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The Seven Samurai: How Big Tech Rescued the Market in 2023!

Musings on Markets

To put these numbers in perspective, the Mag Seven companies now have a market capitalization larger than that of all listed stocks in China, the second largest market in the world in market capitalization terms. trillion in market cap, and that 2023 represented a correction back to a level only slightly above the value at the end of 2021.

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Q3 Ad-Buying Rebound Bodes Well For Holiday Sales

PYMNTS

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. did strong Q3 numbers, with PYMNTS reporting that “Alphabet said search and other advertising revenues rose 6 percent year over year to $26.3

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Cash Flow Management Tips for Your Business this 2024

The Finance Weekly

,, Cash flow numbers are really important in finance. Cash Flow Management Tips to Apply to Your Business Problem 1: Misreading Cash Flow and Profit Cash flow is about tracking how money moves in and out of a business. Profit, however, is what's left over after you take away all the costs from what you earn.

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Performance Advertising Under the SEC’s Marketing Rule

CFO News Room

For investment advisers looking to attract prospective clients, advertising the performance of their investment strategies would be a logical way to market their services (at least if they had strong historical returns!). Two final prohibitions under the Marketing Rule include restrictions on the use of predecessor performance (e.g.,

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Fiverr’s IPO Bodes Well For (Some) Gig Economy Stocks

PYMNTS

The economic potential is also considerable, as in 2018 it is estimated that gig workers earned $1.7 We are believers in the long-term potential of these marketplaces, but risks such as unclear pathway to profitability and the debate around gig economy workers labeled as 1099-contractors would likely weigh on near-term post-IPO performance.”.

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The Sharing Economy come home: The IPO of Airbnb!

Musings on Markets

Setting the Table As with any valuation, the first step in valuing Airbnb is trying to understand its history and its business model, including how it has navigated the economic consequences of the COVID. In addition, growth in the experiences business will also push this metric upwards, since Airbnb keeps a 20% share of those revenues.

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Musings on Markets: META Lesson 1: Corporate Governance

CFO News Room

In the next post, I will use Facebook’s most recent earnings surprise to talk about inconsistencies in how accountants categorize corporate spending, and why these inconsistencies can skew investors perceptions of corporate profitability and financial health. billion in the third quarter of 2022. .

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