT

Sentiment: BUYAction: RECOMMENDED

Reasoning: Felix believes the cybersecurity sector is seeing massive tailwinds from AI threats. He points to Fortinet's custom ASICs as a moat and suggests that buying at the current all-time high is a low-risk entry strategy because it follows a proven Wall Street breakout pattern.

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CMP

Sentiment: BUYAction: RECOMMENDED

Reasoning: Felix likes this stock as a 'hard asset' play that is currently out of favor. Despite a previous decline to $27, he notes that fertilizer prices are rising, institutional money is moving in, and recent earnings were better than expected.

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MKSI

Sentiment: BUYAction: RECOMMENDED

Reasoning: Felix argues that MKS Instruments is a foundational play for the semiconductor boom. As a supplier of precision equipment for chip factories, they will benefit from the global push to build more fabs. He notes that the valuation is reasonable and the industry cycle is turning upward.

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