Description: Costco’s popular chickens have stayed fixed at $4.99 for more than a decade — even in the face of raging inflation. But it’s come at a cost. Source: TheHustle.com Date: Oct 08, 2022 Link: https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-costco-rotisserie-chicken/ Questions for discussion: Why has Costco kept chicken prices fixed? How has this strategy fit with overall branding strategy?… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Growth & Valuation
How John Deere plans to build a world of fully autonomous farming by 2030
Description: Can John Deere become one of the leading AI and robotics companies in the world alongside Tesla and Silicon Valley technology giants over the next decade Source: CNBC.com Date: Oct 02, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/02/how-deere-plans-to-build-a-world-of-fully-autonomous-farming-by-2030.html Questions for discussion: Based on the report, how would you answer the question posed at the start? How should investors… Read more »
The banker who caused the 1929 stock crash
Description: At the outset of the Depression, Charles Mitchell was the most wanted banker in America. Today, his name’s largely been forgotten. Source: TheHustle.com Date: Oct 02, 2022 Link: https://link.thehustle.co/view/6336092910af034736048108heacb.ymsz/f4024843 Questions for discussion: What caused the crash, according to the article? Do you see similarities in today’s market and investing environment? Do you have any… Read more »
3 Ways to Prepare Yourself for the Great Wealth Transfer
Description: We have officially entered the largest wealth transfer period in history. Here are three key ways to prepare yourself for the Great Wealth Transfer and improve our financial position. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Sep 27, 2022 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/3-ways-to-prepare-yourself-for-the-great-wealth-transfer/434715?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email Questions for discussion: What does the report say about “the great wealth transfer” and how to prepare… Read more »
Pandemic savings erased amid ‘perfect storm’ of economic pressures: StatCan
Description: The financial cushion that Canadians were able to build up when pandemic-related restrictions were in place has largely evaporated, according to Statistics Canada, as household budgets feel the pinch from a number of economic strains. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com Date: Oct 03, 2022 Link: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/pandemic-savings-erased-amid-perfect-storm-of-economic-pressures-stat-can-170021198.html Questions for discussion: What does the report say about the condition… Read more »
How YouTube Created the Attention Economy
Description: YouTube has consumed a good part of my days for more than a decade. As a teen-ager, I used the video-streaming platform to scrounge for crumbs of knowledge, watching free lectures on everything from algebra to literary modernism. Now I navigate to the YouTube app on my television most mornings to watch the news…. Read more »
Micron to spend up to $100 billion to build a computer chip factory in New York
Description: Micron will spend up to $100 billion over at least the next two decades building a new computer chip factory in upstate New York, the state said on Tuesday. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Oct 04, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/04/micron-to-spend-up-to-100-billion-to-build-new-york-chip-plant.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Why is this announcement so significant? What are the implications of this development… Read more »
How to survive the worst bear market of all time
Description: In Tom Wolfe’s famous essay about the 1970s, “The Me Decade,” he wrote about how Americans had abandoned communal thinking in favour of personal wealth. “They took their money and ran,” he wrote. In fact, there wasn’t much money to take. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Sep 24, 2022 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-to-survive-the-worst-bear-market-of-all-time-120034754.html Questions for… Read more »
How Banks Crowd Out Commercial Lending During Real Estate Booms
Description: Banks love housing booms because they offer attractive returns on investment. But they also get preoccupied with real estate during those boom times at the cost of lending to other parts of the economy, according to research by Wharton finance professor Itay Goldstein, Miami Business School finance professor Indraneel Chakraborty, and Virginia Tech professor Andrew MacKinlay. Source:… Read more »
ESG without returns is ‘simply not sustainable,’ says investor Lauren Taylor Wolfe
Description: ESG and sustainable investing generally have come under fire recently, with critics pointing to a lack of transparency and differing definitions sparking confusion around what investors are actually buying. Source: CNBC.com Date: Sep 28, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/esg-without-returns-is-simply-not-sustainable-says-investor-lauren-taylor-wolfe.html Questions for discussion: What is ESG? Why is it a factor for some investors and not others,… Read more »
