The Capital Call Podcast

GameStop Storms the Financial Capital

This week a group of retail traders took down a major hedge fund. This story involves high stakes drama, billions of dollars and one man’s willingness to go to the moon. The GameStop trade war will go down big in history, so grab a seat and some coffee. We have armed the rebels and the revolution has begun. Read more at the techfinancier.com and follow me on Twitter @vijarkohli and LinkedIn. Sign up for the weekly Financier newsletter [https://techfinancier.ck.page/af59fd27f4] if you would like to read more.

America's Poor Vaccine Strategy

Join me in welcoming President Biden to the Hot Seat.   America is at war and the Defense Production Act is back in play. This time we're increasing our vaccination supplies with an aggressive 100-day plan.   With healthcare systems failing, we don't even have enough vaccines for our frontline workers. The disincentives in the system are slowing us down. NY has a $1m fine if you get vaccinated out of line.   We need to speed up our plan with a better strategy. Learn why Israel is #1 with its vaccine rollout plan.  Pharmacies will be front and center during this rollout. We need all hands on deck for last-mile delivery so Amazon [https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon/] and Lyft [https://www.linkedin.com/company/lyft/] will be pitching in too. Read more at the techfinancier.com and follow me on Twitter @vijarkohli and LinkedIn. Sign up for the weekly Financier newsletter if you would like to read more.

Intel is Not Inside

This week on the Financier we discuss the changes in the technology landscape.  First, Visa will miss out its $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid. The Dept of Justice blocked this deal so I think Plaid may IPO soon. Next month Intel will see a change in leadership. The current CEO will step and Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, will be taking his role. This comes as activist hedge fund, Third Point, published a letter recommending big changes at Intel. The company has been losing market share for years and now needs to rebuild itself.  Also find out which major cloud providers acquired new deals in 2021. Read more at the techfinancier.com [https://techfinancier.com/] and follow me on Twitter @vijarkohli [https://twitter.com/VijarKohli] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijarkohli/]. Sign up for the weekly Financier newsletter [http://eepurl.com/g0IoCj] if you would like to read more.

Hindsight isn't 2020

The market started off red hot this year. Now let’s see what we can learn from 2020.  First, tech M&A deals went from zero to more than doubling by year end. We saw $600 billion in tech deals. SPACs helped put us over the top.  Read about the three largest deals.  IBM has a big decade ahead of it. With a new CEO, the company is spinning off a major asset and buying more cybersecurity deals. Learn why IBM is betting big on the cloud.   And find out how Elon became the richest person in the world. Read more at the techfinancier.com [//techfinancier.com] and follow me on Twitter @vijarkohli [https://twitter.com/VijarKohli] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijarkohli/]. Sign up for the weekly Financier newsletter [http://eepurl.com/g0IoCj] if you would like to read more.

Google crashed but everyone's still online

This week we discussed the lockdown, the new vaccine and an upcoming stimulus plan. I can't wait to see what 2021 has in store. Also Wish has IPO'd and out ranked Amazon as the most downloaded mobile app. We'll wrap up discussing zombie companies and the rise of defaults in 2021.