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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.
He used to own this for its dividend, but became unhappy with how they executed on growth plans. He doesn't see much forward growth in the next two years. They're moving some production to Taiwan Semiconductor. They lag the leaders in semis now. The stock fell to $45, but has rebounded nicely, due to activists who saw value in INTC. He prefers AMD and Nvidia, both momentum growth stocks that have pulled back in the last 3 weeks.