Description: Commentary: With incumbent in presidential race, stocks gain Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 11/11/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/2012-could-be-a-good-year-for-the-markets-2011-11-11 Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons 2012 could be a good year. Do you agree with these arguments?
Posts Tagged: Financing Management (p566)
Analysts like Demand Media. Its writers? Not so much
Description: The company turned in solid quarterly results that analysts cheered. But the site’s writers are telling a very different story. Source: Fortune.com Date: 11/11/2011 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/11/11/demand-media-writers/?iid=SF_F_Lead Questions for discussion: Describe the business model for this firm. How is production controlled? Do you think Google’s actions were fair-minded? What should the company do in the… Read more »
Groupon: Investor Beware!
Description: In his On the Mark segment, Evan Newmark says Friday’s Groupon IPO should be waded through with caution by investors, because it is another example of Wall Street shenanigans. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 11/04/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/groupon-investor-beware/5DE4D58B-F543-470C-880B-4F2183A8AE19 Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons presented why investors should stay away from this stock. Do… Read more »
Apple’s Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers
Description: The iPhone maker spends lavishly on all stages of the manufacturing process, giving it a huge operations advantage Source: Businessweek.com Date: 11/03/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/apples-supplychain-secret-hoard-lasers-11032011.html Questions for discussion: Why does Apple have a competitive advantage in R&D over other firms? How important is the scale of production to Apple’s success in R&D and production?
The TV business model is doomed
Description: Commentary: How much will you pay to regain personal time? Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 11/04/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tv-business-model-is-doomed-2011-11-04 Questions for discussion: Do you believe the current business model is doomed? Do you believe there is a sizable segment of the market that would be willing to pay $1 per hour of commercial-free television? Where do you… Read more »
Apple Doles Out $60M Stock Grants to Execs
Description: Apple Inc. (AAPL), seeking to retain its management team in the wake of former Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs’s death last month, gave $60 million restricted-stock grants to most of its senior vice presidents. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 11/04/2011 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-04/apple-doles-out-stock-grants-to-several-of-its-top-executives.html Questions for discussion: Do you believe this is a wise financial planning decision at… Read more »
China’s vanishing factory bosses
Description: No one believed more fervently in China’s economic miracle than the residents of this pretty coastal city, which produces shoes, eyeglasses and cigarette lighters sold around the world. The good times of the past decade made many in Wenzhou rich, and residents repeatedly doubled their bets, pouring their earnings and more into stock markets… Read more »
Alaska’s Billion Dollar Mountain
Description: The story of one man who used a little persuasionâ€â€and a lot of luckâ€â€to win the rights to millions of tons of rare earths Source: Businessweek.com Date: 10/27/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/alaskas-billion-dollar-mountain-10272011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the key points in this report? What did you learn about the industry from an “on the ground†point of… Read more »
Amazon falls on forecast; Street stays bullish
Description: Investors sold off shares of Amazon.com Wednesday, though Wall Street retained a largely positive view of the stock. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 10/26/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-falls-on-forecast-street-stays-bullish-2011-10-26?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Why did Amazon stock prices fall? Do you think the sellers made the right investment decision? Do you think Amazon is a good investment at this time?
Yahoo Said to Lean Toward Dividend, Buyback
Description: Yahoo! Inc. is leaning toward selling its Asian assets and redistributing the proceeds to shareholders, rather than selling itself to a group of buyers, according to five people familiar with the situation. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 10/29/2011 Link:  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-28/yahoo-said-to-lean-toward-dividend-buyback-instead-of-sale.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the main points presented in this report. Do you think the decision… Read more »
