Stock Market is the bottom in?
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bwoods11
5 year old buck +
Suspended, but I still like CVI !
I don’t see any appearance that’s negative ? You didn’t see the picture of the meeting with Japan ? EU discussions have gone well. That’s 2 big ones !
Honestly I hope he sticks with tariffs on China (maybe 25% across the board ) leave em on there !
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
TLRY is planning a reverse split. Just a heads up. I don't think I've ever come out ahead on a stock that has done a reverse split. They may have come back from it but never when I've been holding.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I like him and Victor Davis Hanson for some insightful perspective on our Economy and the politics that go with it. Victor Davis Hanson has so much history and knowledge to offer.....and makes a great orator. Unreal.
Edit: If you have the time watch and listen to this.
Awhile back export controls were brought up and we had a little discussion about Nvidia and how the Biden administration banned export of their H200 chips to China. NVIDIA then built a chip to export that was export control compliant. It is a H20 chip and it was just banned for export. Price of NVDA took a big whack as a result.
My wife just sent me this post from LinkedIn In. It’s techy talk but I found it interesting. I am a believer in using a firm hand with the data and tech stealing Chinese but I found this point of view worth reading. It follows below.
The biggest news in AI this week wasn’t NVIDIA getting blocked from the Chinese market with H20s—it was China proving they’re less than a year behind in AI infrastructure.
Huawei just launched CloudMatrix 384, their answer to NVIDIA’s GB200. This isn’t just another server rack—it’s a full sovereign AI platform: chips, interconnects, system design, and full-stack software, all vertically integrated and purpose-built for China’s open-source AI ecosystem, including DeepSeek.
Here’s what matters:
• CloudMatrix is designed for the same frontier-scale workloads as GB200 NVL72—hundreds of petaflops, rack-scale deployment, modular design.
• It’s already live in Huawei’s own data centers and fully aligned with China’s national AI priorities. This isn’t just hardware—it’s a strategic asset they seek to deploy globally.
• China’s play is clear: vertically integrated, sovereign infrastructure that is competitive and relevant, but prioritizes political independence for customers and economic control of the future over raw efficiency.
Yes, GB200 still leads in performance. No doubt. But Huawei’s CloudMatrix is “good enough”—and in infrastructure, good enough at scale is more than enough to compete in this environment, especially in markets where trust in U.S. technology policy has eroded and where energy isn’t a limiting factor. CloudMatrix noticeably lags behind NVIDIA in power drawl but China is not power constrained. China is silicon constrained.
Export controls just got less relevant, yet again. We’re staring at the guardrails hoping we don’t hit it while China’s flooring it toward the next checkpoint.
We won’t win by slowing others down. We win by moving faster and focusing on the end destination.
My wife just sent me this post from LinkedIn In. It’s techy talk but I found it interesting. I am a believer in using a firm hand with the data and tech stealing Chinese but I found this point of view worth reading. It follows below.
The biggest news in AI this week wasn’t NVIDIA getting blocked from the Chinese market with H20s—it was China proving they’re less than a year behind in AI infrastructure.
Huawei just launched CloudMatrix 384, their answer to NVIDIA’s GB200. This isn’t just another server rack—it’s a full sovereign AI platform: chips, interconnects, system design, and full-stack software, all vertically integrated and purpose-built for China’s open-source AI ecosystem, including DeepSeek.
Here’s what matters:
• CloudMatrix is designed for the same frontier-scale workloads as GB200 NVL72—hundreds of petaflops, rack-scale deployment, modular design.
• It’s already live in Huawei’s own data centers and fully aligned with China’s national AI priorities. This isn’t just hardware—it’s a strategic asset they seek to deploy globally.
• China’s play is clear: vertically integrated, sovereign infrastructure that is competitive and relevant, but prioritizes political independence for customers and economic control of the future over raw efficiency.
Yes, GB200 still leads in performance. No doubt. But Huawei’s CloudMatrix is “good enough”—and in infrastructure, good enough at scale is more than enough to compete in this environment, especially in markets where trust in U.S. technology policy has eroded and where energy isn’t a limiting factor. CloudMatrix noticeably lags behind NVIDIA in power drawl but China is not power constrained. China is silicon constrained.
Export controls just got less relevant, yet again. We’re staring at the guardrails hoping we don’t hit it while China’s flooring it toward the next checkpoint.
We won’t win by slowing others down. We win by moving faster and focusing on the end destination.
Jerry-B-WI
5 year old buck +
That last sentence shouldn't even need to be stated. You think we'd have learned by now.
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
Man I hate days when the market is closed.
I agree- I know the tech guys are really big picture and often want to sell everything to everyone. I personally struggle with letting China steal/borrow/use our tech whether its computer chips or seed corn traits but I get where they are coming from.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
F---k China. They been doing it to the USA for DECADES! The USA has provided so much technology to the rest of the world....and we have little to show for it. It's past time the average American citizen has some return on the country's investment in the rest of this world. We have been getting hosed......in a huge way. MAGA
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
So I have a question for you guys. I am not really active in the stock market. We have an investor for our 401k, and a couple other IRAs, but my wife came apon a small ($40k) inheritance, and is wondering what to do with it. We don’t need the cash for anything right now, but we are planning g on building an addition to our home that we will be financing starting late this year, or early next year. We weren’t planning on having this money, so the building isn’t dependent on the money, but it could be used for some of it, but isn’t needed.
The question, do we put it into a safe money market until we get through the build, just in case? Do we give it to our investment banker and let them do their work? We are in our mid 50’s, with hopes to retire in 10 years. If it was mine I am more of a gambler than she is, so I would be buying dips with some of it and trying to increase it short term, but it isn’t mine to play with.
The question, do we put it into a safe money market until we get through the build, just in case? Do we give it to our investment banker and let them do their work? We are in our mid 50’s, with hopes to retire in 10 years. If it was mine I am more of a gambler than she is, so I would be buying dips with some of it and trying to increase it short term, but it isn’t mine to play with.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
I don’t see the market outperforming the interest you will be paying on the addition in the next year or so. It’s not sexy but personally I’m throwing that toward the addition and calling it good. That $40k could be at $30k in no time and you are still paying 7% interest on the addition
Jerry-B-WI
5 year old buck +
Instead of asking here, why not talk to your investment banker and 401k advisor.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
To play devils advocate…they don’t get their kickbacks from the mutual funds if you put it toward an addition so they are a bit biased in my opinion
Jerry-B-WI
5 year old buck +
Or maybe they invest in a stock/stocks that pay a dividend higher than the loan interest rate.
The reason I said to talk to the investment people is because we weren't informed how the addition is being financed. HEL, HELOC, refinanced first mortgage? All could make a difference.
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
My mortgage I have now is at 2.25%, with about 5 years left, I don’t want to mess with the low interest. Heloc or conventional, whichever has the best rates. The plan would be to have it paid off within 10 years.
I agree with Dogs that 7% may be hard to best, but if we use it on the addition, we no longer have it, just in case.
What is the average return for money markets now?
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Money markets are about 4% right now. The 6 month t bill is at 4.22%. They have dropped a bit from last yr
