Mostly Borrowed Ideas Deep Dives, MBI Deep Dives

MBI Deep Dives

Mostly Borrowed Ideas Deep Dives

MBI is the abbreviation for “Mostly Borrowed Ideas”. Why “Mostly Borrowed Ideas?” As a generalist, I do not have a background in any particular sector. I enjoy navigating across industries, businesses, and countries to learn, understand, and connect the dots. In any case, most ideas and innovations are incremental in nature. Very few of us are smart enough to come up with truly original or groundbreaking ideas. I am Abdullah Al-Rezwan. I was born and brought up in Bangladesh. I went to University of Dhaka for my undergrad and majored in Finance. After working three and half years in Equity Research (Sell-side) covering Financial Sector in Bangladesh, I left Bangladesh to pursue my MBA in the US. I graduated within top 10% of the class from Cornell University's two-year MBA program and worked on the buy-side following my graduation. During my time at Cornell, I won two stock pitch competitions and also became finalists in four other competitions. I thoroughly enjoyed my stint as a generalist in the US large cap team at Madison Investments and covered a wide range of companies from UnitedHealth to Amazon and Boeing before US immigration reality paused my career in investment management. As my work authorization expired, I moved to Canada in January, 2021. Then in early 2022, I was able to return to the US.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>1P revenue grew HSD and Amazon’s revenue ex 1P increased by high-teens last quarter.</li><li>Since I continue to rate Amazon retail to be relatively overlooked driver for Amazon, let me start with margin discussions on retail.</li><li>North America’s operating margin bottomed at -2.3% 1Q’22 and has since then increased by more than 800 bps to reach 6.1% in 4Q’23, just shy of the pre-pandemic high of 6.4% in 1Q’19.</li></ul>

1P revenue grew HSD and Amazon’s revenue ex 1P increased by high-teens last quarter.Since I continue to rate Amazon retail to be relatively overlooked driver for Amazon, let me start with margin discussions on retail.North America’s operating margin bottomed at -2.3% 1Q’22 and has since then increased by more than 800 bps to reach 6.1% in 4Q’23, just shy of the pre-pandemic high of 6.4% in 1Q’19.

Energy Transition | AI | Shifting World Order, Mint Finance

Amrutha Raj

Energy Transition | AI | Shifting World Order

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

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<li>Like them or despise them. But one thing you can’t do is ignore them. The Super Sevens have become a force to reckon with.</li>
<li>Super Sevens appear homogenous but exhibit heterogeneity and diversity. They have growth stock like features while at the same time provide value stock like defensiveness.</li>
<li>Super Sevens aggregate market cap is a staggering USD 12.14 trillion. They comprise 27% of S&amp;P 500 and 55% of the Nasdaq 100 index collectively.</li>
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Like them or despise them. But one thing you can’t do is ignore them. The Super Sevens have become a force to reckon with.
Super Sevens appear homogenous but exhibit heterogeneity and diversity. They have growth stock like features while at the same time provide value stock like defensiveness.
Super Sevens aggregate market cap is a staggering USD 12.14 trillion. They comprise 27% of S&amp;P 500 and 55% of the Nasdaq 100 index collectively.


[S7 Chronicles 1] Super Sevens Will Continue to Dominate Markets in 2024

Top 10 Mega Caps | Artificial Intelligence, Mint Finance

Uttkarsh Kohli

Top 10 Mega Caps | Artificial Intelligence

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Diverse AI Portfolio: Microsoft’s diversified AI investments, including partnerships with G42 and Mistral AI, reduce reliance on OpenAI and ensure continued innovation across multiple AI ventures.</li>
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Azure’s Competitive Edge: The partnership with OpenAI strengthens Azure’s position by offering exclusive AI-driven cloud services, boosting demand from enterprises seeking advanced automation and productivity tools.</li>
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Industry Leadership: As AI investment intensifies across the tech sector, Microsoft’s significant spending outpaces peers, positioning the company as a frontrunner while highlighting competitive pressures in the growing AI landscape.</li>
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Diverse AI Portfolio: Microsoft’s diversified AI investments, including partnerships with G42 and Mistral AI, reduce reliance on OpenAI and ensure continued innovation across multiple AI ventures.

Azure’s Competitive Edge: The partnership with OpenAI strengthens Azure’s position by offering exclusive AI-driven cloud services, boosting demand from enterprises seeking advanced automation and productivity tools.

Industry Leadership: As AI investment intensifies across the tech sector, Microsoft’s significant spending outpaces peers, positioning the company as a frontrunner while highlighting competitive pressures in the growing AI landscape.


Microsoft's Billion Dollar Bets on OpenAI & G42; Azure to Benefit from Industry Growth

Srinidhi Raghavendra

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<li>If you're an investor in any firm with some form of dominance in US markets, then you need to know who Ms Lina Khan is.</li>
<li>Corporate misbehavior is a topic of her interest. She shows zero tolerance towards large corporations who wield outsized market power.</li>
<li>FTC along with 17 US states filed a lawsuit against Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power. How will Amazon be impacted?</li>
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If you're an investor in any firm with some form of dominance in US markets, then you need to know who Ms Lina Khan is.
Corporate misbehavior is a topic of her interest. She shows zero tolerance towards large corporations who wield outsized market power.
FTC along with 17 US states filed a lawsuit against Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power. How will Amazon be impacted?


Who Is Lina Khan? Why Should Investors Bother?

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Amazon.com, Inc. delivered positive results and managed an all-around beat last quarter.</li><li>The company has reported revenue of $134.4 billion and operating income of $7.7 billion.</li><li>These are significant contributing causes to AWS's recent growth and the over twofold increase in revenue over other service providers.</li></ul>

Amazon.com, Inc. delivered positive results and managed an all-around beat last quarter.The company has reported revenue of $134.4 billion and operating income of $7.7 billion.These are significant contributing causes to AWS's recent growth and the over twofold increase in revenue over other service providers.

Amazon.com Inc.: How Is The Revenue Diversification Beyond AWS & E-Commerce Catalyzing Growth? - Major Drivers

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Amazon.com, Inc. is an online retailer that offers a wide range of products. The Company's products include books, music, videotapes, computers, electronics, home and garden, and numerous other products.  Amazon offers personalized shopping services, Web-based credit card payment, and direct shipping to customers.

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Amazon 4Q'23 Update

North America’s operating margin bottomed at -2.3% 1Q’22 and has since then increased by more than 800 bps to reach 6.1% in 4Q’23, just shy of the...

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[S7 Chronicles 1] Super Sevens Will Continue to Dominate Markets in 2024

Market Cap of the Super Seven combines eclipse the market capitalization of all the countries in the world except for USA. Super Sevens will...

Mint Finance

Microsoft's Billion Dollar Bets on OpenAI & G42; Azure to Benefit from Industry Growth

Microsoft's AI investments include $10B in OpenAI, $1.5B in G42, and $2.1B in Mistral AI. Azure's exclusivity with OpenAI ensures revenue. Leading...

Mint Finance

Who Is Lina Khan? Why Should Investors Bother?

Competition is good. For consumers. Not so for firms. It eats into profits. Regulatory action aimed at key elements of a model can impede earnings...

Mint Finance

Amazon.com Inc.: How Is The Revenue Diversification Beyond AWS & E-Commerce Catalyzing Growth? - Major Drivers

Amazon.com, Inc. delivered positive results and managed an all-around beat last quarter. The company has reported revenue of $134.4 billion and...

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