Description: 2019 has been Disney’s year at the box office. The company had six movies surpass the $1 billion mark — has a likely seventh on the way — and has grossed more than $10 billion at the global box office. In the U.S., Disney-produced films tallied more than $3.72 billion at the box office, beating the… Read more »
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The decade’s top TSX stock returned more than 4,000% — and it wasn’t the only one
Description: List includes tech companies, an airline giant, dollar stores and a label maker Source: FinancialPost.com – video report Date: Dec 31, 2019 Link: https://business.financialpost.com/investing/the-tsxs-top-10-performing-stocks-of-the-decade-some-boasting-4000-plus-returns Questions for discussion: Explain why these Canadian firms outperformed the index as a whole? What lessons are there for investors?
The battery decade: How energy storage could revolutionize industries in the next 10 years
Description: What a difference a decade can make. In 2010, batteries powered our phones and computers. By the end of the decade, they are starting to power our cars and houses too. Source:CNBC.com – video report Date: Dec 30, 2019 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/battery-developments-in-the-last-decade-created-a-seismic-shift-that-will-play-out-in-the-next-10-years.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: How is battery technology disrupting industries and changing many of… Read more »
SPOS #703 – Brett Hurt On Entrepreneurship And Starting Up
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #703 – Host: Mitch Joel. He’s an old friend and someone who has experienced a tremendous amount of success in the technology and startup world. While many know his name… most do not. Let’s change that. Brett Hurt is the CEO and co-founder of data.world (of which I am an advisor),… Read more »
A Roundtable of Investing Experts Share Their Best Advice for 2020
Description: Fortune’s panelists see great opportunities for 2020. But they also see a changing of the guard among the stock market’s winners. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Nov 21, 2019 Link: https://fortune.com/longform/best-stocks-2020-investing-advice-experts/ Questions for discussion: Summarize and explain what the panel suggests will happen in 2020. Do you agree?
Bond defaults have soared in China
Description: But officials and some investors see it as a sign of a healthier market Source: TheEconomist.com Date: Nov 29, 2019 Link: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/11/28/bond-defaults-have-soared-in-china Questions for discussion: Summarize the points presented in this article. How should investors deal with the analysis and interpretation?
Beware the ‘bezzle’: Three likely sources of illusory wealth in the markets today
Description: Tom Bradley: With the ‘bezzle,’ you don’t know you’ve been robbed until much later Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Nov 29, 2019 Link: https://business.financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/beware-the-bezzle-three-likely-sources-of-illusory-wealth-in-the-markets-today Questions for discussion: For what is Tom Bradley warning investors to be on the lookout? What do you think about his concerns? Do you think investors are wise to these issues?
Why Libra passes the money test and bitcoin doesn’t
Description: Private digital money just doesn’t work. Or so say the doubters, and they’ve been right. Wildly fluctuating cryptocurrencies — bitcoin and thousands of variants — have demonstrated that the miracle of blockchain-driven digital currencies, altcoins, crypto tokens and other forms of electronic cash cannot serve the role of money. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Nov 29,… Read more »
Hippie Inc: how the counterculture went corporate
Description: Half a century on from the summer of love, marijuana is big business and mindfulness a workplace routine. 1843 asks how the movement found itself at the heart of capitalism Source: TheEconomist.com Date: Nov 29, 2019 Link: https://www.economist.com/news/2019/11/29/hippie-inc-how-the-counterculture-went-corporate?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20191129n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/NA/351809/n Questions for discussion: Summarize what the report says about how business has changed? What do think… Read more »
ETFs are seeing ‘enormous growth’ in this part of the global market, says pro
Description: Bond funds are having a banner year. Fixed-income-based exchange-traded funds are on pace for a record year, accruing $130 billion in inflows as of Nov. 14, according to ETF.com. If the year ended there, that would be the largest-ever annual haul for fixed-income ETFs, the research website says. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Nov… Read more »
