SoftBank is making things difficult. The final details of Arm’s IPO have now been made clear with SoftBank cutting back on the price in a sign that this deal has...
Alexa, Google Assistant et al have no value. After many years of wrangling, there is finally a smart speaker in the market that supports both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant...
The feature is the bug. ChatGPT Enterprise looks like a marketing gimmick to make money rather than a serious attempt to offer generative AI services to corporations as, in my...
Two very different sets of results. Nvidia Q2 2023 – As good as it gets. Despite results that substantially beat expectations, the shares jumped much less than they did last...
The business model is already broken. Generative AI start-ups are busily raising money at ludicrous valuations based on the idea that they will be able to charge $20 per month...
Peloton is not for the faint of heart. Peloton is a fallen angel whose shares I resoundingly hated (see here) when it was flying high but it has now been...
China is now a deeply contrarian investment. Disappointing results from Tencent combined with the worsening economic outlook and disappearing data make China a deeply contrarian trade and there is...
One of the trickiest IPOs for many years. SoftBank’s difficulties are increasing after the Chinese economy has hammered the valuation at which it could exit Alibaba and the knock-on...
Ford moves deeper into services. Ford continues to demonstrate its understanding of the opportunity that it needs to address with the migration of its business model to subscription and...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Apple & Qualcomm – Gritted teeth
Apple grudgingly extends its contract. It turns out that cellular radio is difficult (5G particularly) as Apple has been unable to create a high-quality 5G radio of its own which...