Constellation Software 3Q'25

Constellation Software reported earnings on Friday last week. Unlike other companies, they do not hold quarterly earnings calls although I do wonder whether they will have a change of heart under the new CEO, especially if the stock continues to remain under pressure for an extended period of time. I

How would we know if market were "AGI" pilled?

During Meta 2Q’25 call, Mark Zuckerberg mentioned something potentially quite profound: “Over the last few months, we’ve begun to see glimpses of our AI systems improving themselves. And the improvement is slow for now, but undeniable” Then in Meta 3Q’25 call, he described Meta’s Family of

Digital Advertising Industry Snapshot, Portfolio Change

As is the tradition in every earnings season, I am sharing my digital advertising Snapshot after 3Q’25 earnings. Digital ads market growth has accelerated to 18.4% in 3Q’25 (vs 15.7% in 2Q’25 and 14.1% in 3Q’24). Meta continues to gain market share every

Airbnb 3Q'25 Update

Airbnb had a notable acceleration in Gross Booking Value (GBV) growth as it increased from 10.8% in 2Q’25 to 14.3% in 3Q’25. This acceleration was driven by the twin acceleration of both the nights & experience or N&E (from 7% in 2Q’25 to

Corpay 3Q'25 Update, Portfolio Change

Many payments companies are going through bit of a rough patch in the latter half of this year. Unfortunately, Corpay hasn’t been an exception. Thankfully, they reported a pretty decent quarter. I will cover my highlights from the quarter as well as some risks I see behind the paywall.

Shopify 3Q'25 Update

Despite having the good fortune of owning Shopify after the 2022 drawdown, I had the “misfortune” of selling it at less than one-third of the current stock price in early 2023. Given how Shopify powers increasingly a sizable portion of e-commerce market, I still try to follow them

Insurance Brokers 3Q'25 Update

Insurance brokers have been going through a not-so-fun period, especially relative to the broad market over the last one month. Now that all the major five insurance brokers released their 3Q’25 earnings, let me dig into them a bit behind the paywall. In addition to “Daily Dose”

Never Sell: Episode 11-The Big Tech Capex Debate, Amazon Retail, Align’s Pricing Challenge

For the “Never Sell” podcast, Scuttleblurb and I published a new episode. You can listen to it here: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed Unlike yours truly, Scuttleblurb rarely talks about big tech in public, so I really enjoyed discussing and thinking through the thorny capex debate. David (Scuttleblurb) is one

The Great Decoupling of Labor and Capital

A programming note: I initially wanted to cover Microsoft’s earnings today, but I am changing the schedule a bit as I felt more inspired to write today’s piece. Almost two decades ago, Hewlett-Packard (HP) was the first tech company to exceed $100 Billion annual revenue threshold in

Alphabet 3Q'25 Update

Alphabet is a $3.4 Trillion company. Yet, the stock is up almost ~50% since 2Q’25 earnings. The stock has largely shredded the initial search related jittery post-ChatGPT and is now firmly seen as one of the key winners in AI. 3Q’25 call only bolstered this view.