💵 Here’s how TSMC raked it in

Regulators plan to block Microsoft's biggest deal ever | TSMC boasted of juicy revenue in November | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for December 12th in 3:07 minutes. 🔐 2022 has made one thing very clear: if you’re investing in the volatile world of crypto, you should make sure your assets are as safe as can be. So join SafePal’s co-founder and CEO Veronica Huang for [How To Protect Your Crypto In 2023](, and find out how you can defend your precious investments. [Get your free ticket here]( Today's big stories - US regulators moved to block Microsoft’s gigantic Activision Blizzard deal - Finimizers made some bold predictions for 2022 – [Read Now]( - Chipmaker TSMC bucked the broader chip slump Microsoft’s Blizzard Deal Turns Cold [Microsoft’s Blizzard Deal Turns Cold] What’s Going On Here? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced plans to [sue]( to block Microsoft’s mega acquisition of Activision late last week. What Does This Mean? Back in dark, damp January, Microsoft [dropped]( a bombshell, announcing a $70 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard – the biggest ever acquisition for the old-school tech titan, which would see it become the third-biggest gaming company in the world by revenue. But as the deal made waves, regulators began to take notice: see, Activision is one of the few game developers that publishes top games – like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft – across multiple devices and consoles. So this deal would give Microsoft the power to crush competition by manipulating prices, lowering quality on competing consoles, or even withholding content from competitors. And the FTC has a point: Microsoft already made two upcoming Bethesda titles exclusive to its own platforms, despite promising EU regulators it wouldn't. Why Should I Care? Zooming in: Obstacles in spades. Microsoft has been trying to work its way into regulators’ good books, signing a 10-year deal last week to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo for the first time in a decade. Given the game’s $30 billion lifetime sales, that’s a big step, but it hasn't been enough to satisfy regulators. And with UK and EU authorities side-eyeing the acquisition too, Microsoft could be in for a tough fight. After all, the FTC objected to Nvidia's purchase of ARM this time last year, and we all know how that [turned]( out. The bigger picture: The FTC means business. The FTC is coming in hot, having promised to take on Big Tech's market power in a bid to root out anti-competitive practices in the US. The regulator has already nixed the merger between Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings this year, plus the Nvidia deal, and it’s heading to court this week to stop Meta buying a virtual reality startup. You might also like: [Big Tech’s got issues, sure. But that doesn’t mean it’s all over.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Microsoft’s Blizzard Deal Turns Cold&utm_campaign=daily-global-12-12-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take Finimizers Made Some Wild-Card Predictions For 2022: Here’s How Those Panned Out. [Finimizers Made Some Wild-Card Predictions For 2022: Here’s How Those Panned Out.]( By Paul Allison, Analyst At the beginning of the year, we asked you Finimizers to dust off your crystal balls and give us some [wild-card predictions]( for 2022. After a [weeklong community discussion](, and some creative and logical thinking, you came up with [a list](, which I’ve whittled down here and presented in no particular order. If you think you can do better next year, enter [the 2023 community competition](: I’ll even kick it off with a [prediction]( of my own. That’s today’s Insight: [five bold market predictions you had for 2022.]( [Read or listen to the Insight here]( Finimize x Revolut Pretty good stuff, right? Our analysts write Insights like this every day, and you can read every single one of them with [Finimize Premium](. There’s no better time to get started: our new partnership means you can get [six free months of Finimize Premium]( and [three free months of Revolut Premium]( if you [sign up for Revolut today](. We’ll even send you £10 (or equivalent) to your Revolut account to get you started. SPONSORED BY THE MOTLEY FOOL Bezos spilled the beans on Amazon Bezos said he believes that “Amazon will be disrupted one day”. And he put his money – or at least his stocks – where his mouth is, dumping billions of dollars’ worth of Amazon stock. He’s not just sitting on cash, either: Bezos is reinvesting his money into [a fledgling technology]( that he thinks will “improve every business”. That big bet is all over [a tiny, manufactured component]( – something that Amazon doesn’t even make in-house. Oh, there’s nothing like a good cliffhanger. Enjoy the suspense, then [find out what Bezos is backing with The Motley Fool](. [Find Out More]( TSMC’s Moneyed And Moving [TSMC’s Moneyed And Moving] What’s Going On Here? TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, [revealed]( on Friday that business was booming in November. What Does This Mean? Talk about a killer month: TSMC raked in over $7 billion in revenue this November – a whopping 50% improvement from the same time last year – to bring this quarter’s revenue goal of around $20 billion within spitting distance. The reason for that sterling performance is simple: the firm’s top-of-the-range chip-making services were snapped up by titans like Qualcomm, while its favorite customer Apple has got TSMC producing chips to power its latest, high-end iPhone. That means that while whole swathes of the chip industry are being rocked to sleep by a spiraling global economy, TSMC’s still bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and bagging success after success. Why Should I Care? Zooming in: Caught in the crossfire. TSMC’s based in disputed territory, Taiwan, and operates in a powder-keg industry – so despite the firm’s bumper revenue, its bosses probably aren’t sleeping all that soundly at night. After all, the US is trying to cut China off from the kind of high-tech chips TSMC specializes in, and is encouraging TSMC to take its operations to safer, overseas locations – to the US, in short. That meant that TSMC’s decision to up its investment in Arizona from $12 billion to $40 billion last week probably wasn’t a total bolt from the blue. But it could signal that the firm’s moving into a new, prominent role at the heart of US chipmaking. The bigger picture: Made in China, soon. China’s not going to take this lying down, mind you. The People’s Republic is bringing out the big guns, Alibaba and Tencent, to design chip tech rivaling anything the West has got its hands on. But Rome wasn’t built in a day, and experts think China’s vision of home-grown, first-class chips could remain a pipe dream for another few years. You might also like: [Here’s how to work out what a chip superstar like TSMC is really worth.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=TSMC’s Moneyed And Moving&utm_campaign=daily-global-12-12-2022&utm_source=email) 💬 Quote of the day “It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” – Alfred Adler (an Austrian psychiatrist) [Tweet this]( Connect your brand with the next generation of investors Our one-million-strong international [financial community]( has some big plans. 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