Is Cathie Wood funds in big trouble?

[countryBoy641]

That's true, the French were no match to the Germans in 1939 for fair reasons. The politicians and generals had experienced the devastation of WW I and couldn't fathom another war, the French population was divided over stopping Hitler in part because the most vociferous anti nazis were the communists and the French worried about their influence, and because the French simply didn't prepare by spending their resources on armament like the nazis were doing.
But it's also worth mentioning that the US didn't get in the war until 1942, long after Hitler had invaded most of Europe because many in the US government debated supporting communist Russia or nazi Hitler. Also, Americans didn't want to fight a foreign war until Pearl Harbor woke them up. US manufacturing powerhouse built the most formidable armament the world had ever seen which thankfully overwhelmed the nazi army. But make no mistake, America alone would not have defeated the nazis; it took many nations to finally beat the fokkers.

By July 1942, Hitler's Kriegsmarine (U-Boats) had sunk a nearly 1,000 merchant marine vessels off the East Coast of U.S.
FDR could not respond with a yawn.
By D-Day, the die was cast for Hitler. On June 6, German troops at the fortifications were in disbelief of the size of the Armada sailing at them.
But more so, that American troops had no horses.
Eisenhower had no fear of running out of gasoline or diesel.
German military had no such luxury.
The German troops at Normandy knew they lost the war that day, because Americans brought no horses with them.

 

[Snuskpelle]

I think that reference also has to do with the War Reparations laid onto the Germans. The French were really hot on that, thought it was a great idea. Treaty of Versailles. It was never even ratified in the U.S. Senate.
Within a few decades, that would turn out to be the biggest exploding cigar ever conceived by mankind.
So the French take a lot of heat, from anybody who studies the record.

Don't disagree, the post-WW1 socioeconomic environment in Germany was fertile ground for extremism on both the right and the left.

My point was simply to say that "French are cowards" or similar is ludicrous though. They failed to prepare for and subsequently lost WW2 due to an incompetent high command appointed because of aristocratic ties. Gamelin expected to fight WW1 again.

 

[countryBoy641]

Don't disagree, the post-WW1 socioeconomic environment in Germany was fertile ground for extremism on both the right and the left.

My point was simply to say that "French are cowards" or similar is ludicrous though. They failed to prepare for and subsequently lost WW2 due to an incompetent high command appointed because of aristocratic ties. Gamelin expected to fight WW1 again.

Incompetent. That's true.
The Maginot Line was a total waste of money.

 

[Pekelo]

Can we get back to our favorite HF manager instead of history lessons? Politics is down there...

 

[syswizard]

She says she loves this sell off.
She loves the fact she is down almost 33%
She says the market is strengthening

At least she makes up for all of the really hot women on CNBC and Bloomberg.

 

[Saltynuts]

At least she makes up for all of the really hot women on CNBC and Bloomberg.

You aren't seriously saying you don't think she's hot, are you?

 

[murray t turtle]

At least she makes up for all of the really hot women on CNBC and Bloomberg.

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Cathy Wood does look good in glasses. I always enjoyed Becky Quick on CNBC\ but never got excited about her last name /LOL, or watched CNBC much,

 

[syswizard]

CW not my cup of tea.....at all. Hate women with glasses for the most part.

 

[VicBee]

I think that reference also has to do with the War Reparations laid onto the Germans. The French were really hot on that, thought it was a great idea. Treaty of Versailles. It was never even ratified in the U.S. Senate.
Within a few decades, that would turn out to be the biggest exploding cigar ever conceived by mankind.
So the French take a lot of heat, from anybody who studies the record.

http://www.100letprve.si/en/world_war_1/casualties/index.html

The French lost a lot of men during WWI. It's easy for Americans to point to Versailles as the cause of WW2, but the US, again, showed up late in the battle and suffered the least casualties. They could take a 10,000 ft view of the war that the French and Brits simply couldn't. That was the 2nd war against the Germans in less than 40 years (and the worst was yet to come) and the Allies sought to punish the Germans. Hindsight is always 100%... and in my opinion pointless to try to rewrite history with woulda-coulda-shoulda. Hitler didn't need to find many excuses to justify retaking "their" land or expand into others' or kill millions of Jews.

 

[VicBee]

By July 1942, Hitler's Kriegsmarine (U-Boats) had sunk a nearly 1,000 merchant marine vessels off the East Coast of U.S.
FDR could not respond with a yawn.
By D-Day, the die was cast for Hitler. On June 6, German troops at the fortifications were in disbelief of the size of the Armada sailing at them.
But more so, that American troops had no horses.
Eisenhower had no fear of running out of gasoline or diesel.
German military had no such luxury.
The German troops at Normandy knew they lost the war that day, because Americans brought no horses with them.

Goodness, 1942 you say? Geez, Hitler had already invaded most of Europe by then and the gaz chambers were in full swing... Perhaps Europe should thank the German navy for their skills at destroying US ships on the US East Coast or else everything else would only have elicited a yawn...