DHUnplugged Podcast

• DHUnplugged #751: Heads I Win

  Good ECO/Markets = Trump Bad ECO/Markets - Biden CTP for Micron is underway AI wins a horse race News from Omaha PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter  Warm-Up - Good ECO/Markets = Trump - Bad ECO/Markets - Biden - CTP for Micron is underway - AI wins a horse race - News from Omaha - India/Pakistan - India stikes Markets - Some Earnings Color - S&P breaks it streak this week - KRI +4, +5 (Spearman +100) - Currency interventions happening Interesting Timing - Skechers U.S.A., Inc. the third largest footwear company in the world, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital, a global investment firm built on an owner-operator approach to long-term investing. - 3G gets discount as tariffs are softening price - Helped to move the other names in the space higher Heads I Win.... - President Donald Trump took credit for the "good parts" of the economy in an exclusive interview with NBC News airing Sunday, but said that the "bad parts" are former President Joe Biden's economy. - "Ultimately, I take responsibility for everything, but I've only just been here for a little more than three months," Trump said. - "The tariffs have just started kicking in. ... The tariffs are going to make us rich. We're going to be a very rich country," he added. In terms of shortages: - "I don't think a beautiful baby girl needs – that's 11 years old – needs to have 30 dolls," Trump said. - "I'm just saying [children] don't need to have 30 dolls, they can have three, they don't need to have 250 pencils, they can have five," he added. - But, Mira Lago has 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, a 29-foot-long (8.8 m) pietra dura marble-top dining table, 12 fireplaces, and three bomb shelters. ---WHAT? Ford Earnings - Ford Motor beats by $0.14, misses on revs, co suspends FY25 guidance; says business is strong, adjusted EBIT tracking within prior guidance, excluding new tariff-related impacts - Based on what the company knows now, and its expectation of how certain details and changes will be resolved related to tariffs, the company estimates a net adverse adjusted EBIT impact of about $1.5 bln for full-year 2025. Given material near-term risks, co is suspending guidance. Block Earnings (Last week) - Revenue decreased about 3% from $5.96 billion a year earlier. -  Gross profit rose 9% to $2.29 billion from $2.09 billion a year earlier. That missed analysts' forecasts of $2.32 billion for the quarter. - Gross payment volume hit $56.8 billion, missing expectations of $58 billion, according to StreetAccount. - Stock plunges     Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ Palantir Earnings - Palantir Technologies reports EPS in-line, beats on revs; guides Q2 revs above consensus; guides FY25 revs above consensus - Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.13 per share, excluding non-recurring items, in-line with the FactSet Consensus of $0.13; revenues rose 39.4% year/year to $883.9 mln vs the $862.17 mln FactSet Consensus. - U.S. commercial revenue grew 71% year-over-year and 19% quarter-over-quarter to $255 million. - U.S. government revenue grew 45% year-over-year and 9% quarter-over-quarter to $373 million. - Co issues upside guidance for Q2, sees Q2 revs of $934-$938 mln vs. $899.44 mln FactSet Consensus. - Co raises guidance for FY25, sees FY25 revs of $3.890-$3.902 bln vs. $3.75 bln FactSet Consensus. Raises adjusted income from operations guidance to between $1.711 -- $1.723 billion. - Stock down- probably some profit taking as valuation is a bit stretched Kentucky Derby - AI Wins! - Sovereignty won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville,

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• DHUnplugged #750: Bread Lines?

  Oh boy -  Supply Chain Concerns again? Summertime lines - for goods/food? Empty shelves? China factories shutting down. Talks/No-Talks Underway with China/US. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter  Warm-Up - Now Supply Chain Concerns - Summertime lines - for goods/food? Empty shelves? - China factories shutting down - Talks/No-Talks Underway with China/US - DONE DONE DONE - Lutnick Markets - Capital Raise - Big Boost - ELON - Economics - Big Week - Earnings - The big tech names are on tap - Berkshire annual meeting and earnings this weekend ELON - Elon Musk's xAI Holdings is in discussions with investors to raise about $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported. - The funding would value the company at over $120 billion, according to the report. - THIS: The artificial intelligence firm last month acquired X in an all-stock deal that valued xAI at $80 billion and the social media platform at $33 billion. - "This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI's advanced AI capability and expertise with X's massive reach." - ELON also says that he will be stepping back from DOGE and refocus on TESLA HAHA! FAV STORY! - Tesla reported a $97 million loss due to digital assets, the company’s Bitcoin holdings. In the fourth quarter, there was a gain of $270 million. - Tesla now excludes Bitcoin swings from its non-GAAP results.  Tesla also backs out stock-based compensation from its adjusted numbers. - That means the Bitcoin gains were included in the company’s fourth-quarter adjusted results, and the losses weren’t included in the first-quarter adjusted results. - Tesla’s report states that the accounting switch was due to the “adoption of the new crypto assets standard.” Powell Under Fire - Update - All is good - no new discussions is helping keep a bid under markets Are Talks Ongoing at ALL? - China says NO - US says YES - Which is it? DONE DONE DONE - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday teased that the Trump administration has reached its first trade deal, but said it was not fully finalized and declined to name the country involved. - “I have a deal done, done, done, done, but I need to wait for their Prime Minister and their parliament to give its approval, which I expect shortly,” Lutnick told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan. Unusual Winner - With consumer sentiment shrinking and concerns about recession - Travel companies are feeling the pinch - BUT, Travel insurance companies are cashing n on the Cancel for Any Reason Plans - People want to travel but are hesitant as they don't know what will be in the future - therefore buy travel insurance - No pure-play publicly traded stock --  Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection, Nationwide Amazon White House - The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump's tariffs next to the total price of products on its site. - "This is hostile and political act by Amazon," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing. - "Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?" Leavitt asked. - Amazon spokesperson tells Washington Post putting tariff rates next to products "was never under consideration for the main Amazon website. - Says Amazon Haul has considered listing import price duties on certain products. ----- What is our take on this? Big Moves - Novo Nordisk and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE: HIMS) today announced a long-term collaboration designed to make proven obesity care and treatments more accessible, more affordable, and more connected for millions of Americans.

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• DHUnplugged #749: Fed UP And OUT

  CEOs Selling stock Fed Put in question - Powell under Fire from White House - Markets FED UP! Earnings Season - VERY CLOUDY USD Weak - what are investors thinking? PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter  Warm-Up - Chaos - What next? - Rates - moving in the wrong direction again - USD Weak - what are investors thinking? - A moment for Pope Francis - CEOs - Selling stock Markets - Markets have had it - Done with this nonsense - Fed Put in question - Powell under Fire from White House - Markets FED UP! - Earnings Season - VERY CLOUDY - VIX - back above 30 again (~35) - HyperScalers - not so Hyper... Update One Time Competition - Put Lyrics to Music - The Tariff Blues (DHUnplugged Shirt and Song Play) - We have a clear winner from all of the entries and will announce and play at end of the show - I think it is awesome! ECB The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate -- the rate through which the Governing Council steers the monetary policy stance -- is based on its updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy transmission. Powell Under Fire - President Trump says "The ECB is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, “too late” Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always too late and wrong.....Too Late should have lowered interest rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now. Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!" - President Trump says he is "not happy" with Fed Chair Jerome Powell; says he thinks Mr. Powell would leave if he asks him to do so - Is he going to ask - will he leave???????? - How will markets react? --- STOP THE PRESSES - Already did a 180 on that..."No intention of firing Powell" Flurry of Deal Comments Tuesday - As expected, most contradict the other - Confusion as to how long - general happy thoughts - nothing concrete - Markets reacted positively then came off highs Pentagon in Chaos? - White House looking for a new Secretary of Defense, according to NPR - Will he now have a Podcast or go back to Fox and Friends? - Of course the White House press secretary is denying Skinny Minny - Eli Lilly soaring after announcing positive late-stage trial results for its oral weight-loss and diabetes drug, orforglipron, paving the way for a possible launch by the end of 2025 - Novo Nordisk is looking for FDA approval of their pill-form Wegovy weight loss medication Some Eco - April Philadelphia Fed Index -26.4 vs. 10.0 Briefing.com consensus; prior 12.5 - March Building Permits 1.482 mln vs. 1.455 mln Briefing.com consensus; prior revised to 1.459 mln from 1.456 mln - March Housing Starts 1.324 mln vs. 1.418 mln Briefing.com consensus; prior revised to 1.494 mln for 1.501 mln - March Leading Indicators -0.7% vs. -0.4% Briefing.com consensus; prior revised to -0.2% from -0.3% IMF - Downgrades US ECO - The US growth forecast for this year has been given the biggest downgrade among advanced economies by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a result of uncertainty caused by trade tariffs. - Growth is now expected to be 1.8% this year, down from the IMF's estimate of 2.7% for the US in January. - The sharp increase in tariffs and uncertainty will lead to a "significant slowdown" in global growth, the Fund predicts. NVDA - NVIDIA breaks below $100 as China-based rival Huawei reportedly preps updated AI chip for mass shipment - Last week, NVDA gapped lower after writing down its inventory by around $5.5 bln,

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• DHUnplugged #748: Who’s to Blame?

  If this wasn't idiotic it would be funny President Miyagi at it again - Tariff on - Tariff Off Winning - We are Winning so much. Too much winning! Earnings season rolls on PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter  Warm-Up - If this wasn't idiotic it would be funny - President Miyagi at it again - Tariff on - Tariff Off - Winning - We are Winning so much. Too much winning! - Earnings season rolls on - Need a new CTP stock Markets - Key Reversal Indicator - 1st Green cluster bottom on Monday and Tuesday - Called the near-term bottom - Stock markets slammed - President Trump discussing stocks - Economic Pissing Match - Even more tariffs, or bluffs - VIX HITS 60 back UNDER 30 ANNOUNCING - One Time Competition - Put Lyrics to Music - The Tariff Blues (DHUnplugged Shirt and Song Play) Nice end to the week! - Markets gave some hope to the idea that more exceptions were coming - Across the board, markets gained for the week in highly volatile trade - Last week and the week before saw extreme movements - Bond yields (10 yr) swung between 3.7% and 4.5% (add that to historic records) - At one point equity futures were swinging 1% every 10 minutes in average during height of volatility Wild Ride VIX - Moving lower as things settle down a bit - This is something that everyone should understand - VIX does not stay elevated forever... - VIX moves lower as shocks expire - Great tool for risk management and trading during wild market moves --- Get in and out... Not Inflationary..(wink) - China increased tariffs to 125% - US Increased China tariffs to 145% --- Speaking with colleagues and business owners - they are raising prices as cannot absorb thee levels Tariffs - Are we sick of this discussion yet? - hares of automakers jumped during midday trading Monday following President Donald Trump saying he's looking to "help some of the car companies." --- Auto companies are expecting to see a drop in vehicle sales in the millions, higher new and used vehicle prices, and increased costs of more than $100 billion for the industry, according to research reports from Wall Street and automotive analysts. - BCG expects tariffs to add $110 billion to $160 billion on an annual run rate basis in costs to the industry, which could impact 20% of U.S. new-vehicle market revenues, increasing production costs for both U.S. and non-U.S. manufacturers. - Weekend - Some exemptions are being made for semi's, smartphones and other electronics (Shares jumped Monday) Workaround - Apple airlifted $2 bln worth of iPhones from India ahead of tariffs Boeing - Chinese airlines have been ordered not to take any further deliveries of Boeing aircraft in response to the U.S. imposing 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, Bloomberg News reports. Zero Day - Newsline: Wild intraday gyrations in stocks since "liberation day" have put investors more on edge than ever, and the popularity of zero-day-to-expiration options is partly to blame. - Zero-day-to-expiration options are contracts that expire the same day that they're traded. - The trading volume of 0DTE options tied to the S&P 500 surged to 8.5 million in April, a 23% jump since the beginning of the year and accounting for roughly 7% of the total volume in U.S. option markets, according to data from JPMorgan. NVDA - News Drop - Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other destinations. - The H20 is an AI chip for China that was designed to comply with U.S. export restrictions. It generated an estimated $12 billion to $15 billion in revenue in 2024.

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• DHUnplugged #747: Bluffing and Pissing Matches

  Tariffs are killing markets. A glimpse int what happens when we take a difference course Markets making some of the wort moves in decades Billionaires - all in on Trump lost billions... WAIT !!!!!! Maybe a 90-day pause on Tariffs now...Or Not... More finesse, less sledge hammer? PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter  Warm-Up - Markets making some of the worst moves in decades - Billionaires - all in on Trump lost billions... - WAIT !!!!!! Maybe a 90-day pause on Tariffs now...Or Not... - More finesse, less sledge hammer? Markets - Key Reversal Indicator - 1st Green cluster bottom on Monday.. Oversold? - Stock markets slammed - President Trump discussing stocks - Economic Pissing Match - Even more tariffs, or bluffs - VIX HITS 60! -- A Quick Poem - Green Eggs and Navarro --- One of the gents that responded to Vietnam's desire to have zero tariffs as "not enough" DAX on Monday and other Markets - Opened up down 10% - clawed back a bunch by end of the day - European stocks down 1.5% YTD 2024 - US Stock bearing the brunt of the move - Hong Kong (after being closed Friday) - closed Monday DOWN 13%! - Monday in Japan, Markets halted, futures trading suspended as Nikkei and Topix plunge more than 5% --- Follow up - then up 6% the next day - Monday YTD US Markets: Heads Up - Just in... - Tuesday at 12:30PM - 'White House Press Secretary says 104% additional tariffs went into effect at noon eastern time because China has not removed it's retaliation. The 104% additional tariff will be collected starting tomorrow April 9th'  -Markets were trying to right themselves - up big to start the day - then this headline.... - What if  - China comes back at 200%? More: - Tuesday afternoon : White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions on trade at briefing: President Trump not considering delay in tariffs that are due to go into effect tomorrow at 12:01 AM - Where is the negotiation? Seems like a pissing match or bluff with unlimited funds. If you are interested - Rand Paul making all sorts of sense this morning - Trades are win-win. Trade does not mean that one side has to win and one lose. - https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/08/sen-rand-paul-on-trump-tariffs-trade-is-an-integral-part-of-capitalism.html Stupid - Taiwan's top financial regulator said on Sunday it will impose temporary curbs on short-selling of shares to help deal with potential market turmoil from U.S. President Donald Trump's new import tariffs, and will take other steps as needed. - Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission said in a statement it would limit the number of shares that can be sold short and raise the minimum short-selling margin ratio to 130% from 90%, starting from Monday and lasting until Friday. - We have seen how this plays out in the past. More references to bluffing - "I think it was a big mistake, this Chinese escalation, because they're playing with a pair of twos," Bessent said during an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "What do we lose by the Chinese raising tariffs on us? We export one-fifth to them of what they export to us, so that is a losing hand for them." VIX - Hits 60 on Monday - then backs off to 45 - Not often we see a run like that. - Still at 45 shows big concerned about near-term volatility. --- S&P 500 top to bottom 7% move today - VIX was at 37 - back to 52 BREAK - IBKR Billionaires losing $$ - Do we feel bad? - Sample of losses on Liberation Day - Zuck lost $18B - Bezos lost $15B What? - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans looking to retire aren’t concerned about day...

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