Tag Archives: Software

[EFX] Equifax

[EFX – Equifax] Investment Implications of Breach Fiasco
September 18, 2017

When an apparently moaty company eagerly renders itself the object of public opprobrium, my greed[...]

Podcast Blurbs

Podcast Blurbs [Chinese internet, Consciousness, Passive investing]
September 18, 2017

Planet Money, Ep. #647 (Hard Work Is Irrelevant) “To get a job [at Netflix] and[...]

[CB] Chubb Ltd.

[CB – Chubb Ltd] A Port in the Storm
September 13, 2017

[Re: Harvey/Irma disaster relief efforts, here are three charities that have been given top marks[...]

[SNA] Snap-On Podcast Blurbs

Podcast Blurbs [Snap-On short, Amazon black hole, Illusory self, LP incentives]
September 13, 2017

Invest Like the Best, Ep. 53 (Meb Faber – Factors, Dividends, and Angel Investing) Meb[...]

[FAST] Fastenal Quick Blurbs

[FAST – Fastenal] Notes from CFO Convo; [ASHG – Ash Grove] Constructive Cement Pricing, Stock Is Cheap
September 8, 2017

[FAST – Fastenal] Fastenal’s dense branch network affords scale advantages in distribution and service relative to[...]

[ELLI] Ellie Mae

[ELLI – Ellie Mae] SaaS With Class…But Still Too Expensive

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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 […]
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[SAP] SAP SE, [TRIP] Tripadvisor, Quick Blurbs

Quick Blurbs [SAP, Tripadvisor]

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[TRIP – Tripadvisor] This stock had a few crazy trading days last week, opening down 8% before closing up 2.5% on the first full trading day post-earning and then rallying again days later, apparently sparked by rustlings of a take-out [TRIP’s chairman Greg Maffei stoked such hopes a few months ago].  At least one investor already […]
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[INTU] Intuit

[INTU – Intuit] Kind of Into It

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(4,382 words) It seems not too long ago, business arrangements between application providers were called partnerships….now they carry distended labels like platforms or ecosystems.  Platforms come in various guises.  Some, like eBay or AirBnB, don’t create products for direct consumption, but instead provide the connective tissue for various constituents of the platform to connect, taking a […]
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