DB analysts warn OpenAI’s losses are entering unheard-of territory, and HSBC says it could burn nearly half a trillion by 2030. ChatGPT started the AI race. Now its lead is looking shaky

HSBC has said that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030, per FT: pic.twitter.com/KQrsGIqFnK — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 4, 2025 “OpenAI may continue to attract significant funding and could ultimately develop products that…revolutionize the world. But at present, no start-up in history has operated with expected losses on …

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This shaky foundation has left the economy exposed. And yet, this is where Donald Trump’s economic approach starts to make more sense.

"The U.S. economy may look rosy on the surface, but under the hood, it’s supported by just three pillars, writes Bleakley Financial Group’s Peter Boockvar: spending by the rich, spending by the government, and anything to do with artificial intelligence." Do you agree? — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 2, 2025 The U.S. economy might look vibrant …

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All the Devils from 2008 Are Back at the Megabanks: Leverage, Off-Balance-Sheet Debt, Over $192 Trillion in Derivatives, Shaky Capital Levels

TL;DR: Derivatives Danger: Four major U.S. banks hold 87% of all derivatives, totaling $168.26 trillion. Dodd-Frank Failure: The 2010 law failed to prevent the return of risky derivatives practices. Leverage and Off-Balance Sheet Debt: Megabanks have excessive leverage and hide debt off their balance sheets. Financial Crisis Repeat: The current situation resembles the 2008 crisis, with risks like those …

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S&P 500 ($SPX) has been overbought since 2019. Low stock outperformance too. Market might be getting a bit shaky.

Only 28% of S&P 500 stocks are outperforming the overall $SPX, the lowest amount since 1998 and the 2nd lowest in the last 33 years 👀 pic.twitter.com/E8tXbbhAlR — Barchart (@Barchart) December 25, 2023 S&P 500 $SPX has now spent the most amount of time in overbought levels since late 2019/early 2020 pic.twitter.com/rvKvAFS9Yd — Barchart (@Barchart) …

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The “skip” is acknowledgement that things are shaky

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1669070435399487492 Fed cutting interest rates has been bearish for equities It implies that something has broken in the system pic.twitter.com/6X7Kg9cQK4 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) June 14, 2023 👀 Reminder … the govt CPI is fake data. They massage the data so it is lower so that cost of living adjustments for social security are reduced …

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