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Probably also hedging for geopolitical risk? Not sure how only having facilities in a country at least somewhat likely to be invaded in the next few years affec
by atlasunshrugged 4y ago
Probably also hedging for geopolitical risk? Not sure how only having facilities in a country at least somewhat likely to be invaded in the next few years affects the stock price but it probably doesn't hurt to put one in the middle of a country very unlikely to be invaded and very likely to want to purchase chips built domestically.
- gct 4y agoFun fact most experts consider the US uninvadable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_United_States#Geographic_feasibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_United_States#...
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoAnother fun fact. There were incursions on both US coasts during WWII. Neither were significant: Long Island, Florida, and Maine invasion by nazi spies swimming to shore from German submarines: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs-and-george-dasch#:~:text=Four%20men%2C%20led%20by%20George,%3B%20and%20Richard%20Quirin%2C%2034 https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs-and-.... Japanese in Attu and Kiska islands in Alaska: https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-aleutian-islands https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-t...