Description: Cody Willard makes his case for Apple at $2,000 and explains why it could be the first $2 trillion company in market cap. Source: Moneywatch.com – video report Date: 05/11/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/cody-willard-why-apple-is-going-to-2000/4C6F5D5C-B4BC-4737-871C-E5DA3D667949 Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons given by the analyst that support his belief in Apple stock rising to such extraordinary levels…. Read more »
Posts Tagged: Stocks
OpenTable, broken stock? A lesson in the dangers of tech IPOs
Description: The company has done nearly everything right, but it’s dangerously overvalued, even for a tech company. Should Facebook, LinkedIn, and Groupon take heed? Source: Fortune.com Date: 05/13/2011 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/13/opentable-broken-stock-a-lesson-in-the-dangers-of-tech-ipos/ Questions for discussion: Summarized the essence of the report with respect to the lessons that might be learned for other technology IPOs. Do you agree… Read more »
Housing crash is getting worse: report
Description: If you thought the housing crisis was bad, think again. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 05/09/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/housing-crash-is-getting-worse-2011-05-09?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Summarize the issues raised in the report. What is your view about residential real estate prices and their influence on the economy? How would you approach this market, as an investor in builders?
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?
