To The Moon

On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 the US government imposed sweeping new curbs designed to curtail China’s access to technology critical to the manufacturing and operations of its military power. (see below) The action applies new export controls to restrict: China’s access to advanced computing chips. Its ability to develop and maintain super computers & manufacture semiconductors. The move cuts at critical technological components for multiple economic sectors, but most acutely targets the manufacturing of advanced weapons systems. For a moment, calm was “restored” as chip makers studied the rules governing the ban and found a way to work around it. This was achieved by retaining the processing power but reduced the processing / comms speed. All that changed when Huawei launched its latest mobil

On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 the US government imposed sweeping new curbs designed to curtail China’s access to technology critical to the manufacturing and operations of its military power. (see below) The action applies new export controls to restrict: China’s access to advanced computing chips. Its ability to develop and maintain super computers & manufacture semiconductors. The move cuts at critical technological components for multiple economic sectors, but most acutely targets the manufacturing of advanced weapons systems. For a moment, calm was “restored” as chip makers studied the rules governing the ban and found a way to work around it. This was achieved by retaining the processing power but reduced the processing / comms speed. All that changed when Huawei launched its latest mobil

US 10 Year Yield hits 5.0%, a level not seen since mid 2007. This likely cements the fate of existing bond-hodlers, which have seen 3 years of declines. How high will the US 10 year yield go, nobody knows, this likely markets the near bottom for bonds, and likewise bond ETFs like the iShares 20 Year+ Treasury ETF (Ticker symbol TLT). TLT at a 5-year low Current div yield on TLT (trailing twelve months) stands at 3.98%, although one has to factor the 30% withholding tax for non-US treaty nationals. Probably one of the simpler ways to get involved in the bond market. Other alternatives are to buy bonds from a broker that has access to U.S. treasury bonds. However do note that for U.S. Treasury Bonds longer than 1 year duration have 30% dividend/interest tax, so the yield you are gett