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5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Spirit Management Killed Spirit Airlines Issue
Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 7 leading X to try to assign political blame. Elizabeth Warren was wrong to brag about blocking the Jet Blue deal and crowing that it was a win for the Biden Administration, but was there something else going on as well? We provide a completely different view free from partisan … Read more
WSJ Confirming Apple as an Intel Customer
The WSJ is reporting that Intel and Apple have reached an agreement for Apple to use Intel’s Foundry business for chip making. It’s not clear yet which chips Intel will make for which Apple products. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported talks between the sides, something that had been a rumored open secret for months. The … Read more
Apple Evaluating Intel
This morning, Bloomberg reported that Apple is evaluating Intel (and Samsung) to potentially produce core processors for its devices. I’ve been hearing specific rumors about Apple’s interest in Intel Foundry since last October. The stated reason is the obvious one: Apple (and pretty much everyone in the space) wants a second source of supply besides … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Made in the USA Issue
Quick announcement: I’ll be in Bangkok for the next few weeks. While I’m here, I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone here you think it would be worthwhile for me to meet, feel free to reach out privately at IR@DeepKnowledgeInvesting.com. The big news of the week … Read more
What if OpenAI is Like Enron and Nvidia is Like Cisco
Last year, there was a lot of reasonable speculation that Cisco $CSCO from a quarter-century ago was analogous to Nvidia $NVDA now. The thinking was that Cisco was selling the hardware that new internet companies needed. (That was analogous to selling the picks and shovels to gold miners more than 100 years earlier.) When the … Read more