Description: Corporate America has been tapping into the cheap stream and with normalized interest rates on the horizon, David Prince, Founder & President, Harbinger Capital Markets Research says debt levels have gotten altogether too high. Source: BNN.com – video report Date: Sep 11, 2015 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=702589 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the analysis presented by David… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Is $20 oil possible after all?
Description: BNN speaks with Ira Epstein, Managing Director, Ira Epstein Division of Linn & Associates about the latest trading activity in oil and Goldman Sachs’ warning that $20 oil is possible amid a relentless supply glut. Source: BNN.com – video report Date: Sep 11, 2015 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=702465 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the analysis presented by… Read more »
Now you can brew Campbell’s soup in a Keurig
Description: The coffeemaker has partnered with the 146-year-old soup company to produce “Campbell’s Fresh-Brewed Soup.” Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 10, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1J0nBn1 Questions for Discussions: Do you think Keurig customers will start using their devices to make soup? How has the company done financially?
Disney bought $2.4 billion of its own stock during market freakout
Description: When Disney (DIS) and other media stocks crumbled last month, the home of Star Wars seized on the opportunity to buy back its stock at what looked like dirt cheap prices. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 10, 2015 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/11/investing/disney-bought-stock-media-espn-star-wars/index.html?iid=surge-stack-dom Questions for discussion: Explain Disney’s stock surge over recent years? Does Disney… Read more »
The World’s Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2015: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting And Sofia Vergara Lead With $28.5 Million
Description: While we are busy being becoming immersed in the daily lives, emotions and relationships of their on-screen personas—Sofia as Gloria, Robin as Claire, and Julianna, who for so long was Nurse Carol, slowly shifted to Alicia—TV’s top actresses are busy making money: Sofia Vergara and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting more than any others, banking $28.5 million apiece pretax between June… Read more »
U.S. frackers feel the pinch of low oil prices
Description: U.S. frackers are fighting for survival in a volatile energy landscape. They’ve been one of the driving forces of the U.S. economy but as oil falls, so do their profits. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 02, 2015 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/economy/2015/09/02/us-frackers-oil-prices.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What are the reasons for oil price volatility? How should… Read more »
Stocks plunge again. Now what?
Description: Investors are very anxious due to China slowdown fears. But this market correction was long overdue. Now is a time to sit tight and resist the urge to panic. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 02, 2015 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2015/09/02/stock-market-plunge-china-buzz.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What advice is presented to investors at this time? Do you… Read more »
The Oil-Sands Glut Is About to Get a Lot Bigger
Description: The last place oil producers want to be when prices plummet to profit-demolishing lows is midstream on a billion-dollar project in one of the costliest parts of the planet to extract crude. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Sep 03, 2015 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-03/canada-oil-sands-fork-over-billions-for-500-000-unneeded-barrels Questions for Discussions: Summarize the analysis presented in this report. Do… Read more »
Toyota to Finance $50 Million ‘Intelligent’ Car Project
Description: The Toyota Motor Corporation announced on Friday an ambitious $50 million robotics and artificial intelligence research effort, in collaboration with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to develop “intelligent” rather than self-driving cars. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Sep 04, 2015 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/science/toyota-artificial-intelligence-car-stanford-mit.html Questions for discussion: Do you think the company is making a… Read more »
‘Bearish divergence’ is warning investors not to buy the dip in the stock market
Description: A chart signal that warns you not to buy can be just as useful as one that warns you it’s time to sell. The long-term “bearish divergence” in the S&P 500’s chart suggests it is still much too soon to try to pick a bottom. Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Sep 04, 2015 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bearish-divergence-is-warning-investors-not-to-buy-the-dip-in-the-stock-market-2015-09-04?dist=afterbell Questions… Read more »
