Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance, warns that $1 trillion of foreign inflows over the past 12 months has pushed US stocks to 250% of GDP, a ratio he says historically precedes collapse. He notes real interest rates rose 150 basis points in 12 months, leaving NVIDIA's 2.32% earnings yield well below the 5.09% 10-year Treasury yield. He compares today's AI buildout to the 1870s railroad boom, when only one in five railroads paid dividends by 1872 before collapsing. The article also cites NVIDIA's roughly $5.2 trillion market cap and $279.00 billion in supply obligations.
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | ETF |
| Close on 10/16/2026 | 709.82 |
| Change that session | -2.50% |
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| Market | US stocks |
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| Sector | ETF |
| Close on 10/16/2026 | 763.31 |
| Change that session | -1.10% |
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