Description: It didn’t hit analysts’ expectations. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: May 10, 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2r19CMH Questions for discussion: What are the key financial numbers investors are using to evaluate the stock value? Do you think this company’s financial performance will improve as did Facebook?
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Nordstrom Can’t Escape the Retail Industry Bloodbath
Description: Sales at its brick-and-mortar stores disappointed. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: May 05, 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2r7SkOm Questions for discussion: What does the report say about profits and retailing trends in general? How should investors evaluate the stock?
Valeant shares rocket 24% as investors cheer moves to reduce debt
Description: Troubled drug company refinanced debt, extended maturities and adjusted terms last quarter Source: MarketWatch.com Date: May 12, 2017 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/valeant-shares-rocket-23-as-investors-cheer-moves-to-reduce-debt-2017-05-09?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Why did the stock price jump? Do you think the current value is fair, with respect to the level of debt and revenue projections?
Apple Gives Corning $200 Million to Invent Better Phone Glass
Description: SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is seeding the next generation of American-made glass for its iPhones and iPads, and its investments may have the side benefit of helping the company win favor in Washington. Source: NYTimes.com Date: May 12, 2017 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/technology/apple-corning-phone-glass.html?ref=dealbook Questions for discussion: What does the article say about the relationship between the… Read more »
PrivateBancorp Holders Approve $4.9 Billion CIBC Takeover
Description: PrivateBancorp Inc. investors approved a $4.9 billion takeover by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce after the Toronto-based lender sweetened its deal twice to win over shareholders. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 12, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-12/privatebancorp-holders-approve-4-9-billion-cibc-takeover-offer Questions for discussion: Why is this a good deal for both parties? What are the risks going forward?
Barron’s Buzz: Amazon Stock at 20: Now What?
Description: Barron’s senior editor Jack Hough and WSJ’s Geoffrey Rogow preview the upcoming issue of Barron’s. Topics include a look ahead as Amazon stock’s 20th anniversary approaches. Also, a look at ETFs that deliver income. Plus, can work name tags predict economic performance? Source: WSJ.com – video report Date: May 05, 2017 Link: http://www.barrons.com/video/barrons-buzz-amazon-stock-at-20-now-what/33A50DB3-A5DC-4DB0-B061-E2DF8B661069.html Questions… Read more »
Puerto Rico: A Debt Problem That Kept Boiling Over
Description: It all goes back to 1917. Congress passed a law that year making Puerto Ricans United States citizens. That same law, still on the books today, empowered the island to raise money by issuing tax-exempt bonds. Source: NYTimes.com Date: May 05, 2017 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/business/dealbook/puerto-rico-debt.html?ref=dealbook Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons for the current financial… Read more »
Millennials ought to be 100% invested in stocks, says top-ranking newsletter editor
Description: Younger people have decades to build wealth, and they shouldn’t squander precious time Source: MarketWatch.com Date: May 05, 2017 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/millennials-ought-to-be-100-invested-in-stocks-says-top-ranking-newsletter-editor-2017-05-03?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Summarize the advice presented in this article. What are the risks to young investors who take this advice?
Buffett’s $86 Billion Cash Pile Has Some Dreaming of a Huge Deal
Description: Warren Buffett’s career is filled with splashy takeovers that cost billions — as in $10 billion or $20 billion or $30 billion. But $100 billion? Even for Buffett, that’d be an awful lot of money. Yet, that is now the buzz among some investors, analysts and Buffett fans. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 01, 2017… Read more »
America’s Top Public Companies In 2017: A Buffett Buy List
Description: President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders finally found a consensus yesterday, although an unlikely one for a businessman and a Socialist: breaking up those big banks. Source: Forbes.com Date: May 02, 2017 Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2017/05/02/americas-top-public-companies-in-2017/#20a7f1834ad2 Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights in this report. What do you think of the assessments?
