Description: It’s tough to blame Toshiba for letting Westinghouse fail. The subsidiary was an intractable mess, facing $6 billion in cost overruns on four half-built nuclear power plants in South Carolina and Georgia. Source: Forbes.com Date: Mar 27, 2017 Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2017/03/30/who-needs-nuclear-toshiba-already-working-on-new-zero-carbon-power-source/#14b8f77319c4 Questions for Discussions: Explain the risks to investors for Toshiba’s decisions. Do you think… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Personal Finance
ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They’re Not Really Into It
Description: As more fans cut the cord and go mobile, the network is busy protecting its cable-TV money machine. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 30, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-30/espn-has-seen-the-future-of-tv-and-they-re-not-really-into-it Questions for discussion: How has the business model changed at ESPN? What can the company do to deal with these changes to operations?
Eli Lilly loses NAFTA challenge brought against Canada
Description: A NAFTA tribunal has refused to question Canadian judicial interpretations of domestic patent law. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Mar 27, 2017 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/legal-post/eli-lilly-loses-nafta-challenge-brought-against-canada Questions for discussion: Explain the decision? Why is it important to the investors?
Why Lower Oil Could Drive Gold Higher
Description: With crude back on the move again, the stalled gold-to-crude ratio may be poised to resume the upward trend. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Mike McGlone has more on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 20, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-03-20/why-lower-oil-could-drive-gold-higher-video Questions for Discussions: Explain the relationship between oil and gold, according to the… Read more »
Loonie is 10% cheaper versus the U.S. dollar: BMO’s Jack Ablin
Description: Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, joins BNN’s Catherine Murray for a look at why he believes Canada’s loonie still has plenty of room to run up and his latest views on the market. Source: BNN.ca- video report Date: March 17 , 2017 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/video/loonie-is-10-cheaper-versus-the-u-s-dollar-bmo-s-jack-ablin~1080904 Questions for Discussions: What is Jack… Read more »
Why the stock market shouldn’t be spooked by quadruple witching
Description: The average S&P 500 absolute return for quad witching days is in line with your average Friday Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Mar 17, 2017 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/does-quadruple-witching-day-still-spook-the-stock-market-2017-03-17 Questions for Discussions: Explain the issues and concerns presented in the aricle? What do you make of this discussion?
The 34-Year-Old Hedge Fund Manager Who Bet Everything On A Stock That Tanked
Description: Vadim Perelman was a young hedge fund hot shot not so long ago, overseeing a portfolio in the hundreds of millions at the age of 31, hopping on corporate boards, and issuing lengthy slide presentations about his favorite stock picks. Source: Forbes.com Date: Mar 16, 2017 Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2017/03/16/the-34-year-old-hedge-fund-manager-who-bet-everything-on-a-stock-that-tanked/#5585be5c16fb Questions for discussion: Summarize the strategic… Read more »
Lithium is the latest hot metal commodity, but investor fever could be cooling
Description: Lithium, the lightest metal on earth, has become such a heavyweight in commodities markets that it is increasingly being mentioned in the same sentence as rare earths or vanadium. It’s not a compliment. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Mar 17, 2017 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/news/mining/lithium-is-the-latest-hot-metal-commodity-but-investor-fever-could-be-cooling Questions for discussion: What does the report say to investors about the future… Read more »
Valeant Slumps After Longtime Backer Ackman Exits With a Loss
Description: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. stock slumped after Bill Ackman, once its biggest champion, exited the struggling drugmaker at a loss. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 14, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-14/valeant-slumps-after-long-time-backer-ackman-exits-with-a-loss Questions for Discussions: Explain the reasons for the sudden stock plunge? What is the financial situation at the firm today? How should invesdtors… Read more »
Canada Goose Vaults Reiss From Aspiring Writer to Millionaire
Description: Dani Reiss had no intention of running a billion-dollar clothing empire when he joined his dad’s shop making winter parkas 20 years ago. He was an English literature graduate from the University of Toronto, looking for a few bucks to finance his travel plans. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: March 17 , 2017… Read more »
