Dear Community,

To kick off the week, I’d like to introduce you to my “Pick-and-Shovel” wikifolio “Euro AI Backbone” (in German: Backbone). More detailed information will follow; for now, this is just a rough overview.

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Background

The market’s focus is primarily on the U.S., while Europe often plays a more subordinate role. Yet recent years in particular have made it clear just how dependent Europe is on other countries such as the U.S., Russia, and China.

By the time the “Orange Man” began his second term, it had become clear:

Europe must become more independent —not only in the field of defense but also in the field of AI.

For nearly five years, Goldman Sachs has maintained an index called “EU AI Capex,” which consists of 64 European stocks. This served as the blueprint for my wikifolio.

The wikifolio was launched on June 18, 2026. For the wikifolio to receive “Investable” status, it needs, among other things, 10 bookmarks. So I’d really appreciate it if you could click “Add to Watchlist” on the wikifolio—thanks in advance.

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The “Pick-and-Shovel” Approach

The wikifolio aims to cover as much of the value chain for operating modern artificial intelligence as possible.

The focus here is primarily on five areas:

• The Shovels: Semiconductors and machinery (e.g., lithography systems, wafer deposition, chip assembly)
• The Gas: Electricity and energy generation (e.g., wind power, hydroelectric power, solar power plants)
• Highways: Networks and cables (e.g., transformers, high-voltage undersea cables, power grid infrastructure, transmission lines)
• The brain: Automation and data center cooling (e.g., liquid cooling, power distribution cabinets, data networks, control systems)
• The Physical Foundation: Construction, emergency power, and security (e.g., construction of the facilities, emergency power generators, cybersecurity)

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Investment Universe

The portfolio includes European large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks.

Focus: Technology (semiconductor equipment), utilities (electricity, grids), and industrials (automation, specialty cables, data center construction, cybersecurity).

The Core: European market leaders with global monopolies and competitive moats.

The Tech Specialists: Profitable second-tier suppliers as yield boosters.

The foundation: Energy producers, grid operators, and construction specialists for stable cash flows and risk hedging.

Regular rebalancing, which typically takes place at the beginning of each month, prevents concentration risk. While the foundation remains unchanged, the weightings of individual securities may be adjusted. The replacement of individual stocks, the addition of new stocks, or the exclusion of individual stocks can also take place at the beginning of the month.

Initially, the portfolio consists of 37 stocks. There is no cash reserve.

The current allocation of holdings is as follows:

By sector:

• Industrial: 44%
• Utilities: 29%
• Technology: 26%
• Consumer Discretionary: 1%

By country:

• Germany: 24%
• United Kingdom: 14%
• Switzerland: 13%
• Netherlands: 12%
• France: 12%
• Spain: 10%
• Italy: 9%
• Denmark: 2%
• Finland: 2%
• Austria: 2%

Investments are made exclusively in European stocks. None ETFs, no investment certificates, no funds, no leveraged products.

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Initial Holdings

At the start, the portfolio comprises the following 37 securities, sorted by their current weighting:

Infineon $IFX (-3.38%) , ASML Holding $ASML (-4.53%) , Siemens $SIE (+1.49%) , Enel $ENEL (+1.96%) , Rolls-Royce $RR. (+2%) , Schneider Electric $SU (+0.68%) , Iberdrola $IBE (+0.42%) , ABB $ABBN (-1.02%) , VAT Group $VACN (-2.78%) , Siemens Energy $ENR (+1.79%) , Prysmian $PRY (+0.76%) , ASM International $ASM (-6.25%) , BE Semiconductor Industries $BESI (-7.71%) , STMicroelectronics $STM (-3.61%) , RWE $RWE (+1.03%) , E.ON $EOAN (+3.84%) , Legrand $LR (-2.43%) , National Grid $NG. (+1.93%) , Nokia $NOKIA (-6.49%) , SSE $SSE (+2.32%) , EDP Renovaveis $EDPR (-0.95%) , Hochtief $HOT (-2.24%) , Red Eléctrica de España $RED (+0.84%) , Nexans $NEX (-1.29%) , United Utilities $UUGRY (+3.29%) , Enagas $ENG (+1.44%) , Centric $CENTR , Spirax-Sarco Engineering $SPX (+0.31%) , Soitex $SOI (-5.63%) , Geberit $GEBN (+1%) , Aixtron $AIXA (-12.32%) , Orsted $ORSTED (+2.19%) , Verbund $VER (+1.59%) , SAFRAN $SAF (+2.17%) , Thales $THALES (-0.02%) , NKT $NKT (-1.04%) , Andritz $ANDR (+1.37%)

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Holding Period

Since infrastructure development is likely to continue for several more years, the holding period is clearly geared toward the long term. Short-term trading is avoided.

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Sources of Information

The following sources of information are primarily used to identify stocks:

Companies’ quarterly reports and financial statements.

Analyst reports and industry studies from global investment banks.

Business media and financial publications.

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I’m curious to see how the portfolio will perform over the long term. Monthly updates will keep you informed.

Hier geht es zum Euro AI Backbone-wikifolio

Dear Community,

Throughout last year, I found myself repeatedly wanting to focus on the European market as well. But the same old arguments kept dissuading me: The European market doesn’t deliver; Europe doesn’t meet my desire for a growth-oriented, high-yield portfolio, etc.

I also asked myself: Which sectors and industries do I want to cover? Where do I see enough potential to justify taking the risk? To what extent do I want to align my portfolio with this strategy?

In today’s episode, Alles auf Aktien: Fiese Gewinnwarnung bei BMW und Europas KI-Unabhängigkeitsaktien , something caught my attention:

A basket from Goldman Sachs, consisting of 64 European stocks, with the wonderful name: EU AI Capex.

Performance over the past five years: 17.5 percent annualized, including dividends.

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And which industries are covered?

• Semiconductors
• Machinery
• Electricity
• Networks
• Cables
• Energy
• Automation

Unfortunately, existing ETFs such as the iShares STOXX Europe 600 Utilities UCITS ETF or the iShares STOXX Europe 600 Technology UCITS ETF do not cover all of these sectors.

"Sounds exactly like what I was looking for," I thought to myself, and used my day off today to create an index tailored to my preferences.

Goldman Sachs has listed 12 of the 64 holdings, including their percentage allocations. The remaining 52 holdings appear to be known only to institutional investors, as the index isn’t publicly available.

So I created my own “Pie” through Trading 212. More specifically, a “Pie” is a personalized investment portfolio in which I can invest in multiple stocks and ETFs according to a percentage allocation I set myself and save toward them simultaneously via a single automated savings plan—with no expense ratio and no order fees.

It would go beyond the scope of this post to write about every individual security, which is why I chose this particular one. I didn’t make these decisions entirely on my own. Gemini helped me with this. In the end, we settled on 37 securities.

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On Selecting the Holdings

Together, we gradually added European market leaders across the entire value chain. We always kept an eye on the sectors—none should be left out.

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On the Percentage Allocation

It’s important to note upfront that the “pie” will be funded with 150 euros per month going forward. Since the minimum investment amount at Trading 212 is one euro, the smallest weighting in the “pie” must be at least 0.7%:

1.00 euro / 0.70% = 142.85 euro

The percentage allocation was then based on pricing power and global scalability.

More details on this may follow in a later post.

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About the Stocks

From EU AI Cortex Basket taken over by Goldman Sachs:

• Infineon ($IFX (-3.38%)): 7.10%
• ASML ($ASML (-4.53%)): 6.80%
• Siemens ($SIE (+1.49%)): 6.00%
• Rolls-Royce ($RR. (+2%)): 5.40%
• Enel ($ENEL (+1.96%)): 5.40%
• Schneider Electric ($SU (+0.68%)): 5.40%
• ABB ($ABBN (-1.02%)): 5.00%
• Iberdrola ($IBE (+0.42%)): 4.90%
• Siemens Energy ($ENR (+1.79%)): 4.70%
• ASM International ($ASM (-6.25%)): 3.70%
• Prysmian ($PRY (+0.76%)): 3.60%
• BE Semiconductor ($BESI (-7.71%)): 3.20%

Supplemented by the following stocks:

• VAT Group ($VACN (-2.78%)): 4.50%
• STMicroelectronics ($STM (-3.61%)): 2.50%
• Legrand ($LR (-2.43%)): 2.00%
• RWE ($RWE (+1.03%)): 1.95%
• Nokia ($NOKIA (-6.49%)): 1.90%
• E.ON ($EOAN (+3.84%)): 1.90%
• National Grid ($NG. (+1.93%)): 1.80%
• SSE plc ($SSE (+2.32%)): 1.70%
• EDP Renováveis ($EDPR (-0.95%)): 1.60%
• Red Eléctrica ($RDEIY (+1.35%)): 1.50%
• Nexans ($NEX (-1.29%)): 1.50%
• Hochtief ($HOT (-2.24%)): 1.50%
• Enagás ($ENG (+1.44%)): 1.40%
• United Utilities ($UU. (+2.79%)): 1.40%
• Spirax-Sarco ($SPX (+0.31%)): 1.30%
• Centrica ($CNA (+2.3%)): 1.30%
• Aixtron ($AIXA (-12.32%)): 1.30%
• Orsted ($ORSTED (+2.19%)): 1.15%
• Verbund AG ($VER (+1.59%)): 1.10%
• Soitec ($SOI (-5.63%)): 1.10%
• Safran ($SAF (+2.17%)): 1.00%
• Thales ($HO (+4.84%)): 1.00%
• Geberit ($GEBN (+1%)): 0.90%
• NKT A/S ($NKT (-1.04%)): 0.80%
• Andritz ($ANDR (+1.37%)): 0.70%

The figures $IG (+1.62%) , $SRG (+1.51%) , $TRN (+1.59%) , $ALFA (-0.29%) , $ATCO B (-0.67%) or $AEMMY can unfortunately only be traded via CFDs on Trading 212. Therefore, these securities could not be included.

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Trading 212 Pie

The Pie now accounts for about 10% of my portfolio, and I’ll be contributing 150 euros to it each month going forward.

I am convinced that Europe will succeed in becoming more independent. However, in my opinion, a self-sufficient Europe without any dependence whatsoever is simply not possible (keyword: globalization).

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Pie Composition

By country:

• Germany: 24.35%
• France: 15.4%
• Netherlands: 13.7%
• United Kingdom: 12.9%
• Switzerland: 10.4%
• Italy: 9%
• Spain: 7.8%
• Denmark: 1.95%
• Austria: 1.8%
• Portugal: 1.6%

By sector:

• Technology: 32.3%
• Industrial & Capital Goods: 31.5%
• Utilities & Energy Infrastructure: 36.2%

By industry:

• Semiconductors & Data Center Chips: 27.8%
• Energy Equipment & Grid Technology: 25.5%
• Electricity Generators: 16.1%
• Physical Networks & Storage: 10.1%
• Cable Infrastructure: 5.9%
• Vacuum Technology & Components: 6.5%
• Network Technology & Connectivity: 1.9%
• Data Centers & Industrial Construction: 3.1%
• Cyber and Perimeter Security: 3.1%

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I’m curious to see how the pie chart will develop.

P.S.: You can find the pie chart on Trading 212 under the name Euro AI Backbone GS to copy.

According to Ifo President Clemens Fuest, Europe faces an “existential threat”: Europe uses AI but has virtually no infrastructure. About 75 percent of the world’s high-performance computing capacity for modern AI is located in the U.S., with China accounting for about 15 percent and the EU for less than five percent.

He is therefore calling for an emergency program that includes more data centers, chip factories, energy infrastructure, faster approvals, and, if necessary, special economic zones. Energy is becoming a strategic issue, as AI data centers require enormous amounts of reliable electricity.

A study by the American investment bank Goldman Sachs titled “The Post-Modern Cycle” describes a new investment supercycle: AI, data centers, electricity, chips, defense, and infrastructure. The digital world suddenly needs concrete, cables, transformers, and power plants.

Goldman has created a corresponding portfolio called EU AI Capex.

It comprises 64 components. It is Europe’s publicly traded bet on AI infrastructure. Over the past five years, the index has gained 124 percent including dividends, which translates to an annualized return of 17.5 percent. The Stoxx Europe 600 has only managed 64 percent over the same period—an annualized rate of 10.3 percent.

The largest holdings show what this is all about: Infineon
$IFX (-3.38%) has a weighting of 7.1 percent, ASML
$ASML (-4.53%) stands at 6.8 percent, Siemens $SIE (+1.49%) accounts for 6 percent, Rolls-Royce $RR. (+2%) , Enel $ENEL (+1.96%) and Schneider Electric
$SU (+0.68%) at 5.4 percent. ABB $ABBN (-1.02%) has a weighting of five percent, Iberdrola
$IBE (+0.42%) at 4.9 percent, Siemens Energy
$ENR (+1.79%) at 4.7 percent, ASM International
$ASM (-6.25%) at 3.7 percent, Prysmian $PRY (+0.76%) at 3.6 percent, and BE Semiconductor
$BESI (-7.71%) at 3.2 percent.

This means the index is not purely a tech index, but rather reflects Europe’s physical AI value chain: semiconductors, machinery, electricity, networks, cables, energy, and automation. ASML is Europe’s strategic crown jewel. Fuest even says that ASML is so far Europe’s only truly strategic asset in this sector, because the U.S. also depends on it.

The risk: Europe talks, but doesn’t build. Energy remains expensive, permits take a long time, regulation slows down projects—and in the end, we remain customers of American models.

The opportunity: Europe is waking up. Then digital sovereignty will trigger a capex boom, and stocks will get a new boost. Anyone who wants European AI must definitely buy European infrastructure.

Source: “Welt” (excerpt), June 17, 2026

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Last weeks value stocks bought such as Deutsche Telekom ($$DTE (+3.75%) ) Ahold $AD (+2.98%) Heineken $HEIA (+3.23%) and Engie $ENGI (+1.3%) . ASML $ASML (-4.53%) and ASMI $ASM (-6.25%) trimmed and sold to bring my tech weighting to around 25%. Cost some redemenent this week, but a more stable portfolio.

After my first post on humanoid robots received a lot of positive feedback, I went into more detail. I later added my favorites in each sector.

In-depth analysis of the value chain, including shovel manufacturers and potential hidden champions

New category: Secondary Key Sectors (Sales, Marketing, Financing)

Additionally: Top 25 companies worldwide, as well as the Top 10 in Europe and the Top 10 in Asia

To help newcomers get up to speed, I’ve included a video link. This will give you an idea of just how far the development of humanoid robotics has come today.

https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/humanoider-roboter---wie-reagiert-er-auf-beleidigungen--35996156.html

Thank you for your attention and support 🙏

🌐 1. Humanoid Robot Value Chain (with hidden champions)

1. Research & Chip Design

$ARM (-6.44%) ARM (UK) – CPU IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (-3.27%) Synopsys (US) – EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (-1.7%) Cadence (US) – EDA & Simulation

$PTC PTC (US) – Engineering software, CAD/PLM

$DSY (+1.63%) Dassault Systèmes (FR) – 3D design & digital twin

$SIE (+1.49%) Siemens (DE) – Industrial software & lifecycle management

$ADBE (+3.73%) Adobe (US) – Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) – Multiphysics Simulation – Acquired by Synopsys

Altair (US) – CAE, Simulation, Digital Twin – Acquired by Siemens

$HXGBY (+3.48%)
Hexagon (SE) – Measurement Technology & Simulation

$AWE Alphawave IP Group (UK) – High-speed chip IP for AI/robotics

1. Synopsis, 2. Siemens, and 3. Adobe are my top three picks in this sector

2. Manufacturing Technology & Equipment

$ASML (-4.53%) ASML (NL) – Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (-7.49%) Applied Materials (US) – Semiconductor Equipment

$8035 (-3.67%) Tokyo Electron (JP) – Wafer manufacturing

$KEYS (-6.92%) Keysight Technologies (US) – Measurement Technology

$6857 (-7.44%) Advantest (JP) – Chip Test Systems

$TER (-13.66%) Teradyne (US) – Test systems + cobots

$6954 (-0.62%) Fanuc (JP) – Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (-3.17%) Caterpillar (US) – Autonomous Machinery

$KU2G KUKA (DE) – Industrial Robots

Comau (IT) – Automation – Not publicly traded

$ROK Rockwell Automation (US) – Industrial automation

$JBL (-9.55%) Jabil (US) – Contract Manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (+1.39%) Kitron (NO) – European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (-12.32%) Aixtron (DE) – Deposition systems for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (-10.27%)
Lam Research (US) – Etching/deposition systems

$MKSI (-11.5%)
MKS Instruments (US) – Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (-6.25%)
ASM International (NL) – Deposition systems

1. ASML, 2. Keysight Technologies, 3. Fanuc are my top 3 in this sector

3. Chip Manufacturing (Foundries)

$TSM (-3.24%) TSMC (TW) – leading foundry

$SMSN Samsung Electronics (KR) – foundry + memory

$GFS (-10.02%) GlobalFoundries (US) – specialty chips

$INTC (-5.97%)
Intel Foundry Services (US) – new Western foundry player

$981
SMIC (CN) – Largest Chinese foundry

$UMC
UMC (TW) – Power, RF, and embedded chips

1. TSMC, 2. Intel, 3. Samsung Electronics are my top 3 in this sector

4. Computing & control unit (“brain”)

$NVDA (-1.85%) Nvidia (US) – GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (-5.97%) Intel (US) – CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (-4.76%) AMD (US) – CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (-9.45%) Marvell (US) – network chips

$MU (-6.11%) Micron (US) – Memory

$DELL (-7.22%) Dell Technologies (US) – Edge & Infrastructure

Graphcore (UK) – AI chips (IPU) – not a publicly traded company

Cerebras (US) – Wafer-Scale Engine – not a publicly traded company

SiPearl (FR) – European HPC chip – not a publicly traded company

1. Nvidia, 2. Marvell, 3. Micron are my top 3 in this sector

5. Sensors (“Senses”)

$6758 (+3.94%) Sony (JP) – Image sensors

$6861 (-1.69%) Keyence (JP) – industrial sensors

$STM (-3.61%) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) – Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) – optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (-5.24%) Cognex (US) – Machine Vision

$HON Honeywell (US) – Sensors, Security

ANYbotics (CH) – Autonomous sensor fusion – not a publicly traded company

$AMBA (-11.19%) Ambarella (US) – Video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

$OUST
Velodyne Lidar (US) – Lidar sensors – acquired by Ouster

$AMS (+11.07%)
OSRAM (AT/DE) – optical sensors

1. Teledyne, 2. Keyence, 3. Ouster are my top 3 in this sector

6. Actuators & Power Electronics (“Muscles”)

$IFX (-3.38%) Infineon (DE) – Power Electronics

$ON (-3.69%) onsemi (US) – Power & Sensors

$TXN (-1.65%) Texas Instruments (US) – mixed-signal chips

$ADI (-2.78%) Analog Devices (US) – Signal Processing

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) – Hydraulics/Pneumatics

$MP (-2.14%) MP Materials (US) – Magnets

$APH (-5.17%) Amphenol (US) – Connectors

$6481 (-1.71%) THK (JP) – Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (-0.04%)
Harmonic Drive (JP) – Precision gearboxes & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (-3.27%)
Nidec (JP) – Electric motors

$6506 (-5.53%)
Yaskawa (JP) – Drives & Robotics

$SU (+0.68%)
Schneider Electric (FR) – Energy & Control Solutions

$ZIL2 (+0.15%)
ElringKlinger (DE) – Battery & Fuel Cell Technology, Lightweight Construction

1. Parker-Hannifin, 2. MP Materials, 3. Infineon are my top 3 in this sector

7. Communications & Networking (“Nerves”)

$QCOM (-2.81%) Qualcomm (US) – Mobile Communications, Edge AI

$ANET (-4.81%) Arista Networks (US) – Networks

$CSCO (-4.08%) Cisco (US) – Networks, Security

$EQIX (-1.53%) Equinix (US) – Data centers

NTT Docomo (JP) – 5G/6G carrier – not a publicly traded company

$VZ Verizon (US) – Telecommunications

$SFTBY SoftBank (JP) – Carrier + Robotics

$ERIC B (-1.1%)
Ericsson (SE) – 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (-6.49%)
Nokia (FI) – 5G/6G for Industry

$HPE (-6.53%)
Juniper Networks (US) – Networking – Acquired by HP

1. Arista Networks, 2. SoftBank, 3. Cisco are my top 3 in this sector

8. Energy

$3750 (-4.41%) CATL (CN) – Batteries

$6752 (-4.79%) Panasonic (JP) – Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) – Batteries

$ALB (-1.38%) Albemarle (US) – Lithium

$LYC (-2.5%) Lynas (AU) – Rare Earths

$UMICY (+1.96%) Umicore (BE) – Recycling

WiTricity (US) – Inductive charging – not a publicly traded company

$ABBN (-1.02%) Charging (CH) – Charging infrastructure

$SLDP
Solid Power (US) – Solid-state batteries

Northvolt (SE) – European batteries – not a publicly traded company

$PLUG
Plug Power (US) – Fuel cells

$KULR (-2.34%)
KULR Technology (US) – Thermal management & battery safety for mobile systems

1. Albemarle, 2. CATL, 3. Panasonic are my top 3 in this sector

9. Cloud & Infrastructure

$AMZN (-0.19%) Amazon AWS (US) – Cloud, AI

$MSFT (+1%) Microsoft Azure (US) – Cloud, AI

$GOOG (-1.03%) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) – Cloud, ML

$VRT (-3.81%)
Vertiv Holdings (US) – Data Center Infrastructure (UPS, Cooling, Edge)

$ORCL (-1.84%)
Oracle Cloud (US) – ERP + Cloud

$IBM (-0.05%)
IBM Cloud (US) – Hybrid Cloud + AI

$OVH (+0.41%)
OVHcloud (FR) – European Cloud

1. Alphabet, 2. Microsoft, 3. Oracle are my top 3 in this sector

10. Software & Data Platforms

$PLTR (+3.1%) Palantir (US) – Data Integration

$DDOG (-2.77%) Datadog (US) – Monitoring

$SNOW (-0.44%) Snowflake (US) – Data cloud

$ORCL (-1.84%) Oracle (US) – Databases, ERP

$SAP (+1.4%) SAP (Germany) – ERP systems

$SPGI (+4.5%) S&P Global (US) – Financial/Market Data

ROS2 Foundation – Robotics Middleware – Not publicly traded

$NVDA (-1.85%) NVIDIA Isaac (US) – Robotics development – part of NVIDIA

$INOD (-4.86%) Innodata (US) – Data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (+0.49%)
UiPath (RO/US) – Robotic Process Automation

$AI (-4.22%)
C3.ai (US) – AI platform

$ESTC (-1.56%)
(NL/US) – Search & Data Analytics

1. S&P Global, 2. Palantir, 3. Datadog are my top 3 in this sector

11. End-user applications / Robots

$ABBN (-1.02%) ABB (CH/SE) – Industrial robots

$6954 (-0.62%) Fanuc (JP) – Industrial Robots

$TSLA (-7.85%) Tesla Optimus (US) – humanoid robot

$9618 (+0.96%) JD.com (CN) – Logistics robots

$AAPL (+4.19%) Apple (US) – Platform & UX

$700 (-2.81%) Tencent (CN) – Platform & AI

$9988 (-2.08%) Alibaba (CN) – Logistics & Platform

PAL Robotics (ES) – humanoid robots - not a publicly traded company

Neura Robotics (DE) – cognitive humanoid robots - not a publicly traded company

$TER (-13.66%) Universal Robots (DK) – cobots - part of Teradyne Corporation

Engineered Arts (UK) – humanoid robots – not a publicly traded company

$ISRG (+5.05%) Intuitive Surgical (US) – surgical robotics

$GMED (+4.97%)
Globus Medical (US) – surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (+1.34%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) – industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (+1.14%) Coupang (KR) – logistics end-users

$IRBT
iRobot (US) – consumer robotics (e.g., Roomba); not humanoid, but features navigation and sensor fusion

Boston Dynamics (US) – humanoid & mobile robots—not a publicly traded company

Hanson Robotics (HK) – humanoid robots (Sophia)—not a publicly traded company

Agility Robotics (US) – “Digit” humanoid robot—not a publicly traded company

1. Apple, 2. Tencent, 3. Alibaba are my top 3 in this sector

🛠 2. Cross-sector enablers (shovel manufacturers) – featuring hidden champions

Raw Materials & Battery Materials

Albemarle · Lynas · Umicore

$SQM
SQM (CL) – Lithium

$ILU (-0.8%)
Iluka Resources (AU) – Rare Earths

$ARR (-7.92%)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) – New supply chains

My top pick in the sector is Albemarle

Manufacturing Technology

ASML · Applied Materials · Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (-10.27%)
Lam Research (US) – Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (-6.25%)
ASM International (NL) – ALD equipment

$MKSI (-11.5%)
MKS Instruments (US) – Plasma/vacuum technology

My top pick in the sector is ASML

Quality Assurance

Keysight · Advantest · Teradyne

$EMR (-0.73%)
National Instruments (US) – Measurement technology – from Emerson Electric Acquired

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) – Test systems

$FORM (-15.19%)
FormFactor (US) – Wafer probing

My number one in the sector is Keysight

Motion & Drive

Parker-Hannifin

Festo (Germany) – Pneumatics, Soft Robotics - not a publicly traded company

Bosch Rexroth (DE) – Drives, Controls - not a publicly traded company

$6481 (-1.71%)
THK (JP) – Linear guides

My top choice in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (-3.24%) Basler (DE) – Industrial cameras

FLIR (US) – Thermal imaging sensors – Acquired by Teledyne

ISRA Vision (DE) – Machine vision – not a publicly traded company

My top pick in the sector is Teledyne

Magnets & Materials

MP Materials

$6501 (+4.33%)
Hitachi Metals (JP) – Magnetic Materials

VacuumSchmelze (DE) – Magnetic materials – not a publicly traded company

$4063 (-1.55%)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) – Specialty materials

My top pick in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys · Cadence · ARM

$SIE (+1.49%)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)– Mentor Graphics—a strategic business unit of Siemens AG

Imagination Tech (UK) – GPU IP – not a publicly traded company

$CEVA (-11.75%)
CEVA (IL) – Signal processor IP

My top pick in the sector is Synopsys

Engineering & Lifecycle

PTC · Dassault · Siemens

Altair (US) – Simulation – no longer a publicly traded company

$HXGBY (+3.48%)
Hexagon (SE) – Measurement Technology

$SNPS (-3.27%)
ANSYS (US) – Simulation – Acquired by Synopsys

My top pick in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista · Cisco · Equinix

$HPE (-6.53%)
Juniper (US) – Networks – Acquisition by HPE

$DTE (+3.75%)
T-Systems (DE) – Industrial Cloud

$OVH (+0.41%)
OVHcloud (FR) – European cloud

My top pick in the sector is Arista

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS · Azure · Google Cloud

$ORCL (-1.84%)
Oracle Cloud (US) – ERP & Databases

$IBM (-0.05%)
IBM Cloud (US) – Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (-2.08%)
Alibaba Cloud (CN) – Asian cloud

$VRT (-3.81%)
Vertiv Holdings (US) – Cloud/Infrastructure

My top pick in the sector is Alphabet (Google)

Financial/Information Infrastructure

S&P Global

$MCO (+4.13%)
Moody’s (US) – Ratings

$MSCI (+3.13%)
MSCI (US) – Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) – Investment Research

My top pick in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infrastructure

Adobe

$ADSK (+2.92%)
Autodesk (US) – CAD & Design

$U
Unity (US) – 3D/AR Simulation

Epic Games (US) – Unreal Engine – not a publicly traded company

My top pick in the sector is Adobe

Platform & Ecosystem

Apple · Tencent · Alibaba

$META (-5.28%)
Meta (US) – AR/VR, Social Robotics

ByteDance (CN) – AI & Platforms – not a publicly traded company

$9888 (-4.92%)
Baidu (CN) – AI & Cloud

My top pick in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (-6.53%)
HPE (US) – Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) – AI Servers

$6702 (+3.6%)
Fujitsu (JP) – Edge & HPC

My top pick in this sector is Dell

Storage Solutions

Micron

$HY9H
SK Hynix (KR) – Memory

$285A (-14.18%)
Kioxia (JP) – NAND

$WDC
Western Digital (US) – Storage solutions

My top pick in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. Secondary Key Sectors with Hidden Champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (-0.42%) Goldman Sachs (US) – Investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

$MS Morgan Stanley (US) – Investment bank; tech banking, capital markets

$BLK (-0.08%) BlackRock (US) – Asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (+3.34%) SoftBank Vision Fund (JP) – Mega-VC; growth equity in robotics/AI

Sequoia Capital (US) – Venture capital; early-stage/growth in AI/robotics – This is a classic venture capital fund

DARPA (US) – government R&D funding (robotics/defense) – independent research and development agency

EU Horizon (EU) – research funding/grants for DeepTech – Innovative Europe pillar

China State Funds (CN) – Government Industry/Technology Funds

Lux Capital (US) – VC for DeepTech - Uptake (US) – AI-based predictive maintenance

DCVC (US) – Focus on robotics and AI – Invests exclusively through VC fund investments

Speedinvest (AT) – EU VC for robotics – Investment is only available through fund participations

My number one in the sector is SoftBank

Maintenance & Service

$SIE (+1.49%) Siemens (DE) – Industrial Services, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (-1.02%) ABB (CH/SE) – Robotics services, spare parts, field support

$GEHC (+0.18%) GE Healthcare (US) – Medtech services, including robotic systems

Uptake (US) – AI-based predictive maintenance – not a publicly traded company

Augury (US/IL) – Condition monitoring, condition diagnostics – not a publicly traded company

$KU2 KUKA Service (DE) – Robotics maintenance

$6954 (-0.62%) Fanuc Service (JP) – Global service network

Boston Dynamics AI Institute (US) – Robotics Longevity – funded by Hyundai Motor Group

My top pick in the sector is Siemens

Marketing & Advertising

$WPP (+0.35%) WPP (UK) – global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) – marketing/PR network

$PUB (+0.19%) Publicis (FR) – communications/advertising group

$META (-5.28%) Meta (US) – digital ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (-1.03%) Google Ads (US) – Search & Display Advertising

TikTok / ByteDance (CN) – Social Ads & Distribution - not a publicly traded company

$AAPL (+4.19%) Apple (US) – branding/UX; adoption & platform marketing

$WPP (+0.35%)
AKQA (UK/US) – Tech branding – Since 2012, majority-owned by the WPP Group, but continues to operate as autonomous operating unit

R/GA (US) – Innovation Marketing – not a publicly traded company

Serviceplan (DE) – Largest independent EU agency – not a publicly traded company

My number one in the sector is Meta

Law, Regulation & Ethics

ISO (CH) – international standards, robotics standards

TÜV (DE) – certification & safety testing

UL (US) – safety/conformity testing

EU AI Act (EU) – legal framework for AI & robotics

UNESCO AI Ethics (UN) – global ethical guidelines

Fraunhofer IPA (DE) – Robotics safety standards

ANSI (US) – Standards

IEC (CH) – Electrical Engineering Standards

Education & Talent

MIT (US) – Robotics/AI Research & Education

ETH Zurich (CH) – Autonomous Systems & Robotics

Stanford (US) – AI/Robotics Labs & Spin-offs

Tsinghua University (CN) – Robotics/AI in Asia

CMU (US) – Robotics Institute

EPFL (CH) – Robotics Research

TU Munich (DE) – “Roboy” humanoid robot

🌍 Top 25 Companies in Humanoid Robotics

These companies are crucial to the development and production of humanoid robots, because without them, crucial parts of the chain would be missing:

Chips & computing power (the robots’ brains)

$NVDA (-1.85%) Nvidia (US) – AI GPUs & Isaac platform, the foundation for robotics AI

$2330 TSMC (TW) – the world’s leading foundry, produces AI chips

$ASML (-4.53%) ASML (NL) – EUV lithography, indispensable for chip manufacturing

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) – memory, logic, foundry

$HY9H SK Hynix (KR) – DRAM & NAND memory for AI

$MU (-6.11%) Micron (US) – memory solutions for AI workloads

My top pick in the sector is ASML

Sensors & Perception (Robots’ Senses)

$SONY Sony (JP) – Image sensors, market leader

$6861 (-1.69%) Keyence (JP) – Industrial Sensors & Vision Systems

$CGNX (-5.24%) Cognex (US) – Machine vision, precise image processing

My top pick in this sector is Keyence

Actuators & Motion (Robot Muscles)

$IFX (-3.38%) Infineon (DE) – Power Electronics, Motor Control

$6594 (-3.27%) Nidec (JP) – Global market leader in electric motors

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) – Hydraulics/Pneumatics, Motion Control

$6481 (-1.71%) THK (JP) – Linear guides & actuators

My top pick in this sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communications, Cloud & Infrastructure (Nerves & Data Flow)

$QCOM (-2.81%) Qualcomm (US) – Mobile & edge chips

$AMZN (-0.19%) Amazon AWS (US) – Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (+1%) Microsoft Azure (US) – Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (-4.08%) Cisco (US) – Networks & Security

$VRT (-3.81%) Vertiv Holdings (US) – Data Center Infrastructure

My top pick in this sector is Microsoft

End-User Applications & Platforms (Robots Themselves)

$TSLA (-7.85%) Tesla (US) – humanoid robots Optimus

$ABBN (-1.02%) ABB (CH/SE) – Robotics & Automation

$6954 (-0.62%) Fanuc (JP) – industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (+1.34%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) – industrial robots

PAL Robotics (ES) – humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo) – not a publicly traded company

Neura Robotics (DE) – cognitive humanoid robots – not a publicly traded company

Universal Robots (DK) – cobots

My top pick in the sector is Tesla

🇪🇺 Top 10 European Key Companies in Humanoid Robotics

$ASML (-4.53%)
ASML (NL)

Global market leader in EUV lithography – without ASML, there would be no modern chips for AI & robotics.

$IFX (-3.38%) Infineon (DE)

A leader in power electronics and motor control—crucial for the actuators of humanoid robots.

$STM (-3.61%)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

Sensors, microcontrollers, and power chips—the foundation for control and perception.

$SAP (+1.4%)
SAP (DE)

ERP & data platforms, essential for integrating humanoid robots into industrial processes.

$SIE (+1.49%)
Siemens (DE)

Industrial software, automation, Digital Twin—key to engineering and lifecycle management.

$KU2 KUKA (DE)

Robotics pioneer, industrial robots & automation—expertise in humanoid motion mechanics.

PAL Robotics (ES) - not a publicly traded company

Specialist in humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo), used internationally in research and service.

Neura Robotics (DE) - not a publicly traded company

Young high-tech company developing cognitive humanoid robots with advanced AI (4NE-1).

Universal Robots (DK) - not a publicly traded company

Market leader in cobots—a platform for safe human-robot collaboration.

Engineered Arts (UK) - not a publicly traded company

Develops humanoid robots such as Ameca, known for realistic facial expressions and gestures—important for HRI (Human-Robot Interaction)

🌏 Top 10 Key Asian Companies in Humanoid Robotics

$2330
TSMC (Taiwan)

The world’s largest semiconductor foundry, producing high-end chips (e.g., Nvidia, AMD, Apple)—without TSMC, there would be no AI hardware.

$005930
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)

Foundry, memory, logic chips, image sensors—extremely broad portfolio of robotics components.

$HY9H
SK Hynix (South Korea) – Memory

$SONY
Sony (Japan)

Market leader in CMOS image sensors, essential for robotic vision and perception.

$6861 (-1.69%)
Keyence (Japan)

Sensors and machine vision for industrial automation, widely used in robotics.

$6954 (-0.62%)
Fanuc (Japan)

Industrial robots and CNC systems; one of the world’s leading manufacturers of robotics hardware.

$6506 (-5.53%)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

Drives, motion control, and robotic arms—relevant for humanoid motion control.

$6594 (-3.27%)
Nidec (Japan)

Global market leader in electric motors (ranging from mini motors to high-performance drives).

$7012 (+1.34%)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) – Industrial robots

$9618 (+0.96%)
JD.com (China)

A driving force in robotics for e-commerce and logistics; invests in humanoid robotics applications

This week 2 pieces $ASM (-6.25%) added to my stock portfolio for a nice buyback of €409. Enough tech for now with $ASML (-4.53%) and $BESI (-7.71%) . Coming months looking for defensive positions for extra balance in the portfolio.

Until recently, close business relations with China were considered a blemish - investors punished such shares with discounts. But now the narrative has changed abruptly: Following the agreement in the trade dispute with the USA, China is suddenly being seen as an opportunity again.

"Welt" has analyzed data from the US investment bank Goldman Sachs analyzed. Goldman has compiled several indices that are heavily influenced by the China issue and which show how much of a discount the values still have.

Some European tech stocks with high China business are also identified as potential winners.

Some examples:

$ASM (-6.25%) - ASM International | Potential +27%

$ASML (-4.53%) - ASML +16%

$SHL (+1.45%) - Siemens Healthineers +26%

$MC (+4.01%) - LVMH +15%

$ADS (+1.46%) - Adidas +19%

Source: Welt, 13.05.25 (excerpt)