UVa Global Markets Group

08/01/2013

Happy August! Here's an inspiring stock story
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/08/01/the-grandmother-with-faith-in-indian-stocks/?mod=WSJ_article_EditorsPicks

At a time when individuals in India are disenchanted with the stock market, Mumbai resident Ashalata Maheshwari, 77 years old, is a rare champion for stocks.

06/21/2013

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer....
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/us-markets-global-idUSBRE88901C20130621

05/22/2013

This is a must-read article. It tells an incredible story, maybe not the one that you imagined.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/facebook-one-year-later-what-really-happened-in-the-biggest-ipo-flop-ever/275987/
Hope everyone has been enjoying their summer so far!

After Facebook's disastrous debut, the preferred clients of big banks walked away with huge profits. How? Public documents and interviews with dozens of investment bankers and research analysts reveal that the Street caught wind of something the public didn't. The social network and the banks told h...

05/01/2013

China's Manufacturing Data was just released, indicates deterioration in growth. China’s official purchasing managers' index dropped to 50.6 in April from 50.9 in March. Anything above 50 is expansion, below 50 indicates decline. Sell in May and go away?...

04/26/2013

04/24/2013

Last general meeting of Spring 2013!

04/22/2013

http://business.time.com/2013/02/25/ask-the-expert-your-business-economics-questions-answered/

The worlds of business and economics can be confusing to those who don't speak the language. So TIME.com is launching a new series that tries to break down that barrier. You ask the questions, and we will answer the ones that are the most timely and likely to be of broad interest.

04/15/2013

Good article for anyone potentially interested in banking.
(It's part of a series: http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=162557684 )

04/15/2013

Gold is down around 8.5%...wait for the dust to settle before buying into precious metals. Also...watch the Japanese stock market, might be heading for a correction soon.

04/13/2013

Time to buy gold?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-markets-global-idUSBRE88901C20130412

04/09/2013

Dow ends at record high; Microsoft gains; JC Penney loses
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/09/us-markets-stocks-idUSBRE93006T20130409

03/17/2013

Just a reminder our meeting this week will be Tuesday, 6pm in room 225. Hope you all had a relaxing break.