Quantifying the AI Spending Boom

In this episode, co-hosts Elliot Turner and John Mihaljevic welcome Justin Fox, Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business, economics, and other topics. He is also the author of The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street.

Justin discusses the AI spending boom and how he sees it playing out based on his research into the current period and similar episodes in history.

Enjoy the conversation!

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Further reading:

• "This Is How the AI Stock Boom Plays Out"
• "The Party Is Like 1999, But Better"
• "The AI Spending Boom Is Massive But Not Unprecedented"

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Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business, economics and other topics involving charts. A former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review, he is author of “The Myth of the Rational Market.”

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About the Co-Hosts:

Elliot Turner is a co-founder and Managing Partner, CIO at RGA Investment Advisors, LLC. RGA Investment Advisors runs a long-term, low turnover, growth at a reasonable price investment strategy seeking out global opportunities. Elliot focuses on discovering and analyzing long-term, high quality investment opportunities and strategic portfolio management. Prior to joining RGA, Elliot managed portfolios at at AustinWeston Asset Management LLC, Chimera Securities and T3 Capital. Elliot holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation as well as a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School.. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University where he double majored in Political Science and Philosophy.

John Mihaljevic leads MOI Global and serves as managing editor of The Manual of Ideas. He managed a private partnership, Mihaljevic Partners LP, from 2005-2016. John is a winner of the Value Investors Club’s prize for best investment idea. He is a trained capital allocator, having studied under Yale University Chief Investment Officer David Swensen and served as Research Assistant to Nobel Laureate James Tobin. John holds a BA in Economics, summa cum laude, from Yale and is a CFA charterholder.