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10 Reasons to Go Long Alibaba

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10 Reasons to Go Long Alibaba

10 Reasons to Go Long Alibaba

Yesterday, Alibaba announced that underwriters exercised an option to purchase additional shares at the IPO price of $68, bumping the total amount sold from the originally planned $21.8 billion to $25 billion. This makes it the highest IPO in history.

What warrants the company’s impressive valuation? Saxo Bank has pointed out a few things of interest in this infographic that was published just before trading began. For starters, China is still a market that has not reached maturation. Only 36% of GDP is made up of private consumption, and the country is bound to gain 120 million internet users over the next couple of years. Internet penetration is only at 46%, which means there are plenty more consumers to target.

More impressive than the context stats is Alibaba itself. Revenue increased 46% in the last year and the company has an EBITDA margin of 58%. Amazingly, 2% of all of China’s GDP goes through Alibaba.

How’s trading going so far since Alibaba’s debut on the NYSE on Friday? While it finished down on Monday -$4.00 (-4.26%) to $89.89, it is still up 32% over its IPO price of $68/share.

Original graphic from: Trading Floor


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Mapped: Internet Download Speeds by Region

North America and East Asia have the speediest internet.

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Map illustrating median download speeds in each global region.

Mapped: Internet Download Speeds by Region

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In today’s fast-paced world, internet speed isn’t just a convenience—it’s the driving force behind how we work, play, and connect.

In this map, we illustrate median download speeds in each global region, based on data from the World Bank’s Digital Progress and Trends Report 2023.

North America and East Asia Have the Speediest Internet

According to the World Bank, download speeds in high-income countries increased significantly between 2019 and 2023, while speeds in lower-income countries stagnated.

As of 2022, North America and East Asia have the speediest internet.

RegionMedian mobile download speed (Mb/sec)Median fixed broadband download speed (Mb/sec)
East Asia & Pacific90171
Europe & Central Asia4485
Latin America & the Caribbean2674
Middle East & North Africa3636
North America83193
South Asia2743
Sub-Saharan Africa1615

This difference in broadband speeds can mainly be attributed to investment.

In 2020, nearly 90% of global telecommunication investment came from East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and North America. These regions not only concentrate the highest-income population but also the top technology hubs.

Meanwhile, low- and middle-income regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for less than 10% of total investment.

Most of the investment is directed towards fiber optic and 5G mobile networks. According to the mobile industry association GSMA, mobile operators alone are projected to invest more than $600 billion between 2022 and 2025, with 85% of the total allocated for 5G.

In 2023, broadband speeds in high-income countries were 10x faster for fixed connections, and 5x faster for mobile connections compared to those in low-income countries.

Fixed broadband connections, which provide high-speed internet to residences or businesses, reached 38% of the population in high-income countries. In comparison, fixed broadband penetration was only 4% of the population in lower-middle-income countries and almost zero in low-income countries.

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