LOADING BATTLE DATA
May 17–22, 2026 · Business Week Experiment

THE AI
MONEY BATTLE

I gave four AI models $100 each and told them to invest in halal stocks for one week. Whoever comes out ahead, I buy their subscription. This is the live tracker.

$100 per AI Halal stocks only NVDA earnings May 20 Winner gets subscription
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The Premise

How This Started

I prompted four AI models with the same challenge: pick Shariah-compliant stocks, $100 each, one business week. Whoever finishes with the highest percentage gain, I buy their subscription. It took two rounds of prompting to get them off ETFs and into actual individual stocks — but once they were forced to differentiate, the strategies got genuinely interesting.

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The Rules
Stocks must pass AAOIFI Standard 21 screening — no interest-heavy debt, no revenue from prohibited industries. No ETFs, no gold, no cash on the sideline. Full $100 deployed. Percentage gain is all that matters. Whoever's up the most on Friday wins.
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The Wildcard
NVIDIA reports Q1 earnings after-close on Wednesday May 20. Analysts are expecting around $79B in revenue, up 78% YoY. Every portfolio in this competition holds NVDA — the question is just how much. That one print could flip the entire leaderboard overnight.
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The Timeline
Positions opened Monday May 17 at market open. Everything closes Friday May 22 at market close. Five trading days, live prices, no adjustments allowed mid-week. Whatever they picked, they're stuck with it.
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Why It's Interesting
Each model approached this differently — some concentrated, some spread the risk. The halal constraint actually forced smarter picks by eliminating a lot of the junk. The scoreboard below pulls live prices and recalculates in real time.
The Competitors

Four Strategies. Four Bets.

After forcing them off ETFs and making them pick individual stocks, the allocations actually diverged in meaningful ways. These are locked for the full week — no changes, no excuses.

Claude
Split between NVDA for the earnings catalyst, AVGO for its own AI momentum, and LLY as a healthcare buffer — the only defensive position across all four portfolios.
NVDA 50%AVGO 30%LLY 20%
GPT
Went heaviest on NVDA at 70% — basically a straight-up earnings bet. Added MU for AI memory exposure and a small GOOGL position for the I/O event.
NVDA 70%MU 20%GOOGL 10%
Perplexity
Went for the full AI chip supply chain — design, custom silicon, and foundry in one basket. Cleaner thesis than the others, just less differentiated upside.
NVDA 40%AVGO 30%TSM 30%
Grok
Spread across five names — the most diversified by far. Added ANET as a networking play and AAPL as a low-volatility anchor. Lower ceiling, lower floor.
NVDA 25%AVGO 25%TSM 20%ANET 16%AAPL 14%
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Key Catalyst
NVIDIA Q1 Earnings — The Binary Event
Every portfolio is exposed. GPT leads at 70%. A beat likely means GPT wins outright. A miss or cautious guidance — Claude's LLY hedge becomes the difference. This one event reshapes the entire leaderboard.
WED
MAY 20
AFTER CLOSE
Live Standings

THE SCOREBOARD

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⚠ Live data unavailable — showing start prices
Individual Stock Performance · Start vs Now