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Davos Diaries — The Next Financial Crisis
Davos Diaries — The Next Financial Crisis
82% of Wealth created last year went to the richest 1%. Billionaire Wealth has risen by 13% a year since 2010
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Jan 31, 2018
Winter is Coming & White Walkers May Return? 2018 Musings
Winter is Coming & White Walkers May Return? 2018 Musings
Dear Readers,
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Jan 10, 2018
Delivering Results, Absolutely & Positively this Holidays
Delivering Results, Absolutely & Positively this Holidays
It’s that time of the year when you receive an “out for delivery” alert today, only for your shipment to be delivered two days later! And…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Dec 20, 2017
The Fortune Hunters @ Bottom of Pyramid
The Fortune Hunters @ Bottom of Pyramid
American sitcom’s coolest dad Phil Dunphy once famously said that his daughter Alex is teaching herself Chinese so that she’ll be useful…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Dec 13, 2017
Ulta Beauty — The #Makeup Addicts with #NoFilters
Ulta Beauty — The #Makeup Addicts with #NoFilters
Dear Readers,
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Dec 6, 2017
The War for your Wallets — Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday. Who Won?
The War for your Wallets — Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday. Who Won?
Last week, I woke from my sleep with a hypnic jerk ‘cos of a nightmare — here I was, in a big retail store, full of stuff but no people, on…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Nov 29, 2017
Thanksgiving Special — Macy’s Parade & Uber’s Pardon
Thanksgiving Special — Macy’s Parade & Uber’s Pardon
Dear Wall Streeters’,
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Nov 22, 2017
Qualcomm vs. Broadcom Battle — “Snap-ping” at the “Dragon”
Qualcomm vs. Broadcom Battle — “Snap-ping” at the “Dragon”
Qualcomm, the famed system-on-chip maker has an omnipresence in every mobile device sold in the world, be it an iPhone or an Android…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Nov 15, 2017
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single click…
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single click…
….at Priceline (Kayak / Booking) or its competitor Expedia (Hotels.com / Trivago). And if you are like me, you most likely will load up…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Nov 8, 2017
Apple’s X Factor — Decoded in 5 simple charts
Apple’s X Factor — Decoded in 5 simple charts
Apple launched its first iPhone on June 29, 2007, at a sticker price of $600. Apple fanboys and early adopters waited for hours outside…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Nov 3, 2017
Black Thursday Blues
DEAR WALL ST ANALYSTS & INVESTORS,
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Nov 2, 2017
Mastercard’s priceless beat
Mastercard’s priceless beat
Net income > ↑21%, Net revenue > ↑18%, beating analysts estimates…priceless
AlphaStreet
Nov 2, 2017
Jacked-up BezosPrime
Jacked-up BezosPrime
“When forced to choose between optimizing the appearance of our GAAP accounting and maximizing the present value of future cash flows…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 27, 2017
Flying in moolah
Flying in moolah
“I don’t think we’ll ever lose money again…Those days are gone” said Mr. Parker, “Instead, American should be able to earn $3 billion…
AlphaStreet
Oct 27, 2017
Letting the CAT out of the bag
Letting the CAT out of the bag
Which company uses the name of one animal and shortens it using the name of another, completely different animal?
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 25, 2017
The curious case of AMD’s stock crash
The curious case of AMD’s stock crash
As an aspiring geek and an average DIY-er, I’ve always loved the underdogs. And when it came to picking a CPU/GPU for the weekend computer…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 25, 2017
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
Long before dark web markets like Silk Road and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin/Ethereum became the de facto place for buying/selling…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 20, 2017
IBM’s Catch 22 Situation
IBM’s Catch 22 Situation
In his 2007 Annual Shareholder letter, Warren Buffet wrote about huge corporations and that their “size” seems to make them “slow-thinking…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 18, 2017
Goldman’s Greenback Boogie
Goldman’s Greenback Boogie
One of the Internet trends off late is memes and especially “What people think I do vs. What I really do” memes. In this genre, often an…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 18, 2017
The Blue Whale of Wall Street!
The Blue Whale of Wall Street!
The mammoth big blue whale that John Pierpont Morgan gave birth to approx. 150 years ago has not only survived Whaling by many a…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 16, 2017
Investor Activism = Misguided Priorties or a Revolution in the making?
Investor Activism = Misguided Priorties or a Revolution in the making?
This past Monday, as we celebrated Columbus Day and Cuba and other leftist nations remembered Che Guevara (whose mugshot is as recognizable…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 12, 2017
Laughing Buddha walks into a bar…and turns Funky!?
Laughing Buddha walks into a bar…and turns Funky!?
Ancient Chinese folkloric deity, Laughing Buddha (a.k.a. Budai), is known to bring wealth and happiness in abundance! Benihana’s serves its…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 6, 2017
The Great American Housing Dream or Horror?
The Great American Housing Dream or Horror?
History classes are usually loathed by students and stands right next to math when it comes to the least preferred subjects (or was it just…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Oct 4, 2017
Kimmy Schmidt’s Ikea Gig & Accenture’s “High Performance”
Kimmy Schmidt’s Ikea Gig & Accenture’s “High Performance”
If your idea of a weekend DIY home improvement projects ALWAYS gets “screwed up” thanks to “gibberish” Ikea instruction manuals that reads…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Sep 29, 2017
The Sticker Shock Effect @ Nike!
The Sticker Shock Effect @ Nike!
The common notion is that America is a marketers’ dream destination; with people willing to swipe their credit cards for anything they…
Radhakrishnan Chonat
Sep 28, 2017
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