Ben Inker
PersonHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since Oct 2026
Ben Inker is a partner at GMO and head of the firm's Asset Allocation team. He is known for his work in investment strategy, asset allocation, and research on long-term market returns.
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What Ben Inker has said on podcasts
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Compute oversupply would cause defaults, bankruptcies, and poor hyperscaler returns.
“Massive defaults on the credit side. We will see companies on the equity side go bust. We will see a problem for the hyperscalers where their return on investment turned out to be lousy.”
Open the episode · The AI Bubble Will Pop from Equity Supply Says This $80 Billion Asset Manager | Ben Inker | GMOListen at 0:29
An AI compute oversupply shock could reduce the market 35–50%.
“That is a minus 35 to 50% in the market.”
Open the episode · The AI Bubble Will Pop from Equity Supply Says This $80 Billion Asset Manager | Ben Inker | GMOListen at 0:48
Transformational technologies such as AI normally generate speculative bubbles.
“Why do we think AI is a bubble? I'd say kind of at the highest level, it is because it is a transformational technological change. Transformational technological changes normally create bubbles.”
Open the episode · The AI Bubble Will Pop from Equity Supply Says This $80 Billion Asset Manager | Ben Inker | GMOListen at 1:58
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