All posts tagged: earnings

Is the victory train about to go off the rails?

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 28th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Chip company Nvidia has stopped being seen as a company and has instead become a global phenomenon. It continues to press strongly ahead — but are investors beginning to sense the top is near? As the ninth company in world history, Nvidia crossed the trillion-dollar […]

Behind Meta’s numbers lies a bomb

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 21st, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Meta is posting record profits and investing more than ever in AI. But look closely at the accounting, and there’s a potential cost bomb hiding in the numbers. Some phrases become immediately memorable. In 2020, investor Puru Saxena posted the following brief comment on Twitter: […]

Relief — but the threat from China remains

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 27th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Nvidia’s strong results show that AI investment continues to grow. But the pressure mounts with each quarter, while concern over China’s DeepSeek lingers. And the key question remains. This was probably not how Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, had envisioned his career. In 1993 he founded […]

Nvidia’s success is a risk factor for all of us

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 21st, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Nvidia doubled its profit and the market responded with an “okay.” The expectations placed on the world’s most valuable company have become a problem — for the entire stock market. There are two types of companies on the stock market. The first requires a trained […]

Must surpass what was once unthinkable

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Nvidia’s quarterly report: the burden of market expectations Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-29. Translated from Swedish. Nvidia delivered strong quarterly figures but was met with mild scepticism from the market. The company now faces its biggest challenge yet: market expectations. A small group of enthusiasts gathered at a sports bar in New York on Wednesday afternoon. But it was not a game on the screens — they were there to watch chipmaker Nvidia’s quarterly earnings […]

Nvidia’s big problem: things are going too well

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 23rd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. As the world invests in AI, the money flows heavily into Nvidia’s pockets. The world’s hottest company is now approaching a point where expectations become very hard to live up to — and the drop if they fall short is enormous. Jensen Huang has the […]

Musk is a master at selling the future

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 24th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. After weeks of nothing but setbacks, Tesla reported weak quarterly figures. The hope is that shareholders will look past the problems for now — and keep looking towards the future. Of all the world’s CEOs, not just anyone gets to meet with India’s Prime Minister […]

Meta’s new strategy: become a normal company

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 2nd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. After spending billions on a name change and peculiar 3D avatars, Meta appears to have found a new strategy: becoming a perfectly ordinary company. “Mr. Zuckerberg, what the hell were you thinking?” The clip of Republican senator Ted Cruz berating Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, went […]

Beats expectations with old tricks

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 24th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Growth was in focus as Netflix crushed market expectations. The key to success spells advertising — and a bet on a well-proven idea: good old-fashioned TV. In 1998, a radical idea was launched: films delivered to your door, to watch whenever you want. Today the […]

The stock market’s biggest winner is betting everything on AI

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 22nd, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Nvidia crushed market expectations in May and the stock surged. Now everyone is waiting to see if the company can repeat the feat. But riding the AI hype comes with significant risk. There is an old saying in business: “under-promise, over-deliver.” The well-tested model is […]