Description:Â Reduced risk has translated into a return on shareholder’s equity that’s more akin to a sleepy regulated utility than a top investment firm. Source: Fortune.com Date: 01/20/2012 Link:Â http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/20/bank-earnings-shareholder-return/?iid=SF_F_Lead Questions for discussion: Why are bank stock returns expected to be reduced? Do you agree with the explanation?
Posts Tagged: Risk Management
Google Backing Israel Entrepreneurs Amid Funding Gap
Description: The Google Inc. (GOOG) executive with his bright yellow vest was impossible to miss in the middle of the Israeli startup owners seeking cash in a rusty boathouse at Tel Aviv’s Jaffa port. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 12/29/2011 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/google-backs-israeli-startups-as-local-financing-hits-12-year-low-tech.html Questions for discussion: Describe the way in which venture capital investors find Israeli start-ups. What… Read more »
Investing after the Arab Spring: Unfinished business
Description:Â The ongoing revolutions across the Middle East would seem to be good news for markets. But so far they’ve scared most foreign investors away. Source: Fortune.com Date: 12/13/2011 Link:Â http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/13/investing-middle-east-north-africa/?iid=SF_F_Lead Questions for discussion: Summarize the opinions expressed in this report? What would your advice be to investors at this time?
Put a put income strategy to work for you
Description:Â Most investors own some mix of stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds. In building an equity asset allocation for their portfolio, without knowing it, or simply accepting it, they are taking about 100% of the risk of the equity markets. There is however a safer option for building the equity portion of your… Read more »
4 tips for trading stocks in a volatile market
Description: How to avoid crowds and carve a niche to create success Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 11/25/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/4-tips-for-trading-stocks-in-a-volatile-market-2011-11-25 Questions for discussion: Summarize the strategies presented in the report. Do you agree with these suggestions? How influential is the “fear index†on investing decisions?
Hope for American Manufacturing—and Maybe Jobs
Description: Some factory work is returning to the U.S., thanks to a narrowing wage gap with low-cost countries and to the rising risks posed by long supply lines Source: Businessweek.com Date: 10/14/2011 Link:Â Â http://www.businessweek.com/finance/hope-for-american-manufacturingmdashand-maybe-jobs-10142011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the main points presented in this report. Do you agree with the analysis and conclusions? How should… Read more »
Canadian dollar’s drop may outpace Aussie, krone
Description:Â Commodity currencies under pressure along with global growth Source:Â Marketwatch.com Date: 10/07/2011 Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/canadian-dollars-drop-may-outpace-aussie-krone-2011-10-05?link=mw_home_kiosk Questions for discussion: Why have so-called commodity currencies fallen? Do you agree with the forecasts presented in this report? How can company financial managers and investors mitigate their risk in these times?
A Divide Over Valuing Greek Debt
Description: Dexia, BNP Paribas, and Société Générale are resisting pressure from regulators to accept more losses on their holdings of Greek government debt amid criticism they haven’t written down the bonds sufficiently. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 10/06/2011 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/europe/a-divide-over-valuing-greek-debt-10062011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the accounting problems facing these banks. What are the possible solutions? How would… Read more »
More Small Businesses Are Selling Receivables at a Loss
Description: Owners who can’t get bank credit or aren’t selling much are tapping commercial financiers known as factors—despite their higher cost Source: Businessweek.com Date: 09/27/2011 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/small-business/more-small-businesses-are-selling-receivables-at-a-loss-09272011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the problems described in the article. What are the possible solutions? Is factoring a good choice, in your opinion?
Yergin on Energy 2.0
Description:  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dan Yergin says the global supply of oil and gas has risen in the last 20 years, defying the predictions of “peak oil” theorists. In the Big Interview with WSJ’s David Wessel, he looks at the world’s energy future. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 09/17/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/yergin-on-energy-20/75F18B14-7BD4-45F5-A3E1-1CF6B4E28B1A Questions for discussion:… Read more »
