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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by staticman2 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @06:15AM (#48220277)
> Can public markets go higher? Shiller P/E is closing in on the peak of the dot-com bubble:

Shiller PE is near 44. Japan had an equivalent price to earnings ratio of over 70 during their 1989 bubble.

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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by 0xDEAFBEAD on Thursday May 21, 2026 @06:28AM (#48220376)
Hm, wasn't Japan's bubble in part due to easy credit? Are we going to see easy credit in the US given recent memories of inflation?
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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by pjc50 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @06:43AM (#48220482)
Quite possible that there will be a Trump effort to drive down rates and abandon inflation control for political reasons.
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Re:OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday by staticman2 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @09:27AM (#48222267)
There already was such an effort but Trump lacks enough federal reserve votes to succeed at present.
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