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Steve Eisman discusses Google's negative cash flow and AI capital expenditure amidst a turbulent week in the markets.

Sign up for The Real Eisman Playbook Premium at https://realeismanplaybook.substack.com/ On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman covers a pivotal week in markets. Google raised its AI capex to $205 billion, posted negative free cash flow, and saw its stock fall 7%, while Tesla was also down 14.5%. Steve also covers results from GE Vernova, Lockheed Martin, Moody's, Blackstone, and ServiceNow. He closes with two mailbags: One on whether banks belong in a portfolio that's already full of AI exposure, and one explaining the mechanics of the funding short. 00:00 - Intro 02:39 - Iran War Updates 03:00 - Moonshot Launches Kimi 03:25 - SpaceX 03:35 - Domino's & the K-Shaped Economy 04:24 - Equifax 06:18 - GM 06:50 - Northrop Grumman & Lockheed Martin 07:51 - GE Vernova 09:12 - Moody's 09:58 - Google 10:54 - Tesla 11:38 - IBM 12:27 - ServiceNow 13:29 - Blackstone 14:38 - The AI Story Has Shifted 15:56 - Intel 16:13 - Mailbag: Bank Stocks 18:06 - Mailbag: Shorting a Stock 19:25 - Outro Watch my Financial Literacy Masterclass video here: https://youtu.be/u8chA7LC8lU Watch my Masterclass on the 2008 Financial Crisis here: https://youtu.be/4bSCdJTbR8I Subscribe…

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