13 pointsby mitchbob10 hours ago2 comments

mitchbob10 hours ago
> Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page.
leobg9 hours ago
I never saw the inverse headline here when TSLA was down by 50%.
- disqard2 hours ago
  I dearly love this website, but the number of apologists defending billionaires is one of the least savory aspects of HN.
- bigbadfeline7 hours ago
  >> Billionaires added record $2.2T in wealth in 2025
  That "2025" number at the end of the title is the year, the other number is the customary balance reported at the end of the year... every year!
- nomid7 hours ago
  You seriously claim that you never see headlines like " [Billionaire name] lost $XX billion in net worth on bad [stock ticker here] trading day"?
- bdangubic7 hours ago
  that affected one billionaire … temporarily, until investors realized P/E ratio of 1245 ain’t that bad :)