Description: Facebook CEO, in his keynote at Mobile World Congress, says WhatsApp was a “great fit” for the social network. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 24, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/24/t-zuckerberg-on-whatsapp-acquisition.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: How does Mark Zukerberg justify the valuation for WhatsApp? Do you believe it is a good deal for Facebook investors? How… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Risk Management
Credit Suisse’s ‘spy novel’ tax evasion
Description: Less than 5% of the Swiss bank’s thousands of accounts with over $10 billion in assets were reported to the IRS. And you won’t believe the ways in which they allegedly hid the money. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 26, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/26/n-credit-suisse-offshore-tax-evasion-irs.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Do you believe the information demanded… Read more »
Here’s How Some Small Banks are Making Big Money
Description: On today’s “Insight & Action,” Bloomberg’s Adam Johnson looks at the health of small banks on Bloomberg Television’s “Lunch Money.” Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Feb 28, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-28/here-s-how-some-small-banks-are-making-big-money#r=nav-f-video Questions for discussion: What does this report say about the financial status of small US banks in comparison to the larger Wall Street… Read more »
Buffett: We’d like to own more of Heinz
Description: Warren Buffett may end up putting more money into ketchup maker Heinz. Source: Fortune.com Date: Feb 28, 2014 Link: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/01/buffett-heinz/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights presented in this report. Do you think the investment in Heinz was a good one? Would you be buying more?
Institutional ownership of Apple stock reaches new 5-year low
Description: Institutional ownership of large-cap stocks is currently at high levels, but there is one glaring exception to that trend: Apple, which is currently at a five-year low among hedge funds, banks, mutual funds, and other powerful types of financial institutions. Source: Appleinsider.com Date: Feb 26, 2014 Link: http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/26/institutional-ownership-of-apple-stock-reaches-new-5-year-low Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial… Read more »
WhatsApp with Facebook’s $19B offer?
Description: Facebook’s biggest deal ever. Why is Mark Zuckerberg paying $19 Billion for messaging app WhatsApp? Laurie Segall reports. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 19, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/19/t-facebook-whatsapp-19-billion.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: How did Facebook go about evaluating WhatsApp? Do you believe it was a good deal for both sides? How can this acquisition… Read more »
What happened to the correction?
Description: Investors are shrugging off lackluster economic numbers. Stocks are once again pushing toward record highs. So what happened to that market correction everyone was talking about? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/02/21/bears-hibernating-market-correction-job-growth-dow-fed-taper.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does the report say about the correction and corrections in general? Why does… Read more »
Are the Markets Headed for Another Huge Drop?
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 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-20/are-the-markets-headed-for-another-huge-drop#r=nav-f-video Questions for discussion: Summarize the key metrics that… Read more »
Fed transcripts: Bernanke chose to let Lehman fail
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… Read more »
Gold-miner stock rally has just begun
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 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial analysis presented for gold and gold stocks…. Read more »
