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Government bond yields have climbed to their highest levels in decades, which is putting pressure on expensive software stocks and pulling market attention toward businesses tied to real assets. Capital is getting a higher hurdle rate. Investors are hunting for cash generative ways to play AI that look more grounded. This article walks through three AI infrastructure picks and shovels stocks from our screener that directly support this shift. The three stocks highlighted below are a small...

Coherent (COHR) and Amphenol (APH) both sell connections inside AI data centers, but Coherent relies on that business more. Data center and communications made 79% of Coherent's latest quarterly revenue. At Amphenol, sales from IT datacom made up 43% of Q2 2026 sales, and communications networks another 11%. At 68.6 times the past twelve months of profit, Coherent's price makes sense only if its orders become sales and cash. So what does Amphenol offer you that Coherent does not.