Archive For

May 2022

Didi – The long way back

FAW may signal the end of the worst. Didi is in real trouble but the addition of a large, state-backed vehicle maker as a shareholder...

Sony – Car sense

Sony finally makes sense When Sony launched its prototype Vision-S EV at CES 2022 it looked like a bad case of FOMO (fear of missing...

Alibaba FQ4 2022 – Zero-fun Covid

Half out of the woods Alibaba reported good FQ4 2022 results and ended the worst year in its history on a high note but then...

Nvidia & Snowflake – Multiple compression

Small misses pressure multiples again Nvidia reported good FQ1 2023 results but the market is so sensitive to high-multiple stocks that the shares fell 10%...

Microsoft Build 2022 – Metaverse placeholder

Microsoft goes back to basics. Microsoft is taking its developer conference back to its roots and focusing its time on things that actually matter to...

Snap – Oh snap!

Crunch looks to be limited to Snap. Snap has warned that growth will be slower than expected when it gave its Q2 2022 guidance just...

Apple – Nokia moment?

Apple will be hoping that the Metaverse goes nowhere. Apple has no choice but to go all-in on the Metaverse because if the Metaverse does...

Tencent & Cisco – Chinese spanner

China throws a spanner in the works of both Tencent and Cisco. Tencent Q1 2022 Tencent reported weak results as growth evaporated leaving the company...

Twitter – The price of free speech pt. V.

The mercurial Mr Musk takes the story on a rollercoaster. The acquisition of Twitter was never going to be straightforward, but Mr Musk is taking...

EV SPACs – No bottom here.

The real pain is yet to come. The problem of selling shares at overinflated prices is that raising more money is extremely difficult which can...