Description: Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian discusses Syria’s impact on oil prices, Chancellor Merkel’s recent statements about Greece and U.S. Treasury yields. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 28, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/08/28/n-cmw-pimco-el-erian-syria-oil-merkel-bond-yields.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the reasons for uncertainty in markets today according to El-Erian. How do you think oil prices will behave in the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Market Analysis
With Huge War Chests, Activist Investors Tackle Big Companies
Description: Microsoft executives faced an unusual challenge in April when a $12 billion hedge fund, ValueAct, announced that it had bought a nearly $2 billion stake in the company with the intention of shaking things up. Source: NYTimes.com – video report Date: August 30, 2013 Link: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/with-huge-war-chests-activist-investors-tackle-big-companies/?ref=business Questions for Discussions: Summarize the strategic thinking of… Read more »
A Treasury Shortage Squeezes the Heart of the Market
Description: Considering the trillions of dollars of Treasury bonds the federal government has been selling to pay for its budget deficits, you’d expect there to be plenty of them for use by dealers in the financial markets. Instead there’s a drought, one that’s likely to get worse before it gets better, and it’s already interfering… Read more »
A Surprising Reversal for Emerging Stock Markets
Description: FOR more than a decade, investors loved emerging markets. Now many seem to fear them. Source: NYTimes.com Date: August 23, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/business/economy/a-surprising-reversal-for-emerging-stock-markets.html?ref=business Questions for Discussions: Summarize the analysis presented in the report. How should investors be expected to behave over the next year?
High speed trading showdown
Description: Citadel’s Jamil Nazarali and former high speed trader David Lauer weigh the pros and cons of computerized stock trading for investors and society. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 14, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/08/14/investing-high-speed-trading-good-or-bad.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about high speed trading? What do you think regulators’ roles should be… Read more »
Investors’ Worst Instincts, Revealed (Again)
Description: The U.S. stock market is killing it. In the two-and-a-half year period from Jan. 1, 2011, to June 28, 2013, U.S. shares returned a cumulative 35 percent—26 percentage points ahead of international developed markets and 47 points better than emerging markets. Source: Businessweek.com Date: August 09, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-09/investors-worst-instincts-revealed-again#r=nav-fst Questions for Discussions: Why do… Read more »
Stocks Have Corrected 5% in Two Weeks
Description: On today’s “Insight & Action,” Adam Johnson looks at the performance of the stock market on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: June 06, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/15EKR8J Questions for Discussions: What are the charts suggesting about price movements? Do you agree with this analysis? Are these companies good… Read more »
Japan’s Nikkei dips into bear market territory
Description: After shooting into the stratosphere, Japanese stocks have tumbled back to Earth. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: June 07, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/06/investing/japan-stocks/index.html?iid=HP_River Questions for Discussions: Describe the investment climate in Japan and why markets soared. Why has the Nikkei dropped so suddenly? Would you be a buyer of Japanese stocks or the Yen?
Japan’s Stocks Tank, Threatening ‘Abenomics’
Description: Shinzo Abe and Haruhiko Kuroda had a good thing going. Shame Ben Bernanke had to go and ruin it. Source: Businessweek.com Date: June 06, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-06/japans-stocks-tank-threatening-abenomics#r=nav-f-story Questions for Discussions: How have Japanese stocks performed over the past five years? Why have investors done well in just the last year? Where do you see… Read more »
Where to put your money when bond yields rise
Description: Commentary: The best defense is a good stock-driven offense. Bond yields have been rising as the U.S. economy improves, and so has market volatility. The defensive, income-rich stock and bond strategies that have rewarded investors for years won’t lead the markets when the economy is less distressed. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: June 08, 2013 Link:… Read more »