Description: Poor Cisco. It was the only Dow stock to miss out on Tuesday’s Janet Yellen rally. With lackluster earnings due out after the bell, it’s no wonder investors are nervous. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 12, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/02/12/investing-the-buzz-cisco-john-chambers-juniper-f5-palo-alto.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Explain Cisco’s stock price movements. Why have investors moved away?… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Company Analysis
World’s hottest diamond markets
Description: De Beers CEO Phillipe Mellier says the hottest diamond markets in the world are the U.S. and China. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/14/wbt-de-beers-group-ceo-phillipe-mellier-diamond-industry-valentines-day.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is the state of the diamond market and De Beers in particular? Would you be an investor is the industry?
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 »
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 »
Boeing stock gets grounded
Description: The airplane maker’s guidance spooked investors. But the turbulence could be brief. Boeing should cool off after soaring in 2013. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 29, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/01/29/i-b-boeing-stock-grounded.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the possible reasons for Boeing stock spooking investors? What do you think is the reason? What do you think… Read more »
Obama’s Keystone Options Shrink as State Downplays Impact
Description: President Barack Obama is in no hurry to decide whether construction of TransCanada Corp.’s $5.4 billion Keystone XL pipeline serves U.S. national interests, the next step in measuring its worthiness. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Jan 31, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-31/obama-s-keystone-options-shrink-as-state-downplays-impact.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the state of affairs surrounding the Keystone project to date. Why is… Read more »
Big Oil Has Big Problems
Description: Some of the world’s largest oil companies are reporting pretty ugly earnings. Profits at Exxon Mobil (XOM), the biggest U.S. oil company, are down 27 percent off its worst fourth-quarter earnings in four years. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Europe’s biggest oil major, saw its profits tumble 48 percent. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 31, 2014… Read more »
Apple Back at $500: Time to Buy or Time to Panic?
Description: Deja vu. That might be how some Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) investors are feeling today. A year ago, Apple shed 11% after reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings with iPhone sales falling short of expectations. At the low this morning, Apple shares were down nearly $50, or 9%, after iPhone sales again came in shy. Both times,… Read more »
