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Ford – Stern stuff

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...

Alibaba FQ1 24– No takers.

Nobody wants to know. Alibaba reported good results beating expectations and the moribund Chinese economy but even at depressed valuations and with a large share buyback, sentiment towards China remains...

USA vs. China – The screw pt. II

USA cuts off capital to three sectors. The USA will place limits on US investment in 3 Chinese technology sectors in a move that is not really targeted at the...

Amazon and Apple – Holding steady

Apple FQ3 23 – Eating Android. Apple reported a difficult set of results but weakness in the smartphone market was offset by a strong performance from services and the incremental...

Digital Ecosystems – Easier compares

All about cost-cutting. Meta, Google and Microsoft have all painted a rosy picture of recovery but sifting through the details reveals a reality which is much more sanguine although not...

Semiconductors Q2 2023 – Supercycle pt. XIII

AI cannot offset the general malaise. The contrast between TSMC and the rest of the semiconductor industry is a result of AI not being big enough to offset weakness elsewhere...

Artificial Intelligence – Platform wars

The fight for the next platform begins. Meta’s decision to release commercial versions of its generative AI models as well as the supposed “leak” of its models have nothing to...

Nvidia & Arm – Price maximisation.

Strategic investors will pay more. SoftBank is engaging in a strategy to maximise the price at which it can sell Arm with the hope that because strategic investors are very...

Artificial Intelligence – Regulatory debate pt. II.

An impossible problem. China is pressing ahead with AI regulation which is going to be so problematic that it could end up destroying development in this key technology highlighting the...

Samsung Q2 2023 – Supercycle pt. XII

Samsung echoes Micron. Samsung reported the worst set of preliminary results for many years but critically, they were slightly better than expectations and show a similar pattern to Micron where...