Description: Though TikTok has become a craze among some younger Americans over the past year, recent headlines about a US government investigation into the platform’s Chinese parent company ByteDance regarding national security concerns have some marketers worrying. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Nov 12, 2019 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/how-marketers-are-responding-to-recent-tiktok-headlines?ecid=NL1001 Questions for discussion: What are the concerns for users, marketers… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2019
How 3-D printing is transforming the $12 trillion manufacturing industry and fueling the 4th Industrial Revolution
Description: A French cosmetics giant uses one to create artificial skin. A Wisconsin start-up designs ceramic guides that pinpoint tumors in individual cancer patients. Workers on a remote North Sea oil rig make replacement parts on the spot rather than wait days for a ship or helicopter to arrive. All these actions are made possible… Read more »
Opinion: Why the prospective $70 billion buyout of Walgreens may signal the stock-market rally is about to end
Description: The deal would be the biggest LBO ever — and carry echoes of a troubled deal of the past Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Nov 07, 2019 Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/walgreens-possible-70-billion-buyout-is-a-clear-sign-the-stock-market-rally-is-about-to-end-2019-11-06?mod=home-page Questions for discussion: What are the concerns, as highlighted in the article? Do you share these concerns?
As Roku Plunges, CFO Advises Looking Past ‘A Bit of Noise’
Description: Roku’s shares plummeted after Wednesday’s earnings report offered no upside to Q4 revenue forecasts, but CFO Steve Louden was upbeat about the arrival of Apple TV+ and Disney+. Source: TheStreet.com – video report Date: Nov 07, 2019 Link: https://www.thestreet.com/technology/roku-plunges-cfo-advises-looking-past-noise-15158142 Questions for discussion: Why did the stock price fall? Do you think this presents an… Read more »
Top Morgan Stanley fund manager sees stocks rallying another 5% before 2020, led by cheap value stocks
Description: With eight weeks until 2020, one of Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s top fund managers is positioning for a market breakout that he thinks is just beginning. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Nov 01, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/05/top-fund-manager-sees-5percent-market-rally-before-2020-led-by-value-stocks.html Questions for discussion: What is the basis for the predictions? Do you agree with this assessment?
‘Another nail in the coffin’: BlackBerry president jumps ship
Description: BlackBerry Ltd. says its president and chief operating officer, Bryan Palma, has left the company after less than a year in the job. Source: BNNBloomberg.com – video report Date: Nov 06, 2019 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/another-nail-in-the-coffin-blackberry-president-jumps-ship-1.1342843 Questions for discussion: Why is this event considered bad news for the investors and the firm? Should investors be concerned,… Read more »
How Chipotle returned to the top after disastrous food-safety scares
Description: How Chipotle returned to the top after disastrous food-safety scares Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Nov 06, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/11/05/ceo-brian-niccol-turns-chipotle-mexican-grill-around-after-food-safety-scares.html Questions for discussion: How is Taco Bell managed differently from Chipotle? How would you increase business at Chipotle? Do you think Chipotle is a good investment today?
David M. Rubenstein on Profit, Purpose and Climate
Description: F&D’s Rahim Kanani interviews David M. Rubenstein, cofounder and co–executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private investment firms, on a new corporate reality that looks beyond profit, the role of business in tackling climate change, and what animates his philanthropy. Source: IMF.org Date: Nov 04, 2019 Link: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/11/david-rubenstein-on-profit-purpose-and-climate-change.htm Questions for discussion:… Read more »
Goldman says there are three big stock buyers that will keep the record rally going
Description: The S&P 500 surged to a new all-time high on Monday, and Goldman Sachs says the bull market will keep on rolling into 2020 on the back of three big buyers: corporations, foreign investors and US households. Companies will spend $470 billion on stocks next year, with foreign investors and US households contributing $50 billion and… Read more »
These ‘Secret’ Recession Signs May Provide Clues to When the Next Downturn Is Coming
Description: With stocks near all time highs, and the Fed signaling that after three rate cuts they’re ready to hit pause (indicating they don’t believe the economy is about to slide into recession) it may be tempting for investors to breathe easy, too. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Oct 31, 2019 Link: https://fortune.com/2019/10/31/secret-recession-signs-next-downturn-2019-2020/ Questions… Read more »
