Creation of an LLC in the USA by a non-resident to open a bank account and open accanuts with American brokers to enter the American stock exchange for the purpose of trading in stocks, options and so on.

Is this possible and what are the pros and cons or is it a completely idiotic idea?

Swedish arms manufacturer SAAB is a forgotten gem among European defense stocks. Like all other defense stocks, SAAB gained a lot in the beginning of the Ukraine war and is now trading at around P/E 30 which is historically high and not that impressive.

What makes the stock interesting now is how many orders have been coming in lately and how the price of the stock hasn't skyrocketed further in response, yet at least. Relative to other arms manufacturers, SAAB is not that large and their potential market cap is enormous.

I initially bought a small position in SAAB because I was impressed with the fighter jet Gripen and figured that given the quite small current market cap it just takes 1-3 countries to adopt the Gripen system to massively increase the revenue for SAAB. Nowadays the orders just keep coming in, and the stock price is not really keeping up, so I've bought more shares. Colombia just decided to buy Gripen and Brazil is going to expand their fleet.
Apart from Gripen, which is of course the crown jewel of SAABs products they also make the NLAW anti tank missile, AT4 anti tank missiles, radar systems, top tier camouflage fabrics and a lot of other high tech defense related products. Products | Saab They are also designing their first drone at the moment. This is a really well run company, with a long history of building weapons, they are relatively small compared to other major players in the industry and just offers a very impressive range of products.

I can't see this stock not being a good pick.

Hi , I am a day trader who wants to have a long term investment for the sake of my retirement. I always look up to youtube and web browsers about this, but there are no contents that actually introduces long term investing, they just go straight to "Start investing in here or there" I know a few about mutual and index fund, But i do want to know much more about, what is the strategy, how does it give a return, what are the stocks to choose or what is etf etc. MAY i have. some advice of where can I learn these things properly. THANK YOU!!!

So I've been doing some research about energy stocks, here are some of my thoughts:

Clean energy stocks have been dropping significantly in these few days, but I am optismistic it will go up in the forseeable future, here's why:

1: Solar and Offshore Wind are fundamentally more cost effective than natural gas alternatives, meaning these are profitable business model that businesses will develop regardless of government subsidies.

2: The IRA will unlikely to be fully repealed due to the massive amounts of employment it provides to red states.

3: While tariff will make clean energy projects more expensive on net, it also gradually reduces US clean energy firms' reliance on China which means a stronger future for the companies.

4: With regard to oil stocks, I believe the price of oil will drop significantly since drill baby drill which means Trump will expand oil drilling in the continental shells, so lower priced oil will reduce profit margins for oil companies, making oil stocks perform worst.

Any other thoughts?

Will this be bullish or bearish on Monday... For one, this already dipped like 1k from 21300 to 20265 on Friday which could cause a rebound on Monday. However stimulus announced was only 6 trillion yuan which is quite low. So... What are your thoughts? Start buying puts or call?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-ordered-tsmc-halt-shipments-china-chips-used-ai-applications-source-says-2024-11-10/

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips, of 7 nanometer or more advanced designs, destined for China that power AI accelerator and graphics processing units (GPU), the person said.

The U.S. order, which is being reported for the first time, comes just weeks after TSMC notified the Commerce Department that one of its chips had been found in a Huawei AI processor, as Reuters reported last month. Tech research firm Tech Insights had taken apart the product, revealing the TSMC chip and apparent violation of export controls.

Huawei, at the center of the U.S. action, is on a restricted trade list, which requires suppliers to obtain licenses to ship any goods or technology to the company. Any license that could aid Huawei's AI efforts would likely be denied.

TSMC suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after its chip matched the one found on the Huawei AI processor, sources told Reuters last month.

Reuters could not determine how the chip ended up on Huawei's Ascend 910B, released in 2022, viewed as the most advanced AI chip available from a Chinese company.

The latest clampdown hits many more companies and will allow the U.S. to assess whether other companies are diverting chips to Huawei for its AI processor.

As a result of the letter, TSMC notified affected clients that it was suspending shipments of chips starting Monday, the person said. The Commerce Department declined comment.

A spokesperson for TSMC also declined to comment beyond saying it was a "law-abiding company...committed to complying with all applicable rules and regulations, including applicable export controls."

The Commerce Department communication -- known as an "is informed" letter -- allows the U.S. to bypass lengthy rule-writing processes to quickly impose new licensing requirements on specific companies.

Ijiwei, a Chinese media site covering the semiconductor industry, reported on Friday that TSMC notified Chinese chip design companies it would suspend 7 nanometer or below chips for AI and GPU customers beginning Nov. 11.

The action comes as both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have raised concerns about the inadequacy of export controls on China and the Commerce Department's enforcement of them.

In 2022, the Commerce Department sent is-informed letters to Nvidia and AMD restricting their ability to export top AI-related chips to China, and to chip equipment makers like Lam Research, Applied Materials and KLA to restrict tools to make advanced chips to China.

The restrictions in those letters were later turned into rules that apply to companies beyond them.

The U.S. has been delayed in updating rules on tech exports to China. As Reuters reported in July, the Biden administration drafted new rules on some foreign exports of chipmaking equipment and planned to add about 120 Chinese companies to the Commerce Department's restricted entity list, including chipmaking factories, toolmakers, and related companies.

But despite plans for an August release, and later tentative target dates for publication, the rules still have not been issued.

GSAT is my speculative play right now. Looks like it is (maybe was) a good runner, with apple using it for their satellite cell service, and non-emergency use/satellite text coming in 2025.

Problem: SpaceX/Starlink and GSAT are in a battle over satellite radio bands. FCC dismissed SpaceX's request to basically take over GSAT's dedicated section of bandwidth.

But Musk is now firmly latched onto future POTUS, in what is certain to become a grifty political-economic symbiosis.

What's the liklihood Musk tries to court government favors from the white house/FCC to give SpaceX a (probably illegal, but laws don't matter anymore) leg up?

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I came across this 12-month price projection for META on CNN Business.

Has anyone used their projections before?

How accurate have they been in your experience?

I'm curious to know if it's worth considering when making investment decisions.

Hello, I hope a post like this is allowed.

I am looking at a company stock ticker CE. They are a chemicals company. The recent crash in share price is what prompted me to "kick the tires" on this name.

I am looking specifically at their balance sheet.

They have about 12B in long term debt. They made a big acquisition a few years back for about 10B. They essentially have 12B of bonds of which about 1B come due every year.

This year, they did not make enough money to pay off their bonds so they drew down 1B from their cash to pay off their bond. Now they only have 800m cash left. They anticipate that they cannot pay off their 2025 bonds and have already arranged short term financing to pay it off. Their debt coverage ratio is 1.4.

They are shutting down plants left and right to save money. They cut their dividend by 95%.

My question is simple. Considering the state of their finances (it's very bad not sugarcoating it), is this a good investment at current price? And if not, is there a price at which you would be interested?

https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/11/41817215/wendys-uses-palantir-ai-tech-to-manage-burger-french-fry-inventories-return-on-investment-is-signifi

Wendy's supply chain purchases are handled by an independent co-op group that first tested Palantir's technology last year amid tight profit margins and increasing pressure from inflation, according to a Bloomberg report. The group is using Palantir's system to spot shortages and suggest solutions like placing an order from a supplier. Pete Suerken, who leads the purchasing co-op, said the system's AI learns over time and can suggest a specific warehouse, after considering factors such as cost and the probability of the items arriving on time. The software can predict when specific products will run out by analyzing current and historical sales figures.

Suerken praised Palantir's platform and said it was "so much better" than spreadsheets and other customary inventory management methods. He also said the return on investment is "significant." Wendy's recently asked the supply chain program to identify shortages restaurants could face over the following three weeks and then staff trained the model by showing how the shortages should be solved. Wendy's purchasing group plans to eventually allow the AI model to manage smaller inventory and ordering tasks autonomously and without human intervention.

"Three or four years from now, if you're not doing this, you'll be at a distinct disadvantage," said Suerken. "This is something that, as an industry, will change the way we work."

Hey all,

I recently got into Stocks last week

I deposited so far $10k into VAS Top 300 AU, $10k into VGS International (This one has been underperforming also tempted to sell it for another international ETF which has less companies in it any recommendations on ETF's of this type to look into?, $10k into NDQ Tech 100, $2800 into CSL and $67k into the S&P500 (IVV)

(Made a mistake with the CSL because it hae a weighting of over 5% in VAS but I am not sure if its bad to sell it for another stock because Tax reasons? Can someone advise me if I should just leave it?

I constantly hear some people talk about just putting all or 99% into S&P500 and then I hear the opposite argument of needing to be diversified in not just US and AUS but also WW and also even at what percentages you should have in each Stock

Personally for this reason I did put some of my Stocks into AUS and WW (As per above) but because of the past think the returns on the S&P500 will be better hence why I have overweighted it (I know the past does not have to repeat iself) but my risk tolerance is somewhat high being married at 30 with no kids and wanting to make my first million ASAP but I am feeling like maybe I have far too high a weighting in the USA is my main question, and if I do with my remaining 50k is it worth sacrificing potential returns from S&P 500 to diversify more? i'd love opinions on this because current plan is just to go ham on the S&P500

Do you all think this is a good strategy or I should really make an effort to Diversify more? Also I was thinking of buying VHY because I do not have many good Dividend Stocks yet, any advice welcome I only started investing a week ago

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IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has posted robust financial and operational growth in Q3 2024, with revenue hitting $12.4 million, marking a 102% year-over-year increase. They raised their full-year revenue guidance to $38.5-$42.5 million, reflecting strong market momentum in quantum computing. The quarter was highlighted by substantial new bookings, totaling $63.5 million, including a landmark $54.5 million contract with the United States Air Force Research Lab, positioning IonQ as a leader in advancing quantum networking for governmental applications.

Strategic initiatives include a definitive agreement to acquire Qubitekk, furthering IonQ's reach in quantum networking with an enhanced patent portfolio and customer base. Additionally, IonQ has announced high-impact partnerships with AstraZeneca and Ansys, marking significant strides in quantum applications for drug discovery and engineering. The company also strengthened its collaboration with the University of Maryland through a $9 million investment to expand quantum computing access.

These advancements underscore IonQ's commitment to scaling quantum solutions and leveraging strategic partnerships to drive innovation across industries. With growing commercial traction and government support, IonQ is well-positioned to lead in the evolving landscape of quantum technology.

Source: https://ionq.com/news/ionq-announces-third-quarter-2024-financial-results

These “research organizations” or individuals that post YouTube videos everyday, doing 100 dollar monthly subscriptions, we all know that if they truly know how stocks will go they would be putting their own money in the market and making much more instead of creating these channels, but isn’t it also obvious to understand for those that pay for their services? Why are people dumb enough to continue to pay?

Is there something that I’m missing?

MBLY (Mobileye) is the leader in autonomous driving technology supplying automakers. Elon will push Trump to encourage the expansion of autonomous driving for his Tesla Full Self Driving and robotaxis. Only three companies can do full autonomous driving: Tesla, Google’s Waymo, and Mobileye. Automakers will have to respond and they aren’t going to use Tesla or Waymo since those are competitive threats. The only viable solution will be MBLY.

MBLY already announced Volkswagen as their first main autonomous driving win. At their upcoming Dec 9th analyst day, we may get more announcements. A year from now, all of the big 10 automakers will have a plan for autonomous driving and most of them likely select MBLY.

Each customer like Volkswagen is ~$3b revenue a year (9m cars @ 25% attach rate @ $1500 ASP). MBLY’s current revenue is $2b. So by 2028, MBLY’s revenue could be $15b vs $2b today. Meanwhile the stock is on lows due to near-term noise around weak total auto units industry wide, etc, creating a great entry point.

$MBLY is my next 10 bagger. In 2027, the stock will be $170.

With all the talk this election about congressional insider trading and looking at these various Saas and ETF options that follow US representative trades I was curious what y'all perspective was on these and if you're taking them seriously at all as a diversification play or if they are just kind of meme ETF's.

The NANC ETF aims to track the stock trades made by members of Congress and their spouses, focusing on trades involving Democratic members. As of September 30, 2024, NANC hit a one-year total return of about 40%, Whoa, which outpaces the S&P 500's gain of around 22% over the same period​.

On the other hand, the KRUZ ETF, which tracks trades by Republican members of Congress, has generally shown competitive returns but with less gains than NANC.

Both ETFs seem to be a part of a broader trend in thematic investing that targets political market behavior which is interesting. Their management fees/expense ratio are both 0.75% which feels super high compared to like VOO (.03%).

These are both relatively new. And presumably could also be made obsolete if certain legislation passes that bans Congressional reps from investing while serving.

Just wanted to get others take on these. Appreciate your time!

I added more Lyft, Inc. (LYFT) shares this morning at $17.50 following their excellent Q3-2024 results. I had first started buying Lyft last month at $13.50.

Lyft demonstrated remarkable growth in the third quarter of 2024, posting significant gains in both operational metrics and financial performance. The rideshare giant reported record-breaking numbers in active riders and total rides, while substantially improving its financial position through increased revenue and robust cash flow generation.

STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Excellent revenue, EBITDA and Cash Flow growth 

• Gross Bookings: Reached $4.1 billion, marking a 16% year-over-year increase
• Revenue: Hit $1.5 billion, showing substantial growth of 32% year-over-year
• Net Loss: Posted $(12.4) million, including a $36.4 million restructuring charge
• Adjusted EBITDA: Achieved $107.3 million, up from $92.0 million in Q3'23
• Free Cash Flow: Generated $242.8 million, a significant improvement from $(30.0) million in Q3'23

Solid Operational Achievements

The company set new records in its core operational metrics:

• Reached 24.4 million Active Riders (9% YoY growth)
• Delivered 217 million Rides (16% YoY growth)
• Maintained strong driver engagement with record driver hours

Strategic Initiatives In Autonomous Vehicles

Lyft announced significant partnerships in the autonomous vehicle space, positioning itself for future growth:

• Formed alliances with Mobileye, May Mobility, and Nexar
• Plans to launch autonomous vehicle service in Atlanta by 2025

Strategic Partnership with DoorDash

• Established collaboration with DoorDash, the leading U.S. local delivery platform
• Introduced exclusive benefits for DashPass members using Lyft services

WEAKNESSES AND CHALLENGES

• Secondary player to Uber (UBER) in the rideshare market, only 30% market share compared to Uber’s 70%.
• Doesn’t have the secondary revenue stream of Uber Eats to absorb fixed costs
• Smaller market share and geographic footprint
• Limited brand recognition internationally
• Heavy reliance on incentives to attract/retain drivers and riders
• High customer acquisition costs
• Competitive pressure on pricing

Wall Street seems to like it as well

“We think the strong after-hours move is deserved,” Sanderson adds, and think the results will ease concern about Lyft’s ability to grow profitably. “But management’s 15% multi-year [gross bookings] target will still be a debate, as will the company’s position for autonomous vehicles.”

“Efficiencies are driving EBITDA ahead of expectations, and the profitability of the rides business model shined, even through increased investment into rider/demand-based incentives,” Morgan Stanley’s Nowak added, raising his FY25/26 adjusted EBITDA estimates by 9% and 2%, respectively, contributing to a higher price target of $18 from $16, previously.

BofA Securities also lifted its price target, now at $19, as the company has “seemingly limited incremental share losses, focusing on core customers and commuters that are still growing order frequency.”

“We have a Buy rating on Lyft as tailwinds from mobility/transportation recovery in urban areas are outweighing risk factors like driver wage inflation, inflation’s impact on consumer travel, and competition risk from Uber and new autonomous entrants,” BofA’s Michael McGovern and Justin Post said in their research note.

Continuing to accumulate for 3-5 years.

Lyft has a long way to go, but the first and second quarter of adjusted operating profits in a row and strong cash flow generation suggest that it is a serious competitor to Uber.

I had recommended and started buying Lyft in October around $13-$14, calling it an attractive GARP (Growth At A Reasonable Price), and a very reasonable valuation compared to Uber, which is unlikely to have a monopoly in the ride-sharing market.

Lyft deserves a seat at the table and with excellent Q3 results and raised guidance it looks even more compelling. Sure, there was a massive bump from $14 to $17. post earnings but the valuation is still attractive at 1.1x sales for 12-15% sales growth and at 17x earnings for a 15-17% grower.

Axon has exploded, notching about a 900% gain in the last 5 years with QoQ accelerated growth 11 quarters in a row. Expanding past their core TASER product and body cams include an arsenal of AI tools, upgraded TASER versions similar to Apples model for iPhones, drones, and their software to continue driving growth. Reoccurring and increasing revenue is also driving bottom line growth. Market cap is 35.5B. Anyone else in this beast of a company? Extremely competent CEO at the helm

The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific (NIWC Pacific), has issued a Notice of Intent to award a sole-source contract to Palantir Technologies for commercial off-the-shelf software products and services. Here are the key details:

Contract Number: N66001-25-R-0009

Contract Type: Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with firm-fixed pricing

Contract Duration: Five-year base period with a five-year option, totaling up to 10 years

Estimated Value: $919.78 million, including options

Scope: Covers software licenses (perpetual and subscription), software maintenance and support, professional services, hardware, and hardware support

Estimated Award Date: January 2025

Source: https://sam.gov/opp/462a1d9ed13244e2a7089b4308216aa7/view#description

Saw this originally posted by u/tke24 in the WSB subreddit.

Back a few months ago, Anthony Noto stated a Trump win would help SoFi. The company has done well with its earnings, and continues to grow. Sitting at ~$12 right now, well off its high of around $25.

I’m considering jumping in it. Do you think it will continue to perform well? How do you see the stock price doing going into 2025?

I’m still a fairly new investor but want some advice on portfolio diversity. About a year and a half ago I invested in a stock and put about 10% of my portfolio into it. Since then it’s up about 500% and it’s now 50% of my portfolio I know I should probably sell and diversify my portfolio better but I think this stock has extreme upsides in the long term. What should I do?

SMR for those wondering.

The recent rally this week has pushed it over $1T again.

1Mo: +28%
3Mo: +59%
YTD: +24%

There are now nine $1T Market Cap companies: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Saudi Aramco, Meta, TSMC, Tesla. Honorable mention to Berkshire who's just under.

I bought TSLL stock at $12 before the election, taking on a significant risk depending on who won. When the market opened, it went up to $15.5 but then started dropping. I later sold it for $14.5 after the election. I thought it would keep going down since the initial hype faded, but now it’s at $17. I lost so much in return since I wanted to sell early and I thought the hype is done.

The same thing happened with DFEN (a leveraged ETF). I bought it at $35 couple weeks ago, it dropped to $32, and after the election, I sold it at $35.10, as I was just trying to recoup my money, thinking it would continue to decline after the hype. Now the stock is at $37.

Now that many stocks are high, I want to buy back in, but the market is currently at an all-time high.

What should I do next time?

Greggs dropped over 8% right at the opening of the LSE this morning. Earnings were released over a month ago and were great. There hasn't been any news or press releases related directly to Greggs between yesterday and today.

Is that because the lowering of interest rates by the Bank of England will be slower than expected, as per yesterday's rate cut announcement? Why is Greggs tanking so much more than other UK mid/small caps?

Any thoughts welcome

It's been nearly 3 months since it popped to 39 and has since slid back to almost 20. Granted that is still about 3x from where it started the year.

There is a quarterly business update coming next week, anything to indicate it will recapture its gains or continue to slide?

Various estimates I’ve found suggest that the construction labor force is between 15% and 25% undocumented immigrants. Given that the incoming administration has threatened mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, do you think that large home builders such as DR Horton and Lennar Corporation will have increased trouble meeting their production targets? Even the threat of this policy could drive workers voluntarily out of the country OR out of the workforce. Thoughts?

(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) has notified Chinese chip design companies that it is suspending production of their advanced AI chips from Monday, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tsmc-suspend-production-advanced-ai-110135233.html

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Most fundamentals are updated every 3 months due to the fact that corporations release earnings reports every quarter, so traders are always speculating at what those earnings will say, and investors may change the size of their holdings based on those reports.

Expect a lot of volatility around earnings, but it usually doesn't matter if you're holding long term, but keep in mind the importance of earnings reports because a trend of declining earnings or a decline in some other fundamental will drive the stock down over the long term as well.

But growth stocks don't rely so much on EPS or revenue as long as they beat some other metric like subscriber count: Going from 1 million to 10 million subscribers means more revenue in the future.

Value stocks do rely on earnings reports, investors look for wall street expectations to be beaten on both EPS & revenue. You'll also find value stocks pay dividends, but never invest in a company solely for its dividend.

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By Reuters:

Sony (6758.T), reported on Friday a 73% rise in group operating profit in the July-September quarter, buoyed by strong sales in its game and network business.

Sony, whose businesses includes music, movies, games and chips, maintained its profit forecast of 1.31 trillion yen ($8.51 billion) for the current year to March, largely in line with the 1.34 trillion yen estimate of 24 analysts polled by LSEG.

Operating profit for the July-September quarter soared to 455.1 billion yen from 263 billion yen a year earlier.

Profit at its game and network service business nearly tripled to 138.8 billion yen, said the company, which released an upgraded version of its flagship console offering better graphics on Nov. 7.

($1 = 152.8700 yen)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sony-operating-profit-jumps-42-h1-2024-11-08/