Tesla: A Bet on Dominance in Potentially Compelling Megatrend(s)

You can listen to the Deep Dive here “…if someone in the year 1900 had to bet on the outcome of the battle between external steam combustion, internal gasoline combustion, and electricity as the future standard for powering cars, they’d have probably put their money on electricity. And at

September Update

Exactly three years ago, I launched MBI Deep Dives in September, 2020. Thanks to your support, I have been able to keep at it for the past thirty six months writing Deep Dives every single month. I have never had as much fun as I have had "working" for MBI

The Curious Case of Big Tech

Disclosure: Nearly 60% of my personal portfolio is invested in Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet “Most people overestimate what they can achieve in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in ten years.” While most market participants want to focus on what happens next quarter or the next year, it

Dollar General: Rural America's Retailer

You can listen to the Deep Dive here I am not sure how many of my readers ever set their foot in a Dollar Store in America, but there are more Dollar Stores in the US than Starbucks, Walmart, and McDonald's combined. Dollar General is the leading Dollar Store brand

Amazon 2Q'23 Earnings Update

Disclosure: I own shares, and Jan 2025 $55 call options of Amazon This was perhaps the best Amazon earnings call from my recent memory, especially on Amazon Retail. Not surprising that the stock was +8% in after hours. Here are my highlights from tonight’s call. Subscribe Revenue 3P, subscription,

Meta 2Q'23 Earnings Update

Disclosure: I own shares, and Jan 2025 $50 call options of Meta While the stock is up +6-7% after hours, I found some mixed signals on this call to keep both bulls and bears interested. In any case, I have never found Meta’s earnings calls monotonous! Here are my

Alphabet 2Q'23 Earnings Update

Disclosure: I own shares, and Jan 2025 $50 call options of Alphabet “With 15 products that each serve half billion people and 6 that serve over 2 billion each, we have so many opportunities to deliver on our mission.” -Sundar Pichai (2Q’23 Earnings Call) Here are my highlights from

Spotify 2Q'23 Earnings Update

Disclosure: I own shares of Spotify Spotify stock has been one of the “winners” in 2023. A week ago, its YTD was +130%. With Generative AI, price increases, and potential margin improvement speculations, the stock crumbled after today’s earnings as it mostly appears to be  very much “work-in-progress” story,

CSX: The Old School "Monopoly"

You can listen to the Deep Dive here Subscribe Warren Buffett isn’t quite fond of making bold predictions, so I certainly took note when he mentioned the following in 2021 shareholder letter: “I’ll venture a rare prediction: BNSF will be a key asset for Berkshire and our country

Meta's Achilles Heel(s)

Disclosure: I own shares and January 2025 $50 Call Options of Meta Subscribe First some caveats: while we have all probably read Charlie Munger’s quote “I never allow myself to hold an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do”, the reality