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Amazon & Twitter – Risk off!

One good, one bad exemplifies how unbalanced risk is in big tech. Amazon – Permanent pandemic Amazon reported excellent results as the shift towards online shopping that was accelerated due...

Apple & Facebook – Out of the park.

Both Apple and Facebook smash expectations. Apple FQ2 2021 – the last of the stay at home Apple reported FQ2 2021 results that blasted through estimates as the work and...

Alphabet & Microsoft– Different shares

Good results but different reactions imply that valuation in big-cap tech is starting to matter again. Alphabet Q1 2021 – Approaching the range. Google reported good Q1 2021 results as...

Lyft & Robotaxis– Short-term gain

Lyft sells its differentiation. Lyft may have sold a struggling asset but in a world of robotaxis, this asset was the one chance Lyft had at winning any differentiation highlighting...

Mapbox – SPAC Dash

Mapbox claims a navigation niche. Hot on the heels of announcing a new CEO and a new strategy (see here), Mapbox has announced a navigation product for automotive which is...

Grab – Cash grab

An opportunistic cash grab. Grab is going public in one of the biggest SPAC transactions to date and while its valuation is not at the Tesla / electric vehicle-level of...

Ant Group – Crushed by the state.

A very different fate to that of Alibaba.  The censure dealt to Ant Group is the exact opposite of that given to Alibaba (see here) that will destroy its proposition,...

Alibaba – The house wins

This is about Jack, not the house.  Alibaba escapes with a slap on the wrist and Beijing’s further actions demonstrate very clearly that its actions are all about bringing Jack...

LG – End of an era

LG finally throws in the towel. LG has finally thrown in the towel on smartphones in an admission to what has been patently clear for many years which is that...

Autonomous & Electric – On the brakes.

The great reset spreads. The migration towards electric and autonomous is showing signs of strain with crashing valuations and signs of a significant slowdown in progress. This is good news...