Thematic: Metaverse
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Facebook scrambles to escape stock's death spiral
That is a quote from an analyst at investment bank Needham that covers the Facebook stock. And it’s a big call. Facebook, well now Meta, still operates some of the biggest online platforms in the world - Instagram alone is certainly a business to be admired. But the sentiment of the quote is shared amongst more and more of the investment community these days - can Meta figure it out?10th Oct, 2022
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Metaverse: Does it meta?
The buzz around the “metaverse” has gone into overdrive as the technology that could make it a (virtual) reality draws closer and internet giants make big bets on its success. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? And does it ‘meta’ for investors?2nd Apr, 2022
Source: Fidelity
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Compair the pair - CEOs go head to head | Quartr Reporting Season
In this episode Bryce & Alec "compare-the-pair' when it comes to rival CEO's talking about the same subject within their companies. Tesla CEO Elon Musk v. GM CEO Mary Barra on driverless cars. Nike CEO & President John Donohoe v. Adidas CEO Kasper Rørsted on the shift to digital sales. Visa CEO Al Kelly v. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach on crypto. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang v. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella v. META's Zuckerberg on the Metaverse.14 March
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Ren makes a (not so) bold prediction & Speccy returns
In this week's chat, Alec makes a very bold prediction involving Apple.Bryce and Alec go head-to-head on Woolies and Wesfarmers and the on market offer for API.The lads try to get their heads around crypto NFT property and land purchases, yep, you can now purchase land in the metaverse ... Speccy Magee gives us an update on how the rocket emoji indicator has gone over the last 12 months.6 December
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An Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on the Metaverse
Two days before Mark Zuckerberg announced the Facebook name change, he sat down with Ben Thompson of Stratechery. There has been a lot written about Facebook's name change but we thought this was particularly interesting to hear the inside view of the metaverse from Zuckerberg himself. This is a transcript of that interview.12th Nov, 2021
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'Dude, where's my parcel?' and Ren takes on Cathie Wood...
Have you bought the Get Started Investing book? If you have, thank you! But the real question is... has it arrived yet? Cause chances are, probably not... Aside from it being endlessly frustrating that Australia Post is being so slow, Bryce and Alec talk about how your online shopping order not arriving for a couple of days (which feels like a first world problem) is actually symptomatic of a larger issue, with freight earnings climbing to their highest peak since 2008. They talk about whether this is going to effect inflation, and what impact it will have on your investing.20 September