Always have an army
I’d prefer we live in a utopia that doesn’t need 10 million Optimus robots a year to ensure my physical safety and wellbeing. Well, at least there’s still a small window to invest.
I’d prefer we live in a utopia that doesn’t need 10 million Optimus robots a year to ensure my physical safety and wellbeing. Well, at least there’s still a small window to invest.
Trump and Xi meet Thursday. The market’s eyes are on bonds, oil and rates. Meanwhile a Chinese state group is circling a shareholder sitting on the register of America’s own rare earths champion.
In November 1952, one man flew low through a Pilbara gorge and noticed the walls were the wrong colour. His daughter is doing it again, with magnets.
In 1961 a two tonne arm took the worst job in a New Jersey car plant. The money never went to the carmaker, and it won’t this time either.
Nobody can tell you what Elon Musk is worth on any given Tuesday. But his next moonshot needs something ASX dirt happens to hold rather a lot of.
My father bought Tesla at $16 a share. He also taught me that the future arrives before anyone believes it. A billion humanoid robots is next.
China could shut the rare earths tap on 10 November, maybe sooner. Beijing is squeezing its banks for cash while building the fastest robots on earth. Action’s on you US.
Labour eats up to half the cost of building a house in Australia. Elon just launched a car with no steering wheel. The robots are coming for the rest.
Bonds can topple governments and pick Fed chairs. But the real story is who they are lending to now, and what that means for the rocks under our feet.
China spent twenty years building its minerals dominance inside the free market. Washington has finally worked out how, and it is rewriting the rulebook fast.
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