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Net profit margins from 2015 to 2026 for the Magnificent 7, the Bloomberg 500 Index, and the S&P 493.\",\n      \"creditText\": \"Bloomberg, Macrobond, Apollo Chief Economist. June 30, 2026.\",\n      \"inLanguage\": \"en-CA\"\n    }\n\n  ]\n}\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following cybersecurity risks and the U.S. Commerce Department&#8217;s export-control directive, the world&#8217;s most capable publicly available AI model was taken offline for 19 days this June. Fable 5, from Anthropic, the makers of Claude, has since returned alongside questions left unanswered, and while we anticipated the re-release, precedent is stickier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report is aimed at helping Canadian investors make sense of what the episode means for the AI adoption timeline, the valuations built upon it, and why diversification across the entire AI value chain matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through our <em>Needs, Means, &amp; Seams<\/em> framework, we examine what these developments mean for clients and why proactive diversification remains our most durable form of protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-happened-between-june-9-and-july-1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">What happened between June 9 and July 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sequence may matter more than any single event within it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Event<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June 9, 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fable 5 released to the public (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/claude-fable-5-mythos-5\">Anthropic<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June 12, 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Export-control directive issued (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayerbrown.com\/en\/insights\/publications\/2026\/06\/commerce-department-extends-export-controls-to-advanced-ai-models-authorizes-release-to-specific-trusted-partners\">Mayer Brown<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June 12, 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fable 5 shelved globally (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/fable-mythos-access\">Anthropic<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June 26, 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GPT-5.6 previewed for select partners (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol\/\">OpenAI<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June 30, 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Export controls withdrawn (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/us-lift-export-controls-anthropics-fable-ai-model-tuesday-source-says-2026-06-30\/\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July 1, 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fable 5 access restored worldwide (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/redeploying-fable-5\">Anthropic<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three terms recur throughout this report. A <em>frontier model<\/em> is among the most advanced AI systems available at a given time, sitting at the outer edge of current capability. The <em>Mythos class <\/em>is Anthropic&#8217;s tier of models firmly above its previous top tier, Opus; Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are the first models released in this class. An <em>export-control directive<\/em> is a government order restricting who may access certain technology, typically to keep sensitive capabilities from reaching foreign parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-two-bottlenecks-operating-on-different-timelines\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two bottlenecks operating on different timelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth separating two frictions this episode revealed, because they operate on distinct timelines and touch portfolios differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first is an <em>adoption<\/em> bottleneck. A business considering layering AI into operational workflows must now weigh the possibility\u2014however remote\u2014that it could be deplatformed. This appears to be a natural byproduct of what seems to be a U.S. pivot toward national-security framing over innovation-first thinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thorough vendor contract review and contingency plans against the sudden loss of a business-critical model would be a prudent first step, but prudence has a cost: contingency planning, redundant architecture, and slower procurement all lengthen the time between a model&#8217;s release and its productive, revenue-generating use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second is a <em>trickle-down<\/em> bottleneck: the question of whether, and when, AI&#8217;s efficiency gains reach the broader market with measurable impact. Much of the current AI valuation premium rests on the promise that they will. Delays in enterprise adoption may postpone the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/resources\/resources-august-2026-market-minutes-ai-earnings-oil\/\">earnings evidence<\/a> that the rest of the index is expected to provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-why-this-looks-like-a-pattern-not-a-one-off\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why this looks like a pattern, not a one-off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the shutdown were a one-off, it might be able to skate past scrutiny. On June 26\u2014while Fable 5 remained dark\u2014OpenAI previewed its GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, and Luna) to a small group of trusted partners at the U.S. government&#8217;s request. Notably, the move was a voluntary step taken within the review window of a recent executive order, not an export shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most firms are users, not collaborators, of leading AI. This &#8220;trusted partner&#8221; group could confer a durable commercial edge on those partners, but access windows so far have been measured in days and weeks, not quarters. The point remains that tiered, authorization-based access to frontier capability is beginning to look like a structural feature of this market rather than an isolated event, and structural features eventually get priced in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-arithmetic-of-ai-valuations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The arithmetic of AI valuations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI-related valuations embed assumptions about future earnings growth well beyond the technology sector. Apollo has observed at the end of June that there is, as yet, little evidence of margins rising outside tech; implementation is near-immediate in software but slow in capital-intensive, regulated industries, and a mismatch between front-loaded valuations and a slower cashflow reality creates repricing risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the return on investment takes longer than the market expects\u2014and if policy risk, which is inherently harder to forecast than an energy or compute constraint, now rests atop the physical ones\u2014then the timing risk embedded in those valuations may be underappreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-figure-1-a-rising-tide-but-not-for-all-boats\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 1: A rising tide, but not for all boats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/family-wealth-windsor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/07\/AI-profit-margins-outside-tech@4x.webp\" alt=\"Line chart comparing net profit margins from 2015 to 2026 for the Magnificent 7, the Bloomberg 500 Index, and the S&amp;P 493, showing margin expansion concentrated in the largest technology companies while the broader index remains flat.\" class=\"wp-image-2472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/family-wealth-windsor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/07\/AI-profit-margins-outside-tech@4x.webp 1005w, https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/family-wealth-windsor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/07\/AI-profit-margins-outside-tech@4x-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/family-wealth-windsor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/07\/AI-profit-margins-outside-tech@4x-768x352.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source(s): Bloomberg, Macrobond, Apollo Chief Economist. June 30, 2026.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opinions vary. Morgan Stanley&#8217;s 2026 outlook expects roughly US$3 trillion of AI infrastructure investment through 2028, with more than 80% of it still ahead. Only about 21% of S&amp;P 500 companies cited measurable AI benefits, and those that did saw cashflow margins expand at roughly twice the rate of peers. Opportunity realization, then, is a question linked to adoption timing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-needs-means-amp-seams\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Needs, means, &amp; seams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/resources\/read-our-latest-quarterly-insights\/\">Quarterly Insights<\/a><\/em>, we introduced this framework to examine how capital allocation is shaped by structural demand, the resources available to meet it, and the fault lines between them. This episode provides a useful application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Needs.<\/strong><\/em> Every participant in the AI cycle needs to see something different for the cycle to keep turning. Hyperscalers need adoption. The companies adopting need reliability and demonstrable use cases. Investors need monetization and earnings sufficient to justify existing valuations. Governments need security and sovereignty. And the technology itself needs energy, memory, transmission, and the rest of the physical buildout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Means.<\/strong><\/em> Each participant holds something another needs, and the engine runs smoothly when gears meet without friction. Investors command sentiment, fuelling valuations that incentivize immense capital expenditures. Hyperscalers hold the capital to create the technology that companies draw on for efficiencies. Those businesses supply real-world demand and adoption budgets, the uptake that converts capital expenditure into monetization. Government policy juggles model access with security and sovereignty assurances that underpin trust in the system. The buildout layer mobilizes the physical inputs required to scale the technology. In concert, these can move efficiencies across the market and broaden AI&#8217;s benefits well beyond the hyperscalers; out of concert, the engine may persist with a stutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Seams.<\/strong><\/em> These are not competing interests squaring off against each other; world-shaping innovation is just rarely coordinated flawlessly. Even when the frictions were purely physical\u2014energy, compute, memory\u2014that alignment was bound to take time. Policy decisions surrounding access introduce an additional, less predictable dimension compared to infrastructure, which governments are directly participating in through public-private partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-case-for-calm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The case for calm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disruption resolved in under three weeks. Like us, UBS has expressed low conviction that such restrictions would persist. Policy risk should be treated as a variable to monitor rather than a reason to retreat entirely. Sentiment, as we have often noted, can recover well ahead of fundamentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s worth bearing in mind that a friction landing on every market participant simultaneously is not necessarily a relative disadvantage to any one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of that is true, and none of it dissolves the structural point. What outlasts this episode is not the spectre of downtime but the demonstrated fact that the latest innovations now pass through a government checkpoint whose criteria remain black-boxed. Enterprises plan around demonstrated facts. We are not alone in this view, and we expect greater clarity to emerge over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-case-for-sovereignty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The case for sovereignty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lesson generalizes beyond any one company or country. Governments are taking &#8220;AI sovereignty&#8221; more seriously, which raises the cost\u2014for nations and enterprises alike\u2014of concentrating dependence in any single national supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European governments, including France, Germany, and Spain, have reportedly been reassessing their reliance on certain U.S. providers. The Tony Blair Institute frames the balance well: sovereignty is not self-sufficiency, and failing to access the best systems is itself a risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;What sets states apart in the age of AI is not the lack of interdependence but their ability to manage it.&#8221;<\/em><br>\u2014 Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Sovereignty in the Age of AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advanced economies are pursuing resilience through fallback capacity and governance credibility; capital-rich states through direct ownership or creation. Either way, the direction of travel favours redundancy over concentration\u2014which is to say, it favours diversification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-how-we-read-it\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we read it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a fable untold to one briefly on hold, this 19-day blip did not break the AI megatrend, and nothing in this report should suggest otherwise. The lingering impact could delay adoption at the margin, extend the ROI runway, and, at the very least, make the road ahead bumpier than an unbroken march higher. That much is a reasonable, unremarkable conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What it does <em>not<\/em> do is tell us which layer will bear that cost, or for how long. That remains an uncertainty that diversification is built for, not a reason to guess at it. We&#8217;re deliberately avoiding a concentrated bet on any single would-be winner at any one layer. Our approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellvest.ca\/investment-management\/\">investment management<\/a> layers exposure across the entire value-creation chain: the pioneering labs, the hyperscalers, the buildout layer of industrials, infrastructure, and energy, and the businesses demonstrating capacity to adopt AI well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each bottleneck in that chain is, in the end, an addressable need\u2014and an addressable need is an investable opportunity. That is the case for staying invested through episodes like this one, not despite them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;line-height:1\">Bellwether Investment Management Inc. (\u201cBellwether\u201d), 2026. 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