Markets. Down 20%. Was 25%, but rallied up 5% just this week.
GDP growth 2.6% (-1.6 and -0.6 in Q1 and Q2). So no recession…currently.
Apple. +7%
Amazon. -14%
Meta. -25%
Amazon. AWS insanely profitable. All other biz combined is break-even. Sales of $127b and Operating Income of only $2.5b (2%).
- Story: AWS $5.4b. All Other: $-2.9b. Everything losing money!!
- Tesla: $5b on $21b.
Meta: meltdown.
"Meta's results last night was an absolute train wreck that speaks to pervasive digital advertising doldrums ahead for Zuckerberg & Co. as they make the risky and head scratching bet on the metaverse," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a report.
Revenue flat to Q4 20 at $27b. NI 4.3 vs 7.8!!
Viral Video (Play audio).
Twitter: what “products” does a 23 yr old product manager manage?
- 71% off high.
- Mkt cap $265b. Was 913b.
- Headcount growth! The number of employees is up over 3x from 25k to 85k employees in just the last four years!
- Wants everybody to work in MetaVerse!?
- Brad Gerstner letter.
- To accomplish this goal, we recommend a three step plan that will double FCF to $40 B per year and focus the company’s teams and investments:
- Reduce headcount expense by at least 20%;
- Reduce annual capex by at least $5 B from $30B to $25B; and
- Limit investment in metaverse / Reality Labs to no more than $5B per year.
The Netflix rebound.
- Hammered too hard initially.
- Reached “profitability” and growing. No one else has.
- Disney will.
- Amazon spending too much!
- Advertising more appreciated. Not affected by Apple tracking. A rich ocean to fish in.
- Comcast. Peacock has 15m subs and lost $614m in the quarter.
Twitter takeover.
- Walks in with Kitchen Sink. Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”
- Fires CEO and CFO and head lawyer. $100m in severance pay
- Denies that he’ll fire 75% of workforce.
- Tesla engineers reviewing code.
- Employees walking out with boxes. Hoax?
- Just tweeted: Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.
- People threatening to leave.. Where? Truth Social, Parler?
Tesla:
- Cruise vs Tesla FSD in SF.
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