Several weeks ago, the stock of Ellie Mae, a SaaS that automates the grueling task of underwriting residential mortgages, got hammered when the company reported revenue weakness on lower than expected industry refinancing volumes and longer than expected ramp times for larger enterprise customers, prompting management to dramatically cut its full year revenue growth guidance […]
Tag Archives: Modularization
[SPGI] S&P Global
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 1
March 3, 2026
(Part 1 concerns S&P Global; Part 2 will be published next week and discusses Moody’s) [...]
Continue reading →[VEEV] Veeva Systems
Veeva, AI, and regulated workflows
February 23, 2026
I recently recorded my annual podcast interview with @LibertyRPF, where I offer some thoughts on [...]
Continue reading →[POOL] Pool Corp.
How Pool stacks up to Watsco
February 13, 2026
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (Big Tech Earnings) (Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed) Having just written [...]
Continue reading →[RELY] Remitly
Remitly looks interesting
February 4, 2026
It may not be entirely fair to think of Wise as “cross-border transfers for yuppies”, [...]
Continue reading →[KNSL] Kinsale
[KNSL] Kinsale is built for speed
January 26, 2026
One way to carve up the investment universe is between standardized products, like index funds, [...]
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