El-Erian: ‘A Greek exit is inevitable’

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Description: PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian says a snowballing run on Greek banks is making the nation’s exit from the eurozone inevitable. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 25, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/05/25/n-el-erian-greek-exit.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussion: Summarize the opinions presented by El-Erian. Do you agree with his analysis? What trading recommendations would be in order if an… Read more »

Short-Sellers Find Friends in Banks

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Description: As Facebook’s underwriters were frantically trying to shore up Facebook’s share price following the company’s IPO, managers at the same firms were helping short-sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall. Jonathan Cheng has details on digits. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: May 25, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/short-sellers-find-friends-in-banks/7960CBE8-4D5A-49EF-9739-A678CB652384 Questions for Discussion: Summarize the… Read more »

Facebook’s stock should trade for $13.80

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Description: Commentary: Here’s a fair-price calculation for Facebook Source: Marketwatch.com Date: May 25, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebooks-stock-should-trade-for-1380-2012-05-25 Questions for Discussions: What is the basis for the calculations? Do you think the approach is sound? What do you think Facebook is worth?  

Facebook IPO Seen Deepening Investor Distrust Of Stocks

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Description: Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering, plagued by trading errors and a 16 percent drop in the share price, will push more individual investors out of a stock market they already distrust after the financial crisis. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 26, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/facebook-ipo-fallout-deepens-investor-distrust-of-stocks.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about investors’… Read more »

Kvetch in May: Why Market Timing Isn’t Everything

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Description: All hail Memorial Day weekend. In the tradition of my Miami childhood, ‘tis the season to don Crockett & Tubbs white pants and flaunt the right to bare arms. Hedgies and traders clad in Sperry Docksiders bolt Gotham for the leafy, saltwater-sprayed indolence of the Hamptons. The market’s volume dips to a trickle. Source:… Read more »

Our journey buying into Facebook’s IPO

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Description: As trading volumes spiked to 567 million shares, CNNMoney tried to get in on the action. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 18, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/05/18/n-cnnmoney-buys-facebook-shares.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussion: Describe the barriers to buying into the IPO on the first day of trading? How do you think these constraints affected the trading values… Read more »

Facebook debut sets pace for tech IPOs to come

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Description: With Facebook Inc. FB +0.61%  finally going public, the market’s attention next turns to whether the social-networking sensation will lead the way for another wave of tech firms to cash in on the IPO market Source: Marketwatch.com Date: May 18, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-debut-sets-pace-for-tech-ipos-to-come-2012-05-18 Questions for Discussions: How is the Facebook IPO experience expected to… Read more »

Fishing Industry Aids Iceland’s Recovery

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Description: Three years after a spectacular financial collapse, Iceland is coming back, largely on the strength of its strong exports. Video and reporting by Charles Forelle from the island of Vestmannaeyjar. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: May 18, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/fishing-industry-aids-iceland-recovery/E1ED2AC5-D98B-4760-844E-67F8BA64A136 Questions for Discussion: What does this report have to say about economic recovery… Read more »

Facebook Fails To Make Day-One Pop, Lags Behind Google

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Description: The 8-year-old social-networking site run by co-founder Mark Zuckerberg closed 0.6 percent higher at $38.23 in New York yesterday. That compares with Carlyle Group LP (CG)’s lackluster 0.2 percent day-one increase on May 3. It pales in contrast with Google Inc. (GOOG)’s 18 percent jump in its 2004 initial public offering, Visa Inc. (V)’s… Read more »

Is Facebook Sucking Oxygen Out of the IPO Market?

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Description: As Facebook increases the size and price range of its initial public offering, the rest of the IPO market is starting to sputter. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, there’s been an uptick in the number of companies that have either withdrawn or postponed their IPO in the past three months. Since mid-February, 29… Read more »