Description: Apple stock is up on news that they are buying back stock. But what investors really want to see is a new line of innovative products. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 07, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/02/07/investing-buzz-apple-stock-buyback-tim-cook-carl-icahn-ibm-new-product-innovation.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Explain Apple’s stock price movements. Have investors begun to think of Apple as another… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Why Did Apple Buy Back $14B of Stock?
Description: Bloomberg’s Paul Sweeney reports on Apple’s stock buyback on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Feb 07, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-07/why-did-apple-buy-14b-of-its-own-stock#r=nav-f-video Questions for Discussions: Summarize the interpretations of Apple’s decisions to buy back shares. What do growth investors prefer to see at tech companies? Why do you think Apple… Read more »
Debt ceiling circus is back in town
Description: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has given Congress until the end of February to raise the debt ceiling. He’s juggling the nation’s finances using ‘extraordinary measures’ but those will only last so long. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 07, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/07/n-debt-ceiling-jack-lew-treasury-end-of-february-deadline.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Explain the debt ceiling issue? Why is it… Read more »
David Rosenberg: Don’t despair over market’s decline
Description: More than a trillion dollars has been lost on paper since the year began. It was the worst January since 2009 and it was the worst February since 1933 prior to Friday’s rally. But let’s keep in mind the decline follows a P/E-multiple-led advance in the S&P 500 of more than 30% in 2013…. Read more »
Using data to pick the optimal start-up name?
Description: Naming your startup can be one of the hardest things to do when starting a company. Each founder must agree. The domain must be available to buy. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, investors need to like it because the first letter of startup’s name has meaningful impact on how easily the company will be… Read more »
The Post Office Banks on the Poor
Description: PEOPLE like to complain about banks popping up like Starbucks on every corner these days. But in poor neighborhoods, the phenomenon is quite the opposite: Over the past couple of decades, the banks have pulled out. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 08, 2014 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/opinion/the-post-office-banks-on-the-poor.html?hp&rref=opinion Questions for Discussions: Summarize the suggestion proposed for the post… Read more »
Rocky day for Ken and Barbie
Description: Shares of Mattel were pummeled after the toy maker reported a surprising drop in sales during the holiday shopping season. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 31, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/01/31/investing-the-buzz-mattel-toys-barbie-american-girl-disney.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is the connection between the stock market price of Mattel shares and sales performance during the holiday period? Why… Read more »
Boeing stock gets grounded
Description: The airplane maker’s guidance spooked investors. But the turbulence could be brief. Boeing should cool off after soaring in 2013. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 29, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/01/29/i-b-boeing-stock-grounded.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the possible reasons for Boeing stock spooking investors? What do you think is the reason? What do you think… Read more »
Obama’s Keystone Options Shrink as State Downplays Impact
Description: President Barack Obama is in no hurry to decide whether construction of TransCanada Corp.’s $5.4 billion Keystone XL pipeline serves U.S. national interests, the next step in measuring its worthiness. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Jan 31, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-31/obama-s-keystone-options-shrink-as-state-downplays-impact.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the state of affairs surrounding the Keystone project to date. Why is… Read more »
Big Oil Has Big Problems
Description: Some of the world’s largest oil companies are reporting pretty ugly earnings. Profits at Exxon Mobil (XOM), the biggest U.S. oil company, are down 27 percent off its worst fourth-quarter earnings in four years. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Europe’s biggest oil major, saw its profits tumble 48 percent. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 31, 2014… Read more »
