Description: At the heart of the European debt crisis is the euro, the currency that ties together 17 countries in an intimate manner. So when one country teeters on the brink of financial collapse, the entire continent is at risk. How did such a flawed system come to be? Bloomberg Television and Jonathan Jarvis present… Read more »
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
Super-rich CEOs are mad as hell, and not gonna take this anymore
Description: As the insensitive comments and sky-high salaries add up, it’s easy to start thinking that CEOs and other execs have completely lost touch with the lives of everyday Americans. Sadly, that’s likely the case. Source: Fortune.com Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/14/out-of-touch-ceos/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the basic argument presented in this report. Do… Read more »
Comcast-Time Warner Cable’s Jolt to Big Media
Description: When Time Warner and AOL announced the consummation of their private courtship in 2000, cable pioneer Ted Turner enthused that the deal felt “better than sex.” That marriage was so ill-fated, it turns out, that a male praying mantis might have exclaimed the same. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-14/comcast-time-warner-cables-jolt-to-big-media#r=nav-r-story Questions for… Read more »
Is Apple becoming IBM?
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 »
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 »
