Description: Alyssa Moeder, a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, talks to Barron’s Associate Editor Matt Barthel about how investor attitudes today have changed and how she addresses their needs and concerns. Source: Marketwatch.com ╨ video report Date: 06/05/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/investor-attitudes-in-today-market/A2BAF27E-A132-4AE8-BAB1-339217104E34 Questions for discussion: Summarize the changes in attitude that are discussed in this report. Do… Read more »
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
BP’s Gulf Coast oil spill – a legal primer
Description: To help readers navigate the legal landscape surrounding BP’s mammoth oil spill (or “oil spew,” as some argue it should more properly be called) in the Gulf Coast, I have looked into some of the law-related questions and statements that keep surfacing as the press and bloggers keep up with the crisis. I rely… Read more »
15 Steps for Successful Strategic Alliances (and Marriages)
Description: Wedding bells fill the Northern Hemisphere air for this season’s happy couples. Among the newlyweds armed with pre-nuptial agreements are numerous companies starting strategic alliances, joint ventures, and focused collaboratives. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 06/01/2010 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/harvardbusiness?sid=Hf4bf828cb7a8e91f3cc9bd45f37e6165 Questions for discussion: Evaluate the suggestions made in this report. How do the suggestions in this report compare… Read more »
Debtors’ Prism: Who Has Europe’s Loans?
Description: IT’S a $2.6 trillion mystery. That’s the amount that foreign banks and other financial companies have lent to public and private institutions in Greece, Spain and Portugal, three countries so mired in economic troubles that analysts and investors assume that a significant portion of that mountain of debt may never be repaid. Source: NYTimes.com… Read more »
Is Gold the Next Bubble?
Description:Â With gold having run up to record prices of late, some have wondered whether the yellow metal is likely to be the next bubble? Brett Arends discusses. And Peter Lattman profiles C. Dean Metropoulos, an low-profile investor with a knack for rebuilding old brands like Chef Boyardee, Bumble Bee and Schlitz. His most recent… Read more »
Revolution Investing: Don’t Panic
Description: The time to get fearful is when other people are greedy, and people are not greedy right now, according to Fox Business anchor Cody Willard, who advises taking the other side of the prevalent, extreme emotions particularly in technology. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report  Date: 05/25/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/revolution-investing-dont-panic/31940285-9DF8-431B-9510-4A8E4FCBF9A3 Questions for discussion: Summarize the… Read more »
Toys ‘R’ Us files $800 million IPO
Description: Toys “R” Us is seeking to raise $800 million in stock through an initial public offering, hoping to clear some debt from its balance sheet, the company said in a securities filing Friday. Source: CNNMoney.com Date: 05/28/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/28/news/companies/toys_r_us_IPO/index.htm  Questions for discussion: How does this IPO help the firm? What are the advantages… Read more »
Treasury 10-Year Yield Falls Most in 17 Months on Europe Crisis
Description: Treasuries climbed in May, lowering 10-year yields the most since the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates to a record low in December 2008 to spur the economy, on speculation efforts to contain Europe’s debt crisis will slow the global economic recovery. Source: Bloomberg.com  Date: 05/29/2010 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXJVN2j1ufUM Questions for discussion: Explain the reasons… Read more »
House Votes to Eliminate Hedge Fund Tax Break
Description: The House passed a bill on Friday that would end a tax break for executives of investment funds, leaving hedge funds, private equity firms and venture capitalists scrambling to ease the effects of the bill before it is taken up by the Senate next month. Source: NYTimes.com  Date: 05/28/2010 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/business/29carried.html?ref=business Questions for… Read more »
Euro Hit By German Proposals to Ban Shorts
Description: Germany’s unilateral plan to stop short-selling doesn’t look well thought out. Dow Jones Newswires’ Mark Cranfield reports. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report  Date: 05/19/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/euro-hit-by-german-proposals-to-ban-shorts/1A26355B-337A-4DF9-91DB-8E8047F8536B Questions for discussion: Summarize the positive impact that this ban is expected to have on markets? What negative impact is also possible? Given these considerations, is the… Read more »
