Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "CNBC" channel.

  1. Korea generally has been ahead of the curve on tech adoption. They develop things in the local market and it allows them to roll it out to other regions.
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  2. Note: Osk Kosh is based out of WI and the US Rep is from WI. Nothing wrong for stumping for your constituents, but there is a vested interest.
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  3. USA! USA! USA!
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  4. Because the CCP will dump their overcapacity at below market prices. Man, people on the CNBC comment section never took a basic course in Econ.
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  5. People need to start reading books again. Teaches you patience.
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  6. lol, we are 70% a service economy. Do you know what that means?
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  7. Honestly, this makes me a bit sad. They seemed to have a really close relationship. Me, I'd rather make slightly less in margin and keep a long term relationship like that.
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  8. Land is way cheaper on the East Coast (at least in Baltimore) vs LA or San Diego.
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  9.  @taipizzalord4463  lol, you've never heard of tofu dreg construction. And, dude. Concrete needs time to cure. Building fast...ain't a good thing.
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  10. The ones in Korea are close to fine dining. Totally different market segmentation.
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  11. We are basically at full employment.
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  12. The renewable slows crude growth. Global oil use is only up 2% over a 4 year period (2023 vs 2019). US oil production is weakening OPEC+ control on the pricing markets.
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  13.  @donnieboy123  Naw dude. Any Econ / Bus 101 class will explain it.
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  14.  @colechapman6976  "Generally" dude. Back in 2000, I visited my cousins and they had cellphones (in Korea, they were called handphone) that were able to play multiple different games and play music. And, they had much faster flat screen TV adoption. I was like WTF is going on. Also, lived in Korea in 2013 for a year. And, the mobile network speed was 3x faster than the US back then.
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  15. We are overstating how important the Javelin is. Can't be used in urban areas and can't be used even if there are trees. Basically, it's good in a big open field. They need more advanced weapons systems like air defense, cruise missiles, tanks and planes.
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  16.  @teebone2157  What a brilliant comment. I would have to spend 10x more time asking what your Socrates level comment means than you invested in your comment. No thanks. Hard pass.
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  17.  @francismarion6400  Actually, no. The bulk of our imports come from Canada / Mexico. You need to brush up on oil types. We have a lot of light sweet. The US imports more the heavy sour types. The US will remain a net exporter of petroleum products through 2050, according to the 2023 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2023) from the US Energy Information Administration.
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  18. Democracy is far from perfect. But when you don't have a check and balance on budgetary matters, the government becomes highly inefficient. Too much capital is getting squandered away through their bloated government and corruption.
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  19.  @kangkim150  Hyundai bought Boston Dynamics, lol.
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  20. Coincidentally, I was just googling the 2017 tax cut savings for AAPL. The report, covering the first three months of the company’s activities under the new tax rules, shows $16.1 billion of worldwide pretax income, and an income tax provision of $2.35 billion, for a tax rate of 14.5 percent. By comparison, the company’s effective tax rate for the first three months of calendar 2017 was 24.9 percent. If last year’s effective tax rate were still applicable, the company’s first quarter income taxes would be $1.68 billion higher.
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  21.  @哇卡拉  Actually, they don't. Their labor costs have skyrocketed over the past 2 decades. Why do you think companies have moved to SE Asia?
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  22. Typically, international franchisees are run by real companies that have an interest of putting out good product.
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  23. A Guinness or a Hefeweizen are the only beers I could genuinely say, "ok, I'd drink that without alcohol".
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  24. Hyundai is the controlling owner of Kia. Bought them during the '97 crash. They still own 1/3 of the company.
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  25.  @darkwoodmovies  These people don't travel outside the USA. And, they wouldn't be able to convert from liter.
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  26. Dude - we don't have power companies that run on crude. It's natty, coal, nuclear or renewable.
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  27.  @LizzardVictim  Why? Because you've never took business classes? Or read any business newspaper? Did you not read any cases studies on the Saudis pumping oil in the mid-2010s?
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  28.  @samanthajones4877  Random commenter = fake economic speak from Trump University Then, you have real economics. The cost of an imported product to consumers isn’t the only thing that matters to an economy. The cost to producers also matters. What is cheap to households as consumers is only cheap if the cost of the implied subsidies is absorbed by the exporting country. If it is absorbed by the importing country, it is not “cheap” to households because households are not just consumers—they are also producers.
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  29.  @samanthajones4877  lol, how many US companies are banned from operating in CCP China? How many US companies have been forced to create a JV to operate in CCP China? China has banned way more goods and services from US companies than the US has. the United States either unilaterally or with other like-minded countries would implement trade policies to prevent surplus countries from externalizing the costs of their industrial policies (in other words, from running persistent trade surpluses). This could be done either with restrictions on the ability of surplus countries to dump goods into the U.S. economy or with restrictions ie Tariffs
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  30. Hmm, $2.9B on passenger trains. Quick internet search, yeah ok. We spend $3.1B on candy...JUST FOR HALLOWEEN.
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  31. lol, how do you skip Florida?
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  32. Maybe CNBC could have dug up a Korean producer for this.
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  33. I took my parents to Europe. The airfare was over 50% of the expenses due to business class seats.
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  34. Crazy they don’t have solar panels on that plant.
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  35.  @Pr0toPoTaT0  As someone that grew up basically <1 mile from the city line, Baltimore is NOT one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, lol.
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  36. Random of people...all in masks. Ok, this definitely isn't the US.
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  37.  @samanthajones4877  Literally, you have no reading comprehension. If the US is a consumer only, it's fine. But, we are producers as well. I'm spoonfeeding you like a baby and you still don't get it. And, let's add more real economics speak: The problem with trade isn’t trade itself—it is unbalanced trade, in which the supply created by a country’s exports isn’t matched by demand created by its imports. Unbalanced trade and competitive advantage don’t expand global production. It is balanced trade and comparative advantage that expand global production.
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  38. Fun Fact: they used to roll tobacco in barrels to transport it to the harbor and ship to Europe. Hence, the name "Rolling Road" in the Baltimore suburbs. The odd juxtaposition of Maryland. Kinda the South, but not really. Not really the North either. Hence all the battles from the Civil War.
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  39. Why is there so huge shoplifting / stolen goods activity? Because these sites are fencing operations.
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  40. Yeap, we are crippling a near-peer adversary for the next decade+ with no American boots on the ground for 0.2% of GDP. This would be a cold war dream scenario. Both are worth the investment. We were spending 4.5-5.5% of GDP on defense spending post-Vietnam. It's around 3% now even with Ukraine funding.
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  41. Some Walmarts are pretty normal stores. Others are f-ing crazy. Went once to a Walmart semi-near my place and never went again.
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  42. Side note: Biden releasing the SPR + oil companies pumping like crazy broke OPEC. They've been slashing output (on paper) and prices continue to fall. Oil prices back to 2018 levels.
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  43.  @ichigo2012hollowmask  Dems are oil doctors and take the "hypocratic" oil oath.
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  44. Not a fan of this clip. I think most of the interviewees were being very careful with their language instead of saying things definitively. Still a bit confused about the takeaways: positive and negative.
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  45. lol, their economy is booming. So, the Dems are getting blamed for a booming economy?
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  46. Lifestyle / Outdoor malls have been doing this for decades.
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  47. Because it's a lower tax base. And, the government spending is based on a high and growing tax base. Generally speaking, a lower population will create lower economic output. Lower economic output = less taxes. Less taxes and less money for the military, roads / bridges, social services etc.
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  48. Russia is stealing their land, natural resources, their ports. They won’t be able survive. How the f do you negotiate your demise?
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  49. If the CCP Is releasing “bad” data, it means it’s even worse. Their population has been shrinking for years.
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  50. Send Bruce Willis.
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