The Big 3: TMUS, CRDO, MRVL

Schwab Network13mApril 28, 2026

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The Schwab Network's 'Big Three' segment dives into three high-conviction stock picks amid a volatile earnings week dominated by AI-driven market dynamics. Jessica Inskip of Stockbrokers.com highlights T-Mobile as a non-AI pick for portfolio stability, citing its 2.23% dividend yield, 39% payout ratio, and strong free cash flow. The focus then shifts to AI infrastructure bottlenecks, with Credo highlighted for its ZeroFlapped technology that prevents costly AI training crashes by eliminating link flaps in GPU clusters. Marvell is positioned as a key player in the photonics shift, benefiting from the industry's move from copper to optical connectivity as AI scale-up demands grow. Despite recent sell-offs tied to OpenAI news and Marvell’s canceled Poet orders, both stocks remain central to the narrative of AI scalability. Technical analysis reveals cautious optimism: T-Mobile shows consolidation near support, Credo exhibits bullish divergence despite overbought RSI, and Marvell faces steep resistance after a rapid rally. The episode underscores that AI’s real bottleneck isn’t just compute—it’s reliability, connectivity, and infrastructure resilience.

Key Takeaways
1

T-Mobile offers 2.23% dividend yield with 39% payout ratio and strong free cash flow, making it a volatility-smoothing non-AI pick.

2

Credo’s ZeroFlapped technology prevents millisecond link flaps that crash AI training runs, directly addressing a critical scalability bottleneck.

3

Marvell is positioned as the 'Switzerland of connectivity' with photonics solutions enabling large-scale AI network scalability beyond copper limits.

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AI infrastructure demand is outpacing supply—CapEx for top four hyperscalers is projected at $680B in 2026, up 64% YoY.

5

A 4% drop in Marvell’s stock was driven by canceled Poet orders, but its acquisition of Polartarian strengthens its photonics edge.

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0:00
1 min

Introducing the Big Three

Host Richie Katt welcomes Jessica Inskip, director of investor research at Stockbrokers.com, to discuss three high-conviction stock picks amid a volatile earnings week dominated by AI narratives and macro data.

1:00
2 min

AI CapEx Surge and Market Focus

The numbers are really massive. If you include Oracle and we're focusing on those big four hyperscaler, so Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta, that group is expected to spend about 680 billion in CapEx just in 2026. And that's up 64% year over year.

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3:00
2 min

T-Mobile: The Non-AI Stability Pick

T-Mobile is highlighted for its 2.23% dividend yield, 39% payout ratio, and strong free cash flow ($2.176/share). It’s the only pick not tied to AI bottlenecks, serving as a volatility buffer in a high-beta portfolio.

5:00
4 min

Credo: Solving AI Inference Bottlenecks

A single link flap, which is a millisecond long signal disconnect that can crash an entire AI training run. So those inferences and that can cost millions of dollars in lost compute time because compute is very important.

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9:00
4 min

Marvell: The Photonics Play

They are definitely a beneficiary of this bottleneck with compute and connectivity. They did acquire Polartarian to advance photonics in high-speed data transfer.

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High-Impact Quotes
A single link flap, which is a millisecond long signal disconnect that can crash an entire AI training run. So those inferences and that can cost millions of dollars in lost compute time because compute is very important.
Jessica Inskip6:02
Viral: 88.0
The numbers are really massive. If you include Oracle and we're focusing on those big four hyperscaler, so Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta, that group is expected to spend about 680 billion in CapEx just in 2026. And that's up 64% year over year.
Jessica Inskip0:59
Viral: 85.0
they are definitely a beneficiary of this bottleneck with compute and connectivity. They did acquire Polartarian to advance photonics in high -speed data
Jessica Inskip10:32
Viral: 82.0
Speakers

Host

Richie Katt

Guest

Jessica Inskip
Topics Discussed
ai infrastructure90%photonics connectivity88%ai inference bottlenecks87%capex spending85%credo inc83%marvell technology80%t-mobile stock75%dividend yield investing70%
People & Brands

t-mobile

organization

15xPositive

credo inc

organization

14xPositive

jessica inskip

person

12xNeutral

marvell technology

organization

12xPositive

richie katt

person

8xNeutral

openai

organization

5xNeutral

stockbrokers.com

organization

4xNeutral

poet

organization

3xNegative

jensen hong

person

2xPositive

gptc

other

2xNeutral

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