Description: Silver has plunged, gold has taken a hit and the commodity bubble may be finally bursting. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 05/06/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/05/06/mkts_bullhorn0506.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the analysis presented in this report. Do you agree that the commodities bubble is bursting? What do you believe is the reason for the recent… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Investing Strategies
Preventing Future Flash Crashes all but Impossible
Description: MarketWatch columnist Mark Hulbert says research suggests massive stock slumps such as the “flash crash” can’t be prevented and remain a rare, but consistent feature of all stock markets. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 05/05/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/preventing-future-flash-crashes-all-but-impossible/0E8C8C79-1A17-45AE-AA67-68B6722D0696 Questions for discussion: What does the research suggest about stock market behavior? How should investors respond… Read more »
Oil price collapse pays off for one speculator
Description: For the last several weeks, oil trader Stephen Schork has been betting that prices would fall. Instead, they kept rising. And every day they ticked higher, he lost money. Source: CNNMoney.com Date: 05/06/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/06/markets/oil_prices_speculators/index.htm Questions for discussion: How did Stephen Schork decide that the time was ripe for shorting oil? What contributed to… Read more »
Shouting into the unfunded abyss
Description: When the founder of an unheralded startup offered a cri de coeur about the inanities of the funding process, he heard hundreds of voices crying back. Source: Fortune.com Date: 05/06/2011 Link:Â http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/06/adam-neary-profitably-shouting-into-the-unfunded-abyss/ Questions for discussion: Summarized the essence of the report with respect to the difficulty of finding funding. Why do you think some… Read more »
The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes
Description: ALL right, class, here’s your homework assignment: Devise an app. Get people to use it. Repeat. That was the task for some Stanford students in the fall of 2007, in what became known here as the “FacebookClass.†No one expected what happened next. The students ended up getting millions of users for free apps… Read more »
Japan’s 4.5 trillion yen jump start
Description: Japan is preparing a supplemental budget of 4.5 trillion yen to help the country recover from lost production due to the tsunami. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 04/28/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/04/28/n_japan_economy.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the economic and business situation in Japan. Do you believe the projections are likely to be true? Which businesses… Read more »
Sokol: Berkshire shareholders react
Description: At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha, shareholders have very different opinions about David Sokol. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 04/30/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/04/30/n_buffett_sokol_shareholders.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Judging from the interviews with stockholders, do you think the firm’s management is being questioned? Do you think the stock value is being affected? How might this… Read more »
Cisco Grows Smarter
Description: As Starbucks and now Cisco have discovered, the wrong kind of expansion reaps painful contractions Source: Businessweek.com Date: 04/26/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/apr2011/ca20110421_393278.htm Questions for discussion: Summarize the issues raised in the report. What is your view about Cisco’s past and future prospects? What advice would you give management at this time?
Can RIM win back investors after missteps?
Description:Â Â Research In Motion Ltd. lost much of its remaining support on Wall Street Friday after the company took down its estimates for the May quarter, leaving some to wonder whether the wireless-device maker can win back support from investors who have been burned by the stock this year. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 04/29/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/can-rim-win-back-investors-after-missteps-2011-04-29… Read more »
Exxon Mobil profit nears $11 billion
Description: Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit climbed 69% to almost $11 billon, beating Wall Street estimates, as $100-a-barrel crude prices boosted the oil company’s bottom line to levels not seen since 2008. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 04/28/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/exxon-mobil-profit-nears-11-billion-2011-04-28 Questions for discussion: What do you think Exxon’s next quarter will look like?… Read more »
