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Jim Royal, PhD

@jimroyalphd.bsky.social
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Author of The Zen of Thrift Conversions and Options Trading 101. Prospecting for special situations (#spinoffs, #thriftconversions) that create advantageous stock mispricing. MarketWise.

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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 6h
Fingers crossed for Juicero AI!
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AI is cooked. Quinn Emanuel demonstrandum.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Any guesses on when Anthropic and OpenAI announced their IPOs? (Yes, it was right at the start of June.)
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ah, the replay of Euros buying subprime...
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Move fast and break things"
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They LITERALLY always mention who pays for it... the wealthiest. That's the pitch.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are you telling me that Micron's 85% margins aren't sustainable? $MU
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Buffett talks about this in the textile business, where he realized Berkshire was spending tons of money to increase efficiency but getting minimal return on the investment. It was such a terrible business that there was no point being in the business.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Worried about 2028 projects already? Trouble in paradise.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They make it up in volume (i.e. talking REALLY loudly about it).
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trillions of investment to get this pathetic hot mess. This is what is going to take our jobs?
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So OpenAI can't get a $1 trillion valuation on an IPO and now it's trying to solicit more funds at a $1.2 trillion valuation? LOL. #OPENAI www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
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OpenAI Considers Pre-IPO Funding Round at More Than $1.2 Trillion Valuation
The ChatGPT maker has had preliminary investor discussions about a new raise. It is likely to go public next year.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Three Stooges of AI -- Dario, Sam, and Elon -- are angling for the next round of public grift: legal CYA, protection from Chinese competition, and even setting up the potential for a taxpayer bailout. #AIGrift bsky.app/profile/dean...
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
100%.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"More attractive" at all-time-high margins that have never been sustained before?
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Absolutely a "Sure, Jan"
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One wonders if the real problem isn't the enforcement of laws that substantially penalize criminal AI acts. Instead, admitted AI criminality is met with an "oopsie".
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Meanwhile, AI still can't determine 2+2 accurately all the time.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He means $10 trillion in green energy infrastructure, surely.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
0% astra 100% aspera
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Does Goldman NOT want investment banking business?
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Luna UST: Pump It Up!
ALT: Luna UST: Pump It Up!
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
theonion.com/recession-pl...
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Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In
WASHINGTON—A panel of top business leaders testified before Congress about the worsening recession Monday, demanding the government provide Americans with a new irresponsible and largely illusory econ...
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Very good piece on how the shit is about to hit the fan as the AI companies have to start paying for data centers when they come online in a big way, starting next year www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-teaser... Hopefully, even brain-dead billionaires can see this coming.
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The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall
Trillions in compute commitments come due in 2027–2028. The Reset Wall reveals how the AI boom breaks, and when.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
LOL... There's SO MUCH demand for AI compute that SB Energy had to offer OpenAI $5.5 billion in warrants.... R-i-i-i-i-ght www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...?
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Exclusive | The $5.5 Billion Perk SoftBank’s Data-Center Venture Offered to Land OpenAI
SB Energy’s agreement deepens its financial ties with the artificial-intelligence company in an effort to build out projects.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And $TSLA is still 10x overvalued marketwise.com/investing/te...
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Tesla Shares Plunge: Falling Profits, Robotaxi Delays Spook Investors - MarketWise
Tesla's stock was down big after the company's second-quarter earnings report, as it heavily discounted cars and some key projects struggle with delays, amid growing SpaceX merger speculation.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
OpenAI, Anthropic and other so-called frontier labs, she [the CFO] said, are “growing faster than what their balance sheets and credit profiles can support.” #OPENAI #ANTHROPIC $NVDA A loss of $12.3 billion in a single quarter with no end in sight... That'll do it... www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvid...?
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Nvidia Insists It Can Keep Printing Money to Fund the AI Boom
The chip maker says its sales ‘flywheel’ is more than robust enough to fund the financial support it gives frontier AI labs and data-center developers
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
90% of the current U.S. economy? Sure, Jan.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Old enough to remember... bsky.app/profile/jimr...
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Not "through" those things, "despite" those things.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Do you like oysters and cocktails? (In a salon?) See "Regarding Oysters on the Seine". (It's in the 11th, too.)
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Zoning restrictions" is just the latest in a long line of misdirection ("immigrants are taking your jobs") from the "government is always the problem" caucus.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
About 1.4 scaramuccis, as we say in the imperial system.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“it costs less money than what we’re doing now” is the only answer we need to push normies towards universal healthcare
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Alas, a better headline would have been: "Trump-appointed regulator KOs banking license for Trump-linked crypto firm".
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
And not only all that....it HAS to keep the funding going so that the bubble doesn't burst. You can't get off the funding treadmill when you have to sustain perpetually money-losing outfits. Inevitably, the next deal has to be bigger and the next one even bigger to keep it all going...
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Everyone is shocked -- shocked! -- that there's gambling in Casablanca. (OMG, all the wordplay.)
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Elon Musk is about to rip off shareholders again. $TSLA $SPCX
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See How a Tesla-SpaceX Merger Gives Musk a Shortcut to His $1 Trillion Payday
A critical clause in the CEO’s Tesla stock award would wipe away lofty performance targets if a merger happened.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In addition, $SPCX was actually generating positive cash flow at that time (before it was saddled with the AI unit)... SPCX (cleverly?) used a series of tender offers to move up its pre-IPO stock price, pretending that it was a real market. marketwise.com/investing/sp...
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SpaceX’s $1.5T IPO: How Elon Musk Is Driving the Sky-High Valuation - MarketWise
SpaceX could launch a record-breaking $1.5 trillion IPO in 2026. Here’s how Elon Musk is engineering the soaring valuation through tender offers, mergers, and strategic share control.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What about stupidity at scale?
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's like you have these on speed dial, Carl.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Homer Simpson and Bart: Worst Day Of Your Life So Far
ALT: Homer Simpson and Bart: Worst Day Of Your Life So Far
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Zuckerberg's commentary on the recent conference call was the most vapid BS. "Personal superintelligence," "first principles understanding," etc.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My latest $TSLA marketwise.com/investing/te...
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Tesla Shares Plunge: Falling Profits, Robotaxi Delays Spook Investors - MarketWise
Tesla's stock was down big after the company's second-quarter earnings report, as it heavily discounted cars and some key projects struggle with delays, amid growing SpaceX merger speculation.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Well, to be fair (LOL), the U.S. murder rate is 4-5x that of France and Germany, and 10x that of Switzerland. Meanwhile, St Louis alone has 3x the murders of all of Switzerland (Note: not a per capita figure).
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oracle's already down 50% from its relative high weeks ago, but plenty more could be on the way. $ORCL marketwise.com/investing/or...
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Here's How Oracle (ORCL) Stock Could Sink 50% Lower - MarketWise
Oracle's fate depends heavily on the ability of customer OpenAI to continue raising money so that it can make rent payments on Oracle's AI data centers.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oh, just another speed bump on Oracle's path... $ORCL
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Then multiply this effect across domains -- legal, healthcare, other technical fields with lives at stake, etc etc -- and you have a recipe for catastrophe.
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Jim Royal, PhD @jimroyalphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Then multiply this effect across domains -- legal, healthcare, other technical fields with lives at stake, etc etc -- and you have a recipe for catastrophe.
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