Themes & strategies

Each pillar is a question map: what the exposure is, why it matters now, which companies validate it, what should be compared, how investors can access it, and what evidence would weaken the thesis.

Investing themes

  1. 01 Why does AI Infrastructure matter now? AI Infrastructure · AI infrastructure is the picks-and-shovels of the AI build-out (chips, networking, optical interconnects, and power) starting with optical networking.
  2. 02 Why does copper matter to AI-resilient investing? AI-Resilient Investing · AI-resilient investing means owning physical, real-world businesses that AI cannot easily copy or automate: mining, freight, infrastructure, and more.
  3. 03 Why is South Korea central to allied manufacturing? Allied Manufacturing · Supply-chain realignment toward trusted partners (friend-shoring), with South Korea a core node supplying AI memory, batteries, ships, defense, and power gear.
  4. 04 When do solid-state batteries actually arrive? Batteries & Energy Storage · Next-generation solid-state batteries and grid-scale energy storage (ESS), a market BloombergNEF expects to reach about 2 TW / 7.3 TWh by 2035.
  5. 05 Why South Korea, and what is an offset? Defense & Rearmament · The global rearmament cycle since 2022, led on exports by South Korea, whose Top 100 arms makers grew revenue 31% to $14.1 billion in 2024.
  6. 06 Why does Robotics & Physical AI matter now? Robotics & Physical AI · Robotics and physical AI is the bet on machines that perceive and act in the real world (humanoids, cobots, automation) as AI moves from screens to bodies.
  7. 07 How do the Space Economy clusters fit together? Space Economy · Companies that build and launch spacecraft (upstream) and sell services from orbit (downstream); a $613B market projected to reach $1.8T by 2035.

Investment strategies

Factor / Strategic Beta

  1. 01 How do Korean financials fit a dividend strategy? Dividend Income Investing · Dividend income investing: the evidence from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Fama-French, and Korea's value-up driven high-dividend financials as the 2026 case.