Finney Thomas

Striving for virtue, decency and elegance.

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One of the biggest gainers in these times may well be content providers such as Netflix, Prime, Hulu, etc, but what about the content delivery networks (CDNs) themselves?

Akamai appears to be the antidote to an otherwise undiversi…https://t.co/XMCp1osdOy https://t.co/AJWiLarVG1

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Throughout the past month, we've seen and heard things that we thought we never would. Here are my thoughts on understanding reality as it stands and some ideas to navigate through it, again with a lot of data courtesy the Internat…https://t.co/tzt5RlaYsz https://t.co/Y0jAS7kfQj

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What we need to know about our government's decisions.

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What we need to know about the fall in interest rates.

- Big week ahead while OPEC+ comes together to explore a deal to cut the global supply of crude.

- There will be a glimpse inside the thought process of the Fed and ECB in ta…https://t.co/WTgEPxGQoD https://t.co/5ilKIO773w

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The old market rule still stands, ‘the market will test you and do what you don’t expect it to do.’
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Global supply chain is affected the most by this unfortunate outbreak, #manufacturing operations around the world have seen the most dip since 2009, with PMI a tad above 50 in the US, China's PMI has fallen to 35.7 (Any PMI below 5…https://t.co/hoKlNLWayk https://t.co/7VpHPmnTtH

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Some music amidst all the inversions - it pays to err on the side of caution.

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There's been a huge influx of money into private equity, but when you look at the returns numbers for the last decade ... it's hard to feel that there's really been much alpha at all. - Prof. Josh Lerner.

This just confirms the fa…https://t.co/oJraSPBqd5 https://t.co/5C7woy7PTL

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Yields have risen, cost of capital has fallen. According to Bloomberg, $30 billion in investment-grade issuance (potentially corporate) is expected to come to market this week. https://t.co/xMl1z1tBb7

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With production likely to outpace deliveries, is Tesla leading the wave in transforming mobility as we know it in 2020?

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- The question is now whether demand can meet supply - As with all things, It is all about the…https://t.co/nLxXZOneCl https://t.co/6NuiQ9UZ0a

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So, B is better than M

Careem has been sought after by Uber ending Q1 with a bang!

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- Careem was valued at about US$1 billion in a late 2016 funding round, making it one of the most valuable technology startups in…https://t.co/4oFsJKNf5o https://t.co/au8ouLNuZa

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This week in tech and all that.

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- Oracle of Omaha is now out of the Oracle, says he doesn't understand the cloud computing business - Berkshire Hathaway Inc Warren Buffett bought a $2.1 billion stake in Oracle — and dumped it a quarter la…https://t.co/V9EYEFUa2U

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The world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin [BTC] had been surrounded by the bear for long, but now it looks to have freed itself and is seen climbing up. - Is Bitcoin back? Spencer Bogart, CFA of Blockchain Capital LLC has a bullish outlook.

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Optimistic about tech? Blame it on whatever you want - data breach, the US-China trade spat, increased regulatory scrutiny.

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Passed CFA Level 1 - another milestone. Next stop, Level 2

#vc #cfa #investments

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Following the biggest data breaches (Marriott, Facebook, etc)of the 21st Century, VCs are rushing to invest in Cybersecurity.

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- From US$3.4B in 2004, the cybersecurity market is expected to reach US$250B by 2023…https://t.co/pUlbklHg44 https://t.co/0XhUH2NS3f

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Yea, they gon be aight. Chinese investors have shown low confidence in the ability of their economy to maintain growth, however, nine of the top ten venture capital deals in 2018 came from Asia of which seven were in China.

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How incumbents gain from their CVC investments? https://t.co/r6qBoTKifb

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@MedChainInc Great Project! Much needed.