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Tariffs

Confluence said:
fwiw, Tim Cook has made annual commitments on US spending by Apple dating back to Trump 45, and I don't think the company has ever come close to meetings it's stated commitments.

Here is what AI returns from Apple's public filing including 10k's:
Table 1: Apple's Annual Global Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (Fiscal Years 2017-2023)
Fiscal Year Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions USD)
FY2017 $12,451
FY2018 $13,313
FY2019 $10,495
FY2020 $7,309
FY2021 $11,085
FY2022 $10,708
FY2023 $10,959

Thats about $62B spent globally, not just in the US, over 7 years......so what in the helll is this $100B per year about? Marketing bs?

How is Apple held accountable for its statements? If these were real, then the SEC should govern this misleading accounting statements.
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Hopefully they live up to it. Who knows if they will follow through but it's always possible he's a future politician and he's blowing smoke.

Their stock is up 5% (10 points) so investors like the news. I'd really like to see it happen.
 
Confluence said:
fwiw, Tim Cook has made annual commitments on US spending by Apple dating back to Trump 45, and I don't think the company has ever come close to meetings it's stated commitments.

Here is what AI returns from Apple's public filing including 10k's:
Table 1: Apple's Annual Global Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (Fiscal Years 2017-2023)
Fiscal Year Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions USD)
FY2017 $12,451
FY2018 $13,313
FY2019 $10,495
FY2020 $7,309
FY2021 $11,085
FY2022 $10,708
FY2023 $10,959

Thats about $62B spent globally, not just in the US, over 7 years......so what in the helll is this $100B per year about? Marketing bs?

How is Apple held accountable for its statements? If these were real, then the SEC should govern this misleading accounting statements.









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Totally. Tim Cook’s $100B US spending promise always sounds huge, but the actual numbers from filings show way less — about $62B worldwide over 7 years. Feels like marketing hype more than reality.


If Apple’s statements don’t match the facts, the SEC really should step in and call them out. Accountability matters.
 
Troglodyte said:
When they told you there was no such thing as a stupid question, they were being exceedingly tolerant.
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That wasn’t a legit question, it was sarcasm.
Thats one of those things that you should not have to be made to understand.
 
Idk if tariffs are playing a role in cereal ingredients these days. But I get some bad gas from cereal now
 
MTC said:
Idk if tariffs are playing a role in cereal ingredients these days. But I get some bad gas from cereal now
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It's your body rejecting the glyphosate.
 
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Personally, she's saying that the $20 American Eagles that I bought 10 years ago for $1,000 are now worth around $3,500 each.
 
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would not impose tariffs on gold, a move welcomed by global bullion markets and which ended days of speculation that the yellow metal could be caught up in the ongoing global trade spat.

“Gold will not be Tariffed!” Trump said in a statement posted on his social media account. He gave no details.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection had posted a ruling on its website on Friday saying that Washington might place the most widely traded gold bullion bars in the United States under country-specific import tariffs, which would have rocked the metal’s global supply chains.

In response, a White House official told Reuters on Friday that the Trump administration was preparing an executive order “clarifying misinformation” about tariffs on gold bars and other specialty products.

A U.S. gold tariff would have been especially harmful for Switzerland, a major refining and transit hub for gold. Trump’s Monday post removes that concern.


“Delighted to hear the crisis has been averted,” said Ross Norman, an independent gold market analyst. “It will come as an enormous relief to the bullion markets, as the potential for disruption was incalculable.”

U.S. gold futures dropped 2.4 per cent to US$3,407 per ounce after Trump’s post on Monday, reducing a premium over spot gold, the global benchmark, which fell 1.2 per cent to $3,357.
 
Confluence said:
fwiw, Tim Cook has made annual commitments on US spending by Apple dating back to Trump 45, and I don't think the company has ever come close to meetings it's stated commitments.

Here is what AI returns from Apple's public filing including 10k's:
Table 1: Apple's Annual Global Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (Fiscal Years 2017-2023)
Fiscal Year Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions USD)
FY2017 $12,451
FY2018 $13,313
FY2019 $10,495
FY2020 $7,309
FY2021 $11,085
FY2022 $10,708
FY2023 $10,959

Thats about $62B spent globally, not just in the US, over 7 years......so what in the helll is this $100B per year about? Marketing bs?

How is Apple held accountable for its statements? If these were real, then the SEC should govern this misleading accounting statements.











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This is hilarious!
 
Troglodyte said:
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Reading is fundamental.....

Legacy tractor maker John Deere has announced layoffs at three Midwestern facilities as the company grapples with declining sales and the effects of tariffs on its bottom line.

John Deere told Newsweek the workforce reductions were the result of "decreased demand and lower order volumes."

On Friday, the company released its third-quarter results, which showed a 26 percent year-over-year drop in net income to $1.3 billion and a 9 percent decline in net sales and revenues to $12 billion. In a subsequent earnings call, the company attributed many of these difficulties to lower commodity prices and the effects of tariffs.


While the effects of the tariffs are listed as contributing factors, from your own article, which I'm assuming you view as a credible source since you posted it as an example of your point, the tariffs are not listed as the primary reason(s) for these layoffs.
I know you want Trump and all his policies to fail miserably and cause the instant explosion of the planet ala Krypton, so you can tell everyone how right you were.
But sweet breakdancing Moses, please try reading articles you post first. I know this has been pointed out to you before, but I guess you don't read your own articles as much as you don't read any of our posts. That or your comprehension skills are subpar. Or both.

Tim, what's your phrase for Trog and his posts?
"You really suck at this."
Did I get that right?
 
Not saying that the tariffs may not affect John Deere's bottom line, however......"John Deere told Newsweek the workforce reductions were the result of "decreased demand and lower order volumes.""

Newsweek does like to sensationalize anything that makes this administration look bad. It's literally everything they post online.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Not saying that the tariffs may not affect John Deere's bottom line, however......"John Deere told Newsweek the workforce reductions were the result of "decreased demand and lower order volumes.""

Newsweek does like to sensationalize anything that makes this administration look bad. It's literally everything they post online.
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All media outlets like to ignore the possibility that demand has dropped because JD decisions to close US plants and move to Mexico isn’t sitting well with buyers.

We have a neighbor back home in MT that was a DIEHARD JD loyalist, last time I was home I noticed that he bought 4 new Case IH tractors. I didn’t think that would ever happen.
 
MT~Forged said:
All media outlets like to ignore the possibility that demand has dropped because JD decisions to close US plants and move to Mexico isn’t sitting well with buyers.

We have a neighbor back home in MT that was a DIEHARD JD loyalist, last time I was home I noticed that he bought 4 new Case IH tractors. I didn’t think that would ever happen.
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Switching to red is a really big deal. Thats bigger than Burgundy getting a Dodge.

And with all the Indian cheaper tractors being spread around the globe, it seems normal competitive factors are also stacked against JD.
 
In this particular case it is mind boggling. This family has almost 30,000 dry land acres in production. They have a fleet of almost 30-40 pieces of active use equipment, all JD. They have a personal JD museum with many units that they have painstakingly restored through the years. They even had ALL their work trucks custom painted with JD color accents. Their “workshop” even had a 40ft JD logo custom painted on the wall. Their place looked more like a JD Dealership, than the actual JD Dealership they supported.
 
MT~Forged said:
In this particular case it is mind boggling. This family has almost 30,000 dry land acres in production. They have a fleet of almost 30-40 pieces of active use equipment, all JD. They have a personal JD museum with many units that they have painstakingly restored through the years. They even had ALL their work trucks custom painted with JD color accents. Their “workshop” even had a 40ft JD logo custom painted on the wall. Their place looked more like a JD Dealership, than the actual JD Dealership they supported.
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Wow. They will turn several counties red from green. JD effed up badly
 
Confluence said:
Wow. They will turn several counties red from green. JD effed up badly
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Yes they did, but as usual they will deflect blame to Trump’s tariffs instead of their own decisions to kill American jobs.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Not saying that the tariffs may not affect John Deere's bottom line, however......"John Deere told Newsweek the workforce reductions were the result of "decreased demand and lower order volumes.""

Newsweek does like to sensationalize anything that makes this administration look bad. It's literally everything they post online.
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Well, yeah. When you’re charging $3300 for a run of the mill lawn tractor, people will go buy something cheaper. I bought a Cub Cadet in 2019 for $899. That same tractor costs about $2400 now. You lose money that way.
 
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