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August 17, 2026 | What Happens To Life Insurance and Pensions If The AI Bubble Bursts?

Danielle Park

Portfolio Manager and President of Venable Park Investment Counsel (www.venablepark.com) Ms Park is a financial analyst, attorney, finance author and regular guest on North American media. She is also the author of the best-selling myth-busting book "Juggling Dynamite: An insider's wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts," and a popular daily financial blog: www.jugglingdynamite.com

Different cycle, similar Enron-esque financial tricks and behaviours have compounded financial and contagion risks. The segment below connects some important dots.

AI infrastructure is being financed by some of the world’s most conservative pools of capital, including life insurance companies and pension funds. In this video, I examine the risks of AI data center debt, rapidly depreciating GPUs, and whether this could create a financial crisis reminiscent of the 2008 “Big Short.” Here is a direct video link.

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August 17th, 2026

Posted In: Juggling Dynamite

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