@dopamine_uptake@kab604 Current focus is exclusively on consumer threat rather than opportunity for marketplace leader to add value to vendors and claim larger share of value
@dopamine_uptake@kab604 Can imagine when department stores launched people speculated there would be no need for specialist shops. Google had total search dominance yet ditched attempts to compete in marketplaces.
@peter_mantas@MetaponA@rebound_capital Could you clarify as its hard to follow your logic. CSU seems advantaged in building the best agent given their priviledged access to data and stakeholders. Secondly the value-add of software increases. Third the cost of maintenance is reduced.
@fallacyalarm Futhermore, the supply side response is lagging as companies incinerated capital in the last cycle. The miners are still cheap v gold price. The fall in shares outstanding on GDX illustrates investor hesitation.
@fallacyalarm Investment demand is not a % gold price increase to offset inflation. Rather a reappraisal of reserve asset mix. Eg China run a trade surplus by keeping RMB down. They don't want US liabilities so they buy gold discreetly. The US will stop this mercantilism but not in 2026.