Description: Star stock picker and longtime money manager Jeffrey Vinik explained Thursday that he’s shuttering his hedge fund because would-be investors balked at his investment strategy, a reluctance that ultimately capped how much his relaunched firm was able to raise. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Oct 24, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/24/jeff-vinik-says-hes-ending-fund-because-investors-doubt-his-strategy.html Questions for discussion: Why… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Industry Analysis
Trade War Is Bleeding Into Enterprise Software — NetApp, Cisco, HPQ Downgraded
Description: Here’s the significance of an enterprise software industry downgrade some may overlook Source: TheStreet.com – video report Date: Oct 10, 2019 Link: https://www.thestreet.com/video/trade-is-war-bleeding-into-enterprise-software-netapp-cisco-hpq-downgraded-15122738 Questions for discussion: What does the report say about the effect the trade war is having on enterprise software firms? How should investors respond?
With palladium rising to record highs, a $1-billion deal for a darling of the Canadian exchange
Description: Toronto-based North American Palladium on Monday presented shareholders with a $1 billion buyout proposal from a larger South African rival just as its namesake metal touches record high prices. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Oct 08, 2019 Link: https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/mining/south-africas-impala-to-buy-north-american-palladium-for-c1-billion Questions for discussion: What is driving this deal? What do you think of the deal, from the… Read more »
Budweiser wants to take on China, the world’s largest beer market where local brews rule
Description: The world’s largest brewer is making a big push for China and other parts of Asia — but it could prove challenging for Anheuser-Busch InBev to topple local beers that have long dominated their home markets. Source: CNBC.com Date: Oct 06, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/budweiser-seeks-growth-in-china-vietnam-india-south-korea-beer-markets.html Questions for discussion: Why does this strategy make sense for the company?… Read more »
Apple Stock Is Rising After Reports Suggest the New iPhone Isn’t a Dud After All
Description: Apple’s bet on a more affordable iPhone model might be paying off after Nikkei reported that the company is increasing production by as much as 10%. That news has helped push Apple stock higher in premarket trading. Source: Barrons.com Date: Oct 04, 2019 Link: https://www.barrons.com/articles/apple-stock-rises-on-reports-of-increased-iphone-production-51570191033?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo Questions for discussion: What does the article say about Apple and its… Read more »
As Trans Mountain flies under the election radar, a missed opportunity
Description: Despite the controversy over the federally-owned Trans Mountain expansion project in the last few years, the pipeline has largely been flying under the radar in this election campaign. Source: BNNBloomberg.com – video report Date: Oct 04, 2019 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/as-trans-mountain-flies-under-the-election-radar-a-missed-opportunity-1.1326709 Questions for discussion: Summarize the status of the pipeline deal. What do you think will… Read more »
Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity at U.S. operations – Reuters analysis
Description: (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s <GM.N> U.S. workforce productivity has declined since the automaker recovered from a 2009 bankruptcy, even as its profit per employee has risen, a Reuters analysis shows. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com Date: Oct 04, 2019 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/behind-gm-strike-declining-productivity-213655945.html Questions for discussion: How does the productivity issue affect employment, investment, and marketing of GM… Read more »
As Silicon Valley faces a tech reckoning, biologists point to the next big opportunity
Description: At one of the world’s largest synthetic biology conferences this week, a food truck handed out papaya and yogurt samples to hundreds of attendees. The papaya wasn’t any ordinary papaya: It was a genetically engineered fruit that Dr. Dennis Gonsalves designed to be naturally resistant to the ringworm virus. Because of his invention, pesticide use dropped… Read more »
Scandal-plagued Wells Fargo names BNY Mellon’s Charles Scharf as CEO
Description: Wells Fargo named Charles Scharf, chairman and CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, as its new chief executive officer and president on Friday, effective Oct. 21. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Sep 27, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/27/wells-fargo-names-bny-mellons-charles-scharf-as-ceo.html Questions for discussion: What are the problems facing the bank and its new CEO? Do you think Charles… Read more »
Blackberry plunges to 4-year low in first five minutes of trading on earnings miss, outlook cut
Description: BlackBerry Ltd.’s big earnings miss and lower forward guidance has the shares tumbling more than 20 per cent to a four-year low early Tuesday. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Sep 24, 2019 Link: https://business.financialpost.com/technology/blackberry-posts-second-quarter-net-loss Questions for discussion: Explain the drop in share value. What would you advise management to do at this time? How should investors… Read more »
