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Meaningless comparison and category error. I challenge you to put the information in this article to use. Market cap is the number of shares multiplied by wha
by mrkeen 5mo ago
Meaningless comparison and category error.
I challenge you to put the information in this article to use.
Market cap is the number of shares multiplied by whatever (some small number of) those shares traded for lately.
GDP is actual economic activity. Money changing hands for goods and services.
A better (but still ultimately meaningless) comparison between the two would be economic activity.
Germany 2025 GDP: 5T USD
Nvidia 2025 revenue: 130B USD
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> Meaningless comparison The comparison isn’t meaningless. (The headline is nonsense.) > comparison between the two would be economic activity I almost hate comparing revenue to GDP more than market cap! Production measures finished goods. Revenue mixes intermediate and finished goods. So yes, you’re comparing two flows, but the complexity hidden therein is actually less intuitive to wrap one’s head around than a stock-versus-flow comparison, which we all understand with speed-versus-distance.