Description: The lengthening time frame it takes for privately held companies to be acquired or to file for an IPO is spurring interest in startups that cater to investors who want to trade in shares of non-public companies. MarketWatch’s John Letzing interview with Thomas Foley, founder of Xpert Financial Inc., in San Francisco. Source:Â Marketwatch.com… Read more »
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
Venture Capital As Patient Capital
Description: Wall Street is in a transactional business, but venture capitalists are in a more long-term business of building companies — a sort of patient capital, according to legendary VC Bill Draper, author of “The Startup Game.” Jonathan Burton reports. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 02/04/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/venture-capital-as-patient-capital/DC3C301D-95FD-4CB6-ABFC-43C0F8398F6A Questions for discussion: Summarize the relationship… Read more »
Good news. Yield ahead!
Description:Â Savers and investors relying on fixed incomes have been punished for several years. Many healthy companies sat on their growing piles of cash instead of boosting dividends. Some struggling firms were forced to cut or even suspend quarterly payouts during the financial crisis. And the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies (rates near 0% plus… Read more »
Stock-Hedging Lets Bankers Skirt Efforts to Overhaul Pay
Description:  Intent on fixing a banking system that contributed heavily to the recent financial crisis, lawmakers and regulators pushed Wall Street to overhaul its pay practices. Big banks responded by shifting more compensation into stock, a move intended to align employees’ interests more closely with those of investors and discourage excessive risk-taking. Source: NYTimes.com  … Read more »
What’s after Dow 12,000 and S&P 1,300?
Description: On Tuesday, the market hit a double milestone: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 12,000, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index finished the day over 1,300. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 02/04/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-comes-after-dow-12000-and-sp-1300-2011-02-04?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Summarize the basic arguments made in the report. Where do you think the markets are heading? How… Read more »
Roubini on Global Economy, Risks Ahead
Description: Nouriel Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics and economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, foresees risks ahead as the economies of developing nations surge, while the U.S. and the West are stagnating. He talks with WSJ’s Simon Constable. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 01/25/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/roubini-on-global-economy-risks-ahead/E83AF703-1580-4666-89FC-F59F18DD06FB Questions for discussion:… Read more »
George Soros: ‘A new economic reality
Description: Financier George Soros says that markets and regulators are imperfect and that U.S. and EU economies need to get used to it. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 01/28/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/01/28/n_davos_soros.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the views expressed by Mr. Soros? Do you agree with them? How should investors and financial managers respond to… Read more »
Stocks plunge amid Egypt unrest
Description: U.S. stocks plunged Friday, with the three major indices logging the worst daily drops in months, as investors grew nervous about political unrest in Egypt. Source:Â CNNMoney.com Date: 01/28/2011 Link:Â http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/28/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm Questions for discussion:Â How have markets responded to political unrest in Egypt? Is this an opportunity or the beginning of a trend? How… Read more »
Never Again?
Description:  The final judgment of the official inquiry into the 2008 financial crisis — that it was an avoidable disaster, brought about by regulatory neglect and Wall Street recklessness — was an admonition to the government never to let it happen again. Source: NYTimes.com  Date: 01/29/2011 Link: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/never-again/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the report… Read more »
Dow’s Surge to 12,000 Echoes Last Time Market Slumped
Description: nvestors who pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 12,000 for the first time since 2008 this week may be getting ahead of themselves. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 01/28/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-28/dow-s-surge-to-12-000-echoes-last-time-market-slumped.html Questions for discussion:Â Summarize the basic arguments made in the report. Do you agree that the market is ahead of where it belongs? How… Read more »
