In the high tech universe, there is only a single common road that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and many others must go to get their chips made, no matter where they hail from. That road inevitably leads to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE: TSM), the largest semiconductor foundry on the planet.
Ford posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results on record revenue, but cut its 2025 outlook amid a New York aluminum plant fire and shifting trade rules that are reshaping the automaker's near-term path and product mix. In a pointed nod to Washington, CEO Jim Farley credited President Trump's latest tariff policies and domestic-production credits with tilting the field toward U.S.-built trucks-while signaling Ford will lean harder into profitable gas and hybrid models as federal emissions goals ease.
Some of his initiatives are pure Ronald Reagan, such as his corporate-income tax cuts and deregulation efforts targeted at oil and gas. Some of his interventions would impress a Democratic Socialists of America chapter, such as demanding a public stake in Intel, requesting 15 percent of revenues from Nvidia's chip sales to China, and securing a "golden share" of U.S. Steel to retain veto power over its decision making.
President Donald Trump lampooned Democrats on Tuesday, saying the party, with politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett, is in rough shape heading into the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. They're just terrible people. They don't have a bench, Trump said during an interview on CNN pundit Scott Jennings' radio show. The president mocked AOC, saying the New York representative speaks like a little mouse which is why Democratic leaders are keeping her away from microphones lately, he added.