Description: Facebook’s biggest deal ever. Why is Mark Zuckerberg paying $19 Billion for messaging app WhatsApp? Laurie Segall reports. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 19, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/19/t-facebook-whatsapp-19-billion.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: How did Facebook go about evaluating WhatsApp? Do you believe it was a good deal for both sides? How can this acquisition… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Financial analysis
Fed transcripts: Bernanke chose to let Lehman fail
Description: FORTUNE — September 15, 2008 was a watershed moment for the financial crisis that consigned much of the world to an economic malaise from which we are still recovering. That day, government officials hastily arranged a sale of investment bank Merrill Lynch to Bank of America, while another bank — Lehman Brothers — was… Read more »
Gold-miner stock rally has just begun
Description: Less than two months into the year, gold miners have recouped more than a third of what they lost last year, and the rally may still have a lot more room to run. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-miners-stock-rally-has-just-begun-2014-02-21?dist=countdown Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial analysis presented for gold and gold stocks…. Read more »
Cisco: Tons of cash, little growth
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 »
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 »
David Rosenberg: Don’t despair over market’s decline
Description: More than a trillion dollars has been lost on paper since the year began. It was the worst January since 2009 and it was the worst February since 1933 prior to Friday’s rally. But let’s keep in mind the decline follows a P/E-multiple-led advance in the S&P 500 of more than 30% in 2013…. 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 »
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 »
Starbucks Just Sold $1.4 Billion in Gift Cards. What Did It Do With That Cash?
Description: Starbucks (SBUX) is slowly adding a shot of banking to its grande coffee empire. As customers pour money into its gift cards and its mobile-payment app, the Seattle-based company is booking a tidy profit simply by holding onto customers’ cash. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 24, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-24/starbucks-just-sold-1-dot-4-billion-in-gift-cards-dot-what-did-it-do-with-that-cash#r=hpt-ls Questions for Discussions: How does this… Read more »
