Gadgets & Workspaces · Story 2

How to kick SpaceX out of your retirement savings account — “Right now, just a handful of A.I.-related stocks represent almost half the value of the total stock market index. If A.I. stocks collapse, so will the worth of your index fund”: economist

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The top 5 comments collected for this story carried 6,443 combined score. The quotes below are short excerpts from the highest-ranked visible comments.

Malkiel is a very well-respected and legit source. Random Walk Down Wall Street is required reading for investors. This isn’t coming from a quack. EDIT: Went and refreshed my memory about his credentials, and people like to be spoon-fed....
u/DayOldBaby · 2,488 score
To be eligible for inclusion in the S&P 500, a company must report positive earnings in the most recent quarter, and the sum of its earnings over the prior four consecutive quarters must also be positive....
u/mrpickles · 1,225 score
My pension fund wrote to me to state it wouldn't be increasing in Space X. However, if there's an AI crash all stocks go down, so I'm not optimistic as I near retirement.
u/Cotters67 · 996 score
There is no safe place in our current world. Stock bubble could burst any year, cash could lose value to hyper inflation. Even treasuries are teetering....
u/IssueEmbarrassed8103 · 945 score
Amazing how the world just bends freely under every scam these days
u/Moeverload · 789 score