America

part of Americas

16 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 6 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Apr 20, 2023 by Tanmay Bhat · across every show →

Everything said about America, oldest first

Apr 20, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Bhat: YouTube CPMs are sub-$2 in India vs. up to $20 in the US
“In India, the CPMs, yeah, in India, the CPMs are way lower... Like India is sub two dollars. But in America, and I think in the Scandinavian countries, it's like, 10, 12 in some cases, 20 dollars, depending on the niche you're in.”
Tanmay Bhat Apr 20, 2023 ▶ 57:56 Ep. #2: Secrets of Social Media Success, Mental Health & Distribution Hacks - 3 OGs Reveal All · Nikhil Kamath
Jun 11, 2023 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kamath: 80% to 90% of Western investors are bullish on India
“Every international investor I talk to today is really critical, especially in America, in the West, in Europe. They're really critical about their own economy, but I would say 80, 90% are sanguine about the prospect of India, and wanting, wanting some form of…”
Nikhil Kamath Jun 11, 2023 ▶ 1:51:25 Ep #5 | EdTech What’s Broken, What’s Next? With Nikhil, Ronnie Screwvala , Gaurav Munjal & Jay Kotak · Nikhil Kamath
Apr 21, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kim: Shooters lead in the US while RPGs dominate Japan's market
“Because in America, shooters are number one. Battle Royale is number one in, in, in the States as well. It's not true for Japan. Japan RPGs are number one, for whatever reason.”
Joseph Kim Apr 21, 2024 ▶ 1:34:14 Ep# 17 | WTF is Gaming in India? | Career, Investment, Entrepreneurship · Nikhil Kamath
Oct 11, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Karan Virwani: Indian family businesses will transition to professional public enterprises
“India is sort of where, and you know, my dad also says it's like where America maybe was in the eighties or seventies or eighties, where most companies were family businesses. They will slowly transition into, you know, being public. I think your world also ge…”
Karan Virwani Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 38:30 Ep. #20 | WTF are Indian Real Estate Giants Up To? Nikhil ft. Irfan, Nirupa, & Karan · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Sharma: Intense competition makes investing harder in China than in the US
“One of the reasons you very hard, it's harder as an investor to make money in China than America is not because of anything else that the government's taking your capital. No, no, no. It's because competition is so intense.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 2:36:31 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Sharma: Dominance by seven companies is America's fundamental economic problem
“What's the fundamental problem today in America? It's that you're dominated by seven companies. That I think has become a fundamental issue at many levels in America today.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 2:29:16 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025
Assertion Supported
Sharma: US annual home construction matches 1950s levels despite 50% population growth
“The number of new homes that America builds today is the same as a year, is the same as it was in the 19 fifties and sixties. Even though the population is 50% higher.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 50:29 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025
Assertion Contradicted
Sharma: Incumbent US White House party lost three consecutive elections for first time in 200 years
“This is the first time in America's history that the, at least in the last 200 years that I know of, that the incumbent party in the White House lost three times in a row.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 24:56 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Sharma: US Big Tech market dominance is so extreme that acquisitions should be banned
“If I was a regulator in America, I would like, even though I'm a free market person, I think it's become so extreme where you need, this is one area where I would say that almost that acquisitions need to be banned.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 2:25:26 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Sharma: American discontent is driven by declining social and geographic mobility
“That's one of the reasons the grievance of people is because over time these gaps have increased a lot more. You know, where you feel that you can't, ah, that social mobility is going on because you can't move from one city to another that easily as you, like,…”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 28:39 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Sharma: Reserve currency status cuts US borrowing costs by 50-100 bps
“Some estimates suggest somewhere between 50 to hundred basis points, half a percent to one percent of annual borrowing costs are possibly lower. Because of the fact that America has the world's reserve currency.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 42:04 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sharma: There is no real movement in the US to break up Big Tech
“There's no movement in America to break these companies down.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 2:25:12 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Sharma: China's debt as a share of GDP matches the United States
“In fact, today, China's debt today is, ah, like consumer debt or the debt of the share of its economy is same level as America, even though America is, you know, a much richer economy and stuff.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 2:35:21 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 bullish
Insight
Sharma: 2022 Russia sanctions triggered major shift to gold and Bitcoin
“That was a big, in fact, Philip for gold and for Bitcoin and stuff. The moment America sanctioned Russia, ah, back in, ah, the spring of twenty-twenty-two.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 43:47 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 3, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Sharma: US hedge fund startup compliance costs increased 10x over twenty years
“If you set up a hedge fund today in America, the cost of doing that has gone up 10 X. Over the last 20 years. The legal costs, the compliance costs, administrative costs. So then the threshold for you to break even has become much higher.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 2:26:59 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
Mar 2, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: America will remain the heartbeat of global tech and culture
“America is still the heartbeat of so many really important innovative technologies, medicines, capabilities, culture, and I don't think any of that changes.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 2, 2026 ▶ 33:23 Pain, Power & The Game Nobody Wins | Chamath Palihapitiya x Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
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