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daniel July 3, 2015April 20, 2016 Delivery, FDX, FedEx, GOOG, Is Delivery Still Profitable?, Uber, UberRUSh, UPS, UPS and FedEx Growth Slows, UPS Revenue Growth, UPS Revenue Growth Slows, Value Investing, Venmo, Wal-Mart, walgreen, Warren Buffett, WMT

Is Delivery Still Profitable? UPS and FedEx Growth Slows

One problem facing both FedEx and UPS is that future growth in online retail is going to come in areas outside their normal business.

Market Insanity

daniel June 22, 2015March 5, 2016 All, All New Cars will be Self Driving by 2025, Allstate, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, Disruptive Technology, GOOG, GOOGL, Google, Mayhem, PGR, Progressive, Self driving cars could devastate auto insurance industry, Uber, Warren Buffett

All New Cars will be Self Driving by 2025

If that prediction is true auto insurance costs could drop by as much as 80% because accidents are the main risk ensured for. By the year 2040 your auto insurance bill could be $10 or $15 a month for a brand new car!! Naturally that won’t do Progressive (NYSE: PGR) and Allstate’s (NYSE: ALL) profit margins much good.

Market Insanity

daniel June 15, 2015 Uber, Uber around the World, Uber Bank, Uber Banned, Uber Beijing, Uber China, Uber Claims It Is Attracting One Million Riders a Day in China, Uber in China, Uber Investment, Uber Shanghai, Where does Uber Operate?, Where Uber Operates

Uber Claims It Is Attracting One Million Riders a Day in China

If China does not prove to be the bonanza that Kalanick boasts it is, Uber could quickly collapse as investors run away from it. China could be the proving ground where Uber shows whether it is the future of technology or simply a pyramid scam built on a mountain of debt.

Long Ideas

daniel June 9, 2015February 18, 2016 Berkshire Hathaway, BRK.A, BRK.B, GEICO, GOOG, GOOGL, Google, Google Auto Insurance, Google Inc., Self Driving Cars, Uber, Uber Technologies Inc., Will Uber Enter Auto Insurance?

Google Could Revolutionize Auto Insurance

Entering auto insurance would make a lot of sense for Uber because insurance has been one of the barriers blocking drivers from adopting its service. Some communities, like Kansas City, Missouri, have even banned Uber because of inadequate insurance. Offering insurance could remove that barrier and defuse one of the taxi cab industry’s main objection to Uber.

Market Insanity

daniel June 3, 2015February 17, 2016 Disruptive Technology, GOOG, Google, Lyft, Uber, Uber Robots, Uber Sucks, Uber Technologies Inc., Value Investing, Warren Buffett

Why Is Uber Hiring Robotics Researchers?

Hard to say, but after this deal, Uber is behaving more and more like a hedge fund company or a venture capital firm. It uses its core transportation business to generate cash then reinvests that cash in other ventures.

The Death Spiral

daniel May 27, 2015February 17, 2016 Are Uber Drivers Employees?, Networked Transportation Companies, Ride Sharing Aps, The Gig Economy, Uber, Uber Drivers, Uber Drivers Legal Status, Uber Insurance, Uber Investment, Uber Sucks, Uber Tax, Uber Valuation, UberX, What is the legal status of Uber Drivers.

Florida Declares Uber Driver Employee

Uber’s worst nightmare might have just come true in the Sunshine State. The Florida State Department of Economic Opportunity ruled that a former Uber driver named Darrin McGillis was an employee and not an “independent contractor.”

Market Insanity

daniel May 26, 2015March 11, 2016 Avis, GOOG, GOOGL, Google, Google Car, Hertz, HTZ, Networked Transportation Companies, Ride Sharing, Uber, Uber Discriminates, Uber IPO, Uber Lawsuit, Uber Sucks

Uber and Lyft Drivers Accused of Abusing Disabled Passengers

An Austin, Texas, resident named Demetrious Kourniaris was left standing out in the sun in temperatures of over 100 degrees because Uber drivers refused to transport him and his guide dog on two separate occasions. To add insult to injury, Uber charged Kourniaris cancellation fees on both occasions.

Market Insanity Uncategorized

daniel May 25, 2015March 8, 2016 Elon Musk, High Speed Rail, HTT, Hyperloop, Hyperloop Tech, Hyperloop Technology, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Musk, Sherpa Ventures, Shervin Bishevar, SpaceX, Tesla, Tesla Motors, Uber

You Could Soon Invest in Hyperloop

Fierce competition is already developing in the largely hypothetical Hyperloop industry, according to Forbes. Hyperloop Tech and HTT consider each other rivals and engage in trash talking.

Market Insanity

daniel May 21, 2015January 23, 2016 Auto Insurance, Income Ineqality, Lyft, Networked Transportation Companies, Ride Sharing, Sidecar, Ube, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber gouges Driver, Uber Sucks, Zipcar

Former Uber CFO Admitted the Only Way the Company Can Make Money Is to Gouge Drivers

Instead of being the cutting edge in transportation, Uber might go down in the history books as the Enron of the 2010s. Remember, Enron, like Uber, was supposed to be run by The Smartest Guys in the Room.

Market Insanity

daniel May 8, 2015March 11, 2016 Avis Budget, FlightCar, FlightCar is Dumb, Hertz, Lyft, Rental Cars, Sidecar, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber Cars Towed, Uber Future, Uber Illegal, Uber Technologies Inc., Zipcar

Uber Is Not a Threat to Car Rental Companies

News stories prove that the reports of the car rental industry’s demise are greatly exaggerated. It is Uber and its ilk that are fighting for survival, not Avis-Budget, Hertz and Enterprise.