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Intel stock spikes after report of possible u.s. government stake
Are we approaching China’s model on private companies, state-run companies?
The Chip Act was passed in 2022 to encourage domestic investment on semiconductor manufacturing. Results is mixed after 3 years that shows re-sourcing manufacturing is not easy, especially with the complex supply chain involved. It will take lots of investment to turn Intel foundry around and to catch up to the leading foundries. Minor stakes, in my opinion, are too little to move the needle.
@Sven said: "Are we approaching China’s model on private companies, state-run companies?"
I was wondering the same thing. You have to realize that Trump doesn't regard himself as the president of a democracy. He treats the United States of America as if the entire country is nothing more than his private company, to run and rule any damned way that he feels like. (Subject to change without notice, of course.) Since it's his company, he makes the rules. If there are laws limiting his ability to do that, he has a large number of assistants to help him evade or ignore those restrictions.
With that mindset he regards the heads of all other countries as being similar "executives", and therefore "competitors". This explains his appreciation of other "executives" who run their countries in a similar manner.
Viewed from this perspective there's really no contradiction between his animus towards China as a competitor, and his admiration for certain aspects of Xi Jinping's leadership.
The same thing applies to Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and any other country with a leader of similar mindset.
It is too little and too late to catch up to TSMC. Intel failed to recognize new markets such as chipsets for cell phones, in particularly smart phones. Instead they focus on matured business such as PC and servers, which are rapidly commoditized.
State-run companies are subjected to corruption and inefficiency as shown in China’s construction industry. A number of concrete ghost cities were built so to keep up with the employment rates. Some of these companies have been delisted in their stock exchanges.
A wealth of investment information on emerging markets are available in the Seafarer fund website. Highly recommended.
WIKI: ...(B)ig business developed an increasingly close partnership with the Italian Fascist and German Nazi governments after they took power. Business leaders supported the government's political and military goals. In exchange, the government pursued economic policies that maximized the profits of its business allies...
I don’t fully understand this venture by our government. Media has been reporting it being under consideration for several days. So not a surprise. It does recall Japan at the depths of their decades long recession. The government began buying stocks to try and bolster their stock market. But the situation here is hardly comparable - at least not yet.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday that Intel must give the U.S. government an equity stake in the company in return for CHIPS Act funds.
“We should get an equity stake for our money,” Lutnick said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” “So we’ll deliver the money, which was already committed under the Biden administration. We’ll get equity in return for it.
Well, sounds like an "innovative" govt scam. Like, uh, hey...those grants you were promised? Well, we own (a part) of you now if you accept them and we make the rules up as we go along. Capish?
Maybe next they expand into some Waste disposal services, Cement mixing, a few casinos, some Gaza hotels. More crypto. Lots of crypto. And lots of tariffs and lawsuits to keep em all honest.
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The Chip Act was passed in 2022 to encourage domestic investment on semiconductor manufacturing. Results is mixed after 3 years that shows re-sourcing manufacturing is not easy, especially with the complex supply chain involved. It will take lots of investment to turn Intel foundry around and to catch up to the leading foundries. Minor stakes, in my opinion, are too little to move the needle.
I was wondering the same thing. You have to realize that Trump doesn't regard himself as the president of a democracy. He treats the United States of America as if the entire country is nothing more than his private company, to run and rule any damned way that he feels like. (Subject to change without notice, of course.) Since it's his company, he makes the rules. If there are laws limiting his ability to do that, he has a large number of assistants to help him evade or ignore those restrictions.
With that mindset he regards the heads of all other countries as being similar "executives", and therefore "competitors". This explains his appreciation of other "executives" who run their countries in a similar manner.
Viewed from this perspective there's really no contradiction between his animus towards China as a competitor, and his admiration for certain aspects of Xi Jinping's leadership.
The same thing applies to Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and any other country with a leader of similar mindset.
https://msn.com/en-us/money/companies/intel-shares-rise-on-report-of-possible-us-government-stake/ar-AA1KAypH
It is too little and too late to catch up to TSMC. Intel failed to recognize new markets such as chipsets for cell phones, in particularly smart phones. Instead they focus on matured business such as PC and servers, which are rapidly commoditized.
State-run companies are subjected to corruption and inefficiency as shown in China’s construction industry. A number of concrete ghost cities were built so to keep up with the employment rates. Some of these companies have been delisted in their stock exchanges.
A wealth of investment information on emerging markets are available in the Seafarer fund website. Highly recommended.
Sound way too familiar?
https://forbes.com/sites/ywang/2025/08/18/softbank-to-make-2-billion-investment-in-troubled-us-chipmaker-intel/
Well, sounds like an "innovative" govt scam. Like, uh, hey...those grants you were promised? Well, we own (a part) of you now if you accept them and we make the rules up as we go along. Capish?
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel-goverment-equity-stake.html
Maybe next they expand into some Waste disposal services, Cement mixing, a few casinos, some Gaza hotels. More crypto. Lots of crypto. And lots of tariffs and lawsuits to keep em all honest.
What a swell operation.