Description:  Apple or Amazon? IBM or HP? Three out of the four are knock-out stocks. Can you guess who has the glass chin? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 09/27/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/09/27/mkts_bh_tech_heavyweights.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights reported for each firm. Do you agree with the conclusions reported? What advice would you suggest to… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Company Analysis
Why Google has a venture capital fund
Description:    Bill Maris, managing partner of Google Ventures explains how the fund’s investments fit in with Google’s overall strategy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 09/29/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/09/28/ts_google_ventures.fortune/ Questions for discussion: What are the reasons presented for Google’s involvement in new ventures? What are some other possible reasons that were not mentioned in the report?… Read more »
Kodak Weighs Options to Clear Path for Sale
Description: Eastman Kodak Co. (EK), the unprofitable 131-year-old camera maker, is weighing options including a bankruptcy filing because of concerns raised by possible buyers of its patent portfolio, said three people with direct knowledge of the process. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 10/01/2011 Link:Â http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-30/kodak-said-to-weigh-bankruptcy-filing.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights of this report. What would you… Read more »
More Small Businesses Are Selling Receivables at a Loss
Description: Owners who can’t get bank credit or aren’t selling much are tapping commercial financiers known as factors—despite their higher cost Source: Businessweek.com Date: 09/27/2011 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/small-business/more-small-businesses-are-selling-receivables-at-a-loss-09272011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the problems described in the article. What are the possible solutions? Is factoring a good choice, in your opinion?
Where bond traders hunt for yield
Description:    With low Treasury yields, the BlackRock CIO of Fixed Income says asset-backed securities are one place to look for higher yields Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 09/20/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/09/20/mkts_blackrock_bond_yield.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the forecasts presented in this report and how Blackrock bond traders are serving their clients. Do you agree with the… Read more »
Apple’s Stock Reaches Record High
Description:  Apple shares finished Monday at 411.63, up 2.8%, despite a widespread selloff everywhere else, setting a new all-time closing high for Apple stock and just the third close above $400. Mark Gongloff joins Digits to discuss. Plus: a look at Netflix and ARM Holdings. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 09/20/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/apple-stock-reaches-record-high/68369C6B-BEC4-4B0C-9634-08F739A606E3 Questions… Read more »
Dow Falls Most Since October 2008
Description: U.S. stocks fell this week, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the biggest loss since 2008, as the Federal Reserve said risks to the economy have increased and concern grew that policy makers will fail to spur growth. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 09/24/2011 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-23/dow-average-declines-most-since-october-2008-on-economic-growth-concerns.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights of this report…. Read more »
RIMM rocked by slow sales
Description:  Shares of BlackBerry-maker RIM sag as disappointing smartphone and tablet sales have investors wondering if the company will ever return to its glory days. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 09/16/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/09/16/mkts_am_rim.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the financial results for RIM and the explanation for the drop in share value on the stock… Read more »
In Europe, echoes of Lehman, with much bigger consequences
Description: What started as a sovereign debt crisis in Europe is slowly turning into a potentially disastrous banking crisis. It’s like watching a bad rerun of a movie with a worse ending. Source: Fortune.com Date: 09/16/2011 Link:Â Â http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/16/european-banking-crisis/?iid=SF_F_Lead Questions for discussion: Summarize the critical points made in the article. How do you think this crisis… Read more »
Notre Dame, the Fleecing Irish
Description:Â NBC pays millions to broadcast one of the most mediocre teams in football Source:Â Businessweek.com Date: 09/08/2011 Link:Â http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/notre-dame-the-fleecing-irish-09082011.html Questions for discussion: What does this report suggest about the issues surrounding evaluating college football broadcast rights? How would you go about calculating the value of a contract? What recommendations would you make to NBC… Read more »
