Description: With all major indices up about 10% so far this year, investors are optimistic that 2013 will be a robust year for the economy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Mar 29, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/03/29/news-markets-q1.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the state of the US stock market. What explains the change in performance? What explains… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Honda Odyssey really cleans up
Description: Honda’s new Odyssey mini-van has a vacuum cleaner built right into vehicle. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Mar 28, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2013/03/28/pf-wheels-honda-odyssey-vacuum.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Do you think this idea will make a big difference to a consumer choosing to buy a minivan? Why do you think the idea is getting so much… Read more »
On YouTube, Video Makes the Radio Star
Description: On March 5 a 16-year-old Texan named Austin Mahone posted a video to YouTube (GOOG) in which he and some buddies dance to Harlem Shake, an electronic single turned viral phenomenon. The song, by the Brooklyn producer Baauer, came out as a free download last spring. In February it became the soundtrack to a… Read more »
Provocateur Comes Into View After Cyberattack
Description: Sven Olaf Kamphuis calls himself the “minister of telecommunications and foreign affairs for the Republic of CyberBunker.” Others see him as the Prince of Spam. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 29, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/business/global/after-cyberattack-sven-olaf-kamphuis-is-at-heart-of-investigation.html?ref=business&_r=0 Questions for Discussions: Describe the issues related to the cyber-conflicts between parties in this report? How does it resemble a conflict… Read more »
Reluctant Bulls Key for Birinyi Amid Record S&P 500 Rally
Description: The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX)’s record rally probably has another year to go as investors give up their pessimism and buy, according to Laszlo Birinyi, one of the first money managers to tell clients to buy before the bull market began. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 29, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/birinyi-says-buy-mining-technology-shares-as-bull-ages.html Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
