Description: Less than 5% of the Swiss bank’s thousands of accounts with over $10 billion in assets were reported to the IRS. And you won’t believe the ways in which they allegedly hid the money. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 26, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/26/n-credit-suisse-offshore-tax-evasion-irs.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Do you believe the information demanded… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Governments & Regulators
What happened to the correction?
Description: Investors are shrugging off lackluster economic numbers. Stocks are once again pushing toward record highs. So what happened to that market correction everyone was talking about? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/02/21/bears-hibernating-market-correction-job-growth-dow-fed-taper.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does the report say about the correction and corrections in general? Why does… Read more »
Are the Markets Headed for Another Huge Drop?
Description: Swan Wealth Advisors Director of Trading & Investments Mark Sebastian and Bloomberg’s Matt Miller discuss the state of the markets and investing in volatility in “On The Markets” on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Feb 20, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-20/are-the-markets-headed-for-another-huge-drop#r=nav-f-video Questions for discussion: Summarize the key metrics that… Read more »
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 »
The European Debt Crisis Visualized
Description: At the heart of the European debt crisis is the euro, the currency that ties together 17 countries in an intimate manner. So when one country teeters on the brink of financial collapse, the entire continent is at risk. How did such a flawed system come to be? Bloomberg Television and Jonathan Jarvis present… 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 »
Debt ceiling circus is back in town
Description: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has given Congress until the end of February to raise the debt ceiling. He’s juggling the nation’s finances using ‘extraordinary measures’ but those will only last so long. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 07, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/07/n-debt-ceiling-jack-lew-treasury-end-of-february-deadline.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Explain the debt ceiling issue? Why is it… 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 »
Stocks down? It’s about time!
Description: Investors shouldn’t stress about the ugly week for stocks. The market is coming off of huge gains in 2013 and there’s still decent growth in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 24, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/01/24/investing-the-buzz-stocks-nyse-markets-china-turkey-argentina.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Why would a correction be a good thing? Do you… Read more »
Into the Bitcoin Mines
Description: On the flat lava plain of Reykjanesbaer, Iceland, near the Arctic Circle, you can find the mines of Bitcoin. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Dec 21, 2013 Link: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/into-the-bitcoin-mines/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 Questions for Discussions: Explain the way Bitcoin is “mined” and how the rate of creation is controlled. How does this compare to the way a normal currency… Read more »
