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Darktrace – Dirty traces

IPO now may not be such a good idea. The spectre of Autonomy hangs over the Darktrace IPO partly due to its relationship with ex-Autonomy executives but also because it...

COVID-19 – Social capital pt. II.

The great office return beckons. While the hottest stay-at-home at home stocks have started to correct from their highs, I think there is probably a long way to go as...

Palantir Q4 2020 – Rollercoaster

Another good company bad stock scenario. In the grand scheme of things, Palantir reported excellent results but because the company trades at 2021 EV/Sales of 32.5x, nothing less than a...

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...

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...

SoftBank & Boston Dynamics – Homecoming.

Boston Dynamics finds a credible home. Boston Dynamics may have finally found a credible owner spelling the end of click-bait robots that lose money and instead focusing on bringing its...

Zoom – Great company, terrible stock.

Zoom goes from app to platform. Zoom is moving to offer more functionality on its service with the aim of becoming a platform and maintaining and growing the huge user...

Palantir – F for governance.

Palantir takes unfair treatment of shareholders to a new level. Palantir’s S-1 and recent revisions reveal a voting structure that overwhelmingly favours its founders, ensuring that public investors are at...

Slack vs. Zoom – The uneven recovery.

Slack is not as essential as its valuation implies Comparing Q2 2020 for both Zoom and Slack is a strong indicator that the recovery is not that strong at the...