Description: Although construction company shares and new home starts are up, Buzz readers are skeptical about a recovery in the housing sector Source: CNNMoney.com – video report  Date: 09/22/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/09/22/n_bz_housing.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the range of commentary made about the housing market. Do you agree with any of the analysis presented? How… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Stocks
Facebook Sells Your Friends
Description: How Facebook plans to leverage its 550 million users into the greatest advertising juggernaut since … O.K., only since Google. That’s still huge. Source: Businessweek.com  Date: 09/22/2010 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_40/b4197064860826.htm Questions for discussion: Summarize the financial evaluations made in the article for Facebook? As an investor, how would you play Facebook? What would your… Read more »
U.S. REITs Use Stock Sales to Grow After `Balance-Sheet Repair’
Description: U.S. real estate investment trusts are selling shares to fund property acquisitions after using record cash from equity offerings last year to reduce debt and cover dividends. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 09/24/2010 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-24/u-s-reits-balance-sheet-repair-gives-way-to-deals-as-stock-sales-advance.html  Questions for discussion: How are these firms restructuring their finances? What is driving this behavior? Do you believe it is… Read more »
Obama Stimulus Made Economic Crisis Worse, `Black Swan’ Author Taleb Says
Description: U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration weakened the country’s economy by seeking to foster growth instead of paying down the federal debt, said Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of “The Black Swan.†Source: Bloomberg.com  Date: 09/25/2010 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-25/-black-swan-author-taleb-says-obama-s-stimulus-made-economic-crisis-worse.html Questions for discussion: What is the basis of Taleb’s criticism of government handling of the… Read more »
BullHorn: ORCL, RIMM, China, Solar
Description: Oracle and Research In Motion are by no means dead. China stocks are hot, perhaps too hot. And investors are warming up to solar. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report  Date: 09/17/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2010/09/17/mkts_bh_orcl_rimm_china.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the commentary made on each stock? Do you agree with the analysis presented? Look at the… Read more »
Revolution Investing: Apple Going to $1,000
Description: With $40 billion in cash on its balance sheet, Apple can grow earnings 30% to 40% and reach a $1,000 stock price by 2015, according to MarketWatch newsletter writer Cody Willard, who points to the company’s power in apps. Veronica Dagher reports. Source: Marketwatch – video report   Date: 09/13/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/revolution-investing-apple-going-to-1000/DC68E619-2969-41D8-BF81-DE00375729AE Questions for… Read more »
How the Best-Known Brand in Golf is Navigating the Global Economy
Description:Â Like a weekend duffer playing through a summer squall, the golf industry has weathered brutal conditions in recent years. Callaway, the Carlsbad, California-based golf equipment maker, has hardly been immune to the ill winds. After banner years in 2007 and 2008, the company encountered the economic storm that struck the entire industry in 2009,… Read more »
As Market Pessimism Grows, Should You Buy Stocks?
Description: Investors are disenchanted with the market. To contrarians, that constitutes signs of a rally. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 09/16/2010 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_39/b4196047923232.htm  Questions for discussion: Summarize the views presented in this article. Do you agree with the arguments presented for stock improvements? What would your investment advice be at this time?
News Hub: Blue-Chip Borrowers Issue Debt in Droves
Description: Mark Gongloff discusses the recent eagerness of blue-chip companies to issue fresh debt, and the eagerness of investors to buy it. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report  Date: 09/09/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/news-hub-blue-chip-borrowers-issue-debt-in-droves/5857959B-668B-40AD-A5D5-16723605B3B2 Questions for discussion: Why are these firms selling bonds? If these analysts are right about financial management thinking at these firms, what should… Read more »
Movers: CROX, NFLX
Description: Crocs stock has been hurting since Labor Day and it’s time for Netflix to raise some money. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report   Date: 09/10/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2010/09/10/mkts_st_crocs_netflix.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the analysis presented for each company. Do you agree with these positions and ways for investors to play each stock? What would you… Read more »
