Our inheritance investor originally claimed that they were in Intel for “a decade depending on how it performs.” Let’s hope the naysayers didn’t sway them before the significant turnaround in fortunes at Intel.
But why is INTC so clearly rampant right now? Over recent months, we have seen the huge Intel juggernaut turn around, driven by Lip Bu Tan’s deal-making. Today, we are reporting on the firm’s stock rocketing by 28% after a strong Q1 with rising forecasts. This rise is like a mirror to August 2024’s collapse.
It is also clear that the new CEO is making deals with the right people to grab firmly onto the coattails of AI tech expansionist enthusiasm. Notably, earlier this month, Intel made what is probably a future-defining agreement to join Elon Musk’s TeraFab project .
We imagine that one day, in the not-too-distant future, the fortune-flipped investor will laugh, satisfied by their incredible wealth and canny investment acumen, while enjoying a big cigar in the TeraFab burger bar, at least if Elon Musk has his way .
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TechieTwo Despite Intel's documented criminal history they have been a darling on Wall Street even when they were trying to go out of business from internal chaos and incompetence. So betting on Intel is a safe bet as they control the largest CPU segment. Until they control less than 50% of the market, they can do no wrong according to wheelers and dealers on Wall Street. Reply
pjmelect Investing in shares is just gambling like putting money on the horses or in the casino. You may win but it is not due to any skill on your part although gamblers will disagree. Reply
toffty pjmelect said: Investing in shares is just gambling like putting money on the horses or in the casino. You may win but it is not due to any skill on your part although gamblers will disagree. This is a close metaphor only if you invest in a single stock. Diversification is key as well as a mix of stock and bonds that are both nation and worldwide. If properly diversified, the better analogy is that the national and/or global economy at the macro-scale will be better off in the future. Reply
PEnns toffty said: This is a close metaphor only if you invest in a single stock. Diversification is key as well as a mix of stock and bonds that are both nation and worldwide. If properly diversified, the better analogy is that the national and/or global economy at the macro-scale will be better off in the future. Absolutely true. Except, in this case, the guy dumped his whole inheritance into Intel stock! He could have easily lost his shirt (and underpants) but he got lucky. Reply
TerryLaze PEnns said: Absolutely true. Except, in this case, the guy dumped his whole inheritance into Intel stock! He could have easily lost his shirt (and underpants) but he got lucky. He put 700.000 of 800.000 into the stock, having a bottom line positive of 100.000 is not "lost his shirt" . Also there was never any risk of losing that money, the only question was how long he would have to wait to get a profit, that could have easily been a long time. Reply
Thunder64 TerryLaze said: He put 700.000 of 800.000 into the stock, having a bottom line positive of 100.000 is not "lost his shirt" . Also there was never any risk of losing that money, the only question was how long he would have to wait to get a profit, that could have easily been a long time. Never at risk of losing that money? You will say anything to defend Intel. Reply
Thunder64 TerryLaze said: He put 700.000 of 800.000 into the stock, having a bottom line positive of 100.000 is not "lost his shirt" . Also there was never any risk of losing that money, the only question was how long he would have to wait to get a profit, that could have easily been a long time. Putting all of your eggs in one basket in the market is stupid. Whoever it was got lucky and should cash out now. Reply
TerryLaze Thunder64 said: Never at risk of losing that money? You will say anything to defend Intel. Yeah, even if intel would have crashed, it would have taken them years to come back but there was never any chance of them not coming back ever. We have seen from AMD how you can lose all your fab and still come back after many years. Reply
Thunder64 TerryLaze said: Yeah, even if intel would have crashed, it would have taken them years to come back but there was never any chance of them not coming back ever. We have seen from AMD how you can lose all your fab and still come back after many years. Despite anti-competitive practices by Intel like rebates. Intel got the US gov't to invest in them so they were deemed "To big to fail". Reply
TerryLaze Thunder64 said: Despite anti-competitive practices by Intel like rebates. Intel got the US gov't to invest in them so they were deemed "To big to fail". Is this supposed to be an argument IN FAVOR of this guy loosing all his money?!?! Reply
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