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Gerstner cites Kashkari's June 2021 forecast of no rate hikes until 2024 as evidence of Fed miscalculation.
“He says we're not gonna have rate hikes until 2024. That's how wrong the Fed's forecast was in June 2021 because they were making the argument that inflation was transient.”
Gerstner recalls NVIDIA data center revenue forecasts shifted from -6% to +25% last year.
“Think about NVIDIA at the start of last year. Data center revenues were expected to shrink by 6%. Right?”
Gerstner says Altimeter's NVIDIA numbers remain well above Street consensus for this year.
“Our numbers are still well above the street for this year. I think there's a lot of doubt. You know, the the common, discussion at the end of last year”
Gerstner cites Morgan Stanley research showing super cycles are systematically underestimated by about 40% at their start.
“When I think about what's going on here of course they show they went back and did some math against initial estimates and said, you know, super cycles are about 40% underestimated at the start.”
Marks criticizes daily market commentary writers who predict the future and are only right half the time on average.
“And if if they ever kept a scorecard on the things that they wrote about what's gonna happen tomorrow, they would see that on average they get it right half the time”
Gerstner says NVIDIA EPS was forecast at $5.70 but ended up at $25, far exceeding expectations.
“The EPS at the beginning of last year, the earnings per share was expected to be $5.70, and now it looks like it's gonna be $25.”
“I can design a project plan to get me to the moon in five years for less than a billion dollars.”
Gerstner notes 1990s experts wrongly predicted debt-to-GDP would rise to 80%; instead it fell from 60 to 40.
“in 1993, debt to GDP was supposed to go from 40 to or 60 to 80 by experts, it in fact went from 60 to 40. Yes. So experts can be wrong by a lot.”
Marks cites JPMorgan chart showing negative correlation between S&P 500 PE ratios and subsequent ten-year returns.
“And it was a negative correlation, which means the higher the PE ratio you pay, the lower the return you should expect.”
Rowan says consulting firms' 2030 energy forecasts are wildly inconsistent, resembling a scattered plot.
“And each of the good and the great consulting firms have weighed in, and it looks like a child scattered dark plot.”
Marks cites Dimson saying the future is a probability distribution, not a single outcome that can be predicted.
“The future is not a set single thing that if you're smart enough, you can figure it out what it's going to be and it's going to materialize and make you right.”
Marks argues the future is a probability distribution of possibilities, not a single predictable outcome.
“It's a probability distribution. It's a range of possibilities in each thing, whether it's GDP growth next year or inflation next year, or who's going to win the next election,”
Patel claims AI task length is doubling every seven months, leaving no time for companies to wait.
“AI task length, right? The amount of time that an AI model can work on any specific job is increasing by 2x every seven months.”