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Find us at www.crisisinvesting.com   Matt and Doug discuss whether current markets resemble a melt-up fueled by AI enthusiasm, citing massive gains in large-cap tech and AI-related stocks, surging option speculation including same-day expirations, and the growing proliferation of ETFs. They note trillions sitting in money market funds that could re-enter risk assets, but warn rising rates and heavy government/agency-paper exposure could contribute to a bust. They contrast expensive AI leaders with deeply out-of-favor mining, gold, and oil stocks, arguing commodities may be at new equilibrium levels while producers remain cheap, and point to oil’s reduced S&P weight versus 1980. They also question the economic purpose of enormous global data-center buildouts for training ever-more-compute-intensive frontier models. A Washington Post story about a Fidelity account “vanishing” underscores digital fragility, prompting advice to save statements and favor physical gold/silver and smaller, more personal banking relationships.    00:00 Market Melt-Up Talk 00:44 NVIDIA Hype Signals 03:27 AI Stocks Mint Fortunes 05:23 Options Casino Era 07:12 Sidelines Cash and Rates 09:25 Bubble Timing and Sentiment 12:05 Mining and Oil Value Plays 15:19 Geopolitics and Oil Outlook 17:35 Data Center Buildout Boom 20:08 Training the AI God 22:12 Fidelity Account Vanishes 23:27 Account Vanishes Digitally 24:55 Own What You Hold 26:17 Save Your Statements 27:24 Escape Big Bank Hell 30:12 Commodities New Equilibrium 31:20 Buying Physical Gold 31:49 Best Coins For Portability 33:37 Inflation And Dollar Decay 35:18 Ferrari EV Mandates 38:20 Old Ferrari Memories 40:28 Travel Plans And RV Life 42:24 Markets Limbo And AI Top  43:10 Wrap Up And Next Episode
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