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Is Waymo Worth $175 billion?

August 14, 2018 daniel 0 Comments Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet’s Operating System for Self-Driving Vehicles, Is Waymo Undervalued at $175 Billion?, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), NVIDIA’s Growth Shows that Waymo’s Valuation is for Real, Waymo, Waymo is the Android of Autonomous Vehicles, Waymo’s business plan, Waymo’s valu, world’s most valuable Unicorn

Such valuations definitely justify Waymo’s business plan of providing the operating systems for other companies’ autonomous vehicles. That includes Peterbilt semi-tractors in Atlanta, Chrysler Pacific Minivans in Phoenix, and Jaguar IPaces in Arizona.
A huge advantage is to this plan is that the manufacturing is left to the companies that specialize in it. A great benefit is that Chrysler Fiat (NYSE: FCAU), Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM), and PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR) take many of the risks. Tata owns Jaguar and Peterbilt is a PACCAR subsidiary.
Waymo avoids the expense of building a factory and setting up dealerships, and all the trouble of dealing with the United Auto Workers (UAW). Companies with existing factories, supply chains, dealerships and union contracts take the risks.

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Google Pay in Germany

July 27, 2018July 27, 2018 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Android Pay, Google Pay in Germany, Google Pay Send, Google Pay Send Integrated with Google Pay, The Google Pay Send Peer-to-peer (P2P) solution

Other features in the new and improved Google Pay include access to loyalty cards. The new Google Pay is supposed to be in sync with your Google Account. That should make it easier to add banking and credit card information.

Movie, concert, sports, theater, train, bus, and plane tickets will be accessible through the passes tab in Google Pay. That will enable people to use their Google Account as a digital ticket for travel or entertainment.

Market Insanity

Uber Removed from Google Maps for Android, Uber Drivers Strike

June 21, 2018 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Uber Drivers Strike, Uber Removed from Google Maps for Android, Uber Strike, Uber Strike in South Africa, Waymo

Once again the gig economy sounds like a recipe for labor unrest rather than a high-tech utopia. Companies like Uber will have to recognize unions and start bargaining with them sooner or later – if they want to survive.

Grocery Wars

PayPal use growing faster than Apple and Google Pay, Microsoft Plans Automated Store

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Apple Pay, cashier-less retail stores, Google Pay, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Microsoft Plans Automated Store, Microsoft to Develop Automated Store, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), PayPal use growing, PayPal use growing faster than Apple and Google Pay, Walmart (NYSE: WMT)

Mobile payment apps are still a tough sell to America’s consumers and merchants, Kount’s data indicates. The company that can change that paradigm will make a fortune.

That means more two thirds of American retailers or 71% still refuse to accept mobile wallets. Once again it sounds as if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is losing the payment wars, and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) is not doing very well.

Market Insanity

The Alphabet Money Machine, threatened by Trump?

March 15, 2018 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is still demonstrating extraordinary moneymaking capabilities., Alphabet Money Machine, blockchain-delivered entertainment, Google is Doing More Business but Making Less Money, Google Still Owns Search and Digital Advertising, Google’s expenses have increased, How Trump’s Trade War Threatens Alphabet, Telegram, Telegram ICO, The Alphabet Money Machine, The Greatest Threat to Alphabet

The biggest current threat to Alphabet might be the trade war that U.S. President Donald J. Trump (R-New York) has declared against the European Union (EU).

The greatest long-term threat to Alphabet is all the competition it is receiving in advertising. Menaces there include social media such as Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) and its WhatsApp solution. WhatsApp had 1.5 billion users in December 2017, Statista calculated.

Politics You Missed It

Google Joins in Media Promotion of Oprah Presidential Run

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet is far from the only company that has been trumpeting Oprah’s presidential chances., Google Doodle gives us a preview of what an Oprah campaign would look like, Google Oprah, It looks as if Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) is manufacturing history, It looks as if Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) is manufacturing history to give an Oprah presidential run a boost., Oprah can ride a wave of White Guilt into the White House, She should Tweet it each day until the reporters get bored and start pestering Duane Johnson about running., Why I fear Oprah for President

It looks as if Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) is manufacturing history to give an Oprah presidential run a boost.
Trying to portray a TV huckster like Oprah as the heir or moral equivalent to Dr. King is insulting on every level.
The January 15, 2018, Google Doodle gives us a preview of what an Oprah campaign would look like. That is low on substance; utterly lacking in truth, based on white guilt, and motivated by nostalgia, simplistic patriotism, and emotions.

Crazy Stocks

Is UPS Making Money?

December 25, 2017 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Can UPS make money?, Deliv, FedEx (NYSE: FDX), GrubHub (NYSE: GRUB), How Much Cash does UPS Have, How Unions can take advantage of same day delivery, Is UPS a Value Investment?, Is UPS Making Money?, Kroger (NYSE: KR), Revenues at UPS grew by 7.83%, Shipt, Target (NYSE: TGT), The Danger to UPS, Uber, UPS (NYSE: UPS), UPS should consider entering the same day delivery market, Walmart (NYSE: WMT)

Currently, I’m leery of both UPS and FedEx because of the danger they are in, in a changing retail market. Threats to these companies abound from both new businesses and new technologies.

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Is Fiat-Chrysler Making Money?

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Another alliance that Fiat Chrysler should seriously consider is one with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), Can Fiat Chrysler Make Money, Chrysler is Poised for Growth with Electric Jeep, Chrysler Pacifica minivan, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (NYSE: FCAU), Fiat Chrysler has improved its cash and income, Fiat Chrysler’s Bright Future, Is Fiat Chrysler a Value Investment?, Is Fiat-Chrysler Making Money?, Pacifica, Waymo

Jeep is planning to bring out a plug-in hybrid version of its iconic Wrangler in 2020, The Free Press reported. The Wrangler is the basic four-wheel-drive Jeep modeled on the iconic off-road vehicle that served America’s military in three wars.

The Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) alliance is vital to Chrysler’s future, because it provides access to autonomous vehicle technology, data, and expertise, without a lot of risks. Another alliance that Fiat Chrysler should seriously consider is one with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) which has vast amounts of expertise in electric and autonomous vehicle technology.

Cryptocurrency

Should we Tax Data or Advertising to Fund Basic Income?

December 12, 2017 daniel Advertising Tax, Airbnb, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Ant Financial, Blablacar, Didi, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), How do We Tax Data?, How would the Data or Advertising Tax be collected?, Is a Stock Tax the Answer?, Lyft, MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Oracle (NYSE: ORC)., Palantir, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Stock Tax, Tax Data, Uber, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Visa (NYSE: V)

“We could hold Google and Facebook and all those big multinationals accountable; we could make sure that people; like those who are currently ‘voluntarily’ contributing their data to pump up companies’ profits are given something that is adequate to support their livelihoods in exchange,” Fuller said.

Fuller’s idea makes a lot of sense because most of those companies’ values come from the data they collect and disseminate. Figuring out how to charge a tax on that data will be difficult because much of its value is theoretical.

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Yes Google is a Value Investment

November 6, 2017November 7, 2017 daniel Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) has become a value investment, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is displaying a lot of the classic value characteristics., Alphabet’s Great Business Model, Alphabet’s Revenues Exceed $100 Billion, Digital advertising fraud will cost brands $16.4 billion worldwide in 2017, Google has $100 million in the Bank, he $16.4 billion Threat to Google’s Business Model, Proctor & Gamble Dumping Digital Advertising, The most extraordinary figure at Alphabet is cash and short-term investments which were $100.14 billion

There is a $16.4 billion two-fold threat to Alphabet’s advertising-based business model out there that a lot of investors will not see coming. It is advertising fraud and Big Business’s growing dissatisfaction with digital advertising in general.

Digital advertising fraud will cost brands $16.4 billion worldwide in 2017, the ad-verification company Adloox and The&Partnership predicted in April. That figure marks a 20% increase over the $12.5 Adloox estimated that brands lost to fraud in 2016, CNBC reported. Not surprisingly this level of fraud is upsetting some major advertisers.

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