W-2 income will get pummeled over next 3 years; assets will appreciate

W-2 income will get pummeled over next 3 years; assets will appreciate | W-2 income is going to get pummeled in this next three years, but assets, you know, holdings and ownership and things is going to go through the roof

W-2 income is going to get pummeled in this next three years, but assets, you know, holdings and ownership and things is going to go through the roof

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      "label": "Meta announces 16000 job cuts with 600B USD AI capex rationale",
      "notes": "HIT - Meta cited AI capex justification for cuts validating Blundin W2 income compression thesis.",
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      "label": "Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon.",
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      "label": "Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025).",
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      "label": "S&P 500 hits new all-time high concurrent with rising tech layoffs",
      "notes": "IMF and Citadel both flag the capital captures gains immediately labor on delayed schedule dynamic.",
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      "source_url": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/imf-notes/2026/english/insea2026002.pdf",
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