Vertiv stock climbed 1043% in five years. A trader named Mike Khouw thinks it will keep climbing. This passes for analysis in 2026.
The headline compares Vertiv's gains to Micron. Both companies exist. Both make things related to technology. That exhausts the relevance of the comparison but here we are, pretending it means something because two numbers look similar when you squint.
Mike Khouw sees more gains ahead. He did not specify when these gains would materialize or what would cause them or why anyone should care what he thinks. He just sees them. Like a prophet. A prophet with a Bloomberg terminal and a tie that cost more than your car payment.
The article suggests investors might be forgiven for taking profits after a 1043% run. Forgiven by whom? The market doesn't forgive. It just takes your money while you're busy reading headlines about what Mike Khouw sees.
Vertiv makes data center cooling systems and power management equipment. Critical infrastructure for the cloud computing age. None of that matters because Mike Khouw has opinions about the chart pattern.
Retail traders will read this and think they've stumbled onto actionable intelligence. They will open their Robinhood app. They will buy shares at the top because a guy named Mike said the line would keep going up. The line will not consult Mike before deciding what it does next.
Technical analysis is astrology for people who wear suits. Mike Khouw reads the stars. The stars are candlestick patterns. The prophecy is always the same: number go up or number go down, tune in next week for more.
Vertiv could double from here or cut in half and Mike Khouw would have another chart ready to explain why he saw it coming the whole time.
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