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5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Bring Your Own Power Issue
I’m heading to Buenos Aires this week followed by a few days in Florence, Italy, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you think it would be worthwhile for me to meet, feel free to reach out … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Everyone Argues About the CPI Issue
I’m in San Salvador for a few days followed by a longer trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. After that, I’ll have a week in Buenos Aires, a week in Florence, and will spend November in Japan. I’m open to a small number of in-person conversations. If you’re based locally, or know someone in those locations you … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Nvidia Hugs Your Face Issue
I’ll be in Suchitoto, El Salvador for the next week followed by a few days in San Salvador and a longer trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. 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 … Read more
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 Everyone is Buying Something Issue
The Fed completed its first Warsh-led meeting and promptly spooked the market with a hawkish dot plot. I think that doesn’t matter as inflation is being driven by Congress. Warsh is declining to provide guidance which I view as a positive. All the chatter wasn’t getting us better results and the Fed tends to be … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Why is Bitcoin Down Issue
The CPI rose again and cracked 4%. Energy is still expensive, but you already knew that. The big issue is Powell never got inflation under control. People panicked that Warsh would cut. He can’t and at this point, there’s nothing the Fed can do (something I’ve been saying for the past two years). Bitcoin has … 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