Krause Fund Research April 19‚ 2013 Consumer Discretionary Recommendation: HOLD Analysts Thomas Sun thomas-sun@uiowa.edu Kevin Alvarez kevin-alvarez@uiowa.edu Peihong Yu peihong-yu@uiowa.edu Brian Mlot brian-mlot@uiowa.edu Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) Current Price: 58.40 Target Price: $58.33 - $61.10 SBUX Tastes like Decaf Strong Earnings Record With 5 year sales growth of 9.6%‚ Starbucks has continued to demonstrate strong business operations through increasing margins‚ EPS performance
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consistently ranked in top five by Institutional Investor (II) magazine which made him all the more popular and helped RSH attract better deals and commission. Peter’s rise was partially due to rising semi-conductor industry and mentoring from senior analysts. However‚ seeing that he was indispensable for the bank‚ he decided to use his power and threaten the company with his prospects of resigning. Stephen acknowledged the fact that Peter’s presence was important for the bank‚ especially for the upcoming
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programmes. The depleting Television Viewer Ratings (TVRs)6 of the DD programmes was also a cause of concern as advertisers deserted due to its low viewer ratings. Analysts felt that DD would need a budgetary support of Rs 5 bn during the fiscal 2000-01 to sustain itself as its revenues would not be enough to meet its expenditure. Analysts
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Problem Statement: Recruiting a new star analyst for RSH Research department in the semiconductor Industry domain while satisfying client‚ market and organizational expectations. Introduction to Company Rubin‚ Stern and Hertz(RSH)‚ an investment banking firm based in New York‚ is faced with the problem of hiring a replacement for their star semi-conductor analyst‚ Peter Thomson. Star analysts willing to shift companies are difficult to find in the present market scenario. But Stephen Connor
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and Hertz (RSH)‚ has to cover the senior research analyst position for semiconductor industry. This is because the only and star analyst‚ Peter Thompson‚ recently resigned and accepted an offer from one of RSH’s competitors. An upcoming deal with PowerChip Company raises the urgency for the decision. The reasons for resignation are not explicit. Basically he has two options: First‚ confirming the promotion to senior analyst of Peter’s junior analyst Rina Shea‚ which means assigning her to covering
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Background The mini case scenario this week asks the students to examine three cases in which policy analysts are put into situations where they must make professional and ethical decisions based on their respective situations. In the Metroville Urban renewal scenario‚ policy analyst Henry is tasked to do an evaluation of the urban development project that has been in progress for ten years. The Metroville City Planning Department has sponsored the project and has also received funding from the
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eleven and thirteen-year-old sons into the equation. Many sports analysts are having a difficult time figuring out why Lavar brought all this attention to himself. A father and manager who has done nothing but positively influence his sons’ career‚ is now negatively impacting it. Analysts question whether his most famous and eldest son‚ Lonzo‚ will have a difficult
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Zara case Zara uses a vertically integrated system (VMS): In this system‚ wholesalers‚ retailers and distributors work as a unified system. One channel owns the others. They have a corporate VMS system‚ because Zara has managed to build a system that is controlled from the headquarters and it allows a quick response to decide and solve problems. Inditex‚ Zara’s parent company owns most of the resources to design‚ produce and distribute. Recommendations: Instead of doing everything themselves
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primarily the analyst community. While institutional investors were very important their buy‚ sell‚ hold decisions were primarily made while relying on analyst information rather than because of direct communication with the company. There were obviously exceptions to this however the above was true in the majority of cases. Institutional investors tended not to be as industry savvy as the analyst community. 2. My behavior and that of my managers was a direct result of these pressures. Analyst opinion
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picked up at other big firms all with the goals of helping her realize her full potential‚ which would be of an extreme benefit for the company. Also‚ while at WHS‚ she has managed to cover the franchise by herself without the assistance of a junior analyst‚ which tells me that her work ethic is impeccable. Her performance ratings have grown over the last three years‚ she’s built good networks‚ which include CEO’s of major companies as well as divisional managers and staff. In addition‚ Mrs. Meetha
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