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Microsoft’s Activision Deal Adds “Strategic Glue” To Its Xbox Platform

Microsoft’s Activision Deal Adds “Strategic Glue” To Its Xbox Platform

Microsoft closed its Activision acquisition. As we wrote on August 7th - Activision will add strategic glue to MSFT's Xbox platform by adding hit gaming content such as the Call of Duty franchise. We are fans of vertical acquisitions. The complementary pieces - once combined - have the ability to differentiate the acquiring company from … Continue reading Microsoft’s Activision Deal Adds “Strategic Glue” To Its Xbox Platform

TEK2day: All Things Technology & Capital Markets-Related

TEK2day: All Things Technology & Capital Markets-Related

We have folded our CEORater-related content under our TEK2day brand. TEK2day will publish more content to YouTube in the coming weeks. Our YouTube content won't necessarily be published as a TEK2day podcast. We occasionally publish our content to LinkedIn, but not all of our content. The best way to find our content is here at … Continue reading TEK2day: All Things Technology & Capital Markets-Related

Unemployment Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Unemployment Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

We don't write frequently about U.S. Labor data because it is junk data. Most Government survey data is in fact garbage. I can't think of a Government data set that I believe is a quality data set. The Labor data that the BLS publishes lags. It is better to watch what companies are doing. From … Continue reading Unemployment Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Apple’s VisionPro Provides A Defensible Edge In The Content Space

Apple’s VisionPro Provides A Defensible Edge In The Content Space

Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Netflix have an advantage over other content companies given their size. By size I am primarily referring to market cap and size of balance sheet. Apple (AAPL, $2.94 Trillion market cap) and Microsoft (MSFT, $2.43 Trillion market cap) are in a league of their own with their nose … Continue reading Apple’s VisionPro Provides A Defensible Edge In The Content Space

What’s Next For WarnerBros Discovery?

What’s Next For WarnerBros Discovery?

Reading through WarnerBros Discovery's (ticker: WBD) financials... it makes lots of sense for WBD CEO David Zaslav to find a strategic partner. WBD is undersized in its direct-to-consumer ("DTC"), business - it needs more proprietary content and reach. WBD has approximately $47 billion in debt ($3 billion short-term, $44 billion long-term). An acquisition of Endeavor … Continue reading What’s Next For WarnerBros Discovery?

AI and Equity Dilution During Bubble Times

AI and Equity Dilution During Bubble Times

Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) added $116 billion to its market cap yesterday as it announced that MSFT 365 users would be required to pay an additional $30 per month to use the AI-enhanced version of its productivity apps - Copilot. We wrote about Copilot back in March (HERE). Yes, AI-enhanced productivity applications by Microsoft and Google … Continue reading AI and Equity Dilution During Bubble Times

Credit Spreads Will Widen The Longer The Fed Maintains Elevated Rates

Credit Spreads Will Widen The Longer The Fed Maintains Elevated Rates

If you plan to run the credit risk exercise that I mentioned at a high level last week (HERE), the exercise is not a simple one. For example, if Company ABC issued a 5-Year note in August 2020 when the 5-Year Treasury was at 0.19% and credit spreads where at "Y", it would be incorrect … Continue reading Credit Spreads Will Widen The Longer The Fed Maintains Elevated Rates

Generative AI Across Activision Post-Deal Close

Generative AI Across Activision Post-Deal Close

Now that Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) has received approval to acquire Activision (ticker: ATVI, better luck next time Lina Khan), I am curious as to what kind of operating leverage Activision may enjoy as Generative AI is deployed more deeply throughout the organization post-deal close. Video game publishers have been using AI for years to render … Continue reading Generative AI Across Activision Post-Deal Close