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Business, Tech

Is the S&P 500 Over Weighted in Tech Stocks or Not?

The S&P 500 is an index of some of the leading companies in the United States. The S&P 500 doesn’t push extremely high in one area as its supposed to show a cross section of America. Here is the breakdown…

Joe Blogs
December 26, 2020

Tech

Jetbrains (Kotlin Creators) Have No VC Funding and Valued at $7 Billion

Great article on Bloomberg about Jetbrains – the company behind the popular programming language Kotlin. Key numbers: Company is profitable ($200 million EBITDA expect this year) No VC funding from the beginning Valuation $7 billion 1,500 staff (750 in St…

Joe Blogs
December 20, 2020

Tech

DJI on the Banned US Trade List – Wont Affect the Company Day to Day

The US Commerce Department recently announced that DJI is now on the US Trade Ban list. DJI has since come out and stated that Americans will be able to continue to buy and use its products “normally” despite the companies…

Joe Blogs
December 19, 2020

Tech

Baidu Shares Jump 14% as it plans to Enter the Electric Vehicle Market

Baidu shares rose 14% on Tuesday after news was announced that the Chinese search engine based company was planning on building their own electric vehicles. Its great to see that Chinese technology companies are starting to think about the EV…

Joe Blogs
December 16, 2020

Portfolio

Portfolio – Introduction

I have been running investment portfolios for a company and also some high net worth individuals for the past 5 years. Over those years I have managed to beat the S&P 500 index every year in terms of overall yearly…

Joe Blogs
December 13, 2020

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Sports, Tech, Tennis, Video

Tennis Deep Fake Interviews with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (Video)

Rafael Nadal will most likely still be winning Roland Garros in 2050! This videos really shows how technology has moved on and the ability to make even the small details (like hair) move in the right direction when he moves…

Joe Blogs
December 13, 2020

Tech

True Technology Innovation Coming From Asia and the Developing World

When I read most of the leading technology sites like The Verge or TechCrunch or Business Insider there is a distinct focus on US based technology companies (with a hint of EU), which of course is understandable. However, I find myself these days wanting to find…

Joe Blogs
December 5, 2020

Music, Tech

Free Spotify Music Distribution within 48 Hours!

There are a growing number of musicians and labels all over the world that would like to get their music live for Free in Spotify! Music distribution to Spotify and other services can take some time and the vast majority…

Joe Blogs
November 28, 2020

Tech

What is Slaps.com and Who Owns It

Philip Kaplan seems to be the owner of Slaps.com, which is a new music website. Phil is a serial entreprenuer who seems to create a lot of startups and then a few years in will get a little bored and…

Joe Blogs
November 28, 2020

Business

Blackstone Group Investing $5 billion in Second Asian Fund (China and India Focus)

Blackstone Group is looking to raise $5 billion for its second Asian fund. Blackstone is seeing huge potential in Asia and really wants to invest heavily and faster than ever before. Around 66% of their first fund $2.3 billion has…

Joe Blogs
November 23, 2020

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Tech

Tara AI – Free Alternative to Jira, Asana and Other Project Management Software

I have just come across Tara AI (via DaringFireball), which provides a completely free to use alternative to Jira and other project management software. I had a very quick look at it seems to have a very strong user interface…

Joe Blogs
November 22, 2020

Business

SellerX Raises $118 Million To Start Buying Top Amazon Sellers and Provide Them with More Services

SellerX is a startup from Berlin that focuses on acquiring top Amazon sellers. SellerX has just raised $118 million led by Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, TriplePoint Capital, participation from Village Global, et al. It seems like buying Amazon based businesses…

Joe Blogs
November 20, 2020