if you invest 20 and get 20 then you got 0% profit

abakker 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

0% NET accretive profit - the OP was saying that the invest/return wash doesn't affect prior profitability, just revenue. Obviously, the new profitability inclusive of the new revenue will actually by lower because of the zero margin wash trade.

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cyanydeez 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Depends on when 20 goes in and 20 comes out.

And how inflation and interest are accounted.

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nh23423fefe 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why would you say that? If take cash and buy an asset I haven't lost money.

	▲	Detrytus 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But you haven't made any money either. That's what "profit" means. Also, "the asset" here means stocks of a company that is losing billions dollars per year. OpenAI has no clear path to become profitable, especially given the fact that Google has just leaprfroged them with their Gemini 3 model.