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5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The It Doesn’t Matter What Warsh Said Issue
I’m still in Antigua, Guatemala where the weather is beautiful and I was woken up at 1am by the second earthquake in two weeks here. If one of you has upset a volcano, please apologize. The Federal Reserve kept the fed funds rate unchanged. Many expressed concern regarding the three dissenters who wanted a 25bp … Read more
DeepSeek Founder Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
This week, The Epoch Times reported that DeepSeek paused a fundraising round due to comments made by its Founder, Liang Wenfeng, at a conference. These comments focused on the superiority of “noncompliant cards” and DeepSeek’s ability to obtain them. While Nvidia wasn’t named, it’s clear he was commenting on his ability to access Nvidia GPUs … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Nvidia PC Issue
Nvidia startles the CPU designers with plans to start selling Windows PCs with Spark CPUs and RTX GPUs. They’re aimed at high-end content creators and AI users. There may be some compatibility issues with the ARM-based processors, but it’s a positive to see more AI computing pushed to personal devices with fewer privacy issues. Uber … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Ugly Ferrari Issue
Uber is trying to buy Delivery Hero. It would give Uber greater market access in Asia and the Middle East. PCE showed continued increases in inflation and GDP is weaker than expected. The Powell Fed never got inflation under control and the GDP numbers are polluted by wasteful government spending that doesn’t help US citizens, … Read more
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
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The AI Eats Software Issue
The incredible volatility in gold, silver, and Bitcoin continued for most of this week. We give you a quick update along with links for those of you who want a better understanding of what’s really happening. Anthropic announces that its Claude AI can take over functions currently being handled by expensive monthly software subscriptions. SaaS … Read more