on April 29, 2022
Manhattan Venture Partners Head of Research Santosh Rao joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss earnings for Apple and Amazon as well as the outlook for Big Tech amid inflation and supply chain constraints.
on March 1, 2022
The big issues again are inflation and interest rates but the geopolitical situation has taken on a big jump in terms of importance of events,” says Santosh Rao, Partner & Head of Research, Manhattan Venture Partners.
on November 3, 2021
Manhattan Venture Partners Head of Research Santosh Rao joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss Lyft earnings.
on October 21, 2021
“What they’re doing now is really globalizing local content,” Santosh Rao, Manhattan Venture Partners head of research, told Yahoo Finance Live following the earnings announcement.
The analyst went on to say that the low-cost benefits of producing quality content outside of the U.S. “is a great thing,” adding that “international markets are only 10% penetrated.”
“There’s a long runway ahead for Netflix, and they’re leading that charge,” he continued.
on May 28, 2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase almost reached a $100bn market cap on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq in April. Since then, the stock has plummeted in line with the broader fall of cryptocurrencies, losing more than 40% of its value compared to its public debut. However, Coinbase has recovered slightly on the stock market after JP Morgan Chase initiated coverage and said that the stock can rebound more than 60%, driven by continued growth of the cryptocurrency market.
Despite the recent downturn, the support of heavyweights like JP Morgan Chase have prompted speculation about which cryptocurrency-related companies that might go public next. Back in April, Santosh Rao, Head of Research at Manhattan Venture Partners, a merchant bank that was one of Coinbase’s early investors, said that Coinbase’s debut would be a precursor for other players in the crypto space to go public.
on May 7, 2021
The biggest crypto-related company to go public so far was Coinbase, and it has provided a “template that other companies will follow”, as explained by Santosh Rao, head of research at Manhattan Venture Partners. Although many are of the opinion that the price of crypto companies’ shares will be strongly tied to the price of cryptocurrencies or to the crypto market cycles, crypto industry IPOs are clearly becoming a reality.
on April 29, 2021
What we saw was a definite stance and some support from the Fed chair, says Santosh Rao, Head of Research, Manhattan Venture Partners.
on April 15, 2021
Santosh Rao, the head of research at Manhattan Venture Partners, believes a $100 billion valuation for Coinbase is reasonable. Manhattan Venture Partners was an early investor in Coinbase, Palantir, Draft Kings, and more.
on April 6, 2021
Netflix (NFLX) is keeping up with tradition and spending big money on new content.
Late last week, several reports cited the streamer spending upwards of $450 million to secure the rights of the next two sequels for “Knives Out” — one of 2019’s biggest its. If confirmed, the deal would be one of the largest movie streamer deals in history.
The first film cost $40 million to make, and brought in over $311 million globally at the box office. Director, writer and producer Rian Johnson, as well as star Daniel Craig, are both signed on to return for the next installments.
“It’s not a question of spending — they have to,” Santosh Rao, head of research at Manhattan Venture Partners, told Yahoo Finance in an interview.
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