Description: Mattel’s stock rises due to strong sales of American Girl, despite slumping sales of iconic brands like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Fisher-Price.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Apr 17, 2013
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/04/17/investing-the-buzz-mattel.cnnmoney/
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Description: Chipotle short sellers like investor David Einhorn feel the sting as shares of the popular Tex-Mex chain soar on strong earnings.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Apr 19, 2013
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/04/19/investing-the-buzz-chipotle.cnnmoney/
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Description: ANALYSIS: The plunge in the gold price in the past week may have raised a big red flag over the global economy. Some top investors say the gold sell-off, and the broader declines in oil and metals prices, reflect the failure of the Federal Reserve and other central banks to create robust demand even as they inject massive amounts of money into the world financial system.
Source: BNN.ca – video report
Date: Apr 19, 2013
Link: http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/4/19/Gold-slide-flashes-warning-signs-for-global-economy.aspx
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Description: A chart of the crashing price of gold looks like a wedding ring rolling off a table. Gold futures for June delivery closed at $1,361 an ounce on the Comex in New York today, a drop of more than $200 in two sessions. Gold’s fall of 13 percent since April 11 was the biggest two-session decline since 1980.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Apr 15, 2013
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Description: Apple Inc. shares took another hard hit on Wednesday as more signs emerged of a downbeat earnings report from the company next week.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Apr 17, 2013
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-hit-by-more-signs-of-downbeat-quarter-2013-04-17?siteid=nwtwk
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Description: Shares of Microsoft, Intel, and HP tumble after reports that PC sales plunged nearly 14% in the first quarter.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Apr 11, 2013
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/04/11/investing-the-buzz-pc-dead.cnnmoney/
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Description: As the Dow ends its best first quarter in five years, some investors suggest cashing out now before the market corrects itself.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Apr 09, 2013
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2013/04/09/pf-when-to-sell-stocks-romans.cnnmoney/
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Description: Gold sank almost 5 percent into bear territory on Friday as institutional investors fled bullion in favour of other safe-haven assets amid concerns about central bank sales and souring sentiment.
Source: BNN.ca – video report
Date: Apr 12, 2013
Link: http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/4/12/Gold-heads-for-third-weekly-drop.aspx
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Description: Amazon.com’s (AMZN) Jeff Bezos has the kind of investors any chief executive officer would envy. While others must contend with restive shareholders who demand steadily increasing profits or bigger dividends, Bezos has nearly free rein to pursue his strategy of ignoring earnings and spending heavily to expand into new businesses. The stock is up more than 40 percent over the past 12 months, and in March traded at more than 700 times the previous 12 months’ earnings—the highest price-to-earnings ratio of any company in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index. It had held that ranking for nine months, losing it only after announcing a loss of $39 million for 2012, which made calculating the p-e ratio pointless.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Apr 11, 2013
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Description: Good news for the caffeinated masses: Starbucks (SBUX) is cutting prices, starting May 10, on its bags of coffee sold in grocery stores. The $1-per-bag discount represents a 10 percent discount on its eponymous beans, a 12.5 percent drop on its cheaper Seattle’s Best brand.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Apr 12, 2013
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