Browsing Category

Market Commentary

  • Home
  • Market Commentary

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XXIV.

Re-inventing the silicon wheel makes no sense. Huawei appears to be planning on building its own semiconductor fab that is independent of US technology in a move that looks certain...

Big Tech Q3 2020 – Pandemic powered.

Big tech is being driven by deficit spending. Big Tech continued to benefit from the huge increases in government spending during Q3 2020 but the fact that bail-outs can’t go...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt XXIII.

Another reprieve in name only. Allowing Huawei to buy non-5G components offers very little reprieve for either the infrastructure business or the handset business and from a security perspective makes...

Facebook Gaming – Apple picking.

Facebook gaming lays bare another dispute with Apple. Facebook has launched its gaming service and by going last it is avoiding the blunders of its rival Google, but Facebook fell...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XXII

Finally, the cupboard is bare. Huawei reported a difficult Q3 2020 results as management has finally run out of countermeasures and must now face the hit that the US sanctions...

Intel Q3 2020 – Under siege.

The foundation shakes Intel followed IBM in reporting weakness in the cloud which was more than offset by the PC market, but this was not enough to calm the market...

Autonomous autos – Faulty steering.

Removing the safety driver can lead to a misinterpretation of reality.  Cruise has received permission to run its vehicles without safety drivers being present which may say more about the...

Quibi – Reality prevails.

$1.4bn goes up in smoke. Quibi has bowed to the inevitable and decided to close its doors which should serve as a warning to investors who seem willing to pour...

Google vs. DOJ – Scroogled!

Now its Google’s turn. Its Google’s turn to be on the end of a lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice alleging abusive monopolistic practices that harm competitors and...

TSMC Q3 2020 – Third quarter tealeaves.

TSMC points to more strength in the cloud. TSMC reported excellent Q3 2020 results and guidance but refused to be drawn on how much of this was increasing inventory building...