The $3 Trillion Day: Why the AI Bubble Just Cracked (And It's Not Only Tech)
Tom Bilyeu reacts to economist Jeff Snider's analysis of a record stock market drop. Their argument is that the sell-off reflects more than shaky AI valuations: a weak economy, energy-driven demand destruction and tightening credit.
The gist
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Snider says midterm results threatening data center construction triggered the drop, but it was one concern piled on months of building worries.
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Snider reads the Treasury rally, with the two-year yield near 4.48%, as bonds pricing energy-driven demand destruction and a weak real economy.
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Snider notes banks nearly backed away from a $63 billion chip financing package for Anthropic, suggesting chips alone weren't trusted as collateral.
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Bilyeu says he uses Claude constantly and now does less than one search a day, which he thinks threatens Google's search revenue.
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After Snider notes China's tech index fell roughly 40%, Bilyeu urges optimism about AI and recommends following Snider at Eurodollar University.
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"If my behavior were universal, I'm just in Claude all the time. I'm not doing searches almost ever. I went from doing I can't even imagine how many searches a day to less than one a day. For sure less than one a day."
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"My man, Jeff Snider over at Eurodollar University, he's incredible... So definitely give Jeff Snider a follow for more of this kind of stuff."
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"My man, Jeff Snider over at Eurodollar University, he's incredible. He's somebody who really I think has a very good understanding of the much larger international influence that all of the different markets have on each other, hence the name. I think his read on all of this h..."
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"My man, Jeff Snider over at Eurodollar University, he's incredible. He's somebody who really I think has a very good understanding of the much larger international influence tha..."
"My man, Jeff Snider over at Eurodollar University, he's incredible... So definitely give Jeff Snider a follow for more of this kind of stuff."
"If my behavior were universal, I'm just in Claude all the time. I'm not doing searches almost ever. I went from doing I can't even imagine how many searches a day to less than o..."
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