Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "CNBC Television" channel.

  1. Taiwan is one of the most heavily defended places on earth. There is only four genuine places that an invasion can take place in Taiwan and they are narrow killing zones that most militaries would struggle to land on never mind take. Trying to land 2 million troops there would create a naval backlog that would stretch to the Chinese coast lines. Taiwan also has tens of thousands of missiles designed specifically to target naval ships.
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  2.  @duckhunt1902  She is not that bad.
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  3. They can be used as well but in the short to medium term US gas is cheap, secure and reliable.
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  4. NYC is run by democrats.
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  5.  @samthegreatman  Of course it matters. It is Democratic party policies at work in NYC.
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  6. Europe has massive coal reserves and also has Oil and gas if it could be bothered to process it. No they want to boast about their green credentials.
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  7.  @FUTUBEFLAGS  It is not entirely true that they can invade on those two months only but they are the best months and offer higher success rates. But even with that China does not have a military force that can capture Taiwan.
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  8. +sunnydays DDT The US has invested about 1.2 trillion directly into China and also also seen most of its manufacturing go to China. The vast majority of manufacturing US industry is based in China hence why the US has a trade deficit with of about 420 billion. The US consumer electronics industry such as computing, cell phones and entertainment systems imports about 150 billion from China and yet the vast majority of that technology is US branded products such as apple based on US patents. There is simply no getting around this fact. If the US has the political will it could have a massive impact on the Chinese economy. Remember even the Japanese electronics that is coming out of China is based on US technology. You can pull up all the fancy statistics of investment vs GDP all you want but hard dollar amounts will be the deciding factor in all of this.
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  9.  @agusagus-ci2id  Maybe apple will eat Chinese prepared potato chips but not electronic chips.
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  10.  @sunnydaysddt2068  You have not changed the topic. The US has earned many trillions through China but that does not mean the Chinese have the upper hand. The US could just as easily move its manufacturing else where. I never said there was no benefit from certain industries. My argument is that US current policy is not good for the US and it is about to change. If China cannot see this coming they are in trouble.
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  11.  @sunnydaysddt2068  I never said 1.2 trillion in the year 2017. I said US direct investment totals 1.2 trillion I just never stated the year or period. That is from the year 2000 which I never stated. Now in terms of the 1.2 trillion that is direct investment meaning US corporations took 1.2 trillion of their own money and put it into Chinese industrial infrastructure. There is a reason why every year for the last decade the US has a trade deficit of about $3.5 trillion total. That means the US has invested about 1.2 trillion and has a trade deficit of $3.5 trillion which gives a balance of about $4.7 trillion in China's favor. And that is just basic analysis.
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  12.  @sunnydaysddt2068  You are in a fantasy if you think factories in China cannot be set up elsewhere. Africa is a market place that the US could target as is greater Asia. Even right now there are companies Choosing other Asian countries. If China is smart it would plan ahead and take a few hits right now and transform its economy. I am just not convinced China is willing to do that. China cannot outsource its manufacturing because it does not own the brands, patents or business infrastructures that the products are being sold in to. China for example does not own the Ford motor brand even though components are produced in China. The maybe about to do what Germany has done 40 years ago. The US may decide to invest in automation in its factories that will work along side humans. If the US does this China will not be able to stop the outflow of production to the US. The Reason the US can do this is because the sales are US based. China if it focuses on its own internal economy it could be a great success along side the US. But I doubt that is going to happen.
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  13. Not a few years ago but a decade ago. Berkshire does not invest in technology it invests in companies.
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  14. There are many people out there like Charlie.
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  15.  @samthesuspect  The US can do without Taiwan chips but it will not allow China to take Taiwan because that would allow the Chinese Navy to project out further into the pacific. Taiwan is a heavily guarded state that could easily fend of Taiwan.
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  16. He is 98 years of age so his method works.
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  17. If you are in America report that to the CDC immediately do not trust that the hospital as done so.
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  18. Translation he likes to keep cash in the business to use. Nothing else.
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  19. They are starting to sell out.
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  20. No that region of China has a long history of viral pandemics. It is Tropical like region but with cold winter periods which are perfect for the virus to spread.
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  21.  @jiggeromes5825  Bitcoin is speculation nothing more.
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  22.  @dylanstafforini9861  But that only happened after a certain point before that they were saying it would not happen. They clearly did not want to spread panic so they were not screaming about it forms the roof tops. If the Pentagon comes out now and says China is going to invade it may mean that there then is no opportunity for peaceful solutions so they have to try.
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  23. China cannot take Taiwan it is that simple.
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  24. Many of the oil companies are in great shape.. They have cash in reserve, Low debt and many investors understand what is going to happen once the Virus burns out. Oil demand globally is going to go through the roof. This by the way is not just going to happen to oil.
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  25. The oil that is currently in reserve was processed at a different price.
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  26. These corporations are so desperate to push electric that they have to try and introduce it into a classic design. How about they release a V8 model.
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  27. Imagine the Moon crashed on earth or Hitler was not dead and was 130 years old.
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  28. Not at all. Oil still has its place and Tesla cannot produce all cars on planet earth. Oil still has a good 30 to 60 year run.
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  29.  @jonesy2565  2 waves is a myth. There is no such thing as two waves.
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  30. Apple is not manufactured in China it is assembled in China which is not the same thing. Apple uses components that come from several different manufacturing sectors. The screens are made in a completely different sector to that of the processors, memory, analogs and so on. Apple has massive challenges ahead of its self to try and change its assembly reliance on the Chinese market place.
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  31. Apple does not make all its money from selling phones. It makes its money from building its own marketplace that provides services. Apple is more akin to a train network, telecoms company or tv station. The key difference is that apple owns its market place from top to bottom and does this all with very low capital costs and very high capital returns. Most people that buy an apple phone keep it for several years and it is the business that they do on the phone that generates very low cost high margins for apple. It has taken apple a good 20 years to build its market place and its moat is enormous, deep and very rough for passing competitors. None of the other device manufacturers have that market place, google with android has the software end of the game but cannot get to apples level with just that.
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  32.  @Sheepy19801  A company with 700 billion market cap is not exactly sitting on a large pile of cash when it is $100 billion. They could pay out dividends but that would then mean investors expect that every quarter.
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  33. It had nothing to do with Pelosi.
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  34. You are just a jealous. Jesus does not like jealousy.
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  35. You cannot be a little bit pregnant. Either it is a socialist economy or it is not. Socialism is a pure economic model that cannot be mixed with anything. There is no middle ground on socialism.
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  36. You cannot be a little bit pregnant. Either it is full socialism or no socialism.
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  37.  orphan 200  Prez is enforcing the law so you need to get your facts straight.
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  38.  orphan 200  Terrorism falls under the fed.
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  39. Has nothing to do with her so stop the stupid blaming.
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  40. You will be glad of those oil tankers come autumn.
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  41. Good luck with that stupid idea. People need transport and plastics. Your device you use to get on youtube is made out of plastic.
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  42.  @juliahello6673  Cannot have mass murdering products being used to destabilize America. You can cry about global warming and stuff like that.
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  43. The US importants about 7.5 million barrels a day and exports about 9 million barrels per day. People are confusing oil trade with oil usage. The US is the largest producer of oil in the world with 12 million barrels per day.
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  44.  @rap1dequal1zer77  Yeah and millions of Californians could lose their life.
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  45. The oil as in petrol that is currently being sold was processed during the periods of higher costs. SO get over it and it is not cheaper to produce oil today either. What do you think robots replaced the human workers.
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  46. There are people employed in the oil industry and if production stops they are out of a job and good luck trying to find them to go back and work again after it ends.
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  47. That is just typical political nonsense and you are just an activist.
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  48. China oil can easily be cut as well.
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  49. You are playing too many video games.
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  50. It is not consistent and the whole country cannot be run on it.
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