About this episode

Michael Green discusses the hidden risks of the AI boom and its potential impact on the market.

Michael Green is the chief strategist and portfolio manager at Simplify Asset Management, and authors the Substack called "Yes I give a Fig." He joins Phil Rosen on Full Signal to discuss hidden risks of the AI boom, how passive investing is bidding up the AI bubble, why he's bullish on new technology but cautious on its impact for investors, and more. Subscribe to Opening Bell Daily: https://www.openingbelldailynews.com/subscribe Follow Phil on X: https://x.com/philrosenn Follow Phil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philrosen/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Caution on AI bull market 2:57 - AI's real value 5:38 - Nvidia's vendor financing 7:47 - The China threat 9:39 - Should investors sit out? 11:29 - Passive investing risks 13:17 - Are stocks actually cheap? 15:57 - 1987 crash parallels 19:17 - Are markets broken? 24:08 - Passive flows and leverage 26:10 - Can regulators step in? 28:21 - Building a new portfolio today 32:09 - Inflation vs. deflation 36:35 - American economic opportunity 42:32 - Mike's new book #podcast #investing #markets #macro #stocks #bitcoin #fed

People in this episode

Host: Phil Rosen

Guest: Michael Green

Topics covered

• AI risks
• market crash
• passive investing
• technology impact
• investor caution

Keywords

• AI
• market crash
• investing
• Nvidia
• passive investing
• China threat
• 1987 crash

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simplify Asset Management, Nvidia

Books & works: Yes I give a Fig

Places: China

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