The world changed, you know. It happened in my lifetime. Faster and faster, like a dropped toaster. They told us it was progress. So it goes.
I bought into this quantum computing thing a while back. Not because I believed in miracles, but because sometimes, a big company can stumble into something useful while looking for something else. It’s happened before. Mostly, it involves making better staplers.
I Had a Feeling
I started buying stock in International Business Machines – IBM, if you must – about ten years ago. Quantum was just a whisper then, a possibility. I figured IBM had enough money and smart people to eventually turn it into… something. Anything, really. A slightly better cash register, perhaps.
I didn’t expect Wall Street to get so excited so quickly. They rarely do. They’re usually busy chasing the next shiny object. And IBM, bless its heart, has been mostly about cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Perfectly sensible things. But quantum? That’s where the real money might be. Or might not. Such is life.
IBM: Big, Boring, and Probably Fine
The stock went up, then down. AI scared everyone. People imagined robots taking their jobs. They always do. IBM’s a big company. It’s survived a lot worse than a few anxious tweets. It’ll probably be okay. It always is. Diversification. It’s a boring word, but it works. Like a good pair of shoes.
IBM can afford to play with quantum. They have the resources to keep throwing money at it, even if it turns out to be a dead end. That’s the key. Some companies are all in on quantum, like IonQ. That’s… risky. Like betting your life savings on a horse named “Hope.”
IonQ is making some revenue, which is nice. But they’re also losing a lot of money. That’s usually how these things go. They’ll probably need to borrow more money. Or maybe they’ll get bought by IBM. It’s all just shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic, really.
If you want a little quantum in your portfolio, and you’re not feeling particularly adventurous, IBM is probably the safer bet. It’s not cheap, but it’s cheaper than it was. After the AI scare, anyway. They’ve had a little drawdown. A little wobble. It happens to the best of us.
IBM will probably pivot again, eventually. They’re good at that. They’ve been pivoting for over a hundred years. It’s what big companies do. They survive. So it goes.
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2026-03-04 00:54