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8. Comparing (Stimulus) Package Sizes

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:50:21 GMT

After passing the definitive moral judgement on the events of Jan 6th (/s), the crew tries desperately to believe that Biden's stimulus package will help everyday Americans. Unfortunately, this is made difficult by Biden's insistence on snatching a $1400 defeat from the jaws of a $2000 victory. Also, we argue over SaaS stocks.

Hey Are You Seeing This Shit On The News Too?

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:37:06 GMT

As the year kicks off, so too does a whole lot of insane shit. The crew talks conspiracy theories, cars, and big stock play screw ups. With a new vaccine, new president, and hopefully, quite a lot of new stocks and IPOs, the future holds not only redemption for the past, but a magnitude of possibilities.

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6. Wait... the Government Prevents Monopolies?

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:00:32 GMT

Andrew copies Temour and starts trading cryptocurrencies, Chris just wants FAANG to stop bullying small developers and Temour tells you in detail how you will be homeless soon. Find out more in this episode of Magnitude.

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BlockFi Referral: https://blockfi.com/?ref=f545d7ea

FAANG stocks: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/faang-stocks.asp

FTC sues Facebook: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/12/ftc-sues-facebook-illegal-monopolization

Stimulus: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/12/ftc-sues-facebook-illegal-monopolization

Housing: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-27/blackstone-gets-back-into-rental-houses-with-tricon-investment

5. You did what to your router?

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:00:24 GMT

Temour starts trading cryptocurrencies, Chris would like to know when stimulus will be coming to Americans and Andrew has some questions about a new COVID-19 safety measure. Find out more in this episode of Magnitude.

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BlockFi: https://blockfi.com

Stimulus: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/coronavirus-stimulus-update-mcconnell-says-relief-compromise-within-reach.html

Router Faraday Cages: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/22150497/wi-fi-router-faraday-cage-electromagnetic-radiation-conspiracy-theory-scam

4. Turkey with a side of Pandemic, Please

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:07:17 GMT

It is officially Turkey Week here in the US. The crew discusses what holiday celebrations mean this year and what to expect over the next couple weeks. Andrew wants to start swing trading, but Temour and Chris hope to swing him away from that.

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Salesforce/Slack merger: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/28/salesforce-slack-would-be-first-big-deal-in-boom-year-for-software.html

Palantir and the US Army: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201118006096/en/Palantir-Enters-Mission-Command-Space-With-US-Army-Futures-Command-Prototype

COVID-19 Status: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map

Swing Trading: http://www.octagoncap.com/swing-trading-vs-long-term-investing/

3. Santa would like to enable cookies

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 17:50:06 GMT

In a quieter week, the crew talks over come of the larger scale trends in the stock market such as privacy in the FAANG stocks, Tesla price targets, as well as speculative investments. Though, I suppose calling Bitcoin an investment is a bit of a stretch. There's a discussion of re-opening stock plays. The team also breaks the news about Santa, and considers going Black Friday shopping for some reason.

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Bitcoin and Paypal: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-shortage-is-real-and-paypal-is-the-cause-pantera-capital-claims

Cathie Wood and Tesla to 7000: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/teslas-biggest-bull-stampedes-to-a-7000-price-target-2020-02-03

What is a REIT?: https://www.reit.com/what-reit

Apple vs. Facebook and Privacy Problem: https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/19/apple-privacy-letter-ios-14-facebook/

Lithium Ion Battery Problems: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-scientists-dendrites-whiskers-lithium-batteries.html

Slippi Smash Mods: https://slippi.gg/

2. The Great Silicon War of 2020

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:24:37 GMT

In this episode of Magnitude Andrew, Chris, and Temour discuss their thoughts on the future of computation and what it means for your money.

Correction NVIDIA has not acquired ARM yet, but it is likely to be a successful acquisition.

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Anandtech’s thorough article discussing the M1 chip: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16226/apple-silicon-m1-a14-deep-dive
Apple’s description and graphs of the M1 chip: https://www.apple.com/mac/m1/
NVIDA’s acquisition of ARM: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/13/21435507/nvidia-acquiring-arm-40-billion-chips-ai-deal
AMD’s acquisition of ARM: https://www.amd.com/en/press-releases/2020-10-27-amd-to-acquire-xilinx-creating-the-industry-s-high-performance-computing
MIT article on Moores Law: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/24/905789/were-not-prepared-for-the-end-of-moores-law/

1. Who starts a podcast during an election?

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 14:00:19 GMT

In their debut episode, three techies try to make great stock picks in the shadow of a close election. Somewhat akin to three monkeys in suits, throwing darts at a stock chart. Well, actually that's probably exactly what's going on.