Description: Shares of the do-it-at-home beverage maker fell even though earnings topped forecasts. Expectations were high and some think SodaStream is a fad. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 08, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/05/08/investing-the-buzz-sodastream.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why do you think the shares pulled back? Would you be an investor today? Financial Analysis, Company Analysis,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Company Analysis
Online Video-Ad Startups Rivaling Google Seen Near IPOs
Description: Demand for Web commercials played alongside video clips is fueling growth at marketing startups, putting such companies as Tremor Video Inc., YuMe Inc. and Adap.tv Inc. on course for initial public offerings this year. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 07, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-07/online-video-ad-startups-seen-near-ipos-challenging-google-tech.html Questions for Discussions: Do you think these IPOs are good investments? How… Read more »
Berkshire CEOs Spend Quietly, Match Buffett on Heinz
Description: Warren Buffett stole headlines when he committed $12.1 billion in a deal to take ketchup maker HJ Heinz Co. (HNZ) private this year. Managers at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) spent as much in 2012 while attracting less attention. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 10, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-10/berkshire-ceos-spend-quietly-match-buffett-on-heinz-deal.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report… Read more »
Kodak’s Fuzzy Future
Description: When Eastman Kodak emerges from bankruptcy this summer or fall, it will be a shadow of the blue-chip corporate giant it once was. A celebrated company whose little yellow packages of film documented generations of birthday parties, weddings and anniversaries, the new Kodak will be more commercially focused, providing printing and imaging services to… Read more »
The AIG bailout worked
Description: Shares of AIG surged after the insurance giant reported better than expected earnings. Taxpayers and investors should be proud of AIG. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/05/03/investing-the-buzz-aig.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How was AIG helped by the bailout? Do you think the AIG brand has recovered? What sort of investor… Read more »
Apple Bonds: How Much Could Happen in 30 Years?
Description: One of the more remarkable things about Apple?s record debt sale this week was that $3 billion of it came in the form of 30-year bonds. That?s a common duration in such sectors as financials and health care?but not so much in technology, where fortunes are made and destroyed by the constant churn of… Read more »
J.C. Penney Spent $170 Million to Install Johnson Team
Description: Ron Johnson?s tenure at J.C. Penney Co. (JCP) will long be associated with a 25 percent sales plunge. Lost amid the criticism since his departure last month is the $170 million it cost to install Johnson and his top three executives. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-03/j-c-penney-spent-170-million-to-install-johnson-team.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the… Read more »
Whole Foods Local Forager Elly Truesdell Is a Grocery Tastemaker
Description: The dairy cows smell. All farm animals do, of course, but these particularly pungent Holsteins have just come in from the rain. They?re huddled in open stalls inside a white wooden barn at Cella Brothers in Wallingford, Conn., swishing their tails, chewing on bales of hay, and remarking on the terrible weather with a… Read more »
Is Samsung’s Growth at the Expense of Apple?
Description: Samsung captured a third of the global smartphone market in the first quarter as growth for Apple’s iPhone dropped to its slowest pace ever, according to data released by Strategy Analytics. Strategic Analytics Senior Strategist Neil Shah speaks with Emily Chang reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report… Read more »
George Soros Isn’t Dead, and Neither (He Hopes) Is J.C. Penney
Description: The news that George Soros has taken a 7.9 percent passive stake in J.C. Penney (JCP) brings to mind an old TV commercial from my childhood. In it, two boys stare with disgust at a bowl of Life cereal that their mother naively mentioned was good for them. They then push it in front… Read more »
