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Tech in 2023 – Tale of 3 cities.

Three segments. Three stories. Shopify and Cisco reported wildly differing results which combined with economic stimulus sets up 3 divergent themes for the technology sector in 2023. Shopify reported Q4...

Microsoft Metaverse – End of life

Microsoft goes back to square one. Microsoft has shut down its enterprise Metaverse strategy in a move that can only mean that what it had was going nowhere and that...

Microsoft FQ2 2023 – Cloudy with showers

The inevitable slowdown. Microsoft reported good results that were spoilt by a slowdown in the cloud meaning that growth going forward is going to be lower which in turn raises...

Microsoft & OpenAI – Chinese whispers.

This is not a simple $10bn investment. Microsoft is deepening its ties with OpenAI which looks to me to be mostly about cementing Azure’s edge over AWS in that Microsoft...

CES 2023 preview – Catch up

CES 2023 should be back to its usual mayhem. CES 2023 is shaping up to be a car show once again as this remains the category where there is the...

The Metaverse – The trough

The enterprise is where the immediate action will be. With both device sales and gaming revenues likely to decline this year, the consumer Metaverse theme remains uninvestible, leaving only the...

Zoom – Circle of life

Consumer is in trouble. Zoom reported results that show that the pandemic boom is well and truly over and while the valuation has returned to levels that one could consider...

Palantir Q3 2022 – Value punishment

Palantir is punished for its high revenue multiple. Palantir reported reasonable results but a small FX-related adjustment to guidance sent the shares down 11% in an indication of just how...

Alphabet & Microsoft Q3 2022 – Bad omens

The pandemic bill comes due. The technology sector is feeling the pinch as consumers and businesses have less money to spend as a result of everyone paying for the pandemic...

Microsoft – FX Really?

The strangest profit warning. Microsoft has been forced to downgrade its earnings forecast less than one month after it gave it in what is both a complete non-story but also...