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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
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
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The AI Agents are Replacing Hackers Issue
I’ve spent two years warning about the massive spending on AI without a business plan to earn a return on that spending. The big tech companies that used to have pristine balance sheets are now taking on record levels of debt to fund their AI spending. In related news, Meta (Facebook) is going to sign … 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 $NVDA now. The thinking was that Cisco was selling the hardware that new internet companies needed. (That was analogous to selling the picks and shovels to gold miners more than 100 years earlier.) When the … Read more
Talen Energy ($TLN) Expands its Deal with Amazon
Good news on the tape. One reason Talen Energy ($TLN) stock price is up so much in the past year is a deal they did with Amazon to provide nuclear energy from its Susquehanna plant to Amazon’s nearby data center. This morning, the companies announced an expansion of that deal with Talen now supplying electricity … Read more
Weekly Points – October 18th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Central Bankers Are Delusional Issue
Central banks shatter irony meters as a Fed Governor insists they have unlimited dollars, but it’s Bitcoin that has no value. Not to be outdone, the European Central Bank lowers interest rates and at the same time, warns of coming higher inflation. They’d be better off admitting they’re trapped than saying nonsensical things in public. … Read more