The book “Chip War” has attracted great attention in the past two or three years. I personally think there are several reasons
Category: Regulation
Consequences of Index Fund and ETF Regulations and Restrictions
The original intention of the Index Fund and ETF Regulations and Restrictions is to limit the concentration of holdings, but the result is that the trends of market indexes and ETFs are almost linked to these few large-capitalization stocks. As long as these few large-capitalization stocks surge or plummet, these automated programmed transactions will be triggered, and huge amounts of buying and selling will occur simultaneously.
Supermicro, a repeat offender of scandals, valuation is not justified and unsustanable, no worth for long-term holding
Supermicro has absolutely no autonomy in its business, no moat, ultra-low profit margins, and has been involved in negative scandals “repeatedly”. Competitors are too powerful—it is not recommended to hold it.
Four chip companies account for one-third of S&P 500 gains so far this year
As of April 8, 2024, the four chip companies in the United States accounted for a staggering one-third of the increase in the S&P 500 Index.
Cryptocurrency ETFs drive surge in related companies
But the current situation has changed a lot. People in the financial industry, Wall Street, and most issuers themselves judge that the SEC is likely to approve the listing of multiple cryptocurrency ETFs at the same time before January 10, 2024.
How do Coinbase and Binance make money? Advantages comparison
Coinbase and Binance are respectively the second and largest cryptocurrency platforms in the world.
M&A options’ taxation, accounting items, and rights and obligations arrangements
In Buffett’s 1999 shareholder letter (the content in italics in this article), he spent a lot of space explaining to investors the taxation, accounting items, and rights and obligations of many corporate M&A options.
Pros and cons of employee stock options as compensation
Employee stock options as compensation, which is beneficial to employees, but damages the rights and interests of investors.
How is banking investment different from other industries?
No one would expect bank stocks to rise sharply. Most of the time, the performance of bank stocks will underperform the market. The reason is simple. There are only two kinds of people who will buy bank stocks.
The impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on US stocks
In order to reduce the impact of inflation on the US economy, raise more taxes to fight inflation. U.S. President Joe Biden sign a $430 billion “Inflation Reduction
Act” on August 16, 2022.