PUBMATIC IPO

PubMatic is an advertising technology firm. It offers cloud infrastructure platform that enables real-time programmatic advertising transactions. Mainly purpose-built advertising database and sell-side delivery infrastructure. PubMatic helps publishers and application developers monetize their ad placement inventory in an efficient manner across different devices and platforms. I met both founders during 2005-2007. CEO Rajeev have deeper […]

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Door Dash IPO

Coming on WED in NYSE Largest food delivery network 50% of USA market Raising $3.1B via 33m shares/IPO 385B outstanding shares including options Market Valuation $37B 3X LYFT and 5X Grubhub Same as Chipotle Revenue growing 225% YoY Not profitable ($149 this year) $534M losses last year 543 million orders in last 9 months Poised […]

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Airbnb IPO

Ticker ABNB Market debut on Dec 10th (Nasdaq) Raised the price from $44-$50 to $56-$60 Selling $3.1B stock Market valuation $42B 5.6m listings in 100,000 cities Half of the revenue is outside USA Millennials are the bulk of its business Average is $130 per night Risk1: pandemic and risk averse travelers Risk 2: competes against […]

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2020H2: Research on China

Chinese currency is a hot topic. It is due to mercantilist approach of artificial undervaluation to give its exports an unfair price advantage. It’s economy has been fueled by massive exports. Chinese money comes in two flavors renminbi (RMB) and Yuan (CNY). Beijing has aspiration for internationalization of its currency. CCP and national banks issue […]

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2020 H2 Outlook

Current State Corporate sales under strain Earning per share to fall 20% unemployment, 40m UI 40% GDP shrink Interest rate 0% Home sales 34% down Consumers cautious More layoffs Bankruptcies US-China tensions COVID fears/vaccine waitRecession looming.FEDs strong n active!Market overconfident.Hard to forecast!Tough to bet on it!Some correction expected!Nothing is ever certain on Wall Street!! Key […]

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