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Book · 2 contracts · 4 expiries

Software under pressure

The software basket's revenue and the entry-level jobs AI reaches first: whether seat-priced software keeps growing.

The theses it settles

The contracts

The next expiry of each; a strike opens its question, the title its whole ladder.

Who sits on each side

The commercial parties a print hurts, on each side: the ones who would hedge with a contract on it.

  • Revenue growth of the software basket
    Loses if it rises
    • enterprises buying seats and usage, who pay more
    Loses if it falls
    • software vendors and their lenders
    • investors in seat-based software
  • Employment-population ratio, ages 20 to 24
    Loses if it rises
    • AI software sellers whose case rests on automating entry-level tasks
    Loses if it falls
    • student lenders and colleges whose repayment and enrollment depend on young graduates finding work
    • consumer brands and landlords that sell to young adults