Archive For

February 2022

MWC 2022 Day 0 – All about the numbers

Zero or Hero Mobile World Congress returns in earnest in 2022 which will prove to be a real test of how much damage the lockdown...

Alibaba FQ3 2022 – Nadir of fortunes

Priced for stagnation Alibaba reported reasonable results but heavy investments, competition and China’s restrictive zero COVID policy are hurting both growth and profitability in the...

China vs. China – Round 2

Chinese regulators come out swinging for round 2. It looks as if another round of crackdowns is about to be launched upon the Chinese technology...

Intel / Crypto – Picks and shovels

Intel turns its hand to disruption. The first signs of Intel’s new identity are beginning to emerge with the launch of a new product that...

Virgin Hyperloop – Unreality bubble

The clue is in the name. I have been sceptical on many companies and projects (and been proven wrong in many cases) but the technology...

The Metaverse – Chinese walls.

The first example of “build the wall”. With the strategic rivalry between the West and China rapidly evolving into an ideological struggle (see here), new...

Palantir Q4 21 – On the radar

The lack of profit is getting on investors’ nerves Palantir picked a bad day to slightly disappoint as the general risk-off sentiment around Ukraine greatly...

Nvidia – Not enough cylinders.

The sky-high valuation outweighs all the good fundamentals. Nvidia rallied from its loss of the Arm acquisition by reporting good Q4 21 results and by...

Roblox Q4 21 – The hangover

Roblox suffers a big hangover from the COVID party. Another Metaverse darling is struggling with slower growth underlining that the Metaverse is many years away...

Sea – All at sea

Sea is in for further rough weather. Sea has taken a big hit as India has banned its most popular game, Free Fire, creating the...