Description: Rumors of the acquisitions of Electronic Arts and Coinstar by private equity firms helped traders beat the dog days of summer.

Source: CNNMoney.com – video report

Date: Aug 16, 2012

Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/08/16/investing-bz-EA-Coinstar.cnnmoney/

Questions for Discussions:

• What are the factors that contributed to the speculation reported in this video?
• Do you think these reasons are valid?
• How would you advise investors to deal with this information?