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Andy Constan

@dampedspring
17 posts
2026-02-25
So keeping it simple without the explicit agreement available yet $AMD Company gets huge order which reduces its ability capicity to sell to others.  The order if the stock rallies a lot would sell 100BN of chips for 4BN dollars as 96BN of stock is handed to the buyer for free.  Seems like a great deal for META and bad for the company and those that want/need its products
2026-02-25 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Meta agrees to acquire up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs in a deal valued at $100B+ that could see Meta own up to 10% of AMD; Meta plans to deploy 1GW in 2026

2026-02-10
People enjoying themselves on 100 year bonds today. Fwiw compared to a perfectly normal 30 year bond a 100 year bond is just not that different. The price of both is 100 AND most of the NPV of the each is the first 30 years of coupons. 86% in both cases. So the “difference is
2026-02-10 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Alphabet plans to sell a rare 100-year sterling bond, as Big Tech companies borrow more to fund their capex growth; IBM sold a 100-year bond in 1996

Deal comes as Google parent steps up AI borrowing rush with $15bn sale of dollar bonds  —  Alphabet has lined up banks to sell …

People enjoying themselves on 100 year bonds today. Fwiw compared to a perfectly normal 30 year bond a 100 year bond is just not that different. The price of both is 100 AND most of the NPV of the each is the first 30 years of coupons. 86% in both cases. So the “difference is
2026-02-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Alphabet raised $20B in its biggest ever US dollar bond sale, more than the $15B initially expected, after drawing more than $100B of orders

Here's all we knowErin Woo /The Information:Alphabet Reportedly Set for $20 Billion US Bond SaleEstefano Gomez /Crypto Briefing:Alphabet draws $100B+ demand for $15B bond sale to f...

2026-02-07
Not only has $MSTR f*cked up BTC but it's levered ETF's “Amplify” the f*ck up On the close today 2600 whole Coins equivalent will be forced sold in the form of MSTR shares into the market to rebalance the leveraged ETF's
2026-02-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Strategy reports Q4 net loss up 1,749% YoY to $12.4B, as BTC trades below the company's $76,052 average purchase price; MSTR is down ~60% over the past year

2026-02-06
Not only has $MSTR f*cked up BTC but it's levered ETF's “Amplify” the f*ck up On the close today 2600 whole Coins equivalent will be forced sold in the form of MSTR shares into the market to rebalance the leveraged ETF's
2026-02-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Strategy reports Q4 net loss up 1,749% YoY to $12.4B, as BTC trades below the company's $76,052 average purchase price; MSTR is down ~60% over the past year

Shares of the bitcoin-stockpiling company have fallen sharply since crypto prices touched all-time highs in October

2026-02-05
Massive guide on Capex $GOOG. They are gonna have to end share repurchase and issue debt in size [image]
2026-02-05 View on X
Alphabet

Alphabet reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $113.83B, above $111.43B est., Cloud revenue up 48% to $17.66B, vs. $16.18B est., and net income up 30% to $34.46B

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 4, 2026 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.

Massive guide on Capex $GOOG. They are gonna have to end share repurchase and issue debt in size [image]
2026-02-05 View on X
Financial Times

Alphabet increases its 2026 capex forecast to between $175B and $185B, above ~$120B est. and up from $91.4B in 2025; Q4 capex was $27.9B, vs. 14.3B in Q4 2024

Search giant reports more than $400bn in annual revenue for the first time  —  Google said it plans to double its capital expenditure …

2025-11-06
Assuming 10 year debt and 150bp of lower financing a 1tn bond guarantee would be worth 12% of proceeds. Or 120BN On a 1TN equity market valuation that would be a 12% stake in the company. As a tax payer I would be happy to guarantee OpenAI debt of 1TN for a free stake of 12% [image]
2025-11-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says an “IPO is not on the cards right now”, and that OpenAI hopes the US government will “backstop” financing of its data center deals

Sarah Friar says the AI giant could reach break-even quickly and would like government backstop on data-center investments

2025-08-26
I don't want the government making deals with private companies for any special treatment. I don't want the government to give money to specific sectors and companies Let them succeed or fail on their own However I really don't want companies to be FORCED to cede shares for
2025-08-26 View on X
CNBC

Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could cause “adverse reactions”, like in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue in its past fiscal year

Intel on Monday warned of “adverse reactions” from investors, employees and others to the Trump administration taking …

I don't want the government making deals with private companies for any special treatment. I don't want the government to give money to specific sectors and companies Let them succeed or fail on their own However I really don't want companies to be FORCED to cede shares for
2025-08-26 View on X
Stratechery

The US taking a 10% equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea and a dangerous turn in US industrial policy, but also the least bad option to make Foundry viable

The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.

2025-08-11
So MAGA how is $NVDA and $AMD paying extortion fees to export to China a tax on China? I just need the spin. Oh also how is the bullish for US exporters? Thanks in advance for your response
2025-08-11 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of H20 and MI308 chip revenue from China sales, as a condition of export licenses granted last week

Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration  —  Nvidia and AMD have agreed …

2025-08-07
The only tariffs that will be applied on semiconductors is on Chinese companies. All others will commit to build something.
2025-08-07 View on X
Bloomberg

President Trump says he will impose a “tariff of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors”, exempting firms like Apple that “committed to build” in the US

Donald Trump declared plans to slap a 100% tariff on semiconductor imports yet promised to exempt companies …

2025-04-03
So the tariff number is complete garbage of trade deficit/trade for each country and Trump is “kindly” making it 1/2. The garbage number misses the point completely. The tariff is the tariff and the rationale of “kindness” is just the gaslighting
2025-04-03 View on X
CNBC

Tech stocks fall after President Trump announced new global tariffs: Meta drops as much as ~8%, Amazon drops ~7%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~4%, and Microsoft ~3%

Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced …

2025-02-04
Trump created US sovereign wealth fund could buy TikTok Typically an SWF is created by surplus countries not deficit countries but it's not the first time the U.S. Treasury has taken equity stakes with borrowed money before. (Banks and AIG in GFC) https://www.reuters.com/...
2025-02-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Donald Trump signs an executive action to direct officials to create a US sovereign wealth fund and says that it could be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US

- Fund could be used as US facilitates TikTok sale, Lutnick says  — Bessent says fund will be created in the next 12 months

2024-10-31
Meta capex way below estimate [image]
2024-10-31 View on X
Meta Investor Relations

Meta reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to $40.59B, net income up 35% YoY to $15.69B, and family daily active people up 5% YoY to 3.29B on average for September 2024

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

2023-03-10
Well said Bob. The VC's seem to be trying to generate a run on a bank with treasury collateral as if it's a stable coin or crypto exchange they are trying to break. Peter Thiel trying to steal the S&L like old man Potter https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-10 View on X
Financial Times

Silicon Valley Bank launches a $2.25B share sale after losing ~$1.8B on its ~$21B of US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities

Technology-focused lender suffered loss on $21bn portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities  —  Silicon Valley Bank has launched a $2.25bn share sale …

Well said Bob. The VC's seem to be trying to generate a run on a bank with treasury collateral as if it's a stable coin or crypto exchange they are trying to break. Peter Thiel trying to steal the S&L like old man Potter https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-10 View on X
The Information

Some VC firms are encouraging their portfolio companies to pull funds out of Silicon Valley Bank while others are advising startups to keep no more than $250K

Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker on Thursday told top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley to “stay calm” …