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The Exact Date of Next Stock Market Crash

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Core thesis / warning (market crash timing)

  • The speakers argue a liquidity-driven “AI bubble” is nearing its burst, with “bubble indicators” said to be at levels last seen in 1929 and 2000.
  • They frame the “next crash” as tied to an IPO/lockup liquidity event cycle rather than business failure (i.e., companies may survive, but valuations can collapse when wealth must become cash).

Macro backdrop: why liquidity may tighten

  • Hotter inflation: Inflation data is described as coming in hotter than expected.
  • Fed constraints: If inflation stays high, they claim the Fed cannot cut rates, so rates may not go down (“Fed can’t save you”).
  • Jobs/unemployment: The unemployment/jobs story is described as better-than-expected, increasing inflation risk and reducing Fed flexibility (“good news is bad news”).
  • Oil risk:
    • Goldman Sachs is cited as modeling oil around $150–$160 per barrel this year.
    • They argue an oil shock could force higher inflation (and potentially rate hikes), worsening equity conditions.

IPO frenzy as a liquidity drain

They cite unusually large AI-related IPOs:

  • SpaceX:
    • Listing June 12 on NASDAQ
    • Targeting a $1.7T valuation
    • Raising $75B
  • Anthropic:
    • Confidential SEC filing
    • Expected to list in October
    • Valuation cited around ~$1T (subtitles mention 965B)
  • They argue these IPOs imply ~$200B of “Wall Street money” needs to rotate into them.
  • When founders/insiders need cash, they claim buyers are limited, causing price collapses (their “pricking/converting wealth into money” explanation).

“Proxy rotation” from Magnificent 7-style AI to direct AI/space plays

  • They claim capital previously flowed into AI “proxies” (e.g., the “Magnificent 7”), but is rotating into real beneficiary assets:
    • If you can buy Anthropic directly, there’s less reason to hold Nvidia as an AI proxy.
    • If you can buy SpaceX directly, there’s less reason to hold “defense/satellite proxies.”
  • They emphasize structural selling pressure:
    • When SpaceX enters the NASDAQ 100 (about day 15 after listing), index funds/ETFs (explicitly mentioned: QQQ) must buy it.
    • That implies selling other components, creating “mandatory structural selling pressure.”

Company-specific event used as a “first domino”: Broadcom

They cite Broadcom (AVGO) as an example:

  • Stock drop: ~12% down in one night despite “very good” results.
  • Fundamentals:
    • Reported revenue up 48% YoY
    • Semiconductor revenue doubled
    • EPS beat expectations

Why it matters (their interpretation):

  • They claim the market already priced in “perfection” after AVGO’s ~40% run earlier in the year, so good news led to profit-taking (“late-cycle” behavior).
  • They highlight earnings call customer mentions including:
    • Google, Meta, and Anthropic (Anthropic implied as a major AI customer).
  • They interpret this as evidence investors are already selling winners to fund the upcoming IPO/lockup transition.

Explicit step-by-step framework (“playbook”) and timeline

They describe a 3-stage playbook (initially given in January, updated here):

Stage 1 (liquidity backstop / money printing)

  • Fed is said to be doing “reserve management purchases”:
    • ~$40B/month
    • ~$500B/year

Stage 2 (risk-on rally, valuations extreme, founders rush to IPO)

  • The market rallies, valuations reach extremes, and insiders sell into the demand.

Stage 3 (lockup expiry + macro catalysts → correction)

  • SpaceX:
    • Expected to list June 12
    • Lockups/early investors cannot sell for ~6 months
    • Implied renewed selling pressure begins around December 2026
  • Anthropic:
    • Targeted October IPO
    • Lockup expiry cited as around April 2027
  • Late-2026 to early-2027 “danger window”:
    • Midterms are presented as adding uncertainty.
    • They cite ~90% accuracy since 1933 as a historical pattern claim (while noting no prediction certainty).

They present two scenario paths:

  1. Classic setup: Market rallies into IPOs; sells correctly out of lockups; quality stocks get cheaper → “beautiful opportunity.”
  2. Adverse setup: Inflation + oil break the thesis earlier → correction becomes deeper and faster (Fed may not step in).

Investing recommendations / risk management actions (as stated)

  • They explicitly advise their own behavior:
    • Do not buy IPOs (“I never do”).
    • Prefer using an analyzed universe of established stocks (they claim coverage of ~9,500 stocks, including global primary listings).
  • Exit/risk management approach:
    • “Stay invested,” but use exit management:
      • Stops on every position
      • Position sizing
      • Rotate holdings based on where “money is flowing” across sectors/styles
  • Signals they watch (examples):
    • ARČ ETFs rolling over (interpreted as a bad sign)
    • Good earnings followed by selling (interpreted as bearish / late-cycle danger)
    • “When your barber talks about a stock/IPO” (contrarian crowding/FOMO warning)
  • They argue corrections aren’t the enemy, but stress having a system to avoid 30–50% drawdowns.

Key numbers explicitly mentioned

  • AI infrastructure spending: $650B (Dalio estimate) “this year”
  • IPO valuations / raises:
    • SpaceX: $1.7T valuation, $75B raise, listing June 12, NASDAQ 100 inclusion implied “day 15”
    • Anthropic: ~$965B–$1T valuation, target October, lockup expiry around April 2027
  • IPO capital drain: ~$200B from “Wall Street money”
  • Broadcom (AVGO):
    • Revenue +48% YoY
    • Semiconductor revenue doubled
    • Stock -12% in a single night
    • AVGO rallied ~40% earlier in the year
  • Macro:
    • Oil: $150–$160/bbl cited (Goldman Sachs modeling)
  • Liquidity purchases by Fed:
    • ~$40B/month (~$500B/year)
  • Market drawdown history referenced:
    • NASDAQ down 78% in the 2000 era (dot-com context)
    • “86% of IPOs in 2000 were losing money” (context claim)
  • Historical political pattern claim:
    • “90% accurate since 1933” re midterms affecting market performance (with a disclaimer that it’s not certain)

Disclosures / disclaimers

  • They state: “I’m not a financial adviser” and that the session is educational.
  • They emphasize charts/box performance isn’t a prediction of the future, and that they “haven’t got a crystal ball.”

Tickers / assets / instruments mentioned

  • Indexes: NASDAQ, NASDAQ 100
  • ETF: QQQ
  • Stock/company: Broadcom (AVGO) (ticker not explicitly shown, but company is clearly referenced)
  • Magnificent 7 (companies mentioned; no tickers stated):
    • Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Meta
  • Firms / references:
    • Goldman Sachs (oil model cited)
  • Commodities: Oil (price levels cited)
  • AI / IPO assets:
    • SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI (used as contrast/customer context)

Presenters / sources mentioned

  • Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) — liquidity/bubble-indicator warning; Dalio interview mentioned (also referenced: Bloomberg).
  • Felix P. — presenter; ex investment banker.
  • Winston — co-presenter / “brains behind it all.”
  • Goldman Sachs — oil price model cited.
  • Bloomberg — Dalio interview mentioned.
  • The SEC — Anthropic SEC filing context.

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