@JFangold22776 People doubled down on option selling and rotated risk into their defensive names like $WMT / $KO etc.
Risk has not fully come off yet to feel confident about a bottom in equities.
@LogicalThesis It will always calculate a maintenance margin requirement, but this will just fluctuate in proportion with your equity if you haven’t borrowed on margin. No margin call possible unless the weighted average maintenance margin for your positions exceeds 100%.
@PurpleDrink_LLC Whether or not these tariffs get rolled back, Lutnick’s comments suggest that tariffs on semiconductors are coming and will stick (auto tariffs set the precedent, though perhaps that’s pandering to the base). Quite the asymmetric setup.
@PurpleDrink_LLC@jbulltard1 How do you feel about Chinese mega caps eating yesterday’s news like champs? Global pivot away from the US towards China?
$BABA $TCEHY $KWEB $CQQQ
@realmemes6@dylan522p Seemed pretty dedicated to the only other public company he’s been the CEO of… I don’t see him taking this job if he didn’t think Intel could be turned around, and I’m sure he knows the commitment necessary.
Bearish for Lip Bu Tan's grandchildren tbh
"My wife tells me you supposed to be retired and spend time with your grandchildren, and not busy running Cadence anymore but now you even more busy"
@MetacriticCap “Software CEO” means that he led a company that developed the leading CAD software for the semiconductor industry, generating a 3200% return for shareholders over his tenure. Also a leading venture capitalist in the space.
Guy lives and breathes semiconductors. $INTC
@ecommerceshares And then there's $BABA's partnership with $AAPL to provide AI on iPhones in China. Alibaba will be Apple's gateway to offering huge value-add services to consumers in the world's largest economy.