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It might have been the biggest winner of the last president's chips act to stimulate U.S. semi manufacturing by getting part of a $7.86 billion grant. Will Intel get more money from Washington? Intel carries $46 billion in long-term loans, so Intel needs the money badly. It's shocking that Intel shares aren't even lower.
Revolving door of CEOs -- hard to find someone with both business and engineering skills. If you ever see it up around $25, take a bit of profit. Or write some calls against it as it gets close if you don't want to get taken out. It will have its day, but it reminds him of IBM. Believes that with Mr. Trump on the throne, he'll protect this company pretty carefully.
A company in transition. They did very, very well on the back of the desktop. As desktops became more pervasive, the stock ran up, but the world moved to a more mobile environment, and their ability to take a portion of that revenue has slowed. Great balance sheet and great story, but it is going to go through a transition into an environment where its chips aren’t as expensive. The longer-term story is of much smaller growth. He is a net seller of the semi space at this point. He would suggest Analog Devices (ADI-Q), on a market pullback.