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3 correct, 2 missed; 3 too vague to score; 9 still on the clock. Quotes in curly quotation marks are verbatim; everything
else is a labeled paraphrase. Every call links its original source. Before you trust the call, check the record.
Scored calls
Said Dec 26, 2023 · deadline Jan 10, 2024Correct
“It feels like the SEC is setting a deadline for itself” - affirming spot-Bitcoin-ETF approval “on or around, let's say, January 10th”
What happened: SEC approved all 11 spot Bitcoin ETPs on exactly Jan 10, 2024 (Order 34-99306)
Said Early Jan 2024 · deadline Weeks after Jan 10, 2024Correct
Bitcoin ETF approval will be a short-term 'sell the news' event
What happened: BTC peaked ~$49K Jan 11 then fell to low-$40Ks/high-$38Ks by late January
Said Aug 7, 2023 · deadline Event-basedCorrect
If the SEC approves any spot Bitcoin ETF, it will approve more than one at once
What happened: SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETPs simultaneously on Jan 10, 2024
Said Apr 2023 · deadline Dec 31, 2024Missed
Tesla robotaxi service launch, 'with late 2024 as the weighted average of all cases' (ARK model assumption)
What happened: No service in 2024; limited invite-only Austin pilot with safety monitors began Jun 22, 2025
Said Nov-Dec 2023 · deadline Dec 31, 2024Missed
'A lot more deflation going forward'; would not be surprised to see CPI going negative at some point in 2024
What happened: No deflation: CPI rose 2.9% for 12 months ending Dec 2024; YoY never negative
Said Dec 22, 2023 · deadline Dec 31, 2024Too vague
Deflation will prompt the Fed to cut rates aggressively in 2024
Said Jan 31, 2024 · deadline Dec 31, 2024 / 2030Too vague
AI training performance +5x in 2024; training costs to fall ~75%/yr through 2030
Said May 19, 2021 · deadline None statedToo vague
Bitcoin to $500,000, premised on institutions allocating ~5% of portfolios (affirmed mid-crash)
On the clock
Written down and dated. Not judged until the deadline arrives.
Said Apr 19, 2023 · resolves Dec 31, 2027
Tesla to $2,000 per share in 2027 (expected value; bear ~$1,400, bull ~$2,500)
Said Jun 12, 2024 · resolves Dec 31, 2029
Tesla to $2,600 per share in 2029 (bear ~$2,000, bull ~$3,100); ~90% of value from robotaxi
Said Jan 31, 2023 · resolves Dec 31, 2030
Bitcoin to $1.48M by 2030 (bull case); $682,800 base; $258,500 bear (ARK Big Ideas 2023)
Said Mar 2024 · resolves Dec 31, 2030
Bitcoin could reach $3.8M by 2030 IF institutions allocate >5% of portfolios
Said Jan 11, 2024 · resolves Dec 31, 2030
Bitcoin base case $600K by 2030, bull case $1.5M - ETF approval makes bull case 'more likely'
Said Jan 31, 2023 · resolves Dec 31, 2030
Disruptive innovation platforms to scale from $13T to $200T market value by 2030
Said Jan 2023 (reaffirmed Jan 2024) · resolves Dec 31, 2030
Global EV sales to scale ~33%/yr from ~10M (2023) to ~74M units in 2030
Said 2026-04-21 · resolves 2030-12-31
SpaceX base-case valuation of $2.5 trillion by 2030; bull case $3.1 trillion. Both imply SPCX trading above the $135 IPO price.
Said Jun 4, 2026 · resolves Dec 31, 2031
“I also think this is feeding into our GDP growth scenario. I think growth is picking up generally and technology is leading the charge. So it supports our forecast of 7 to 8% real GDP growth in the next five years.”
Where they stand
Views on the record but not scoreable bets: no single number and deadline to grade. Shown in their exact words, never scored.
ARK ITK, her own show; reports the July payroll miss as a weak print worth attention.
is the increase or decrease in non-farm payroll employment, was minus 23,000. Expectation was for plus 80,000. And perhaps more important
ARK ITK; average hourly earnings +0.1% vs +0.3% expected.
report was average hourly earnings, up only 0.1 percent.
ARK ITK; productivity growth approaching 3%.
productivity growth is starting to approach that 3 percent level, and so that means that
ARK ITK; unit labor costs near flat year-over-year, non-inflationary.
unit labor costs are very well behaved, almost a zero
SpaceX long-term view. talking her book (ARK holder), disclosed
“We think this could become the most important company in”
SpaceX reusable-rocket moat. book disclosed; she concedes Blue Origin recently landed a rocket
“it has a 10 year lead”
AI revenue acceleration example. the number is Anthropic's, recited secondhand by Wood; not her holding
“annualized run rate go from nine billion to forty seven billion”
June jobs: household employment “down roughly 500,000”, payrolls “up maybe 57,000, roughly half of what economists expected”; “companies are not hiring as rapidly as they once did, and they are relying more on AI”
“Productivity is about 2.9% on a year-over-year basis right now. We think it's going to accelerate into the 5% to 6% range”
“We think the oil price could drop precipitously”
WTI crude since this was said: ▲ +45.1% · 68.69 → 99.65 · as of 2026-09-11
On Warsh's Fed and White House pressure:
“it seems to be in a bottoming process. We believe that it has bottomed”
Bitcoin since this was said: ▲ +28.3% · 59,968 → 76,930 · as of 2026-09-11
Fed cuts faster than the market expects (only ~1 cut priced)
Inflation surprises much lower; Truflation ~1.3% vs CPI 2.8%
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