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Douglas O'Laughlin

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<ul><li><p>Marvell reported earnings recently, and I wanted to mention that at least before I continued onwards because that is a good context-setting event for the industry day.</p></li><li><p>Revenue exceeded expectations, but the mix beneath the results was illustrative.</p></li><li>Datacenter revenue grew 20% QoQ, cloud over 30% QoQ; while networking was strong, they guided for a 40% QoQ decline, consistent with networking OEM results.</li></ul>

Marvell reported earnings recently, and I wanted to mention that at least before I continued onwards because that is a good context-setting event for the industry day.Revenue exceeded expectations, but the mix beneath the results was illustrative.Datacenter revenue grew 20% QoQ, cloud over 30% QoQ; while networking was strong, they guided for a 40% QoQ decline, consistent with networking OEM results.

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<ul><li>Another week in earnings, the big theme I can point out is the continued and persistent weakness in the Industrial market.</li><li>Reminder: in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) framework, the first into the inventory correction were PCs and Smartphones.</li><li>Then, networking and data center, and we are now seeing Industrial start their inventory correction cycle. I don’t think this is the last we will hear about this. </li></ul>

Another week in earnings, the big theme I can point out is the continued and persistent weakness in the Industrial market.Reminder: in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) framework, the first into the inventory correction were PCs and Smartphones.Then, networking and data center, and we are now seeing Industrial start their inventory correction cycle. I don’t think this is the last we will hear about this. 

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<ul><li>Arista Networks delivered strong results in the quarter, with $1.35 billion in revenue and $1.43 in non-GAAP earnings per share, crushing market expectations.</li><li>Throughout this year, Arista anticipates seeing increases in its gross margins every quarter.</li><li>We give Arista Networks a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.</li></ul>

Arista Networks delivered strong results in the quarter, with $1.35 billion in revenue and $1.43 in non-GAAP earnings per share, crushing market expectations.Throughout this year, Arista anticipates seeing increases in its gross margins every quarter.We give Arista Networks a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.

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<ul><li>When considering future investment opportunities, the renewable energy transition continues to be an exciting space to investors given its enormous potential total addressable market coupled with climate change legislation that is acting as a tailwind in virtually every G-20 country.</li><li>Almost every month, there continues to be a steady drumbeat of new rules issued locally and across the globe which results in faster timelines to transition to battery storage and other clean energy as well as tighter restrictions to ultimately phase out traditional gas powered transportation and coal power.</li><li>For example, while California has already passed rules requiring all new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs sold to be electric or hydrogen by 2035, California approved rules last week which will require all new medium heavy-duty truck and bus sales sold in the state in 2036 to be zero-emission</li></ul>

When considering future investment opportunities, the renewable energy transition continues to be an exciting space to investors given its enormous potential total addressable market coupled with climate change legislation that is acting as a tailwind in virtually every G-20 country.Almost every month, there continues to be a steady drumbeat of new rules issued locally and across the globe which results in faster timelines to transition to battery storage and other clean energy as well as tighter restrictions to ultimately phase out traditional gas powered transportation and coal power.For example, while California has already passed rules requiring all new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs sold to be electric or hydrogen by 2035, California approved rules last week which will require all new medium heavy-duty truck and bus sales sold in the state in 2036 to be zero-emission

<ul><li>With the upcoming first quarter earnings season taking center stage the next 3 weeks, there is yet again a well overdue reprieve from the back and forth focus on hiking, pausing, and cutting next steps of the Federal Reserve.</li><li>The focus now goes back to company earnings and forward guidance and whether slowdowns picked up on ISM, PMI, and regional Fed surveys are now making its way through earnings reports.</li><li>While still early, the first 22 S&amp;P 500 Index companies reveal a 20% drop in earnings QoQ.</li></ul>

With the upcoming first quarter earnings season taking center stage the next 3 weeks, there is yet again a well overdue reprieve from the back and forth focus on hiking, pausing, and cutting next steps of the Federal Reserve.The focus now goes back to company earnings and forward guidance and whether slowdowns picked up on ISM, PMI, and regional Fed surveys are now making its way through earnings reports.While still early, the first 22 S&amp;P 500 Index companies reveal a 20% drop in earnings QoQ.

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Arista Networks Inc. provides cloud networking solutions for data-centers and computer environments. The Company offers ethernet switches, pass-through cards, transceivers, cards, and enhanced operating systems. Arista also provides host adapter solutions and networking services and markets its products globally.

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I went to this year’s Marvell Industry Analyst Day, and the topic de jour was AI. Compared to last year , this year’s industry day just discussed AI.

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Another week in earnings, the big theme I can point out is the continued and persistent weakness in the Industrial market.

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