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@tomato04/01/2023

🚗 GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google's help

https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report/why-gm-dumping-apple-carplay-its-evs

"GM's decision to stop offering those systems in future EVs, starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, could help the automaker capture more data on how consumers drive and charge EVs"

I don't know what I'd do without CarPlay!

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GM plans to phase out Apple CarPlay in EVs, with Google's help

GM's decision to stop offering those systems in future electric vehicles, starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, could help the automaker capture more data on how consumers drive and charge EVs.

Nathan Worden

@nathanworden04/01/2023

Wow, goes to show you how valuable that data is, and how Apple is being seen more and more as a competitor in the EV car space.

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Joshua Simka

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@tomato01/20/2022

Had been running a BCS on $ATVI that I was planning to let expire at a pathetic loss on Friday. The long call was worth pennies...but check out this one-day % gain I had on it yesterday, when the $MSFT buyout was announced! 👀

Sujan Baral

@baralsujan01/20/2022

That is super lucky, the timing of the deal was impeccable, very happy for you.

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Joshua Simka

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@tomato01/15/2022

Small-cap and micro-cap stocks tend to be more volatile than the big guys and when $MELI, $SE, $DOCN, $ABNB, $SHOP, $HUBS, $RBLX slide, the small-caps are sliding more! In that case, isn't now a better time than ever to be gobbling up shares of $SMLR $ATY $DMTK $KSI.TO...or whatever your favorites are? But folks continue to get excited about and look to add the MercadoLibres and Sea Limiteds. Why is that? Is it just that the little-known small-caps remain little-known whether the market is up or down? Is it that investors are more likely to go fishing for small-caps when the MercadoLibres and Shopifys seem to be at a top and therefore not worthy of further investment? Is it that the risk/reward profile for a beaten down $MELI or $SE is way more attractive than some thinly traded off-the-radar microcap?

Oliver

@odysseus01/15/2022

Big fan here of small / medium cap companies.

I’ve got an eft that I regularly put money into that covers the big dogs (S&P100) so I don’t see the point in direct investing in those companies.

The difficulty I have is that it takes a lot longer to research and identify small / medium cap stocks that I want to direct invest in.

What I need to get better at with these stocks is locking in profits sooner, it’s rare I’ll direct invest in a company and at some point not be in profit but I’ve held on to things too long waiting for a 100% return when I should accept the 20-30%.

Part of the issue was investing in $TWI when it was around $3 a share and then locking in a 50% gain and then watched it climb to $10+ and have the obvious feeling of kicking myself for selling.

But the takeaway is small / medium caps are good but lock in profits because not all of them are going up 100%+

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