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Apple is going to win the VR/AR/MR war vs. Meta. Apple simply has more elements it can leverage across its ecosystem to deliver a superior user experience delivered through its forthcoming headset (June 2023). Microsoft will be a bigger VR/AR/MR player than META in due time given the combination of its Productivity apps (perfect for … Continue reading Apple vs. Meta Quest 2
I am not buying the talk that Bob Iger's mission is to identify his successor at Disney (DIS). A sale will most likely be Iger's final act as Disney CEO. Iger already whiffed once with his selection of Bob Chapek as his successor. Iger will not make the same mistake twice. Rather than name a … Continue reading Bob Iger’s Mission? Sell Disney.
Lina Khan's FTC is bad news. It reminds me of the FTC during the Obama Administration - quick to pick a fight with companies (I know from first-hand experience), without understanding the competitive landscape or how markets work. In this case, Microsoft's Xbox unit is the platform and Activision is the content publisher that will … Continue reading FTC Sues To Block Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition
Microsoft's (MSFT) deal for Activision (ATVI), will prove to be one in a string of such deals over the next few years whereby video game platform companies (Microsoft/Xbox, Google/Stadia, Amazon/Twitch), acquire video game content companies. These deals are similar to the wave of consolidation that took place in the 1980's and 1990's when distribution companies … Continue reading More Video Game Content Deals to Come
We have stated and written on a number of occasions that Corporate Governance - the "G" in "ESG" - is far and away the most important element of that acronym. Weak corporate Boards fail to hold management teams accountable. Sometimes Boards are weak because members don't know the company they serve well and are therefore … Continue reading “G” Is The Most Important Letter In “ESG”
Netflix should acquire video game companies to better compete with the wide variety of alternatives available to its customer base. Investors often mistakenly define Netflix's business too narrowly. Netflix is in the broadly-defined "entertainment" business and therefore competes for viewers' attention. Netflix competitors include traditional television, streaming services (video, music, video games), social media, reading … Continue reading Netflix Should Acquire Video Game Companies
Here is the full Excel workbook disclosure compiled by the Federal Reserve which lists the various issuers, sectors, cusips, coupons, maturity dates, par values, amortized costs and more for the fixed income securities the Federal Reserve has purchased. Among the securities purchased through June 16th, 48.1% were "AAA, AA and A" rated, 48.3% were "BBB" … Continue reading Federal Reserve Discloses Corporate Bond Purchases
Bezos is Top Tech CEO with a Total Stock Return of 83,639% We recently queried our CEORater database to identify the Top Technology CEOs as measured by stock price performance during each CEO's tenure. Amazon's Jeff Bezos topped our list by a wide margin. For purposes of this exercise it helped to have been a … Continue reading Top Tech CEOs: Bezos Is Best as Measured by Total Stock Return
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