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by onlyrealcuzzo 238 days ago
Don't worry, when ZIRP returns, they'll be a day 1 company again.

People mistook ZIRP for genius for 25 years.

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This is a little exaggerated, considering ZIRP was 2009 to 2022, 13 years, and came well after Amazon had established its trajectory.

And they did kind of successfully roll out a global logistics network, at a time when no one thought anyone could compete with Walmart. And they became leaders in the cloud computing space.

These aren't trivial accomplishments solely enabled by ZIRP.

The Yen Carry trade financed US VC since 1999, thanks to ZIRP from the BOJ.

Not Ironic at all that Dot Com immediately followed.