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Paul Kedrosky

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The Oracle of Fermi Speaks

Kedrosky Daily: Hyperscaler capex triples by 2026; Forty percent of Russell 2000 firms lose money

The Oracle of Yore, and Early Q3 GDP Mysteries

Kedrosky Daily: Hyperscaler capex to quintuple by 2026; Small caps face persistent earnings losses

Kedrosky Daily: Hyperscaler capex to double by 2026 Oracle share triples

Vibe Hacking, S&P, and Why Howard Marks is Terrified

Kedrosky Daily: Istanbul tops global traffic delays Chicago beats LA

Kedrosky Daily: Istanbul tops global traffic delays 118h Chicago leads Americas 112h

Talking To Paul Krugman About AI

Kedrosky Daily: Pacific Northwest rain exceeds 12 inches, US seniors hold 32% wealth

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: Microsoft capex-to-sales hits 25% surpassing Exxon US passport issuance peaks at 24M

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: Microsoft capex doubles Exxon’s by 2025, US passports hit records

Weekend Thinking Dec 5, 2025

AEP Wants to Dump 750 MW of Data Center Power. Why?

Kedrosky Daily: US automakers lag in fuel economy China leads global EV sales 2024

Taiwan as AI Geopolitics Hinge

Does Gemini Show That Scaling Still Works? No.

Kedrosky Daily: US power outages hit decade high, MicroStrategy debt tops bitcoin value

Private Credit Talks Back

AI Capex in H1 2025 Prevented a Recession

Kedrosky Daily: Western US snow low, humans dominate mammal biomass

Ex-AI Capex, the US was in Recession in H1 2025

Kedrosky Daily: Low Western US Snow Cover, Humans Dominate Mammal Biomass

Kedrosky Daily: Military Base Zips Lead Crypto Returns, ORCL CDS Doubles

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: China’s trade surplus nears $965B Bitcoin mining breaks even

Me Media Watch: My WSJ Picks for Books on Work, Historical Bubbles, etc.

Has Corporate AI Adoption Stalled in Low Teens? Doubtful

AI Capex Risk and the End of Scaling

Kedrosky Daily: Nasdaq Bitcoin Diverge Mid 2024 AI Debt Surpasses Banks by 2025

AI Capex Risk as Predictable Engineering

Kedrosky Daily: China saving rate; AI mega-deals in VC

Kedrosky Daily: China saving rate stays high post-pandemic AI mega-deals dominate VC

Rogue AI, From RAND to Nvidia: Selection is the Signal

Kedrosky Daily: China triples robot installs, doubles US manufacturing value

Data Center Operators are Cheerily Uneasy About the Future

Kedrosky Daily: Driver error causes 75% of US crashes, YouTube leads streaming gains

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: US cybercrime costs hit $16.6B China leads quantum funding

On Benchmark Games, Gemini, and Declining Returns to Scale

Stranded Assets and the AI-Driven Gas Turbine Renaissance

Kedrosky Daily: Crypto Fear Hits Extreme as Market Drops 30 Percent

Kedrosky Daily: Crypto Fear Hits Extreme as Market Drops 30 Percent

Proxy Test 6

Kedrosky Daily: Bitcoin mining near break-even, MicroStrategy shares drop sharply

Sendy Test 23

Testing Daily Kedrosky

Sendy Post 13

Kedrosky Daily: Oracle’s backlog 58% OpenAI, big firms add 151K jobs small firms lose 88K

Sendy Test 12

Sendy test 4

Sendy Test 3

Kedrosky Daily: ChatGPT users 55+ hit 28 percent in Q3 2025, leads US AI usage

Testing

Media: Recent Bloomberg Odd Lots Appearance

Updates: GenAI Adoption Shifts, Chinese Models, etc.

Kedrosky Daily: Google leads AI model race 84 percent tech IP growth outpaces others

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: Asia’s emissions surpass West, youth disconnection rises US UK

On AI CapEx Apologists

Kedrosky Daily: Retail share in SPX 0DTE options tops 50 US equity risk peaks

Kedrosky Daily: Employer health costs surge fivefold, global power demand doubles

The Great Credit Convergence

Global Data Center Investment Passes Oil Investment

Kedrosky Daily: Employer health costs up 5x, electricity demand doubles by 2035

Meta: Purging of Dissidents vs Open Rebellion

Kedrosky Daily: AI data center funding gap 27 percent construction spending surges

Kedrosky Daily: China births drop 70% since 1963, AI firms hit $100B fast

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: NYC jobs shift to health care women 70+ marathon surge

Four Things: OpenAI's Backstop, CoreWeave CDS, Oregon, and Humanity's TAM

Kedrosky Daily: Labor growth plummets 80 percent, VFX jobs drop 33 percent

Kedrosky Daily: Grok lags in AI adoption, AI data center borrowing hits $126B

Kedrosky Daily: Grok lags behind ChatGPT Gemini AI tech borrowing hits $126B in 2025

Updates: Bragawatts, Nvidia Theater, Me Stuff, etc.

Kedrosky Daily: US weekend box office hits multi-decade low, bond maturities rise

Kedrosky Daily: US Box Office Hits Multi-Decade Low, Convertible Bond Maturities Rise

Kedrosky Daily — Sunday Edition: Oman jumps from unlisted in 2015 to 4th in 2025, highlighting significant imp…

Kedrosky Daily (Commodities edition): Healthcare and service roles exhibit minimal core AI development compared to …

Kedrosky Daily (Commodities edition): AI recruiting tools dominate healthcare sectors like dental and nursing, high…

Four Ideas (Life sciences edition): AI Integration in Healthcare Tech and Diagnostics

Four Ideas (AI edition): AI Transformations and Market Realignments

Four Ideas (Macro edition): Interest Rate Moves and Structural Economic Changes

Four Ideas, Sunday Edition: AI Transformation in Healthcare and Industry Shifts

Oct 24, 2025 Update: Nvidia as Pop Mart, Power, Policy, etc.

Four Ideas (Commodities edition): Commodity Trends and Geopolitical Dynamics

Four Ideas (Life sciences edition): Healthcare AI, Health Tech Investments, AI in Healthcare, FDA Breakthrough Devices

Four Ideas (Macro edition): Emerging Macro Trends Impact on Non-Obvious Sectors

Four Ideas, Sunday Edition:

Quick Hits: AI Capex and Consumer Spending

Minsky Moments and AI CapEx

Four Ideas (Energy edition): Renewable Energy Grid Innovations and EV Shifts

Four Ideas (Commodities edition): Global Commodity Trends and Implications

Rougher Notes, Oct 15, 2025: Blackouts, TeraWulf, Debt, etc.

Four Ideas (Life sciences edition): Healthcare AI Innovation and Market Dynamics

Quick Hits: AI Capex is Eating ... San Francisco

Four Ideas (AI edition): AI Impact on Utilities and Travel

Quick Hits: An India of Incremental Power Ahead

Quick Hits: The Data Center Growth Slowdown

Four Ideas (Macro edition): Global Fragmentation, Reserve Diversification, Geoeconomics Impact, Industrial Growth

Four Ideas, Sunday Edition:

Quick Hits: Roger Rabbit's Data Center, Colo Spin, etc.

Why AI Capex isn't a Bubble: A Perez-ian Perspective

Four Ideas (Life sciences edition): Healthcare AI and MedTech Innovations

The Godfather and Oracle's Crap GPU Rental Returns

Four Ideas (AI edition): Unexpected Impacts of AI Advancements

Quick Hits: OpenAI's Mammoth AMD Deal

Four Ideas (Macro edition): Interest Rate Shifts, Geoeconomics, AI Adoption, Travel Experiences

Four Ideas, Sunday Edition:

LLMs, Shifting Baselines, and .400 Hitters

Quick Hits: 85% Margins for Data Centers? Yes, Please

Four Ideas (Commodities edition): Geoeconomic Shifts, Cocoa Rally, Commodity Traders, Gold Outlook

Quick Hit: Blackstone on Data Center Bubbles

Four Ideas (Life sciences edition): FDA, AI, Drone Delivery, Health Systems

Rougher Notes, Sep 30, 2025

Four Ideas (AI edition): AI-Driven Investment Shifts

Data Centers: More Money, Fewer Buyers

Four Ideas (Macro edition): Geoeconomic Strategies and Industrial Policy Shifts

Four Ideas, Sunday Edition:

Quick Update: Appearances, Financial Flywheels, etc.

Four Ideas (AI edition): AI-Driven Market and Policy Shifts

Four Ideas (Macro edition): Interest Rate Divergence, EM Currencies, EU Productivity, Real Estate Dynamics

Four Ideas, Sunday Edition:

Four Ideas (Energy edition): Solar Engineers, EV Battery Sustainability, Grid Innovation, Emerging Markets