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MM134: Elon Musk publicly tells advertisers to 'go f*** yourselves'
In this podcast episode, we take stock on the past month when the S&P 500 finished up 8.9%, for its second-best November since 1980.
We explain what w…
2 years, 3 months ago
M&A Explained Part 4: Buy-to-build strategy & vertical integration
In the final episode of this 4-part mini-series, we use Hotel Chocolat, Mars, McDonald's, Broadcom, and VMware to bring some classic M&A theory to li…
2 years, 4 months ago
MM133: Did Sam Altman engineer his own exit to gain control of OpenAI?
It's been a remarkable week at Open AI!
In a series of unforeseen events, the founder was fired, took a brief stint at Microsoft, and then made a dram…
2 years, 4 months ago
MM132: Inflation drop sends stocks higher & Michael Burry's new 'Big Short'
It's the end of the week, so time to catch up on some of the major themes in focus:
Why US and UK inflation has fallen, how markets reacted, and why M…
2 years, 4 months ago
M&A Explained Part 3: Buying to boost ESG & Cashing in from underperforming companies
In the third episode of this four-part mini-series on M&A, we take a look at ESG through the lens of the latest Glencore deal to buy the coal divisio…
2 years, 4 months ago
M&A Explained Part 2: Three Reasons For Making Acquisitions
In the second episode of this four-part series, we look at the different reasons that drive the decision to acquire another company.
Whether it be to …
2 years, 4 months ago
MM131: Is Bitcoin heading to $150,000?!
Last week, the price of Bitcoin reached $35,000, its highest level since May 2022. So why has the cryptocurrency woken from its slumber and how far c…
2 years, 4 months ago
M&A Explained Part 1: Economies of Scale & Reacting to Competition
Over the next four episodes, we will use the latest deal announcements to better understand why M&A happens.
We will look at textbook (and non-textbo…
2 years, 4 months ago
MM130: Microsoft's AI edge & Chevron's biggest M&A deal ever
In this podcast episode, we take a deep dive into the numbers of Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) who had a mixed reception on Wall Street as the AI b…
2 years, 5 months ago
How to enhance your Investment Banking applications through sector selection
Are you eyeing a future in investment banking, but puzzled about which sector to choose?
Join us in this podcast episode as Anthony Cheung and Silvia…
2 years, 5 months ago