IBM Cloud is Clearing The Way to Higher Stock Price

Northlake’s investment thesis on IBM centers upon the gradual transition to faster revenue growth as cloud services become a greater part of IBM’s revenue mix. Prior to the COVID crisis, we got an unexpected boost from a CEO transition that elevated the head of company’s cloud efforts.  The economic shutdown clearly will impact IBM as […]

Long Term Intact at Alphabet With Delayed Gratification

Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) reported 1Q20 earnings that indicated better than expected results in January and February before the economic shutdown, offset by a sharp but not quite as bad as expected slowdown in March.  The company commented that advertising trends at Search and YouTube have stabilized in April with signs of green shoots.  Emerging businesses like […]