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Salesforce & Slack – Opportunistic strike.

Salesforce picks off a weaker player. Salesforce is paying $45.52 per share (at Salesforce’s December 1st close) to acquire Slack, in a move that values the company just 18% above...

Zoom FQ3 2020 – Great company, terrible stock pt. II.

Great results but uncertain outlook. Zoom produced excellent Q3 2021 results but the burden of free users has finally hit profitability which together with an admission of slowing growth calls...

Facebook Libra – Well populated graveyard pt. II

Libra has been neutered by its opponents. Libra is expected to finally launch early in 2021 but Facebook is having to make so many concessions to the forces that are...

China vs. India – Warning shot pt. II

The smartphone market is the elephant in the room. India has continued to express its unhappiness with China in a dispute which could end up hurting Chinese companies a lot...

Zoom vs. Microsoft – Priced to go.

Microsoft pulls out the big guns. Microsoft is going after Zoom using its balance sheet, but it will need to further improve its user experience if it wants to knock...

Airbnb – Value matters

It all comes down to the valuation. Airbnb has weathered the pandemic with exceptional management execution proving that it is a good company but whether it also is a good...

Epic vs. Apple – A right Battle Royale pt. V.

A workaround that goes nowhere. The idea that Fortnite will be able to return to the iPhone through GeForce Now is technically possible but the experience is unlikely to be...

Peloton – The inexorable erosion.

Peloton postpones the inevitable. Peloton reported excellent FQ1 2020 results as new lockdowns have triggered another surge in buying but this company is still mostly driven by hardware, and as...

Ant Group – Whoops apocalypse.

Jack Ma has made someone very cross. The Chinese regulator has forced both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to suspend the Ant Financial IPO at...

Tesla – Sleight of hand.

Tesla is still bad at autonomous driving. Tesla’s latest pronouncement on the performance of Autopilot suggests that Autopilot is safer than humans, but the reality remains that Tesla is very...