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zerophase

ALTHE on Euronext Paris. The US shares are on the Expert Market. But, you can buy them from the EU still. Varicose veins is one of those conditions that sucks to have, no one takes it seriously, and all of the available treatments suck and barely work.

NoSuggestion6629

"The legacy automakers all agree that EV's are the future (as the tech is better, and governments of the world are pushing for it, especially China & EU, the 1st and 3rd largest auto markets). They're sinking billions into it for a reason." BS, you sound like one of them.

OstrichRelevant5662

EU maxed the cost they can charge per transaction to some tiny %, which is why our cards have basically none of the huge bonus schemes and so on which foreign cards have

greenbroad-gc

Oh the US will move alright. They’re already pushing back on fee increase. EU has caps in place. Won’t be surprised if we see more push by the government if Biden gets elected again.

ChicoTallahassee

In the EU I assume it's a good investment since regulations have started banning certain combustion engines in metropolitan areas. The requirement now are the infamous Euro norms. Euro 6 is the requirement as of now in many places. In the near future these cities and metropole location will go over to banning ICE (internal combustion engines) totally. This could boost the sales in EVs. Unless an other alternative is found. Thus I am keeping my eyes open for sudden hydrogen or Ethanol solutions to come on the market en masse.

ApostleThirteen

I think anything below Sched I makes it "legal", at least as far as morphine, methedrine, or even cocaine go. Sure, rec weed will still be able to be illegal, but you can't really restrict (federally) "legal" prescription medicines from other states. There is something the same in the EU... while you might be able to get a script in , say Germany or Netherlands can legally take their prescriptions to totally illegal countries like Lithuania, as long as they possess the paperwork.

NotMe357

And where the fuck do he get money from to let people have his cars for free? His best bet is J.Powell lower rate soon or/and EU/USA ban cheap Chinese EV Car.

The3rdBert

NATO and the USSR signed no such deal. Even if they did, the USSR no longer exists so it would be void. You mean the countries that are members of the EU and NATO that have sent mountains of lethal aid to Ukraine are going to magically quit those institutions? You realize Poland just requested to join the Nuclear sharing agreement and will store B-61s in Poland proper? This has been an absolute strategic loss for Russia, Losing neutrality by Sweden and Finland is an absolute body blow that holding Crimea will ever fix. Not that holding Crimea is even worthwhile now that the Black Sea fleet is largely at the bottom of that body of water.

KuroiKenshii

Gorbachev also signed a deal with the west to not expand in The Ex USSSR but they did. West also had an agreement to not expand in Ukraine they said we only wanted to buy time to go to war. Well let’s see .. they seemed very confidant at start they will win this. This will end with falling apart of NATO and possibly EU. EU is already shaky. No lunatic will choose their own demise and not cooperating with Russia .Hungary,Poland ,Bulgaria,Romania and Moldova will move away from EU since they get literally noting out of it. But let’s wait and see

fxzkz

Then they should do what the Chinese did, partner with foreign companies to learn and catch up (the tables have turned, so you have to do something different). Of course, I think EU and US are too blinded by white supremacy to ever accept help from China. To them, China was meant to serve them cheap labor, not to ever compete against them.

GGprime

Don't let people downtalk you. Maybe you fail, but building up a business is a worthy experience and you will learn alot along the way and who knows, maybe you will succeed. I'm working as an independent but I do not dare the step to expand to a business because I simply had too many bad experience relying on other people. A huge company doesn't crack if they employ some failures but a small business will. And here in EU you cannot simply fire people.

psaux_grep

A $20k car requires a lot of investment and I suspect they rather would amortize the cost of their S3XY Cybertruck lineup before investing heavily in new factories (or factory expansions) to produce all new vehicles. Elon commented, maybe it was the last earnings, on how he recalled the 2008 recession and economic climate trying to establish themselves as a manufacturer. $20k cars are definitely needed, and now more than before, but if the Chinese ship a $20k model Y competitor that’s actually a worthy competitor on all accounts, not just size, Tesla doesn’t need to make new vehicles, they need to make the model Y a $20k car. Not that I’m worried that the Chinese can do that, but I think Toyota, VW, Stellantis, and Renault-Nissan should be much more worried. And they are. Why do you think the EU is looking for “illegal subsidies” of the Chinese manufacturers who are coming in to Europe?

Samjabr

Agree in a large part - but even the EU is in panic mode right now. One of the few industries in the EU that doesn't suck is their automotive one - especially Germany and italy (heavy union presence) - They will not allow Chinese cars to decimate their industry. [Exclusive: EU investigators to inspect China's BYD, Geely and SAIC in EV probe - source | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-investigators-inspect-chinas-byd-geely-saic-ev-probe-source-2024-01-12/#:~:text=The%20probe%2C%20launched%20in%20October,would%20carry%20out%20the%20visits.)

ughthat

Not yet. But they might be soon if they keep betting on stuff that won’t fly outside of the us. CyberTruck will never be street legal in the EU and a lot of other places. And robotaxis also face major regulatory blocks in a lot of the most relevant markets outside of the US.

klauskinski79

The funniest thing is that NOT selling your data is the monopolistic thing to do that makes good business sense. In the 2010s Google and others were clamouring for meta to open up its social graph so they wouldn't have a huge advantage. And the EU tries to adopt legislation forcing companies to share their data now. Basically all this brouhaha about meta selling data gave them the perfect excuse to avoid legislation to open up their data to competitors.

ricardo_sousa11

20k cars is nothing lol Both the US and EU will ban chinese cars soon enugh.

Hey_Hank

Northern Green Canada has an EU-GMP Certification which allows NGC to legally export to European countries such as Germany. Also Australia and Israel. USA MSOS cannot export cannabis but Canada LPs with EU-GMP can. This move will allow Curaleaf to start growing an export business.

SpeedflyChris

> The Renault looks really good for it's price, but sadly not available over here. I would pick that up in a heartbeat I think. Yeah it's a shame that none of the decent small cars we get in the EU make it over to the US. I downsized quite a lot with my new car, currently driving a VW Polo GTI, which is a super fun car, has the exact same drivetrain as the Golf GTI (detuned to avoid it being quicker than the Golf GTI, so it's taking a trip to my local tuning shop the day the warranty expires to have that rectified) in a smaller, lighter vehicle. It's *just* large enough that I can fit my mountain bike inside (unlike the bed of a Cybertruck, ironically), is surprisingly good on fuel being a small light car, and on a country road it's a riot. But they don't sell it in the states because apparently there's no demand for smaller cars there, so instead they sell the not actually much larger Golf GTI, which costs about £8.5k/$11k more for a slightly larger vehicle with roughly equivalent performance.

ricardo_sousa11

hahahhahhaha Saudi and China are literally the 2 most polluting countries. While EU went greener, they doubled down on polution.

-BabysitterDad-

>Just as the US is going to bed and EU is barely waking up That’s lunch time in Asia

Who_You_Know

DCF analysis - Calculating price point set for the new drug with annual gross price of $450k gets me to roughly $45/share although potential commercial opportunity is realized over 4-8 quarters. That’s dependent on a broad and clean label, side effects noted as part of trial findings but not included in black box warning. If there is black box warning, assumes price point stays the same but decreasing US/EU/Japan penetration by 10-20%, DCF is closer to $21/share (still 40% upside). Post the drug approval, I’d likely trim a good bit as commercial opportunity may take some time to ramp up.

option-9

Speaking of which, it seems the gourd guy got a 10Y ban from the EU for (1) overstaying his visa and (2) illegally operating several businesses. Naturally I found that out because he asked how it's possible to "sidestep" the ban. He's the alternative version of _Catch Me If You Can_ without DiCaprio.

icest0

The world of finance is functioning just fine with settlement period. EU has payments systems that settle instantly without blockchain. It's always the ignorance cryptobro who know nothing about tech that spout this bs lmao. 7tps bitcoin isn't gonna be able to handle any real world amount of transactions, and nobody not even in LN subreddit want to use LN

vincehk

No. 90% of the world is STILL waiting for substantial price drop, charging station availability (many don't have their own parking space), major improvement of range, and government requirements or next move (like current EU decision). Most EV and especially Tesla are still luxury products. People who can't afford iPhones still finance them, for a $50,000 car, believe it or not, it's not affordable for many, especially with current interest rates.

Shajirr

The comment says specifically "For non-US people" I'm in EU. > Many companies control what types of securities and types of retirement funds. Haven't seen any which do this so far. A company cannot control what I do with my pension. Only bank I am using the services of can limit that.

kazkeb

That's pretty much what happens in crypto, like clockwork.  Its not every weekend, but it happens a lot.... Just as the US is going to bed and EU is barely waking up, someone starts fucking around. 

new22003

I am not American and I live in the EU. I see evidence of the tarnishing of the brand. Things like Tesla owners at work complaining and others asking if musk's politics and outbursts have made them rethink their ownership. I have heard several people who are in the market say they won't shop the brand. The narrative has gone from "cool, you have a Tesla" to "a Tesla huh, what do you think of musk?" This is compounded with the wide availability of better made cars with more features and comfort. The remaining big plus is the Supercharger network, but is that enough? For reference electric cars are popular where I live because there is no road tax on them (due to end soon) and charging is available and relatively affordable compared to our ICE cars. Petrol cars often cost €1000 euros per year in road tax (diesel cars are double that) and fuel costs are around €2 per liter ($8.10-8.15 per U.S. gallon)

ContraSisyphus

Sorry, but when AAPL has been underperforming every other stock and has mentioned AI just like every other stock and pumped up 5% on Thursday and Friday only to immediately sell of the entirety of its pump to supposedly Israel and Iran (bullshit). And when the U.S. is slapping them with a fake antitrust lawsuit that won’t have any legs. And when the EU market probe caused it to tank only for EU to go back on their statement saying “it wasn’t a big deal” And then when Elizabeth Warren just a day ago cried about Apple somehow having an iPhone monopoly, please don’t tell me I shouldn’t be blaming the market manipulators because those are the people who I should 100% be blaming. They have kept stomping on AAPL with regulations and bullshit news for months while stocks like Meta and Microsoft which conveniently have government contracts continue to pump like crazy. Need I say more?

Wolf_of_balls_street

China sales down and the outlook on that is grim, EU lawsuits that normally stick better than US lawsuits, but the US is also suing them, I personally believe Apple comes out on top of the US anti trust but may get bonered by the EU, what’s the valuation for this conclusion? Idfk

TsengSR

They already do, though with a slightly different approach. There's already investigations about TikTok Lite in the EU and about the main app too, like that they are not in compliance with the content rules and do not delete content that violates the Europeans laws them at all or with too big delay.

TsengSR

It's kinda ironic that americans now start to worry about their data and privacy, when they where willingly giving theirs to Facebook, Google & Co for decades. But good to see a change where Americans finally start to understand the EU mentality about how important personal data and the protection of these are and there may be hope you get your own version of GDPR too, where all the big companies are put on some hard limits on what and how much they can collect about people.

Papercoffeetable

In european countries Tesla Model Y is the best sold EV by a very big margin year over year. The competitors aren’t even close except on specific months when a new EV is launched before people realise how behind they still are and the sales plummet (Jaguar I-Pace, Polestar 2, Mercedes Benz EQC, ORA, MG, VW ID3, Audi E-tron, etc.) so i think there is benefit for Tesla to still keep on going. Also the german made Model Y has very little complaints on build quality, recent repair statistics also show repairs cost the same on average than equivalent ICE cars. Reliability and quality seems to mainly be a problem on the Model S and X, which very few buy, at least in the EU, if anything Tesla should stop building the Cybertruck, S, and X, and just keep improving the Y and 3 and build cheaper cars. Right now in the EU the Model Y and 3 is a bargain in most of Europe, the price/performance/equipment is tremendously better than the competitors.

elgrandorado

How dare this market continue to drop when I finally buy a little more! In other news, ASML commits to the Dutch economy by announcing an LOI to hire 20k employees over the next several years and to invest an extra €2.5 billion. Interesting news as some experts believe that ASML has outgrown the Netherlands, and needs more EU support help stem export controls set by the US. I think it's a safe move to keep the ship steady through the CEO transition away from Wennink to Fouquet, especially after the track record set by Wennink's management. What I wonder is how the Dutch government will work with ASML in the next couple of years. It's clear that ASML requires better immigration laws to hire the best talent possible for future EUV iterations. The Dutch government's 30% tax ruling seems to be a step in the right direction, but the effects will take a while to be seen.

Plus_Seesaw2023

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SoyjakvsChadRedditor

To Chinese. American no. I can't think of a single major US acquisition in the EU in a long time. US companies don't even try it anymore

Demonpathos

Not every bank. EU countries actually have a fully linked banking system. We don't.

Starmedia11

How long until Tesla starts stiffing its suppliers? When China buys out its Chinese operations, what do you think will happen to American and EU customers?

ricardo_sousa11

Chinese cars mean little for the rest of the world, as US has sanctions and EU is going the same route. It only affects Tesla.

Agent_Cow314

My gut told me the UK wouldn't be stupid enough to vote to break from the EU. That was a great weekend when they did and I closed my portfolio 80% down three Monday after.

turingchurch

They're probably cancelling it because the EU is going to put trade barriers against Chinese EVs. No point in cannibalising your own market if you don't have to compete against $20k BYD cars.

AsgardWarship

Not entirely true. EU has tariffs on imported cars and that includes Chinese ones. US has tariffs too but doesn’t outright ban Chinese cars. Technically Volvo is owned by a Chinese company and Lincoln and Buick have made in China cars sold in the U.S.

Tru3insanity

Well obviously its not a good idea for the EU but it isnt really the EU that wants it. Its Russia and China (especially China). The west has had a strangle hold on the global economy since WW2 precisely because they back fiscal policy with military strength. If NATO fails and the western financial dominance goes with it, that leaves a massive market vaccuum that the east would love to fill.

BMWM6

i think IF what you believe you say is true... this has massive repercussions to any alliances worldwide and their worth... including the entirety of the EU... i am not with u there

Samjabr

That is definitely a fair assessment. It's also directly related to what I said about the EU cutting rates. If they do that, then money will flow into US treasuries for the higher yield (from Canada, other OECD's etc.) But eventually, there is only so much money that can be used to buy bonds - especially if as you say those countries are in a dire financial situation. And the US can only afford so much in debt service payments. Sidenote: I think Japan is one of the few countries just sitting on piles of cash - no surprise that they recently passed China as the #1 foreign holder of US Treasuries. Also, their bonds pay crap.

Budderfingerbandit

And yet, once again, you are incorrect as the EU is indeed raising alarms and has opened formal investigations into Tik Tok. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_926

MinimumArmadillo2394

It specifically names tik tok. I read the bill lol. Youre aware this sort of bill sets precidence right? This is the first instance of the US government banning a "foreign" app that is developed and has their entire infrustructure based in the US because of its ties to China. Even the EU isnt raising alarms and they tend to be significantly more stingy about consumer protections. So like, given that the US has its own competitors who are known to actively lobby the government, the EU hasnt raised any red flags about the app, and the fact that ALL of Tik Tok's US infrustructure is managed by a US company on US soil managed by the hands of US Citizens, there is no risk that justifies it being banned.

Leopoldstrasse

Sell to Hungry instead, an EU member country.

MikeDamone

I would welcome the EU doing what our own congress won't - breaking apart the Meta monopoly - with open arms.

Willie5000

And by the U.S. Congress’s logic, the EU is now free to ban Facebook and Twitter for the same reasons.  Seriously our politicians are more worried about LARPing like it’s still the Cold War. 

Front_Expression_892

I believe that the RHM golden age of "stonk life" is over, because RHM already both made and lost a lot of money to German retail investors. This means that we can expect a decent amount of RHM fatigue, and the German institutional investors are cheapskates. My money on BAE systems because not only it is a major contractor for the US, it is the pappa of B. "Anti-Russian" Radley. RHM have the advantage of purchasing and selling a autonomous land platform (to Japan). The Ukraninan-Russian war shows that anything without an operator is worth gold. But we want to look for companies that can stamp drones for zerg-rush attack and, of course, anything that can weaponize space will drown itself with hookers and blow after the feds cut rates (and they will cut rates if the EU stops loving stagnations so much and cut rates first). Also, nuclear energy and hydrogen are the post-war game (Westinhouse had plans to make Ukraine a nuclear+hydrogen cow which are still on the table).

-boatsNhoes

Launched in the UK. Launched crypto buying in the EU ok its platform. Credit card. All the degens piling into the market over the last 6 months. I'm wondering how they could go tits up.

Caesars_Palace321

EU doing the same stuff now with China. Looking to put tariffs on their EV's. China started doing this decades ago there is no catching up with them without tariffs on their products. US can't compete on higher end products to European cars and US can't compete with China on cheaper cars either. This is what happens when you turn protectionist. Your domestic sector gets lazy. Competition is what drives improvements. But as I said if you can't physically compete due to lower cost base what are you meant to do.

codeartha

Depending on your restrictions, you can bypass that view only by selling ITM puts on VT. You get assigned VT when those puts get exercised. + You earn some premium along the way. I don't know it that will work for you. Keep in mind you get assigned 100 VT that way. For me, also in EU, i can normally only buy etfs that have UCITS in their name or are otherwise complient with the EU law. But I can get thoses US etfs by selling puts on them.

Alternative-Safe-626

What broker is that ? I also live in EU

Im_ur_Uncle_

Debt doesn't matter when you create the money. Individual states, on the other hand, cannot print money so when they have lots of debt it's no good. Some countries got into financial trouble after joining the EU because they could no longer print their own money. They'd have to keep asking Britain for cash.

Riversntallbuildings

Data privacy is not hard to enforce. The EU and GDPR is a good example. So are US HIPPA regulations.

olearygreen

Wait till the EU requires facebook to be European.

bartosaq

Google ban wiped their phone sales in EU though. Xiaomi took their place, even though Huawei had better phones.

siposbalint0

It's only the US, the EU never sanctioned huawei in the first place, especially since they are building a factory here

Ironxgal

Haha. True! Which is unfortunate as Americans have really terrible memories of past events and lack knowledge of how our govt and economy work. (We see GI, Saudi, cutting output almost as soon as Biden got into office and keeping it low once Ukraine was invaded, affecting energy in the EU.) we see you!!.The president doesn’t control gas prices and we experienced these prices during trumps presidency, and many lost a bunch of protections and privacy bc of his presidency. We’ve already forgotten the money printing, the new tax laws that resulted in the permanent tax cuts to corporations, while ours increase, and now public sector benefits such as relocation incentives are considered as “Income” and taxed as such. It wasn’t previously and created chaos.…The millions of Americans that got screwed due to being unable to itemize properly. Those of us in HCOL areas being screwed when it comes to the SALT limits. But yeah, millions of Americans absolutely will vote that way bc of gas. lol it’s an amazing tool to have in your toolbox. 🧰

SweetTeaRex92

Ask in r/Bogleheads and tell them you are EU

betsharks0

Top! One thing, Holland it's really incredible expensive, it's the top in EU for houses, Rent and other living costs! Interesting the fact behind wood homes

Big-Today6819

In EU they are filling up the docks parking lots right now, priced too high

MediocreX

Yep. The Ukrainians are getting cash as well. The EU has also donated lots of money to keep the country going. Besides arms this is what is needed for them to be able to fight and hopefully win.

Samjabr

I believe what you suggest is very much about to happen. China is pulling away from US treasuries. Japan is still fomo'ing into them (actually passed China in #1 US debt holder) - but that's because the BOJ literally punishes you to buy their treasuries. The FED has to refinance a shit ton of bonds in the next 2 years. In fact, I believe in May alone there is about $400 billion in sales - That is an insane amount. The only thing that might save the FED in the short term is the EU is looking like it might cut its rates - If that happens, lots of money will shift out of Europe and gobble up the 5% yield on US paper. But considering we are adding $1 Trillion in new debt every 100 days - it's just a matter of time.

Samjabr

Interesting coincidence you mention that - I had a rambling post on another thread suggesting that the spike in gold is almost entirely due to China cutting back on treasuries and instead buying Gold. [China PBOC Buys Gold for 17th Month as Prices Hit Record - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-07/china-pboc-buys-gold-for-17th-month-as-prices-hit-record#:~:text=China's%20central%20bank%20purchased%20gold,metal%20surge%20to%20a%20record.) China saw what happened to Russia when it attacked Ukraine - getting locked out of SWYFT and having $300 billion is assets seized, while US/EU officials rub their hands in excitement about which defense contractor will end up collecting those assets. [A debate is centered on what to do with $300 billion in seized Russian assets : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237398076/a-debate-is-centered-on-what-to-do-with-300-billion-in-seized-russian-assets)

BentonD_Struckcheon

This question has been present throughout my entire life, and I can guarantee you I'm older than most people on this website. [Way back in 1971](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock#:~:text=Nixon%20directed%20Treasury%20Secretary%20Connally,exchange%20their%20dollars%20for%20gold) President Nixon ordered the dollar off gold, and gold was off to the races, peaking at 850 about ten years later, from 40 in 1971. The principal commentator on currencies at that time was a journalist named Paul Einzig, who was so respected even Keynes accepted his criticisms when he pointed out some detail on currencies Keynes got wrong. Einzig wrote a book called The Destiny of the Dollar in 1972, which basically came to the conclusion that no other currency could take the place of the dollar because even if the dollar had proved itself to be wobbly, what other currency could take its place at the center of trade? That's still true today. What is true is China is a far more formidable rival than all the others in my lifetime, from the USSR to the Arabs to Japan to the EU, the euro having been for a short time before the GFC seriously considered to be a real rival to the dollar, but now that is, at least for the time being, no longer true. Whether China has more staying power than any of these others is an open question, but for now the dollar continues to be it.

Samjabr

Game is probably over. printing money was a non-issue when the interest payments were pennies. But now the FED has to pay 5% on all that treasury paper. And despite the juicy worry-free returns, it's getting harder to sell ([America’s Bonds Are Getting Harder to Sell - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/finance/americas-bonds-are-getting-harder-to-sell-c3fde4de) - paywall) That's why JPOW is scared shitless and trying to signal rate cuts - even though they knew they couldnt cut rates yet. The bond market front runs the FED - so he probably figured if he gave them the cue, rates would drop. But bond buyers aren't buying the BS. And as an interesting tidbit, the treasury is selling approx. $400 billion of paper in May - and if buyers don't want it, the FED has to pay more Then again, it could end up being a non-event (for now) because the EU is about to cut rates, which will cause money to leave their market and rush in to capture that 5% yield in US paper. But eventually... tl;dr - the month of May could end up being very interesting.

Chornobyl_Explorer

This is the hard truth Tesla fanboys hate. They want to spin a false narrative about Alon the Enlightened™ who fought against impossible odds and somehow secured victory defying all odds and statistics! Anyone doing a casual glance realises what a load of horse shit it is. Elon would *never agree to a potential payout, if he thought he had a risk of missing it*. Elon started his EV buisness just as *major players like the EU* started pouring billions into green tech and anything "environmental". He was *betting on getting green carbon credits* and the fact all ICE brands were too happy selling old cars to move to the future (like Kanon, who patented yet refused to sell a digital camera because they made millions selling analogue photos). While it wasn't a guaranteed sucess he made his bet based on *market and governmental trends* going fill Greta. And he was right. The real genius here wasn't Musk, it was his *data analysts who gave him the green future on a platter* until Muska ego fucked things up. As always...see Paypal aka the company almost known as "X"

Samjabr

and one potentially interesting tidbit: The FED is selling almost $400 billion dollars of bonds in May in order to fund all the spending. Someone's gotta buy that debt. And if not enough people buy, the FED has to pay more interest to lure in buyers. [America’s Bonds Are Getting Harder to Sell - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/finance/americas-bonds-are-getting-harder-to-sell-c3fde4de) The problem is that China has quit buying, and they used to be whores for US bonds. They have switched to gold - (lots of reason, but likely because they don't want to get cornholed if they do attack Taiwan one day. They saw what happened to Russia $ when they invaded Ukraine. We seized it all, locked them out of SWYFT - banking system - and now our congress & the EU are gleefully rubbing their hands together trying to figure out which defense contractors should get the spoils. [A debate is centered on what to do with $300 billion in seized Russian assets : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237398076/a-debate-is-centered-on-what-to-do-with-300-billion-in-seized-russian-assets) That's also why gold is skyrocketing. China keeps buying it regardless of how expensive it is. [China PBOC Buys Gold for 17th Month as Prices Hit Record - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-07/china-pboc-buys-gold-for-17th-month-as-prices-hit-record#:~:text=China's%20central%20bank%20purchased%20gold,metal%20surge%20to%20a%20record.) But this could end up being a non-event (for now) because the EU is thinking about cutting rates. If they do, money will flee their system and rush into US bonds. Why would you buy crap EU bonds paying 3% or 4% when you can get the gold standard paying 5% plus? [European Central Bank should cut rates in June, ECB policymaker says (cnbc.com)](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/european-central-bank-should-cut-rates-in-june-ecb-policymaker-says.html) Anyway, enough rambling. tl;dr - May might be very interesting.

gatormanmm1

Yeah a little aggressive to say the worst, but when compared to the US and the EU, I'd definitely say the worst. Or maybe the second worst if you factor the UK (though if you can live in London, I'd put that way over Canada).

Apprehensive-Sir7063

I want him to quit tesla and focus entirely on starlink and Space X. He is needed there to expand business with the low earth orbit race that's going on globally he really needs to drum up business because it's crucial to exert western influence globally in the whole US EU Russia China competition that's going on.

Sharaku_US

100% Chinese have already caught up and exceeded Tesla models in basically every single metric. The only reason we get to suffer the stalk-less bullshit is because we are preventing cheap but fairly well made Chinese EVs from coming. The EU car makers are quaking in their boots.

Starmedia11

A lot of their sales in the US and EU over the past 3 years came from large fleet sales to rental companies who are now dumping them on the used market. People misunderstood that as sustainable growth, but it’s why only the Y sold at all. It’s not complicated.

Chance-Progress-7356

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xcver2

Zero. They will at this point most likely never get licensing for the EU due to weight (pushing it into another driver's license level) and also massive safety concerns. It will basically fail any test regarding pedestrian or bicycle safety.

erlulr

I like weed play, entire EU gonna legalize it soon prolly. Which one is the issue tho.

James_Vowles

Nothing really, but they don't have a hot new product anymore so they aren't going to have massive earning beats. It might come in cycles when people upgrade their phones, because iPhones are still their biggest revenue, but they don't get bought every year anymore. That and the EU are cracking down on some of their monopolistic behaviours, so that will impact their bottom line. Apple vision pro is still a small product for them but in the future it could be a big deal.

-bjorn

Hamas said they have nothing left to keep up the war effort after the DJT loss. Russia decided they were wrong for what they've done and are seceding from the EU and are using rockets to propel themselves to space to avoid further conflict, but I think it's so they can conquer us from space if you ask me! 👀

Brus83

EU markets are open, things were bad at open and I thought I'd get assigned on a bunch of airline puts I sold and which were then in the money (sold them on margin, ofc, because selling puts with 3:1 leverage is the kind of highly regarded move), but have rallied since. It's not that bad, so far.

businessboyz

Oh I don’t think the EU will do anything. My point was more just around the fact that the piece of TSM that’s growing is inherently riskier with more unknowns than their current core business.

KL_boy

Sorry, as I am in the EU, so a few of the concepts are a bit unclear, but how much do you make from your rentals when you take away all the monthly debt payments linked to the rentals, and how long will it take to clear all the debts? For me at least, it seems that you are focusing on the income side, when there is a debt element of that income. Not to say that what you are doing is incorrect, it just seems a lot of steps to earn some money, with a lot of debt, especially CC debt. At least for me, I want to clear that CC debt first as that has the highest interest, and puts you in a bad position if anything happens. My situation is that I have a contract job until the end of the year, and a few side hustles, and I keep everything in the S&P500, as I might need the money quickly if the contract end and I do not have anything new.

Zero2Hero2MarginCall

ES another green dildo as EU opens

RijnBrugge

The EU just started building joint ventures with TSMC in Europe. The mutual reliance with ASML is a winner. In fact, EU+Taiwan can cut the US in a pretty serious way, by that logic.

Jarlaxle_rigged_it

today will be a buying frenzy and EU traders will be first

Zero2Hero2MarginCall

Sell and take profits now or stay up all night and see if we collapse once EU opens? https://preview.redd.it/s68e3g4u7dvc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b04f779611f03581427a568f1c050ae60e2b0b39

Evening_Cut4422

Have u seen the tariff and sanction EU and US implemented? 90% of Irans oil and gas goes to China and Russia the 10% might be to EU and 3rd world nation not sure about u but thats quite clear cut. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Commodities/Iran-s-oil-exports-reach-5-year-high-with-China-as-top-buyer#:~:text=Roughly%2090%25%20of%20Iran's%20crude,European%20research%20firm%20Kpler%20shows.

Evening_Cut4422

Middle east 1# trading partner is Russia and China. Mainly crude weapons and gas, Isreal is the only outlier that works as a hub for EU and US

Evening_Cut4422

 this, but I think it's more like sibling rivalry. Isreal is in bed with US and EU and the middle east hate him for that

Zero2Hero2MarginCall

Okay maybe bottom for night in now… until EU open

NotMe357

But I don't think Anti-trust USA/EU allows META to buy it

sechobravo

The EU common charger regulation was designed around reducing electronic waste and wasn’t even directed at Apple. But anyway, what kind of a dance are trying to do here? Your points have essentially been: - iOS is undifferentiated from Android (I provided just a tiny list of the many reasons why your opinion is factually incorrect, but you don’t wanna dance on that 🦗) - Apple’s success is due to it being a “walled garden” and that the approach is a distinctively Apple issue because it’s “ridiculous” or “fundamentally incompatible” to build a walled garden around open source software (even though Google has already been found guilty of this) So what’s your point here? Should we all short AAPL because without the lightning cable Apple won’t sell iPhones? Or if Apple is forced to turn iMessages blue, allow Huawei users to use FaceTime then iPhone reasons will be free at last and run to the exits? Your strongest argument might have been a drop in services revenue due to App Store changes, but according to you it’s not about App Store.

mcgravier

> The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage surpassed 7 percent for the first time this year, jumping from 6.88 percent to 7.10 percent fixed-rate... Can someon explein to below average EU regard, what is this fcukery?

Brus83

So, why touch it? You mentioned VW, which by the way in 2024 sold most of the EVs in the EU. Porsche holdings which owns part of VW was trading at a P/E of 2.97 earlier today. Why even bother with Tesla if I want to make bets on the car industry?

Affectionate-Idea690

EU Trade Chief Dombrovskis: The EU will have to engage with the US to understand implications of new US tariffs on Chinese metal products.

businessboyz

The market doesn’t give a fuck about today’s profits. It’s all about forward guidance kiddo. And when the company tells you straight to your face that their growth is all because of a new, not fully proven or mature, product category while their core business is dragging—you better listen. If AI becomes the only source of growth, the US or EU governments could regulate TSMC’s death if they wanted to. They could severely cap AI’s use and undercut demand for AI server chips. Then all the sudden there is no more growth and TSMC’s future is looking grim. Sorry, that was more than twenty words so I’m sure I lost you. Enjoy your bags though.

davanger1980

Everyone going crazy on the 6%. He is in EU and 6% is normal here.

5uckmyd1ckb1t4

[$TSLA](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24TSLA&src=cashtag_click) ❖ EU MARCH CAR SALES RECORDED BIGGEST DROP IN 16 MONTHS ❖ TESLA MARCH EU NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS FELL 30% -ACEA ❖ EU MARCH NEW FULLY ELECTRIC CAR REGISTRATIONS FELL 11% TO 134,400 - ACEA ❖ ACEA: MARCH EU MARKET SHARE FOR FULLY ELECTRIC CARS FELL TO 13% FROM 14% YOY

New-Connection-9088

EU brokers don't seem to like options. I suspect there are many reasons, from legal restrictions to underwriter's insurance to cultural preferences. This means we have to use US brokers with EU presence, like TastyWorks and IBKR. While I think IBKR is a brilliant broker, it's very difficult to calculate and pay local taxes because their reports are all structured for the US. This means most people stick with local brokers in their native language with automated accounting reporting.

Fuzzy_Socrates

This is Bullshit. People who left Apple in droves have said they don't have it anymore. 1. Apple will opt for an onboard AI system rather than a cloud-based solution like Google's Bard or OpenAI's GPT. It's only rumored that they will pay a fuckton of cash for a dataset to do this. Without that investment, Apple’s AI could be perceived as inferior to competitors like GPT. 2. Apple's stringent privacy policies shot themselves in the dickm. Effective AI systems require large, diverse datasets to achieve high performance and accuracy. They don't have this. Many past employees layed off or who quit have stated they don't have this, and even went to go work for Google or OpenAI instead. 3. Google and Samsung have this "smart mirror" gimmick already. It's even on the chrome app for iOS, and works great on the Arc browser (Chromium based browser). They will have to do more to separate themselves from what is already out there or they will drop again like when they came out with widgets and the market reacted. 4. Anti-trust lawsuits and EU regulations. Ecosystems will not be the only thing compared if this succeeds and they will have to compete per device. This stock will bounce to 180 at earnings, then dip back down. The stock will bounce again at WWDC24, but fall again. It's so fucking weird to say short Apple in 2024, was not on my bingo card, but short them whenever apple is green, and you will be profitable.