Jim Grant on the AI boom: “I think that today is one of the greatest bubbles of all time.”

𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗺: "I think that today is one of the greatest bubbles of all time." He argues the excitement around AI dwarfs the worldwide web and fiber optics, and that better technology doesn't ground the speculative spirit, it incites it.… pic.twitter.com/bmCqSsUaJP — Meb Faber (@MebFaber) June 12, 2026 SpaceX IPO is …

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Tech giants keep hyping AI revolution publicly and quietly kill projects when costs explode. These are obvious bubbles, it’s not even an argument at this point. The most overvalued market in half a century. And retail is still buying.

They sold us on cheap smart tools and now even big names run out of money in months. When the bubble starts leaking from inside the companies themselves you know the party is ending fast. This shows that the traditional software model does not work for generative AI. You cannot just pay a flat fee …

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BUBBLES POP: When a tech company asks for a public “backstop,” it usually means the private market is hesitating

OpenAI Races to Quell Concerns Over Its Finances. Sarah Friar, OpenAI’s chief financial officer, faced widespread online pushback after she raised the prospect of government aid for the company at a Wall Street Journal technology conference on Wednesday. OpenAI has embarked on a deal spree to build computing infrastructure to power A.I. development, and Ms. …

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Deutsche Bank warns big stock bets now carry major risk, unlike past bubbles.”; Banks are paying more to borrow overnight than they earn at the Fed

What do you expect? They all feed the same bubbles, it’s just one big circle. After governments, the ones I trust the least are banks and financial institutions pic.twitter.com/qyusdt0VwF — 구미호 (@ThinkInError) September 16, 2025 Banks are so short on easy collateral that they’re forced to borrow overnight money at a higher rate than the …

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Stop talking about bubbles Steve. You’re making me nervous…

Stop talking about bubbles Steve.You're making me nervous… https://t.co/7p5sNBxqQc pic.twitter.com/4Ym5ocZw4W — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 25, 2025 The AI bubble today is bigger than the IT bubble in the 1990s, per Apollo 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ZZnNX4Xirb — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) August 25, 2025 Price to Earnings Ratio (TTM) Palantir: 487 Tesla: 197 NVIDIA: 57 Netflix: 51 Microsoft: …

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Nasdaq 100 volume summation index falls sharply while prices hit new highs. Bubbles don’t just pop they do a full acrobatic routine first

Warning to young investors margin and leverage can turn market dips into financial disasters. The composite Nasdaq volume have been screwy lately due to some heavy share volume in penny stocks, so I am leery about trusting any insights from those data. Here is the traditional (not ratio-adjusted) Volume Summation Index for the stocks in …

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“Home price collapses are rare!”… Sure, so are bubbles of this magnitude

"Home price collapses are rare!" Sure, so are bubbles of this magnitude pic.twitter.com/IQiKRu3I7t — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 30, 2025 Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Re-Spikes to 10.6%, to Worst Levels of the Financial Crisis Meltdown.It’s the older office towers that get in trouble amid a flight to qualityhttps://t.co/Yp9LN2mN1Y pic.twitter.com/Nesmn3vH2n — Wolf Richter (@wolfofwolfst) May 31, …

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We’re staring down 1970s inflation, 1940s debt, and 1920s asset bubbles. Hard assets may be the only real hedge left.

Almost exactly one year ago, Jay Powell said: "I don't see the stag, nor the 'flation.'" Today, the Fed’s projections anticipate both. This is a timely reminder that we’re still grappling with a rare trifecta of macro imbalances: Inflation like the 1970s, government debt… pic.twitter.com/OKiiXDkyQp — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) May 7, 2025 When Powell …

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$SPY signals are echoing the 2007 crash, with market patterns showing familiar signs. The tech and housing bubbles are bursting in tandem, while the boiling frog syndrome keeps investors oblivious.

$SPY people believe that the 2007 Great Financial Crash was a large surprise (below) But it was anything but a surprise. The moving averages were textbook. Clear tests of support, followed by a rejection from below twice and then Lehmans collapsed. What sometimes clouds… pic.twitter.com/2LaGy1a0z3 — The Long Investor (@TheLongInvest) April 2, 2025 Tech and …

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Retail investors have gone all-in, surpassing even the Dot Com Bubble’s peak.

Retail’s enthusiasm is undeniable, with record inflows driving bullish sentiment to new extremes. With over $448 billion flowing into US stocks in 2024, plus $25 billion just last week, retail is doubling down on tech. They’re betting on an unstoppable future, even as the market shows signs of tension. Retail Investors have built the largest …

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Remember, bubbles do not burst overnight.

⁉️IS THIS THE MOTHER OF ALL BUBBLES⁉️ Magnificent 7 stocks have skyrocketed ~2900% over the last 10 years. This is more than TWICE than any other past market bubbles shown in the below chart. Will this performance continue in 2025? Remember, bubbles do not burst overnight. pic.twitter.com/zlD0Y1fi6M — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) January 3, 2025 …

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BIG Bubbles? Biden/Democrats Spending Spree + FED = Massive Asset Bubbles = OVERVALUATION In Stock Market And Housing (Buffett Indicator, SP500 Mean Reversion, Shiller PE Ratio, CaseShiller To Gov Spending)

by confoundedinterest17 Apparently, the late Hawaiian crooner Don Ho foresaw Biden’s irresponsible spending spree. That is, BIG BUBBLES. Let’s start with the Buffett Indicator (Warren, not Jimmy!). It indicates that the stock market is STRONGLY OVERVALUED. The S&P 500 Mean Reversion Model also shows the stock market to be STRONGLY OVERVALUED. How about the Shiller P/E Ratio? Also …

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The mother of all bubbles

The idea of America as an exceptional nation, superior to its rivals and therefore destined to lead the world, seems passé to most observers. In political, diplomatic and military circles, the talk is of a dysfunctional superpower, isolationist abroad and polarised at home. But in the investing world, the term “American exceptionalism” is hotter than …

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Oh, look mummy! Bubbles! The ratio of insider selling to buying has just hit a new 20+ year high

Oh, look mummy! Bubbles!🫧📌 pic.twitter.com/sMe3tN9RTk — The Great Martis (@great_martis) November 29, 2024 INSIDERS AND INSTITUTIONS KNOW A CRASH IS IMMINENT VERY SOON… 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 THE RATIO OF INSIDER SELLING TO BUYING HAS JUST HIT A NEW 20+ YEAR HIGH WHILE STOCKS ARE AT ALL TIMEHIGHS THE INSIDERS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE SELLING WHILE …

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The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, October Update: Prices Drop in 29 of 30 Big Metros, even San Diego & Los Angeles. Only New York City Ekes Out New High

19 are below their 2022 peaks: Austin -20%, San Francisco -10%, Phoenix -8%, San Antonio -7%, Denver -7%, Salt Lake City -6%, Sacramento -6%, Portland -5%, Dallas -5%, Seattle -5%, Honolulu -4%… The mix that drives the housing market now: Lowest demand since 1995 and surging supply of existing homes, as buyers are on strike …

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Frauds emerge during market bubbles, not bottoms; exposure is imminent across markets.

Fraud typically emerges during market bubbles, not at market bottoms. During bubbles, investor excitement and speculation drive prices to unsustainable levels, attracting scams and fraudulent schemes. In contrast, market bottoms are marked by fear and low confidence, resulting in less fraudulent activity as investors are more cautious. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 NVIDIA HAS ASKED FOR …

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The real estate debt bubbles in Canada and Australia are far worse than the 2007 U.S. crisis.

“They are on that super nitro debt fuelled real estate bing. The banks in Australia actually prefer mortgage lending above productive businesses lending. The Aussie economy is the sum of its 4 big pillars: “commodities, migration & real estate with a financial sector on top”. That’s it.” They are on that super nitro debt fuelled …

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The Mother of All Housing Bubbles

via International Man: America’s bubblicious economy will soon hit another milestone of sorts—-the $50 trillion mark with respect to the market value of owner-occupied residential real estate. At the present moment, this figure (purple line) stands at $46 trillion (Q1 2024), which is nearly 2X its pre-crisis level of $24 trillion in Q4 2006. It’s also 8X its level when …

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Big Bubbles! US Home Prices Up 6.47% YoY, Hit All-time High As Fed Keeps Foot On Monetary Gas Pedal

by confoundedinterest17 Big bubbles! US home pricest hit an all-time high as The Fed keeps its foot on the monetary gas pedal following the Covid economic shutdown in 2020. Home prices in America’s 20 largest cities rose for the 16th straight month in June (according to the latest data from S&P CoreLogic – Case Shiller – data …

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Household assets mimic dot-com bubble; Accenture and Apple underperform; Tech bubbles, like AI, hold promise but watch greed.

Never forget, this time it’s different pic.twitter.com/EkdDMLydI8 — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) March 22, 2024 Recent trends in household financial asset allocation are raising concerns reminiscent of past market bubbles, particularly the infamous dot-com bubble of 2000. With 48% of assets allocated to equity, 15% to debt, and 15% to cash, households’ heavy reliance on …

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The end of free money has been rough on the free money bubbles

The end of free money has been rough on the free money bubbles: pic.twitter.com/RKLhmLsIjG — Mark 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 (@Tryng2lookahead) October 31, 2023 Holy fuck you guys it's happening https://t.co/Vb9AhkTaAd pic.twitter.com/lDl7zAJJBk — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) October 31, 2023 Next one to go: Tech pic.twitter.com/5UU1EKfcWl — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) November 1, 2023

If the Fed loses control of the debt market, it’s Game Over for its asset bubbles & markets. 2008 will be a walk in the park.

Ummm. Houston we have a problem. 4.85% on the 10 year. Damn things are getting out of control Stock futures starting to dive. pic.twitter.com/5nUb1QoGLA — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 4, 2023 The real fun starts when investors refuse to buy U.S. debt that’s going to be inflated away by the Fed. Last year, the main …

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Canada’s Two Biggest Housing Bubbles Beg for Rate Pause

British Columbia and Ontario premiers beg for the Bank of Canada not to raise rates. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking the Bank of Canada to stop hiking interest rates, saying Ontario families and businesses are struggling to get by and can’t afford another increase. The bank has raised rates 10 times since March 2022 in …

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Hedgeye: ‘Mother of All Bubbles’ Epicenter Is Now $NVDA, Not $TSLA

“This is the most obvious bubble we will ever see out of any of the bubbles I’ve ever called,” explains @KeithMcCullough . “The absolute worst thing will be if Nvidia closes down today, after opening up.” ☠️ Watch the full excerpt: https://app.hedgeye.com/insights/138372-the-epicenter-of-the-mother-of-all-bubbles-is-now-nvda-not-tsla?type=macro%2Chedgeye-tv “Nvidia had what we call an ‘outside reversal’ yesterday. $NVDA shares were up …

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