In which Luke is concerned that Krzysztof became too rambunctious for his own good, banging on things and making a wild ruckus! Can you blame him, though, when Luke confessed he has a “worry” category in his portfolio? What happens next is a *must listen*!   Also discussed feverishly: Being pot-committed in poker and stock-committed in the market; Pokemon drag-shows; TikTok - why it terrifies Luke and why Krzysztof plans to use it to save the world; $8 twitter; the magic of New Orleans; the problems with Stock Based Compensation; plus Potato farmers rescuing Silicon Valley and the semiconductor industry, from Krzysztof’s book of the week, Chip War. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Start a free YCharts trial: https://ycharts.com/store/start_trial_register?utm_source=7Investing&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=2022+7Investing Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Digital transformation isn't just a buzzword, it is a reality. And cloud computing is the chief protagonist of this game. Are we still in the early innings of the cloud computing journey? What impacts are the current macroeconomic headwinds having on this sector? 7investing Lead Advisors Matthew Cochrane and Anirban Mahanti consider these and other related questions in this podcast. Cochrane and Mahanti look at the recent results from the cloud hyperscalers: Google Cloud Computing (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to Mahanti, GCP's performance was the bright spot in Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently reported results. Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure and Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) AWS have experienced some softness in recent quarters. However, their growth at scale is still phenomenal. AWS remains the crown jewel of the Amazon empire in so far as generating gobs of operating income is concerned! In the podcast, Cochrane dives into management commentary about managing the macroeconomic environment. Both companies focus on their customers' long-term success, making these platforms sticky and incredibly powerful over the long term. In particular, Microsoft and Amazon have hinted at working with customers to optimize workloads and, thus, costs to help them through this difficult time. Towards the end of the podcast, Cochrane and Mahanti identify a dark horse in the race for being the fourth pillar of the hyperscale revolution. Which company is it? And does it deserve your attention? Listen/watch to discover this company's name and learn what it is doing to tackle the big three of cloud computing. Readers interested in this topic may want to pair the podcast with Anirban Mahanti's quarterly cloud computing checkin report. The November 2022 edition of this report is available here. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

This earnings season has been a terrifying time for Big Tech.  Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are all facing significant organizational challenges while also facing constant pressure from the market to be more efficient. What are these Big Tech executives to do?  Some CEO's and CFO's are making difficult decisions about which growth programs to cut, while other companies, such as Meta (NASDAQ: META), are doubling down on their commitment to growth, specifically in their focus on the metaverse.  Yet other companies, like Snap (NYSE:SNAP) that are more exposed to cyclical markets such as advertising, are completely overhauling and reorganizing. Which method will prove to be more effective? Join 7investing Lead Advisors Simon Erickson and Luke Hallard for a recorded Twitter Spaces conversation from November 1st as the two discuss what big tech's earnings will mean for the market.  Simon and Luke also discuss (at the time of the recording) Airbnb's (NASDAQ: ABNB) upcoming earnings, as well as Elon's official purchase of Twitter. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Both Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) shareholders have experienced a rough year. Shares of the social media giant have tumbled more than 70% year-to-date, while the online search engine has seen shares drop more than 40%. These results were only exacerbated when the companies reported their third-quarter earnings. 7investing lead advisors Anirban Mahanti and Matthew Cochrane look over both companies' results, looking at the highs and lows and examining whether the buy theses are still intact. For Meta, Mahanti and Cochrane looked at the company's disappearing cash flows and net income and wondered whether the vast amounts of capital expenditures and operating expenses were worth it. While Mahanti believes the company has lost the plot, Cochrane still thinks that if the Family of Apps stays strong, showing positive user growth and engagement trends, everything else can be worked out. In Alphabet's case, the management team implied they might have gotten a little too loose with spending but are dedicated to shifting funds so that resources are going to the company's most significant growth opportunities. Alphabet's growth has slowed as the company faces a weakening macro environment and is lapping huge comparables from last year's third quarter, but the underlying search business appears resilient. While Youtube's revenue decreased year over year, Google Cloud managed to grow its top line by 38%. At the end of the podcast, Mahanti and Cochrane talk about the most significant disruptive threats Alphabet faces and wonder if Big Tech's company cultures have grown too soft. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Start a free YCharts trial: https://ycharts.com/store/start_trial_register?utm_source=7Investing&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=2022+7Investing Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

In only two weeks since the last episode, Luke lost a prime minister, gained a prime minister, and found AI help writing exquisite poetry and doing research about American Depository Receipts.    Meanwhile, Krzysztof got married (!!!!), danced the tango, and began seeing Apple Inc. in a new, villainous light with respect to the Metaverse. We also banter about Tesla’s AI day, and Luke’s reflections on whether being a good husband is harder than being a good poker player.  There’s no limit to the wisdom we’re dishing (and tastier than the head of lettuce that makes a cameo)! Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Episode 2, in which we discuss episode 1's beaming reviews and why we changed the name from Investing with Two Honest Poker Players to No Limit with Krzystztof and Luke. Hint: polygraph tests were involved. We also talked about how marriage might change Krzysztof’s investing framework, Luke’s self-analysis of his skills as a husband, the recent wave of cheating in poker, chess, life and in the stock market. And if that’s not enough, there’s also the Metaverse, its current limitations, and the secret driver behind technology--it’s probably not what you think. The two end with the 'Three Conversations' game, in which Krzysztof goes all deep and dark when a simple answer would have sufficed. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Subscribe to Zacks "Profit from the Pros" newsletter for more insights: https://www.zacks.com/7investingpodcast Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

The semiconductor industry has been abuzz this past year. We've seen the market get pumped up about how custom chips will be needed to power AI, and that boosted chip stock valuations during early 2021. Yet we've also seen that optimism fade in recent months, as many chipmakers are cutting their forecasts and reporting weaker customer demand. We already know the semiconductor industry is cyclical, but it's also a $600 billion global market. Is the recent selloff providing opportunities that long-term investors should capitalize on? To answer that question, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently interviewed Chip Stock Investor founder and host Nick Rossolillo about three of his favorite companies in the semiconductor space. The two discuss why Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) could be an overlooked and undervalued opportunity, why NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) has plenty of future growth opportunities, and why ARM Holding's upcoming IPO could be worthy of your investing attention. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this podcast include Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, and Taiwan Semiconductor. 7investing's advisors and/or its guests may have positions in the companies that are mentioned. Have you seen our announcement about our 7investing Strong Buy Portfolio? We've recently identified our 20 highest-conviction ideas and have compiled them into a single portfolio. To see 3 of our actual stock positions, please click here to join our free 7investing email list! Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Start a free YCharts trial: https://ycharts.com/store/start_trial_register?utm_source=7Investing&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=2022+7Investing Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Stocks have been selling off...so it time to go buying? The market's recent volatility has sent several institutions fleeing to safety -- replacing higher-risk equities for more defensive alternatives. As individual investors, should we follow suit? Should we similarly look for more stable, less-volatile stocks that will provide a smoother ride in a turbulent macro? Or is now the time to buy riskier growth stocks, who have been unfairly sold off and now have quite attractive valuations? We wanted to answer those questions by having some fun, bringing in our partners from Chit Chat Money to play the "Stockpickers' Market" game. On today's podcast, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson spots CCM's Brett Schafer and Ryan Henderson up with three head-to-head stock matchups with the following themes: "Stocks Down More than 90%": Peloton (Nasdaq: PTON) vs Upstart (Nasdaq: UPST) "Fallen Pandemic Winners": Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU) vs Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) "Stocks That are Actually Up During the Past Year": Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) vs Costco (Nasdaq: COST) In the game, Brett and Ryan share their thoughts about each of the companies and then give each a score from 1-10 on how bullish (or bearish) they are about investing in them today. They reveal the winner of each matchup, as well as the stock that ultimately received the highest average score in the game. Want more content like this? 7investing and Chit Chat Money have a partnership to dive deep into companies and promote a long-term investing mindset. Any users who sign up with 7investing using promo code "MONEY" will receive a 25% discount to our annual membership. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

What happens when two poker-playing veteran investors discuss all things loosely related to the stock market? Luke Hallard and Krzysztof Piekarski wanted to record a podcast about the most interesting ideas and happenings in the world of investing. In this introductory episode, we talk about running with our favorite podcasts, being an optimist, Zen, stoicism and the difference between the three; Artificial Intelligence and its limitations; the Turing test; an AI Elon Musk chat robot that will answer your questions and the difference between a bad beat and a sad outcome. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Subscribe to Zacks "Profit from the Pros" newsletter for more insights: https://www.zacks.com/7investingpodcast Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

The world's largest tech companies are driving forward with important new projects. And they're obsessive about designing custom chips to make them happen. We see examples of this in products that we use every day. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has designed its own chip so that Alexa can understand the questions you're asking and then respond with accurate answers. Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) has designed chips for image recognition and is designing new ones to power the Metaverse. Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) has designed custom chips so its self-driving cars can understand their surroundings react to them autonomously. These projects are massive in scope and can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to implement. Where's the opportunity in this for investors? In today's 7investing podcast, 7investing lead advisors Anirban Mahanti and Simon Erickson take a closer look at the process that goes into custom chip design and manufacturing. The two look at several consumer-facing companies -- including Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), and Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL) -- and analyze the specific chip designers and manufacturers they work with to make these projects into a reality. There's big money up for grabs, for investors who are a step ahead in deciphering which direction the industry is heading. Anirban and Simon recorded this episode of the 7investing Podcast in front of a live audience on Monday, September 19th. If you would like to attend future live recordings of our podcast, we invite you to sign up for free on our new 7investing Events page. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Intel, Meta Platforms, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor. 7investing’s advisors or its guests may have positions in the companies mentioned. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing