Description:Â The time to get fearful is when other people are greedy, and people are not greedy right now, according to Fox Business anchor Cody Willard, who advises taking the other side of the prevalent, extreme emotions particularly in technology.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
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Date: 05/25/2010
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Description: Toys “R” Us is seeking to raise $800 million in stock through an initial public offering, hoping to clear some debt from its balance sheet, the company said in a securities filing Friday.
Source:Â CNNMoney.com
Date: 05/28/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/28/news/companies/toys_r_us_IPO/index.htm
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Description: Treasuries climbed in May, lowering 10-year yields the most since the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates to a record low in December 2008 to spur the economy, on speculation efforts to contain Europe’s debt crisis will slow the global economic recovery.
Source: Bloomberg.com
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Date: 05/29/2010
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXJVN2j1ufUM
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Description:Â The House passed a bill on Friday that would end a tax break for executives of investment funds, leaving hedge funds, private equity firms and venture capitalists scrambling to ease the effects of the bill before it is taken up by the Senate next month.
Source: NYTimes.com
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Date: 05/28/2010
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/business/29carried.html?ref=business
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Description:Â Germany’s unilateral plan to stop short-selling doesn’t look well thought out. Dow Jones Newswires’ Mark Cranfield reports.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
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Date: 05/19/2010
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Description: Dell Inc. said Thursday that strong demand from business customers helped drive the PC maker’s profit up 52% in its most recent quarter.
Source:Â CNNMoney.com
Date: 05/20/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/20/technology/Dell/index.htm
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Description:Â Treasuries climbed, pushing the benchmark 10-year note yield to the lowest level in a year, as a drop in stocks, a plunging euro and U.S. data showing a lack of inflation damped investor appetite for higher-yielding assets.
Source: Bloomberg.com
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Date: 05/22/2010
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aWUL9jshR76A
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Description:Â Companies that regularly increase their dividend payments are often steady stock picks, according to Don Taylor, manager of Franklin Rising Dividends Fund, who talks with MarketWatch’s Jonathan Burton about the stocks that meet his investment criteria.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
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Date: 05/17/2010
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Description:Â Brett Arends tells us about one of the greatest trade blunders ever – a decision by Steve Jobs in 2003 to accept a safer but much lower returning investment in exchange for his 55 million Apple Stock options, now worth nearly $13 billion.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
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Date: 05/18/2010
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Description:Â Cisco CEO John Chambers says the most recent quarter was its “best ever,” citing growth in video, routers and collaborative technology.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
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Date: 05/13/2010
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/05/13/n_cisco_chambers_quarter.cnnmoney/
Questions for discussion:
Summarize the reasons to be optimistic about the global economy?
