Risk is rising as big tech companies like Oracle — the ultimate financial source of the Ellison media empire — need to turn to the bond market for staggering sums to finance data centers.

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    2 months ago

    Fun fact, over half of the S&P 500 have market caps over 10x revenue.

    This has not ended well for companies in the past.

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      2 months ago

      We’ll be lucky if the index loses only 2/3rds of its current value.

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      1 month ago

      Companies are relying on adds everywhere, planned obsolescence and shitification to show better results every year.