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DHUnplugged Podcast - DHUnplugged #754: Waffling Tactics


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Waffles for the Win

Workarounds are the thing to avoid onerous tariffs

Investors starting to think that bark is worse than the bite

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 Warm-Up

- Waffles for the Win
- Workarounds are the thing
- Learning about the First Sale Rule

Markets

- 42 Days? And counting
- Investors starting to think that bark is worse than the bite
- US Steel Deal - WOW!
- Fresh steam for speculation - lots of movement

Waffling

- What are your favorite way to eat waffles?
- Friday - 50% on Europe - Blah Blah
- 25% on Apple and every smartphone maker that brings in product to USA
- Sunday - Delay the Europe tariffs until July 9th
- Not sure where we are on

Results

- Markets swoon on the initial Europe Tariff announcement
- Markets (Overnight Futures) Popped higher on the Waffle
- Apple will look to eat and see a cut to margins -
---- Surely Apple will promise to build plants in the US and slow role it to get some relief
--- Apple recently announced a 250,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Houston that is expected to begin operations in 2026, indicating a timeline of roughly 1.5 to 2 years from announcement to production start (managed by Foxconn - manufacturing AI Driver Servers

China - Not bad

- China’s industrial profits rose for a second straight month in April, with their growth improving despite U.S. tariffs and persistent deflationary pressures, thanks to Beijing’s measures aimed at supporting businesses.
- Cumulative profits at major industrial firms climbed 3% last month compared to a year earlier, official data showed Tuesday, accelerating from a 2.6% growth in March.
- In the first four months this year, industrial profits rose 1.4%, year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, bolstered by stronger earnings in the equipment and high-tech manufacturing sectors.

Facts though first:

- Foxconn’s Zhengzhou campus in China, often called “iPhone City,” spans over 1.4 million square meters (15 million

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