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One Honkin’, Highflying Goose – IPO
March 18, 2017

Think all IPOs are tech-driven, are based on social media and roar right out of the gate? If you nodded to only one of these statements, then it had better be the last one. The hot IPO bowing this past week not only had legs,...

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Machine Learning Sizzles, Bitcoin Fizzles And Schrödinger’s Physical Retail Does Both
March 10, 2017

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Sizzle Fizzle: Snapchat Sizzles, Uber Fizzles And Amazon Breaks The Internet
March 03, 2017

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Auto Loans On Fire: Sizzle Or Big Fizzle In The Making?
February 24, 2017

Baby, you can drive my car … loan book off a cliff. Warning signs in subprime are heating up like an engine light on the dashboard, as results from a few heavy hitters show rising delinquencies. Is there a fizzle brewing in the otherwise sizzle-y...

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Amazon Sizzles, Walmart Fizzles And The Knives Are Out For The CFPB
February 17, 2017

Amazon sizzled — along with the rest of eCommerce — while Walmart fizzled after Mr. Buffett threw them some public shade. And while that might normally be the fizzle of the week, pretty much nothing compares with the ongoing flogging the CFPB is taking at...

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Luxury Health Care Sizzles, Dodd-Frank Fizzles And Amazon Notches A New Vertical Win
February 10, 2017

At what point does a brand become sticky — so sticky that it transcends its own ecosystem or website and becomes portable? Pay with Amazon is demonstrating that top of mind can equal top of wallet, virtually and otherwise, as numbers this past week show...

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Facebook Sizzles, Stocks Fizzle And Corporate America Proves We Can Be Friends
February 03, 2017

Amid earnings season, it’s tough to keep track of who is up and who is down. The stock market is a scorecard, redone on a daily basis. But if you want to play the long game, it’s a good idea to keep an eye on...

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Jack Ma’s Sizzling Week (And Quarter, Too)
January 27, 2017

All in a week's work. Beat the Street, make a buy. Alibaba did both, putting to rest fears of a Chinese consumer speed bump with its latest quarterly results, and, via Ant Financial, buying MoneyGram for a U.S. push. Now, if only malls in the...

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London’s Coming FinServe Fizzle?
January 20, 2017

London's bridge (to the EU) is falling down, but perhaps not completely.  And lest you think Brexit is the biggest Fizzle of them all, think about the hot water Navient must navigate, having fleeced student loan borrowers.  But if you're commuting to work, at least...