How I Research a Stock
If you want to be a successful stock picker, you need a consistent research process. This will not only help you find the right companies for your portfolio but make it easier and more efficient to sift through the thousands of publicly trading businesses on the market. And just as there is no one-size-fits-all investing strategy, there are no cookie-cutter approaches to investment research. What matters is whether the process works for you to be able to find quality companie
Spotify has Launched Its Two-Sided Marketplace
Since it was founded in 2006, Spotify has made the majority of its revenue from its subscriber base. The 108 million premium subscribers brought in $1.5 billion last quarter, around 90% of the company’s total revenue. The 124 million ad-supported users accounted for only $165 million in sales. This revenue imbalance should change shortly with Spotify’s latest service: Artist Promotions. Now, artists will be able to pay Spotify to promote their new music to people who either:
CCM Episode 51: Big Tech Announcements, DataDog IPO, and Airbnb Numbers
On this week’s Chit Chat Money we discussed recent product announcements from some large corporations. These include a Shopify clone from Microsoft, an Airpod clone from Amazon, and a Roku clone from Comcast. The giant corporations have been copying smaller competitors (and themselves, I guess) at an astounding rate lately. On the show I talk about why I think this will accelerate in the coming years. Other Segments this Week: DataDog IPO pop Airbnb releases numbers and will