TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

Meta Platforms (Facebook) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Meta lowered 2023 expense guide by $5B (or 5%)  to $89bn-$95bn and capex guide by $4B (or 11%) to $30bn-$33bn</li>
<li>Metaverse spending continues, META lost $4.3B on $700M in revenue this quarter and losses are expected to accelerate in 2023. </li>
<li>Zuck said the word efficiency 18x and AI 15x...Evidently, these are his priorities!</li>
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Meta lowered 2023 expense guide by $5B (or 5%)  to $89bn-$95bn and capex guide by $4B (or 11%) to $30bn-$33bn
Metaverse spending continues, META lost $4.3B on $700M in revenue this quarter and losses are expected to accelerate in 2023. 
Zuck said the word efficiency 18x and AI 15x...Evidently, these are his priorities!


Meta Platforms 4Q22: Zuckerberg Got Religion?

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. </li>
<li>Konan Technology's share price is up more than 4x this year. We would not chase the stock at current levels. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. </li>
<li>Four large Korean companies that could be long-term winners in AI space in Korea include Naver, Kakao Corp, SK Telecom, and KT Corp. SK Telecom owns 20.8% of Konan Technology. </li>
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Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. 
Konan Technology's share price is up more than 4x this year. We would not chase the stock at current levels. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. 
Four large Korean companies that could be long-term winners in AI space in Korea include Naver, Kakao Corp, SK Telecom, and KT Corp. SK Telecom owns 20.8% of Konan Technology. 


Konan Technology: Surging Share Price Due to Global Interest in Chat GPT AI

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022.</li>
<li>The following dataset includes all ASEAN placements above US$100m for the period of Calendar Years 2019-2022, which amounted to a total of <strong>54 deals</strong>.</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are based on our historical placements tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on any of these placements.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022.
The following dataset includes all ASEAN placements above US$100m for the period of Calendar Years 2019-2022, which amounted to a total of 54 deals.
The deals you see in this note are based on our historical placements tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on any of these placements.


Aequitas ASEAN Placements Bookrunner Performance (2019-2022)

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<li>Pinterest has rallied 40% over the past 5 months on hopes that its new CEO Bill Ready will pivot the company from a pure advertising model to an ecommerce juggernaut.</li>
<li>Altering what consumers use online platforms for is exceedingly difficult and rarely succeeds: TripAdvisor, Yelp, Groupon, Stitchfix, eBay.</li>
<li>Ultimately, unless Pinterest convinces its users to more frequently utilize the platform, efforts to boost monetization will likely fall flat.</li>
</ul>


Pinterest has rallied 40% over the past 5 months on hopes that its new CEO Bill Ready will pivot the company from a pure advertising model to an ecommerce juggernaut.
Altering what consumers use online platforms for is exceedingly difficult and rarely succeeds: TripAdvisor, Yelp, Groupon, Stitchfix, eBay.
Ultimately, unless Pinterest convinces its users to more frequently utilize the platform, efforts to boost monetization will likely fall flat.


Founder & CEO Bond Angle, LLC, Bond Angle, LLC

Vicki Bryan

Founder & CEO Bond Angle, LLC

Bond Angle, LLC

Insightful commentary and analysis on bond markets and market movers, including financial, economic, and industry catalysts and management shenanigans. 

High yield market investment research

Credit

<ul>
<li>Elon Musk sold billions more of Tesla near 2-yr lows, signaling he &amp; Twitter need serious cash NOW. </li>
<li>His banks know why—they hold Elon's margin loans and they get Twitter's financial info every month.</li>
<li>And the banks want Elon to buy back from them Twitter's riskiest LBO debt, which they can't sell because of how fast he is destroying Twitter's business and prospects.</li>
</ul>


Elon Musk sold billions more of Tesla near 2-yr lows, signaling he &amp; Twitter need serious cash NOW. 
His banks know why—they hold Elon's margin loans and they get Twitter's financial info every month.
And the banks want Elon to buy back from them Twitter's riskiest LBO debt, which they can't sell because of how fast he is destroying Twitter's business and prospects.


Elon Sold More Falling Tesla Stock. Margin Calls? Twitter Failing? Bank Demands? Likely All Three.

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Meta Platforms 4Q22: Zuckerberg Got Religion?

Meta is getting credited today with a "phase change" in operating cadence, with a newfound emphasis on efficiency and profitability. Great! But we...

Aaron Gabin

Aequitas ASEAN Placements Bookrunner Performance (2019-2022)

In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022, which includes all ASEAN placements above...

Ethan Aw

TMT Short Idea: Pinterest

Pinterest has been a sneaky strong TMT long for the past 6 months on hopes its new CEO Bill Ready will deliver the holy grail of ecommerce to the...

Aaron Gabin

Elon Sold More Falling Tesla Stock. Margin Calls? Twitter Failing? Bank Demands? Likely All Three.

Elon sold billions more of Tesla near 2-yr lows, signaling he & Twitter need serious cash NOW. His banks know why & they want Elon to buy back from...

Vicki Bryan

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Meta Platforms 4Q22: Zuckerberg Got Religion?

Meta is getting credited today with a "phase change" in operating cadence, with a newfound emphasis on efficiency and profitability. Great! But we...

Aaron Gabin

Konan Technology: Surging Share Price Due to Global Interest in Chat GPT AI

Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. We would not chase...

Douglas Kim

Aequitas ASEAN Placements Bookrunner Performance (2019-2022)

In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022, which includes all ASEAN placements above...

Ethan Aw

TMT Short Idea: Pinterest

Pinterest has been a sneaky strong TMT long for the past 6 months on hopes its new CEO Bill Ready will deliver the holy grail of ecommerce to the...

Aaron Gabin

Elon Sold More Falling Tesla Stock. Margin Calls? Twitter Failing? Bank Demands? Likely All Three.

Elon sold billions more of Tesla near 2-yr lows, signaling he & Twitter need serious cash NOW. His banks know why & they want Elon to buy back from...

Vicki Bryan