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- vollovvollov
  ·2022-09-08
  How can you first make the statement that Meta commands 90% of the market and then follow that with a later statement saying they have failed to be the clear winner? Makes no sense.How does a company with a core business in social media and social interactions (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram) lose to hardware manufacturers like Apple and Samsung that would have to first create a social media platform before they can aggregate services into a Metaverse concept? If anything, the struggle for Apple and Samsung to build that entire social ecosystem is far more complex than trying to construct the hardware devices to support it.
  Meta's Metaverse May Not Work Out
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  ·2022-08-15
  20 million is chump change for Soros. And if this is a filing done for the period ending June 30th, he could easily sell today for the 34% gain.
  Billionaire George Soros Bets on Musk's Tesla and Ford
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As such, if millions of developers start seeing opportunities in the market, it is highly likely that these developers will quickly fill Apple and Samsung&#39;s respective app stores in the metaverse.</p><p><b>No Turning Back</b></p><p>With about $22 billion in cumulative losses from the Reality Labs business starting from 2020, there is no turning back for Meta. Not only is Meta doubling down on its investment and the future of metaverse, but the company also does not have much choice due to its slowing social media business. Metaverse is the only mode of new potential growth for the company.</p><p>In 2022Q2, Meta&#39;s revenue declined by 1% year-over-year as the company&#39;s growth slowed and the price per advertisement declined. Meta&#39;s daily-active-people and monthly-active-people both increased by 4% year-over-year. The slowdown and the potential decline in its users are not temporary phenomena. 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The company is going all-in on creating its own metaverse ecosystem consisting of both hardware and software in order to find new modes of growth as it sold social media businesses are slowing. Competitions from companies like TikTok and younger generations shifting away from platforms like Facebook has been challenging Meta Platforms further fueled by Apple's (AAPL) new privacy policy limiting app tracking. As such, it is paramount for Meta Platforms to succeed in finding new modes of growth in the metaverse.However, I believe that once thought to be a promising new opportunity for Meta may disappoint. After years of investments and nearly 2 years of Oculus Quest 2 product launch, the metaverse concept, and its hardware has not gone mainstream. Meta failed to capitalize on its early mover advantage. Today, with major smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung (OTCPK:SSNLF) seeking to enter the market, Meta's metaverse future is questionable. How can Meta win in a competitive market if it could not win the market without any competitors?Disappointing MetaverseThere is no doubt that the world is becoming more digitalized. In fact, the metaverse may be the future. However, this may not mean that Meta will be the leader in the new metaverse market.First, Meta, despite being one of the only major conglomerates competing in the VR headset market, failed to capitalize on its early mover advantage. Other than Sony's (SONY) PlayStation headset, there are no major competitors in the market leading to Meta commanding over90% of the market share. Using its deep pockets and acquisition of Oculus back in 2014, Meta has invested heavily in research and development while subsidizing its hardware to grow the market. Yet, Meta failed to be the clear winner today.According to the 2022Q2 earnings report, Meta's Reality Lab's revenue accounted for 1.57% of the total revenue. 2022H1 growth compared to 2021H1 was 36.7% increasing from $837 million to $1.137 billion; however, losses grew equally fast at about 35.4% from $4.259 billion to $5.766 billion. The astounding loss came even with commanding over 90% of the market. Despite spending billions on reality labs business, revenue growth is merely on-par with the growth of losses.Even worse for Meta, major competitors like Samsung and Apple with deep pockets, fan-base, and influence are likely to enter the market. Starting with Samsung, in March 2022, Samsung CEO Han Jong-Hee hinted at the company developing an extended reality, XR, device. A headset that is a mix of both AR and VR. The announcement comes after Samsung's previous attempts in 2015 and 2017. Apple is a secretive company. They never announce that a new product is coming, but plentiful rumors from various analysts rarely completely miss a new product launch. According to Apple Insiders, Apple is rumored to be working on at least three AR and VR products.Whether it is true that either Samsung or Apple is getting ready to launch an AR/VR/XR product in the near future, one thing is clear. These companies will not sit idle while Meta attempts to cannibalize the market if they believe that the metaverse will in fact be the future, and given Apple and Samsung's experience in the smartphone market, influence, ecosystem, and strong fan base, Meta's continued dominance is in question.I do not think Meta can compete in this setting. Heavily subsidized hardware, early mover advantage, and tens of billions of dollars in investment failed to bring Meta's product mainstream. How can they potentially compete against Apple and Samsung?CounterargumentIt is true that Meta has built out an impressive software infrastructure including a developer ecosystem, user-centric social platforms, games, productivity tools, and entertainment services. It is reasonable to argue that Apple, Samsung, or any other competitors may struggle to compete due to these matters; however, Apple and Samsung do not create apps and services in their App Stores and Play Stores themselves. Millions of app developers around the world do. These companies did not create social media used on their devices. Companies like Meta did. As such, if millions of developers start seeing opportunities in the market, it is highly likely that these developers will quickly fill Apple and Samsung's respective app stores in the metaverse.No Turning BackWith about $22 billion in cumulative losses from the Reality Labs business starting from 2020, there is no turning back for Meta. Not only is Meta doubling down on its investment and the future of metaverse, but the company also does not have much choice due to its slowing social media business. Metaverse is the only mode of new potential growth for the company.In 2022Q2, Meta's revenue declined by 1% year-over-year as the company's growth slowed and the price per advertisement declined. Meta's daily-active-people and monthly-active-people both increased by 4% year-over-year. The slowdown and the potential decline in its users are not temporary phenomena. Facebook and Instagram are losing their market to TikTok, especially among younger generations, which is a structural risk. Consumers' taste is shifting away. On the other hand, Meta's average ad price has declined by 14% year-over-year. This is also not a temporary phenomenon. Meta has been hurt by Apple's stronger privacy policy, and Google (GOOG) has announced that they will also follow in Apple's privacy policy footsteps limiting user tracking with its Play Store. With the majority of the consumers using either an Android or an IOS smartphone, declining advertisement efficiency is also a structural risk.SummaryMeta is in a tough situation. The company's main advertisement on its social media is slowing to two structural risks. Younger generations have increasingly migrated to a new social media platform called TikTok as Instagram and Facebook started growing out of favor. Further, Meta's no control over the hardware devices its apps operate has created advertisement risk as Apple has increased its user privacy capabilities by limiting app tracking hurting Meta. Google has also announced that it will follow Apple's steps regarding privacy making the matter worse. Meta's hopes in the metaverse future are not bright, either. After years of no major competition and tens of billions of dollars in investment, Meta has failed to bring its hardware and software product mainstream. Losses are growing on par with the revenue as potential major competitors like Samsung and Apple are hinting at entering the market. Overall, Meta Platforms is in a tough situation today.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":899,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9999676489,"gmtCreate":1660529178843,"gmtModify":1676533486996,"author":{"id":"4116821557644082","authorId":"4116821557644082","name":"vollov","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"authorIdStr":"4116821557644082","idStr":"4116821557644082"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"20 million is chump change for Soros. And if this is&nbsp;a filing done for the period ending&nbsp;June 30th,&nbsp;he could easily sell today for the 34% gain.&nbsp;","listText":"20 million is chump change for Soros. And if this is&nbsp;a filing done for the period ending&nbsp;June 30th,&nbsp;he could easily sell today for the 34% gain.&nbsp;","text":"20 million is chump change for Soros. And if this is a filing done for the period ending June 30th, he could easily sell today for the 34% gain.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9999676489","repostId":"1114765737","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1114765737","pubTimestamp":1660527403,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1114765737?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-08-15 09:36","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Billionaire George Soros Bets on Musk's Tesla and Ford","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1114765737","media":"The Street","summary":"George Soros seems to have picked his winners in the race for electric vehicles.In any case, the emb","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>George Soros seems to have picked his winners in the race for electric vehicles.</p><p>In any case, the emblematic investor is placing his pawns while car manufacturers are fighting with thunderous announcements to occupy this market considered to be the future of the automobile in the medium term at least.</p><p>Soros, who had so far been content to invest in young startups like Lucid  (LCID)  and Rivian  (RIVN) , has just adjusted his strategy. He has just chosen Tesla  (TSLA) , the world leader in the sector led by its charismatic CEO Elon Musk.</p><p>Soros, 92, is also betting on Ford  (F)  and its CEO Jim Farley.</p><p>Indeed, billionaire&#39;s firm Soros Fund Management has just revealed that it acquired 29,883 Tesla shares, according to a regulatory document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 12, mentioning its holdings in equities that trade in the U.S. as of June 30.</p><p>This stake in Tesla is valued at just over $20.1 million as of June 30. But its value has already risen since as Tesla stock has jumped nearly 34% since June 30.</p><p>This is the first time Soros has invested in Tesla.</p><h3>Soros Has a Surprise</h3><p>What is surprising, however, is that if Soros believes in Musk and Tesla, he has also bet on Twitter  (TWTR) , which is currently in a row with the tech mogul after he withdrew his $44 billion acquisition offer of the microblogging website. A trial to take place in five days is scheduled from Oct. 17.</p><p>Soros Fund Management bought 29.5 million Ford shares. The move seems to suggest that Soros is seduced by Farley&#39;s strategy, which has split the Dearborn, Mich., automaker into separate entities.</p><p>Activities linked to internal-combustion-engine, or gasoline-fueled, cars, including iconic models like the SUV Bronco Sport, the F-150, and the Mustang Ranger, became part of a unit called Ford Blue.</p><p>The operations of battery-electric vehicles, in a unit called Ford Model e, are seen as Ford&#39;s long-term future, with the launch of vehicles like the Ford Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lighting pickup and more to come.</p><p>The company&#39;s ambitious goal is to produce 2 million electric vehicles by 2026.</p><p>Ford, however, sold just 27,140 EVs in the U.S. in 2021.</p><p>Stock market regulations require managers of funds with more than $100 million in U.S. equities to file a document, known as a 13F, within 45 days of the end of the quarter to list their holdings in stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges.</p><p>The value of Soros&#39; U.S. equity portfolio rose 5.3% quarter over quarter to $5.6 billion. Soros Fund Management is a family office that manages public and private equity.</p><p>&#34;SFM invests globally in a wide range of strategies and asset classes, including public equities, fixed income, commodities, foreign exchange, alternative assets and private equity,&#34; the firm said on its website.</p><p>Soros, whose net worth is estimated at $8.5 billion as of Aug. 12 according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, is well known for pouring money into philanthropic efforts. Most of his firm&#39;s assets belong to Open Society Foundations, which supports &#34;people across the world who work for justice, equity and free expression.&#34;</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1610613172068","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Billionaire George Soros Bets on Musk's Tesla and Ford</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBillionaire George Soros Bets on Musk's Tesla and Ford\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-08-15 09:36 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.thestreet.com/technology/billionaire-george-soros-invites-himself-to-elon-musk-and-ford><strong>The Street</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>George Soros seems to have picked his winners in the race for electric vehicles.In any case, the emblematic investor is placing his pawns while car manufacturers are fighting with thunderous ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thestreet.com/technology/billionaire-george-soros-invites-himself-to-elon-musk-and-ford\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉","F":"福特汽车"},"source_url":"https://www.thestreet.com/technology/billionaire-george-soros-invites-himself-to-elon-musk-and-ford","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1114765737","content_text":"George Soros seems to have picked his winners in the race for electric vehicles.In any case, the emblematic investor is placing his pawns while car manufacturers are fighting with thunderous announcements to occupy this market considered to be the future of the automobile in the medium term at least.Soros, who had so far been content to invest in young startups like Lucid  (LCID)  and Rivian  (RIVN) , has just adjusted his strategy. He has just chosen Tesla  (TSLA) , the world leader in the sector led by its charismatic CEO Elon Musk.Soros, 92, is also betting on Ford  (F)  and its CEO Jim Farley.Indeed, billionaire's firm Soros Fund Management has just revealed that it acquired 29,883 Tesla shares, according to a regulatory document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 12, mentioning its holdings in equities that trade in the U.S. as of June 30.This stake in Tesla is valued at just over $20.1 million as of June 30. But its value has already risen since as Tesla stock has jumped nearly 34% since June 30.This is the first time Soros has invested in Tesla.Soros Has a SurpriseWhat is surprising, however, is that if Soros believes in Musk and Tesla, he has also bet on Twitter  (TWTR) , which is currently in a row with the tech mogul after he withdrew his $44 billion acquisition offer of the microblogging website. A trial to take place in five days is scheduled from Oct. 17.Soros Fund Management bought 29.5 million Ford shares. The move seems to suggest that Soros is seduced by Farley's strategy, which has split the Dearborn, Mich., automaker into separate entities.Activities linked to internal-combustion-engine, or gasoline-fueled, cars, including iconic models like the SUV Bronco Sport, the F-150, and the Mustang Ranger, became part of a unit called Ford Blue.The operations of battery-electric vehicles, in a unit called Ford Model e, are seen as Ford's long-term future, with the launch of vehicles like the Ford Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lighting pickup and more to come.The company's ambitious goal is to produce 2 million electric vehicles by 2026.Ford, however, sold just 27,140 EVs in the U.S. in 2021.Stock market regulations require managers of funds with more than $100 million in U.S. equities to file a document, known as a 13F, within 45 days of the end of the quarter to list their holdings in stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges.The value of Soros' U.S. equity portfolio rose 5.3% quarter over quarter to $5.6 billion. Soros Fund Management is a family office that manages public and private equity.\"SFM invests globally in a wide range of strategies and asset classes, including public equities, fixed income, commodities, foreign exchange, alternative assets and private equity,\" the firm said on its website.Soros, whose net worth is estimated at $8.5 billion as of Aug. 12 according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, is well known for pouring money into philanthropic efforts. Most of his firm's assets belong to Open Society Foundations, which supports \"people across the world who work for justice, equity and free expression.\"","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":237,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"defaultTab":"posts","isTTM":true}