Description: In resolve a handful of state and federal investigations, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has tentatively agreed to pay $13 billion—more, as my colleague Nick Summers points out, “than the combined salaries of every athlete in every major U.S. professional sport, with enough left over to buy every American a stadium hot dog.” Thirteen billion is also… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Growth & Valuation
Google sales top estimates on boosted ad spending
Description: Google Inc. reported sales that topped estimates during the third quarter as advertisers boosted spending on mobile and video promotions. Jon Erlichman reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Oct 17, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/GSV8Y3 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial results for Google. The next day, Google… Read more »
Shiller predicts more property bubbles
Description: Economist and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller thinks human beings are ‘irrational in many ways,’ and sees a number of property bubbles forming around the world right now. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 15, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/10/15/n-robert-shiller-nobel-economics-people-irrational-behavioral-finance.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What does Robert Shiller think about human judgement? Do you agree with his… Read more »
Google Stock Tops $1,000, Highlighting a Tech Divide
Description: Google has done something few companies ever do in the stock market: it has joined the $1,000 club. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 18, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/19/technology/google-stock-scales-1000-a-share.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=business&adxnnlx=1382203603-zc642Xuu4AMH4ERvfO7rpg Questions for Discussions: Explain the rise in Google share value since its inception. Do you think Google and the other Internet businesses mentioned in the article are bubbles?
Target-Date Funds’ Risky Balancing Act
Description: Over the past decade, target-date funds have become a half-trillion-dollar industry by seeming to answer several of a typical investor’s prayers all at once. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 17, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-17/target-date-funds-may-face-losses-when-interest-rates-rise#r=nav-fst Questions for Discussions: What are target-date funds? Do they remove the necessary financial planning to manage a fund? Do you think the… Read more »
How money managers deal with D.C. gridlock
Description: Money managers sound off on the shutdown that has clients pulling their money out of the markets. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 09, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/10/09/n-money-managers-shutdown-washington.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What are the different ways money managers are responding to the concerns over political gridlock? Which strategy has been the most successful thus… Read more »
New Trends in the World of Wine
Description: In today’s “In The Know” segment, International Wine Critic and Author Jancis Robinson discusses the impact of climate change on wine and where she sees growth with Mark Barton and Anna Edwards on Bloomberg Television’s “Countdown.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Oct 11, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/1focQkZ#ooid=t5YnFvZjqLZnyB1P-cNGikcjCxSrBFbn Questions for Discussions: Summarize the… Read more »
Default would be catastrophic for big banks
Description: If you think the JPMorgan and Wells Fargo earnings reports were disappointing, just wait until the fourth quarter if the shutdown continues and a debt default occurs. Source: Fortune.com Date: Oct 11, 2013 Link: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/10/11/shutdown-default-banks/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for discussion: Explain the reason for the dire predictions if the current government shut down continues. What does… Read more »
What Alcoa’s results say about global manufacturing
Description: For the first time in nearly 54 years, Alcoa Inc. AA is not part of the Dow. That doesn’t mean it has fallen into oblivion. It is still one of the best – and earliest – quarterly indicators for gauging the health of global manufacturing. Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Oct 08, 2013 Link: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/10/08/what-alcoas-results-say-about-global-manufacturing/ Questions… Read more »
Meredith Whitney Wants to Invest Other People’s Money
Description: Meredith Whitney, the bank analyst who became famous for identifying problems at Citigroup (C) and other institutions ahead of the financial crisis, has shut down the brokerage and research arms of the firm she founded with her newfound prominence. The news, first reported by Bloomberg’s Max Abelson and Michael J. Moore, comes after a… Read more »
