Description:Â Large-cap growth shares guide investors through rocky market Source: Marketwatch.com Date: Aug 10, 2012 Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/biggest-dividend-paying-stocks-are-still-the-best-2012-08-10?dist=afterbell Questions for Discussions: What does the report say about dividend paying stocks and their size? What are the advantages to investors?
Posts Categorized: Economic Analysis
How U.S. discourages foreign investors
Description: Panasonic North America CEO says that foreign companies need political consistency and tax incentives to invest in the U.S. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Aug 02, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/08/02/n-panasonic-manufacturing-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize commentary in this report about direct foreign investment. Do you agree with the assessment? How is globalization a factor? What… Read more »
The Real Crash is dead ahead as 2008 is forgotten
Description: Commentary: Ironically, you’ll win by buying banks now. “Facebook will become the poster child for the current social-media bubble,†warns economist Gary Shilling in his latest Forbes column, “just as Pets.com was for the dot-com bubble.†Yes, Wall Street is repeating the 2000 dot-com crash as today’s social-media bubble crashes and burns. Source: Marketwatch.com… Read more »
Bank bailout failed homeowners
Description: Former TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky says the program failed to protect Main Street from Wall Street. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 25, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/07/25/n-Barofsky-TARP.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize commentary in this report about the failure to manage TARP. Do you believe the criticism is fair? What are the economic prospects… Read more »
Housing: A Long Way From Normal
Description: Remember suburban Phoenix, home of empty subdivisions with green swimming pools and roving coyotes? It’s booming again. A house in Glendale got 95 offers and eventually sold for 17 percent above the asking price. “This is not something we would see in a normal market,†says Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real… Read more »
Walgreen finally gets good news
Description: Walgreen reached an agreement with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, giving its shares a much needed boost. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 19, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/07/19/investing-bz-Walgreen.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize and explain the recent financial performance of Walgreen. How much of the problem facing the company can be attributed to management, in… Read more »
Slowing sales put out Chipotle’s fuego
Description:  Chipotle is still growing rapidly, but investors were disappointed that revenues missed lofty forecasts. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report com Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/07/20/investing-bz-Chipotle.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financials for the company. Why has the stock fallen so much? Would you be a buyer or seller at this time?
Spain financial woes worsen as bank bailout approved
Description: Spain’s financial woes deepened ominously Friday after a heavily indebted region asked Madrid for help and the government predicted more recession next year, prompting investors to dump stocks and government bonds. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/spain-financial-woes-worsen-as-bank-bailout-approved/article4429366/ Questions for Discussions: Explain the cause of the Spanish stock market drop? How are interest… Read more »
Ireland Bulldozes Ghost Estate In Life After Real Estate Bubble
Description:Â Ireland is opting for bulldozers rather than bankers as it starts to clear the legacy of the housing boom whose collapse brought the economy to its knees. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: July 19, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-19/ireland-bulldozes-ghost-estate-in-life-after-real-estate-bubble.html Questions for Discussions: How did over-supply undermine the real estate market? Who is to blame for this fiasco? How… Read more »
Can the Bullet Train Save California?
Description:  MarketWatch’s David Weidner checks in on Mean Street to discuss California’s economic conditions and whether it’s right that a state struggling to stay solvent is aiming to float a $10 billion bond for a high-speed rail line. Photo: European Pressphoto Agency. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: July 13, 2012 Link: http://live.wsj.com/video/can-the-bullet-train-save-california/8C2522BB-3A9D-4C75-87BE-7C100EE04B01.html Questions for… Read more »
