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Move over Magnificent 7, meet the Magnificent 11, Bryce’s small cap investment & Compounding continued

You've probably heard of America's Magnificent 7 - Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Tesla, Amazon and Meta (Facebook). In this episode we introduce you to the latest grouping of stocks to watch - the Magnificent 11.

8 April
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Expert: Aswath Damodaran - Valuation 101: Every number tells a story

For investors of any level, getting your head around valuation is one of the most challenging aspects of investing. So to help us build our skills, we’ve turned to one of the world’s best-known experts on valuation, Aswath Damodaran.

12 March
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Bold predictions - Andrew Brown

Every year Andrew Brown, Executive Director of East 72 Dynasty Trust, joins us to make some bold predictions for the year ahead.

20 February
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Does Google have any growth left? - Alphabet | Summer Series

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, operates through three primary segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets, with Google Services being its largest, generating $283.53 billion in revenue, largely driven by Google Ads and YouTube, which accounts for approximately 11% of Google's revenue

15 January

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109 - Ledger Woes, Google's Bull Run Prep and the Solana Phone Surprise

This week, we're unpacking some big stories! Kicking off with a close look at the recent Ledger security incident, a reminder of the fragility and challenges in digital asset security.

20 December
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Expert: Andrew Brown - Bold predictions wrap 2023

Welcome back Andrew! Since Equity Mates began, we've been welcoming Andrew to come and make some bold calls to bookend our year.

14 December
We wrap our bold predictions + Who won stock of the year?

Find out which companies we thought would outperform in the market and who might win Time’s Person of the Year. What did we end up scoring?

11 December
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2023 wrapped: the 6 biggest business stories

Today, we’re recapping the year that was. To do it, we’re bringing in the whole team at Equity Mates to share what they think are were the biggest business stories of the year.

8 December
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The people who ruined the internet

This article takes us to a digital marketing convention in Florida, where experts in the dark art of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) gathered to drink and discuss the future of the industry.

16th Nov, 2023
Driveless cars are driving headlines. Here's what you've missed

In today's episode of The Dive, Sascha and Alec catch you up on what's been happening and ask, who's in poll poition in the race to commercialise self-driving technology?

6 November
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The end of the Googleverse

Many people will look at AI chatbots like ChatGPT and suggest that they will just continually chip away at Google’s search dominance and ad-driven business model.

5th Sep, 2023
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Why does big tech seem to get cheap so often?

Here’s something that would surprise a lot of people: every few years we have the chance to buy one of the Big Tech companies on the cheap

14th Aug, 2023
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Explained: Why news publishers across the world are suing Google – their biggest source of readers

News publishers continue to decline as Google and Facebook take more of the advertising market.

1st Aug, 2023
Are we witnessing the death of the password?

Today Alec and Sascha discuss what a ‘password-less future’ looks like...

17 July
Alphabet, Meta lure back advertisers as smaller rivals struggle

Advertisers are sticking with safe havens Alphabet and Meta Platforms in an uncertain economy, their quarterly results showed, likely helping the tech giants take market share away from smaller digital ad sellers such as Snap Inc .

29 Apr, 2023

SOURCE: Reuters
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The Google-Microsoft AI tussle could be a windfall for Apple

How much would Microsoft pay to make Bing the default search engine on Apple devices?

14 Feb, 2023

SOURCE: Quartz
23 Stocks for 2023 | Car Sales, Aussie Broadband and PayPal! Pt III

It's the last instalment of Felicity and Candice's 23 Stocks for 2023! It's one of your favourites, as they share ideas for making money in the markets, stocks, investable ideas and exciting companies which have caught our eye.

10 February
Artificial Intelligence
Alphabet shares dive after Google AI chatbot Bard flubs answer in ad

Alphabet Inc lost $100 billion in market value on Wednesday after its new chatbot shared inaccurate information in a promotional video and a company event failed to dazzle, feeding worries that the Google parent is losing ground to rival Microsoft Corp .

10 Feb, 2023

SOURCE: Reuters
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Microsoft's investment in ChatGPT and the future of AI

The new frontier for tech companies is here. Find out why Microsoft invested $10 billion in ChatGPT and what the future of artificial intelligence could look like. Are we going to lose our jobs?

2nd Feb, 2023
Google: India fines tech giant $161m for unfair practices

Indian authorities accuse the tech giant of using questionable licensing practices to dominate the market.

25 Oct, 2022

SOURCE: BBC News
Our 3 big takeaways from earnings season

Bryce, Darcy and Alec join Sascha today and share the 3 biggest takeaways from earnings season so far. There is a new record for the most profitable company in the world, retail is feeling the pinch from inflation and Google still reins supreme.

25 August
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Hyperscaler Q2 Earnings Take-aways

This article has taken a look at the recently released second quarter results for the hyperscalers - Amazon, Google, Microsoft and IBM. The first takeaway is that these companies all continue growing their cloud infrastructure businesses. Amazon Web Services reported 33% year-on-year growth, Google Cloud reported 36% and Microsoft Azure leading the charge with 40%.

11th Aug, 2022
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Half-year in review: is the worst over?

Loftus Peak provide a half yearly update on how their fund has performed and provide thoughts on some key holdings including Roku, Netflix, Qualcomm and Apple.

2nd Aug, 2022

Source: Loftus Peak
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Alphabet 2Q'22 Earnings Update

This article has taken a look at Alphabet’s (aka Google) results and it gives us a good look at where the search giant is focused.

2nd Aug, 2022
Why Google's 95% Drop is Actually a Good Thing

Last week, Alphabet (the parent company of Google) was trading at about $2,200 USD a share ... Then it dropped to about $110 per share! But wait ... what if there was a reason that we should not worry?

26 July