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Cantor Fitzgerald Built an Enormous Position in Intel While Howard Lutnick Negotiated the Government’s 10 Percent Stake (And Trump Got Some, Too)
Trump bought Intel shares on six separate occasions in March of 2026, just before Intel’s market-moving announcement on 1 April that it had repurchased Apollo Global’s 49 percent share in an Irish joint venture, known as the Ireland SCIP. This much is clear from the timeline of Trump’s Intel trades I put together earlier this week. (Read that post for background.) In the short space of a month, Trump’s March trades nearly tripled in value.
Other trades disclosed on Trump’s 278-T are getting more attention in the press. But I believe these Intel trades merit attention as well. First, because they are evidence of corruption and general problems in government ethics; second, because they raise questions about Intel governance and the 10 percent stake the Trump administration extorted in August of 2025; and third, because as a longtime Intel shareholder, I am concerned that government extortion, the capitulation of Intel leadership, and, finally, political insider trading all compound risk.
One big question is whether Trump made his Intel trades knowing that Apollo Global and Intel had already reached an agreement on the Ireland SCIP repurchase, that an announcement of the buyback was coming, and when it was coming. My answer right now is, it sure looks that way.
A few people close to the Trump administration or in regular contact with Trump would have to have known about the Ireland SCIP transaction in advance. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Mark Rowan of Apollo Global, a Trump donor and confidant. And Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. Three billionaires. All three of these oligarchs – or, to be fair, none of them – could have given Trump a heads up on the Intel-Apollo deal.
For the moment, let’s focus on Howard Lutnick. His daily proximity to the president, loose lips, and disgraceful public conduct make Lutnick a likely source, but there’s a case to be made that goes well beyond that.
Upon becoming Secretary of Commerce, Lutnick entered into an ethics agreement on 21 January 2025. That agreement required Lutnick to divest from his management role at Cantor Fitzgerald LP, the investment firm he owned and controlled for three decades, and recuse from matters that affected the firm’s financial interests.
To meet the obligations of this agreement, Howard Lutnick sold the firm to a set of trusts set up for his children. The sale agreement was signed on 16 May 2025, just days before the deadline set by his January ethics agreement. Lutnick’s son, Brandon, took over as Cantor CEO. Another son, Kyle, became Executive Vice Chairman.
This all sounds like an episode of Succession, but it’s also when things get interesting. SEC filings show that under the new leadership of the Lutnick sons, Cantor Fitzgerald LP built an enormous position in Intel right around the time that their father, Secretary Howard Lutnick, was negotiating the US government’s stake in the company.
From public data alone, it is impossible for me to say whether they did so before or after (or both before and after) news of the government’s stake was made public. That would be a critical piece of information.
For now, I’ll confine myself to this breakdown, showing how the Cantor Fitzgerald position evolved from Q2 2025 to Q1 2026. It’s based on Cantor Fitzgerald LP 13F forms submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (If you can’t read the table as is, this link should take you to a full screen-size version.)
At the end of Q2 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald LP held $2 million worth of Intel stock. For a Wall Street titan, this is a negligible position.
By the end of the next quarter, Q3 2025, things have changed dramatically. Cantor Fitzgerald now holds nearly $100 million worth of Intel stock.
Let’s review the timeline. At the start of August, Trump calls for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign. Tan hurries to Washington DC, and meets with Lutnick at the White House on 11 August. About a week later, on 19 August, Howard Lutnick is on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street touting the idea of the US government converting CHIPS Act grants to an equity stake in the company. The deal closes three days later, on 22 August. About a month later, more good news: on 18 September, Nvidia announces an investment of $5 billion in Intel.
Meanwhile, Cantor Fitzgerald LP is building what looks like a protective collar position, or what I think of as hoard and hedge. In the third quarter of 2025, as Lutnick twists Tan’s arm and then secures the US government’s stake, the firm goes from 89,483 to 1,826,197 long shares. That’s the sort of move you make on good information. And they simultaneously hedge that $59.3 million bet with $40.3 million at-the-money puts, to protect against any sudden drops. This way, the firm can manage risk as events unfold.
The total value of Cantor’s position climbs in a single quarter from $2 million to $99 million. To express that another way, in Q3 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald LP increase their Intel holdings by 50X.
In the next quarter, Q4 2025, the position peaks. Cantor Fitzgerald LP increase their Intel holdings to 2.5 million long shares and balance those with at-the-money puts of 2 million shares. Long shares and puts are at near parity. And it’s only now, in October of 2025, that the divestiture agreement signed back in May — Howard Lutnick’s sale of Cantor Fitzgerald to his children’s trusts — actually closes.
As Lutnick’s November 278-T disclosure indicates, the divestiture was “consummated on October 6, 2025 following regulatory approvals.” It appears the Secretary of Commerce was still technically the owner of Cantor Fitzgerald LP while he negotiated the government stake in Intel and as Cantor built its protective collar position in Intel.
The Nvidia deal finalizes at the very end of Q4 2025, on Boxing Day. Over the next quarter, Q1 2026, the share price moves into the 40s. The firm prunes back its overall position and starts to unwind the hedge, with a long investment of $69 million and puts valued at around $35 million.
What happened next remains to be seen, when Cantor files its Q2 2026 13F, due in mid-August. The eight-month arc of this trade describes a well-executed entry, hold, and partial exit just before the news of the Ireland SCIP buyback drops on 1 April – which sends Intel stock on its way to new highs.
Trump looks like a piker by comparison, but he still gets to wet his beak. It looks like he’s brought in for a piece of the action when it’s clear the Cantor Fitzgerald strategy is about to pay off and pay off big.
#AI #artificialIntelligence #corruption #CPUs #ethics #extortion #governmentEthics #hoarding #hype #INTC #oligarchy #politicalInsiderTrading #risk #wealthHoarding -
The Corner Store at the End of the World
Every local prepper carries the same private film in his head. He is the survivor. The neighbors who laughed at the Costco pallets and the propane tanks and the blue tarp over the generator are huddled in their cold houses while his basement lights still burn through week three of the outage. He sits on the front porch with a rifle across his knees, finally vindicated, the man on the block who saw it coming. The film has a hero, a moral, and a clean ending. What it leaves out, what eight years of YouTube channels and bug-out videos have trained him to leave out, is the crowd. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/23/the-corner-store-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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The Corner Store at the End of the World
Every local prepper carries the same private film in his head. He is the survivor. The neighbors who laughed at the Costco pallets and the propane tanks and the blue tarp over the generator are huddled in their cold houses while his basement lights still burn through week three of the outage. He sits on the front porch with a rifle across his knees, finally vindicated, the man on the block who saw it coming. The film has a hero, a moral, and a clean ending. What it leaves out, what eight years of YouTube channels and bug-out videos have trained him to leave out, is the crowd. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/23/the-corner-store-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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The Corner Store at the End of the World
Every local prepper carries the same private film in his head. He is the survivor. The neighbors who laughed at the Costco pallets and the propane tanks and the blue tarp over the generator are huddled in their cold houses while his basement lights still burn through week three of the outage. He sits on the front porch with a rifle across his knees, finally vindicated, the man on the block who saw it coming. The film has a hero, a moral, and a clean ending. What it leaves out, what eight years of YouTube channels and bug-out videos have trained him to leave out, is the crowd. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/23/the-corner-store-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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The Corner Store at the End of the World
Every local prepper carries the same private film in his head. He is the survivor. The neighbors who laughed at the Costco pallets and the propane tanks and the blue tarp over the generator are huddled in their cold houses while his basement lights still burn through week three of the outage. He sits on the front porch with a rifle across his knees, finally vindicated, the man on the block who saw it coming. The film has a hero, a moral, and a clean ending. What it leaves out, what eight years of YouTube channels and bug-out videos have trained him to leave out, is the crowd. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/23/the-corner-store-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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Hoard data! :simons_cat_hungry: Rip CDs, capture streams, store offline copies - build your digital archives :revblobfoxdrakelike:
Don't trust subscription services - there is never availability guarantee of content even if you purchased - it gets selectively canceled, licences expire, studios get into exclusive deals or abruptly abandons them, build other fragmented, competing platforms, etc. :revblobfoxdrakedislike:
Only your personal archives will stand the test of time :blobcatwavepeek:
I'm not saying you should download training data from Training Data Bay. Just make sure to retain content that matters :blobcatfingerguns:
#hoarding #data #media #trainingdata #download #offline #streaming
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Hoard data! :simons_cat_hungry: Rip CDs, capture streams, store offline copies - build your digital archives :revblobfoxdrakelike:
Don't trust subscription services - there is never availability guarantee of content even if you purchased - it gets selectively canceled, licences expire, studios get into exclusive deals or abruptly abandons them, build other fragmented, competing platforms, etc. :revblobfoxdrakedislike:
Only your personal archives will stand the test of time :blobcatwavepeek:
I'm not saying you should download training data from Training Data Bay. Just make sure to retain content that matters :blobcatfingerguns:
#hoarding #data #media #trainingdata #download #offline #streaming
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Hoard data! :simons_cat_hungry: Rip CDs, capture streams, store offline copies - build your digital archives :revblobfoxdrakelike:
Don't trust subscription services - there is never availability guarantee of content even if you purchased - it gets selectively canceled, licences expire, studios get into exclusive deals or abruptly abandons them, build other fragmented, competing platforms, etc. :revblobfoxdrakedislike:
Only your personal archives will stand the test of time :blobcatwavepeek:
I'm not saying you should download training data from Training Data Bay. Just make sure to retain content that matters :blobcatfingerguns:
#hoarding #data #media #trainingdata #download #offline #streaming
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Hoard data! :simons_cat_hungry: Rip CDs, capture streams, store offline copies - build your digital archives :revblobfoxdrakelike:
Don't trust subscription services - there is never availability guarantee of content even if you purchased - it gets selectively canceled, licences expire, studios get into exclusive deals or abruptly abandons them, build other fragmented, competing platforms, etc. :revblobfoxdrakedislike:
Only your personal archives will stand the test of time :blobcatwavepeek:
I'm not saying you should download training data from Training Data Bay. Just make sure to retain content that matters :blobcatfingerguns:
#hoarding #data #media #trainingdata #download #offline #streaming
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Hoard data! :simons_cat_hungry: Rip CDs, capture streams, store offline copies - build your digital archives :revblobfoxdrakelike:
Don't trust subscription services - there is never availability guarantee of content even if you purchased - it gets selectively canceled, licences expire, studios get into exclusive deals or abruptly abandons them, build other fragmented, competing platforms, etc. :revblobfoxdrakedislike:
Only your personal archives will stand the test of time :blobcatwavepeek:
I'm not saying you should download training data from Training Data Bay. Just make sure to retain content that matters :blobcatfingerguns:
#hoarding #data #media #trainingdata #download #offline #streaming
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@streetartutopia/116515291379924975
Nationalize Amazon, SpaceX, and Star Link. Tax billionaires out of existence.
#UBI #universal #basic #income #housing #crisis #ban #investment #bank #SingleFamily #home #ownership #progressive #taxation #USA #late #stage #capitalism #fascist #policies #oligarchy #MET #gala #garish #millionaire #RedCarpet #fawning #conservative #press #glorify #wealth #hoarding -
RE: https://mastodon.online/@streetartutopia/116515291379924975
Nationalize Amazon, SpaceX, and Star Link. Tax billionaires out of existence.
#UBI #universal #basic #income #housing #crisis #ban #investment #bank #SingleFamily #home #ownership #progressive #taxation #USA #late #stage #capitalism #fascist #policies #oligarchy #MET #gala #garish #millionaire #RedCarpet #fawning #conservative #press #glorify #wealth #hoarding -
RE: https://mastodon.online/@streetartutopia/116515291379924975
Nationalize Amazon, SpaceX, and Star Link. Tax billionaires out of existence.
#UBI #universal #basic #income #housing #crisis #ban #investment #bank #SingleFamily #home #ownership #progressive #taxation #USA #late #stage #capitalism #fascist #policies #oligarchy #MET #gala #garish #millionaire #RedCarpet #fawning #conservative #press #glorify #wealth #hoarding -
RE: https://mastodon.online/@streetartutopia/116515291379924975
Nationalize Amazon, SpaceX, and Star Link. Tax billionaires out of existence.
#UBI #universal #basic #income #housing #crisis #ban #investment #bank #SingleFamily #home #ownership #progressive #taxation #USA #late #stage #capitalism #fascist #policies #oligarchy #MET #gala #garish #millionaire #RedCarpet #fawning #conservative #press #glorify #wealth #hoarding -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/?p=206710 Oil marketers deny hoarding, blame Middle East conflicts for fuel shortages #AnthonyOgalo #FuelPrices #FuelShortages #hoarding #MiddleEast #oil #Uganda
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/81014/ Hoarding Is Driving Energy Prices Higher Everywhere #FeesAndRates) #Hoarding #InternationalEnergyAgency #InternationalMonetaryFund #InternationalTradeAndWorldMarket #Iran #Oil(Petroleum)AndGasoline #PersianGulf #Prices(Fares #Shortages #Stockpiling #WorldBank
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If the stuff is in labeled boxes, that's tidy, right?
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If the stuff is in labeled boxes, that's tidy, right?
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If the stuff is in labeled boxes, that's tidy, right?
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If the stuff is in labeled boxes, that's tidy, right?
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If the stuff is in labeled boxes, that's tidy, right?
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Dog hoarding is a well known phenomena in the Western world. The canine functions like s Swiss knife, a panacea for everything.
In this case the UK has outdone Bellingen:
"250 dogs found at property. Dozens of dogs were found crammed into single living room space at property in undisclosed location in UK. The property owners told RSPCA inspectors they had lost control of the breeding of the poodle-cross dogs and the situation quickly “got out of hand”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/rspca-ai-images-dogs-property-uk
#pets #dogs #hoarding #OodlesOfPoodlesImage: AI slop, dog-friendly space: Noah's Ark while #biodiversity is excluded from planet Earth
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Dog hoarding is a well known phenomena in the Western world. The canine functions like s Swiss knife, a panacea for everything.
In this case the UK has outdone Bellingen:
"250 dogs found at property. Dozens of dogs were found crammed into single living room space at property in undisclosed location in UK. The property owners told RSPCA inspectors they had lost control of the breeding of the poodle-cross dogs and the situation quickly “got out of hand”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/rspca-ai-images-dogs-property-uk
#pets #dogs #hoarding #OodlesOfPoodlesImage: AI slop, dog-friendly space: Noah's Ark while #biodiversity is excluded from planet Earth
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Dog hoarding is a well known phenomena in the Western world. The canine functions like s Swiss knife, a panacea for everything.
In this case the UK has outdone Bellingen:
"250 dogs found at property. Dozens of dogs were found crammed into single living room space at property in undisclosed location in UK. The property owners told RSPCA inspectors they had lost control of the breeding of the poodle-cross dogs and the situation quickly “got out of hand”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/rspca-ai-images-dogs-property-uk
#pets #dogs #hoarding #OodlesOfPoodlesImage: AI slop, dog-friendly space: Noah's Ark while #biodiversity is excluded from planet Earth
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Dog hoarding is a well known phenomena in the Western world. The canine functions like s Swiss knife, a panacea for everything.
In this case the UK has outdone Bellingen:
"250 dogs found at property. Dozens of dogs were found crammed into single living room space at property in undisclosed location in UK. The property owners told RSPCA inspectors they had lost control of the breeding of the poodle-cross dogs and the situation quickly “got out of hand”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/rspca-ai-images-dogs-property-uk
#pets #dogs #hoarding #OodlesOfPoodlesImage: AI slop, dog-friendly space: Noah's Ark while #biodiversity is excluded from planet Earth
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Dog hoarding is a well known phenomena in the Western world. The canine functions like s Swiss knife, a panacea for everything.
In this case the UK has outdone Bellingen:
"250 dogs found at property. Dozens of dogs were found crammed into single living room space at property in undisclosed location in UK. The property owners told RSPCA inspectors they had lost control of the breeding of the poodle-cross dogs and the situation quickly “got out of hand”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/rspca-ai-images-dogs-property-uk
#pets #dogs #hoarding #OodlesOfPoodlesImage: AI slop, dog-friendly space: Noah's Ark while #biodiversity is excluded from planet Earth
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Tracking Parts Box Usage With Stickers
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/tracking-parts-box-usage-with-stickers/
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Tracking Parts Box Usage With Stickers
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/tracking-parts-box-usage-with-stickers/
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I recently binge-watched the latest season of A&E's "HOARDERS" on Netflix. Sadly, I've known six hoarders as close friends during my lifetime, and perhaps more. It's a pernicious mental illness, highly acerbated by our consumerist culture. #A&E #hoarders #hoarding #hoarder #consume #consumeristculture #Capitalism #capitalist #capitalists #endcapitalism #trash #treasure #trashortreasure #onemanstrash #junk #junkcollector #junkcollectors #saving #crowded #overcrowded #overcrowding #stuff
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I recently binge-watched the latest season of A&E's "HOARDERS" on Netflix. Sadly, I've known six hoarders as close friends during my lifetime, and perhaps more. It's a pernicious mental illness, highly acerbated by our consumerist culture. #A&E #hoarders #hoarding #hoarder #consume #consumeristculture #Capitalism #capitalist #capitalists #endcapitalism #trash #treasure #trashortreasure #onemanstrash #junk #junkcollector #junkcollectors #saving #crowded #overcrowded #overcrowding #stuff
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I recently binge-watched the latest season of A&E's "HOARDERS" on Netflix. Sadly, I've known six hoarders as close friends during my lifetime, and perhaps more. It's a pernicious mental illness, highly acerbated by our consumerist culture. #A&E #hoarders #hoarding #hoarder #consume #consumeristculture #Capitalism #capitalist #capitalists #endcapitalism #trash #treasure #trashortreasure #onemanstrash #junk #junkcollector #junkcollectors #saving #crowded #overcrowded #overcrowding #stuff
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I recently binge-watched the latest season of A&E's "HOARDERS" on Netflix. Sadly, I've known six hoarders as close friends during my lifetime, and perhaps more. It's a pernicious mental illness, highly acerbated by our consumerist culture. #A&E #hoarders #hoarding #hoarder #consume #consumeristculture #Capitalism #capitalist #capitalists #endcapitalism #trash #treasure #trashortreasure #onemanstrash #junk #junkcollector #junkcollectors #saving #crowded #overcrowded #overcrowding #stuff
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I recently binge-watched the latest season of A&E's "HOARDERS" on Netflix. Sadly, I've known six hoarders as close friends during my lifetime, and perhaps more. It's a pernicious mental illness, highly acerbated by our consumerist culture. #A&E #hoarders #hoarding #hoarder #consume #consumeristculture #Capitalism #capitalist #capitalists #endcapitalism #trash #treasure #trashortreasure #onemanstrash #junk #junkcollector #junkcollectors #saving #crowded #overcrowded #overcrowding #stuff
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West Vancouver council could order demolition of hoarder’s home – BC
West Vancouver council is being advised to order the demolition of a hoarder’s home that has reportedly been…
#NewsBeep #News #Vancouver #CA #Canada #hoarding #Politics #westvancouver
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West Vancouver council could order demolition of hoarder’s home
