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Dvorak and Horowitz Unplugged Podcast
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DHUnplugged #758: Dropping the Hammer
25/06/2025 Duración: 01h03minWAR! (or is it?) Tesla Robotaxi Update Japan's rice problem Drink up! New guidelines coming... PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - WAR! (or is it?) - Tesla Robotaxi Update - Japan's rice problem - Drink up! New guidelines coming... Markets - Not phased by Iranian attack - (well planned attack for markets - timing, newsflow and narrative of "successful mission") - A ceasefire now - quick wars! - P/E forward nearing 22 - Leading indicators - dropping - VERY Resilient overall - dips are for buying - NASDAQ 100 closing in on all-time highs - triple top Dropping the F Bomb - 7am CNBC - " Two counties that have been that have been fighting so long and so hard that they do not know what the "F***ck" they are doing" Oil - Drops from h
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DHUnplugged #757: Storm Alert
18/06/2025 Duración: 57minA parade of pauses WAR! Middle East at it again Oracle earnings - wow! Tesla robotaxi spotted PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter ** Look At Album Art ** - So bad Warm-Up - More pausing floated - We have a CHYNA deal - kind of - Saying goodbye to Brian Wilson - Tesla - back in buy mode Markets - War! Middle East again (US seems to be helping ?) - Within 2% if ATH and then... - Oracle blows the roof off - UK economy shrinks - bigly ***A NEW Closest to the Pin! Middle East Again - Israel launched a series of airstrikes against Iran early Friday morning local time, targeting locations it said were related to Iran’s nuclear program, sparking market fears of a wider conflict. - Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, chief of the Iranian Armed Forces and t
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DHUnplugged #756: Mutual Assured Destruction
11/06/2025 Duración: 01h04minPlenty of Buy-the-Dip excitement Trial Balloons - Next Fed Chair thoughts Excitement over China talks PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Interactive Brokers Warm-Up - Trial Balloons - Next Fed Chair - Everyone loves to hate China these days - Trump and Musk breakup - Your DNA may be for sale Markets - Retail shares have wide earnings outcomes - Plenty of Buy-the-Dip excitement - Excitement over China talks - Lutnik is showing the thumb-up - Who is buying? Powell Replacement - President Trump considering naming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to succeed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell after his term ends in May 2026, according to Bloomberg - Just floating the idea (Trial balloon) at this point - YES! --- Proof - Wait 45 minutes: - White House o
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DHUnplugged #755: Smoking Mirrors
04/06/2025 Duración: 01h04minSet your clock - must be the weekend - New Tariffs imposed Someone wants the Fed Chair job TACO FAFO and more... More muddy AI cover art PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Must be the weekend - New Tariffs imposed - Someone wants the Fed Chair job - TACO FAFO and more... - More muddy AI cover art Markets - YUGE move for markets - Tariffs reinstated by Appeals court - for now - Hope for a spending bill - SPENDING BILLS - Retailers still worried - apparel stores not happy More tariffs - President Donald Trump told U.S. steelworkers on Friday that he will double tariffs on steel imports to 50%. - “We’re going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America,” Trump said during remarks at U.S. Steel
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DHUnplugged #754: Waffling Tactics
28/05/2025 Duración: 01h02minWaffles for the Win Workarounds are the thing to avoid onerous tariffs Investors starting to think that bark is worse than the bite PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Waffles for the Win - Workarounds are the thing - Learning about the First Sale Rule Markets - 42 Days? And counting - Investors starting to think that bark is worse than the bite - US Steel Deal - WOW! - Fresh steam for speculation - lots of movement Waffling - What are your favorite way to eat waffles? - Friday - 50% on Europe - Blah Blah - 25% on Apple and every smartphone maker that brings in product to USA - Sunday - Delay the Europe tariffs until July 9th - Not sure where we are on Results - Markets swoon on the initial Europe Tariff announcement - Markets (Ov
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DHUnplugged: Big and Beautiful (#743)
21/05/2025 Duración: 01h01minThe dreaded downgrade. Biden's health in the spotlight. The big and beautiful Tax bill making its way through the sausage factory PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - The dreaded downgrade - Biden's health in the spotlight - Tax bill making its way through the sausage factory - China continues to stimulate Markets - Yields - moving up after worrying signs for US debt levels - Stocks posting big gains for May - Bitcoin surges past $100k - Our debt load is untenable - great chart to consider The Big Beautiful Bill - The bill eliminates taxes on tips and overtime. - The bill achieves "no tax on social security" by increasing deductions for seniors on the program. - The bill eliminates several green energy spending programs and ends the
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DHUnplugged #752: USA Hearts China
14/05/2025 Duración: 01h01min- More Deals - So many deals! We are so Amazing with the Deals! - Investors turn hot on stocks - like nothing happened! - Apple making moves - so smart PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - More Deals - We are so Amazing with the Deals! - Investors turn hot on stocks - like nothing happened! - Apple making moves - so smart - Microsoft layoffs - Important information on this if you are one of these Markets - HUGE move as tariffs paused for 90 days on China - Right on cue - most negative sentiment in decades then the squeeze - China - we have something - Maybe Phase 1.5? - Drug companies under pressure - Google update - Lots of headwinds Announcing the Winner of the Micron (MU) CTP Reconciliation BILL - Draft - House Republicans rele
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DHUnplugged #751: Heads I Win
07/05/2025 Duración: 59minGood ECO/Markets = Trump Bad ECO/Markets - Biden CTP for Micron is underway AI wins a horse race News from Omaha PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Good ECO/Markets = Trump - Bad ECO/Markets - Biden - CTP for Micron is underway - AI wins a horse race - News from Omaha - India/Pakistan - India stikes Markets - Some Earnings Color - S&P breaks it streak this week - KRI +4, +5 (Spearman +100) - Currency interventions happening Interesting Timing - Skechers U.S.A., Inc. the third largest footwear company in the world, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital, a global investment firm built on an owner-operator approach to long-term investing. - 3G gets discount as tariffs are softening price - Helped to move t
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DHUnplugged #750: Bread Lines?
30/04/2025 Duración: 01h48sOh boy - Supply Chain Concerns again? Summertime lines - for goods/food? Empty shelves? China factories shutting down. Talks/No-Talks Underway with China/US. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Now Supply Chain Concerns - Summertime lines - for goods/food? Empty shelves? - China factories shutting down - Talks/No-Talks Underway with China/US - DONE DONE DONE - Lutnick Markets - Capital Raise - Big Boost - ELON - Economics - Big Week - Earnings - The big tech names are on tap - Berkshire annual meeting and earnings this weekend ELON - Elon Musk's xAI Holdings is in discussions with investors to raise about $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported. - The funding would value the company at over $120 billion, according to the report. - T
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DHUnplugged #749: Fed UP And OUT
23/04/2025 Duración: 01h49sCEOs Selling stock Fed Put in question - Powell under Fire from White House - Markets FED UP! Earnings Season - VERY CLOUDY USD Weak - what are investors thinking? PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Chaos - What next? - Rates - moving in the wrong direction again - USD Weak - what are investors thinking? - A moment for Pope Francis - CEOs - Selling stock Markets - Markets have had it - Done with this nonsense - Fed Put in question - Powell under Fire from White House - Markets FED UP! - Earnings Season - VERY CLOUDY - VIX - back above 30 again (~35) - HyperScalers - not so Hyper... Update One Time Competition - Put Lyrics to Music - The Tariff Blues (DHUnplugged Shirt and Song Play) - We have a clear winner from all of the entrie
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DHUnplugged #748: Who’s to Blame?
16/04/2025 Duración: 59minIf this wasn't idiotic it would be funny President Miyagi at it again - Tariff on - Tariff Off Winning - We are Winning so much. Too much winning! Earnings season rolls on PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - If this wasn't idiotic it would be funny - President Miyagi at it again - Tariff on - Tariff Off - Winning - We are Winning so much. Too much winning! - Earnings season rolls on - Need a new CTP stock Markets - Key Reversal Indicator - 1st Green cluster bottom on Monday and Tuesday - Called the near-term bottom - Stock markets slammed - President Trump discussing stocks - Economic Pissing Match - Even more tariffs, or bluffs - VIX HITS 60 back UNDER 30 ANNOUNCING - One Time Competition - Put Lyrics to Music - The Tariff Blues
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DHUnplugged #747: Bluffing and Pissing Matches
09/04/2025 Duración: 01h04minTariffs are killing markets. A glimpse int what happens when we take a difference course Markets making some of the wort moves in decades Billionaires - all in on Trump lost billions... WAIT !!!!!! Maybe a 90-day pause on Tariffs now...Or Not... More finesse, less sledge hammer? PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Markets making some of the worst moves in decades - Billionaires - all in on Trump lost billions... - WAIT !!!!!! Maybe a 90-day pause on Tariffs now...Or Not... - More finesse, less sledge hammer? Markets - Key Reversal Indicator - 1st Green cluster bottom on Monday.. Oversold? - Stock markets slammed - President Trump discussing stocks - Economic P
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DHUnplugged #746: Best Deal Ever!
02/04/2025 Duración: 01h02minBig changes - lots of year-end market S&P 500 downgrades. Recession and stagflation April - a quick look at some interesting highlights of April (historically) Bill Gates out with a big prediction The Best Deal Ever! (ELON) PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Big changes - lots of year end market S&P 500 downgrades - Recession and stagflation - April - a quick look at some interesting highlights of April (historically) - Bill Gates out with a big prediction - The Best Deal Ever! (ELON) Markets - Corrections happen - Market jumped off the down worst levels on Monday - is worst priced in? - Earnings season starts 4/11 - JPM to report - Year end price targets - lowering - Yields DOWN - Was that the plan all along? OpenAi - OpenAI o
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DHUnplugged #745: The Lag 7
26/03/2025 Duración: 01h05minInflation - Transitory again.. April 2 dealing approaching! Doctor Copper! Mag 7 = Lag 7 A New Closest to The Pin! PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Inflation - Transitory again - End of month - March not so good for US Markets - investors may try to squeeze toward the end - Tariff waves - now there is talk of softening - April 2 is the day - next Wednesday. - A restaurant Chain at ALL-TIME highs.... - Turkey - Market Mayhem - An fun Limerick from a Listener Markets - Doctor Copper! - Mag 7 = Lag 7 - Tesla Woes- Stock bouncing but challenges still remain - March Sadness for Markets... Attention Collectors! - The New DHUnplugged shirts are finally here! We are going to sell only 6 - the donations received by the end of the mon
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DHUnplugged #744: March Market Madness
19/03/2025 Duración: 58min- Markets still unsettled - Retail spending down - another bankruptcy (but who they blame?) - Consumer frayed A New Closest to The Pin! PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Markets still unsettled - Retail spending down - another bankruptcy (but who they blame?) - Consumer frayed - Announcement #1 Closest to the Pin is a good one... - Announcement # 2 New DH Shirts - attention collectors... - March madness - BBall and Markets Markets -Worst month since 2023 - and it is not over - USD is dropping - loss of confidence - Gold - keeps shining - wow what a run! - Revenge of the Dems on Markets? Tesla stock pummeled...(We initiated a new position on this drop - today) - US Stocks - where is the money going? Attention Collectors! - The
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DHUnplugged #743: Is This The Plan?
12/03/2025 Duración: 01h01minWhat goes up? Uncertainty - that word again! American Exceptionalism - the theme for 2025 that is fizzling out quickly. Back from India - Namaste.... Psychological Indicators. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - What goes up? - Uncertainty - that word again! - American Exceptionalism - the theme for 2025 that is fizzling out quickly. - Back from India - Namaste.... - Psychological Indicators Markets - Follow up - "They call it dumb money - ruling again" - how did that turn out? ---- Quantum stocks down 40-50% YTD - Billionaires - kissing the ring and getting rug pulled - TRILLIONS (4) lost in market cap - in the name of what again? (MAGA?) Make America God Awful? - Germany's stock market hits all-time high (even though economy is
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DHUnplugged #742: Hot Openings
26/02/2025 Duración: 01h03minHot and cold openings - the best of 2024. A real hoot to listen to our antics and shenanigans over the past year or so. What food are they discussing or what hot stock may be on the list? All here on this Best-Of Show, produced by Ryan Rediske! PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? The Winner for ORACLE (ORCL) Winners will be getting great stuff like the new DHUnplugged Shirt! FED AND CRYPTO LIMERICKS See this week’s stock picks HERE Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter
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DHUnplugged #741: Dismantling
19/02/2025 Duración: 01h01minCPI comes in HOT, PPI not as bad Retail sales - not a happy number for January News on GameStop DOGE is full attack mode (Dismantling) PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - CPI comes in HOT, PPI not as bad - Retail sales - not a happy number for January - News on GameStop - - DOGE is full attack mode (Dismantling) - The Winner of the ORCL CTP Markets - The call it dumb money - ruling again - More earnings - driving markets - Buying holding tight - tariffs are not worrisome| - Intel parts up for grabs? Retail Sales - According to reports: Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to a Commerce Department report last Friday. - Retail sales slipped 0.9%
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DHUnplugged #750: President Miyagi
12/02/2025 Duración: 01h05minWax off Wax On - Waffling - Mr. Miyagi President? Government Cuts - Lots of Bye-Bye Notes. Economics and the latest employment report. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Wax off Wax On - Waffling - Mr. Miyagi President? - Government Cuts - Lots of Bye-Bye Notes - Economics are in.... People happy and not happy - Musk - let's talk about this .... - Praying for the turtles... Markets - Lots of Tumult - confusion but still a retail bid - Inflation numbers are not worrying (to some) - Employment Report - CPI Due this week - Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum The Karate Kid: Danielson - Wax On Wax off - Trump 2.0: President Miyagi: tariffs on, tariffs off (used to be called waffling) - Mexico and Canada Tarrifs are postponed for a month
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DHUnplugged #749: Global Upheaval (JK)
05/02/2025 Duración: 01h02minJanuary is in the books - interesting outcome. Let's work at Costco - wow! Fed is out with their rate plan - not confident in the future Fed Workers getting buyouts PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - January is in the books - interesting outcome - Let's work at Costco - wow! - Fed is out with their rate plan - not confident in the future - Fed Workers getting buyouts - The latest from the Just Kidding department... Markets - Investors Betting Trump will soften his stance on Tariffs - Trump playing chicken on weekends that other countries will bend - Some recovery after last Monday's beating - But the questions is - how long until global upheaval with all of these threats and bashing? Tariffs - Threats to Canada and Mexico - 25