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Will Bitcoin Make a Good Investment? Phase 2: Economic Uncertainty

Will Bitcoin Make a Good Investment? Phase 2: Economic Uncertainty

Published by Beth Kindig on July 12, 2019

Bitcoin has emerged as a solid alternative to Venezuelan bolivars. Even when Bitcoin loses value from $19,000 to $3,000, it’s still out-performing the inflation of Venezuela’s currency. On the flip side, when bitcoin rises in value from $5,000 to $11,000 in one month, it allows global populations to hold an appreciating asset. Despite market volatility, bitcoin makes Venezuelans money, offers them accessible protection, and they are able to escape an autocratic regime.

Although many consider countries with the most dominant GDPs as the countries who set the world’s stage for economic conditions, the emerging markets play an important role as the unrest in these regions can lead to disruption.

Will Bitcoin Make a Good Investment? Part 1: Institutional Adoption

Will Bitcoin Make a Good Investment? Part 1: Institutional Adoption

Published by Beth Kindig on July 4, 2019

Although many are concerned with being too early to bitcoin investments, it may be more important to not be too late as institutions.

Highlights from Bitcoin Conference 2019

Highlights from Bitcoin Conference 2019

Published by Beth Kindig on July 3, 2019

Last week, the world’s largest bitcoin conference took place in San Francisco. Despite bitcoin holding a $200 billion market cap in Q2 2019, cryptocurrency conferences receive less press than tech conferences from companies with comparable market caps, such as Oracle World, Dream Force or even Oktane, a conference by a company with a fraction of the market cap that receives ample press coverage. Despite naysayers, Bitcoin has proven to be a revolutionary, digital asset. Worst case scenario, if you had invested in bitcoin as a long-term investment at the height of each bubble and sold at the bottom of the…

CrowdStrike IPO: Price at 2x Addressable Market

Published by Beth Kindig on June 21, 2019

The Crowdstrike IPO price requires bulletproof product differentiation. A review of the Crowdstrike IPO and S-1 Filing by the Numbers.

Uber Stock Had Disappointing Q1 Earnings: So Why Did the Price Go Up?

Uber Stock Had Disappointing Q1 Earnings: So Why Did the Price Go Up?

Published by Beth Kindig on June 13, 2019

Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, is blaming timing and the trade war for the stock’s poor performance in its public market debut rather than focusing on the company’s unprofitability. When Uber filed to go public, the S-1 filing showed a massive operating loss of $3 billion per year. The most recent earnings report on May 30th showed the losses are getting worse at $1 billion per quarter for the “deeply unprofitable” company. Revenue is slowing down with growth of 20 percent to $3.1 billion in the most recent quarter compared to 25 percent revenue in the year-prior quarter. This was Uber’s…

Slack IPO: Pros and Cons

Published by Beth Kindig on June 6, 2019

June 20th is the official date of the Slack IPO, although the technical term is not an IPO but rather a DPO for Direct Public Offering. Of the cloud software companies to go public over the last few years, Slack may be Silicon Valley’s pet favorite. You can think of Slack as a cloud-based messaging and delivery hub for teams as email is ineffective for frequent communication and projects. The product is simply amazing in terms of productivity and team work flow. From a customer perspective, the cost of the paid product is offset by the time employees save by…

Pinterest Stock: Price-to-Sales Risky

Published by Beth Kindig on May 16, 2019

Despite Pinterest’s stock climbing from its initial public offering last month, analysts are expecting a first-quarter loss of 16 cents a share, adjusted, compared to a 10-cent loss in the year-ago quarter. With that said, analysts are expecting revenue of $197 million, reflecting growth of 50%, however there are discrepancies between the user base that is growing and the user base that is monetizing, which is what is causing the losses. Last month, I wrote an article on how mobile application companies hide user attrition and how Pinterest and Snap bury important key metrics in 10-Ks and S-1 filings. One…

Fundamental Stock Analysis Webinar: May 22nd at 4:30 pm EST

Fundamental Stock Analysis Webinar: May 22nd at 4:30 pm EST

Published by Beth Kindig on May 16, 2019

On May 22nd at 4:30 pm Eastern, join four fundamental stock analysts on a webinar where they will discuss stock picks, trends and strategies to help strengthen your personal portfolio. Beth Kindig will discuss how to pick a solid tech growth stock and how to hedge in down market. Specifically, Beth Kindig will discuss the differences between how the financial industry defines growth and how the tech industry defines growth, and why a blend of both is essential for picking stocks in the number one growth sector. Beth predicted the biggest stock drop in history in Q2 2018 with Facebook’s…

Uber IPO: Record-Breaking For All the Wrong Reasons

Published by Beth Kindig on May 9, 2019

By now, investors know that Lyft’s ride-sharing IPO didn’t reach $100 per share like many of the media talking heads stated it would, and this will likely weigh on Uber’s IPO. Two weeks prior to Lyft’s IPO, I had warned that the risk listed in the prospectus, which warned Lyft may not become profitable, was more than fine print. Ride-sharing companies use investment money to lower the cost of the ride to create demand, which means the ride you take in a Lyft or Uber is not profitable, and will likely never be profitable. Not one analyst rated Lyft as…