Few customers are more passionate and valuable than the dedicated hobbyist. These high, recurring spenders act as a top-of-filter recruitment mechanism for new customers entering their hobby. But...

Block Inc was recently the subject of a short report from Hindenburg Research, which - amongst several other claims - allege that Block is lax in its procedures regarding user identification and...

Having looked backward to understand how Block grew Square into a US$150bn payments business (part one) and applied these learnings to scale Cash App into an 80 million US consumer fintech (part two...

Investing involves both art and science. The science aspect includes analysing a company's strategy, industry position, competitive advantage, future opportunities, and risks to determine its...

Culture is how an organisation thinks, acts, and interacts. A good corporate culture drives superior business performance - it motivates and retains the most talented employees who ensure sustained...

Decisions made by central banks around the world have drastically impacted equity markets. Globally, many asset owners would never have predicted the extent of the rise in interest rates, with many...

Wealth compounds over the long term. When investing, we do so under considerable uncertainty, and sound risk management strategies are necessary to ensure we generate above-average returns. However,...

Scaling Square from inception to a US$150bn payments business with multiple layers of protection wrapped around its profitability was only part one of Block’s success story. Below we explore how...

The past 20 years have been a stellar run for equities, characterised by steadily expanding production and few demand shocks, where fiscal and monetary policy enabled expansion to continue unimpeded....

The pandemic, devastating weather events, and the invasion of Ukraine are examples of macro-environmental shocks impacting companies worldwide. In a connected world, events that occur on one side of...