Person A has a net worth of 2B Person A has a loan at 500M backed by their holdings Stocks drop 50%, Net worth is now 1B Person A buys $500m of stocks Market Recovers 100% Person A now has 2B original holdings and 1B gains, $500m owned = 2.5B

Very simple example, and not the only way to do it - but people need to remember net worth being 500B is not 500B in the bank, and at some point the number doesnt matter

what is incorrect with what they are saying?

> what is incorrect with what they are saying?

I've replied else-thread, in detail, on exactly why his analogy to mortgage and car loans are incorrect.

His main point that "these deals cannot be circular because mortgage and car finance are not circular" is incorrect. The mortgage and car finance deals are not analogous to the Nvidia/OpenAI or AMD/OpenAI deals.

thats sort of what you get when you take a bunch of developers opinions as facts on an ever changing global economy.

a lot of comments dont really understand finance; and are just repeating gut feelings they align with

you understand that costs rise on devaluation of the dollar right?

as the usd devalues these stocks will also skyrocket profit/revenue

the classification of a tool being right for the job does not depend on how people use it

someone holding a hammer by the head and failing at getting the nail in doesnt mean a hammer is a bad tool for nailing

> If that's how engineers used it, sure

No part of what I said suggested the tool wasn't capable of being a useful tool.

this describes me and my experience exactly

you have a fundamental misunderstanding of govermental debt and the US.the US CAN 100%, its not a guess its a fact, spend away their troubles forever.

learn how the global economy is, understand what fiat is, find out what your missing. (first hint, money is a construct - and follow the tbills)

you know what does make the US have to do "painful austerity measures - budget cuts, increased taxes, and the like. It's unpopular to do painful things, but it's necessary for survival" ??

Watch everything the current administration does because they dont understand modern economics and you'll see.

Yes, the US can spend away their troubles, as long as it maintains treaties it signed on to, can, at least, to some degree, demonstrate some maintenance of its debt, and doesn’t alienate its trade parters, much less the whole world.

If you think I’m just being a partisan, take a look at the US Bond market for the last two weeks.

you cant call out a bias when you are doing the exact same thing.

You absolutely can. What on earth are you talking about.

Ok, he also does not know COBOL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1ipc8up/ne...

Most of the comments on that are pointing out that post doesn't make sense.

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