Radio Show #2022-3, Podcast #35 Chips, Green Germany, Border

Crisis Motivation?

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Value vs Growth, YTD:

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (LCG): -13.27%

Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF (LCV): -3.33%

Vanguard S&P 400 Mid-Cap growth ETF: -12.64%

Vanguard S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF: -4.67%

Vanguard Small Cap 600 Growth ETF: -11.06%

Vanguard Small Cap 600 Value ETF: -5.19%

So far, value is SIGNIFICANTLY outperforming growth stocks YTD.

BTW, since interest rates have jogged-up slightly, Vanguard’s

long-term bond ETF is down 4.14% YTD.

https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/list#/etf/asset-class/month-end-returns

A large part of any financial adviser’s job is RISK

MANAGEMENT.

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STOCKS:

This is really important folks.  We all need to start paying

attention to what’s happening in China and Russia; developments that could

possibly have a dramatic effect on Americans under the Biden

administration: 

What are computer chips used in?

Computers use computer chips.

Cars & Trucks have 30-100 microprocessors in them.

18 wheelers that deliver all of our goods use computer chips.

Airplanes use lots of computer chips.  So do satellite

communications & FAA radar systems.

Coffee makers & calculators, & TV’s and tv clickers use

chips.  Radios use chips.

Ovens & stoves & dishwashers, dryers and washing machines

all use chips.

Every factory that makes the stuff we buy uses a multitude of

computer chips.

Power tools use chips.

Gasoline pumps use chips.

Cash registers use chips.

I guarantee you that your bank uses computer chips.  And how

about your doctor and hospital?

Now For a Brief History of Taiwan:

As a result of the surrender and occupation of Japan at the end of

World War II, the island of Taiwan was placed under the governance of the

Republic of China (ROC).

Following the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the ROC

government retreated from the mainland as the Mao’s Communists proclaimed the

establishment of the People's Republic of China....