Description: Swan Wealth Advisors Director of Trading & Investments Mark Sebastian and Bloomberg’s Matt Miller discuss the state of the markets and investing in volatility in “On The Markets” on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Feb 20, 2014
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Description: FORTUNE — September 15, 2008 was a watershed moment for the financial crisis that consigned much of the world to an economic malaise from which we are still recovering. That day, government officials hastily arranged a sale of investment bank Merrill Lynch to Bank of America, while another bank — Lehman Brothers — was allowed to file for bankruptcy.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: Feb 21, 2014
Link: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/21/federal-reserve-lehman-brothers/
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Description: Less than two months into the year, gold miners have recouped more than a third of what they lost last year, and the rally may still have a lot more room to run.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Feb 21, 2014
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-miners-stock-rally-has-just-begun-2014-02-21?dist=countdown
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Description: Poor Cisco. It was the only Dow stock to miss out on Tuesday’s Janet Yellen rally. With lackluster earnings due out after the bell, it’s no wonder investors are nervous.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Feb 12, 2014
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Description: De Beers CEO Phillipe Mellier says the hottest diamond markets in the world are the U.S. and China.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Feb 14, 2014
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Description: At the heart of the European debt crisis is the euro, the currency that ties together 17 countries in an intimate manner. So when one country teeters on the brink of financial collapse, the entire continent is at risk. How did such a flawed system come to be? Bloomberg Television and Jonathan Jarvis present “The European Debt Crisis Visualized.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Feb 11, 2014
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-11/the-european-debt-crisis-visualized
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Description: As the insensitive comments and sky-high salaries add up, it’s easy to start thinking that CEOs and other execs have completely lost touch with the lives of everyday Americans. Sadly, that’s likely the case.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: Feb 14, 2014
Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/14/out-of-touch-ceos/
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Description: When Time Warner and AOL announced the consummation of their private courtship in 2000, cable pioneer Ted Turner enthused that the deal felt “better than sex.” That marriage was so ill-fated, it turns out, that a male praying mantis might have exclaimed the same.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Feb 14, 2014
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Description: Apple stock is up on news that they are buying back stock. But what investors really want to see is a new line of innovative products.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Feb 07, 2014
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Description: Bloomberg’s Paul Sweeney reports on Apple’s stock buyback on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Feb 07, 2014
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-07/why-did-apple-buy-14b-of-its-own-stock#r=nav-f-video
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