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ELI5?
If I gave you $5 and then you gave it to someone else and then they gave it back to me we've done nothing but can call it $15 in business transactions.
Nvidia invests in company.... Company buys Nvidia items.... Nvidia stock goes up.... Nvidia has new pretend money to invest into another company....
And this is news to people?
Apparently so.
Question is: which of those is truly the best short play?
Only winning play is to not.
That's why transactions are defined as the exchange of something of value. In most legal systems, if you're caught swapping phony transactions like that, you can be prosecuted for fraud.
I think I understand. Can... Can I have the $5 now please?
300% profit! Where's my bonus!
You are allowed to take an extra 15-minute break.
But it has to be used this week. And during quiet times. And not within an hour of any other break. Or the start and end of your work hours. And not on any day that ends in Y.
I haven't read the article, but I have read previous accusations of the same thing, so I assume it's the same.
Basically, the new AI companies are all losing money, but they are all investing big money in each other which makes it look like the industry is doing well.
I think this snippet get the gist across:
"Every public company now faces machine-speed scrutiny of accounting practices. Anomalies that might have persisted for quarters until human analysts identified patterns now trigger immediate algorithmic responses."