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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Ed Butowsky: Whats Happening To These IPOs?

As I have said before, you have to look under the hood of an IPO before investing. What is the motivation for any company to go public?
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Molycorp Plunges 14% on First Day After Chopping Rare-Earth IPO


July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Molycorp Inc., owner of the world's largest non-Chinese deposit of rare-earth metals, declined in its first day of trading after chopping the size of its initial public offering by 18 percent.

"You have an environment where a lot of companies are going public that shouldn't be because they aren't ripe yet," said Ed Butowsky, managing director at Chapwood Capital Investment Management LLC in Addison, Texas. "It highlights how unstable some of these companies going public are."

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Here are some things you can do to get affordable insurance

Ed Butowsky: Yahoo Investing In Hackers?

Could this be, a good idea from a hacker? What is Yahoo thinking. Isn't enough we have to worry about the government being wide open to leaks that now Yahoo is opening up to hackers. Check out the videos on my site, I have a ton of them that are relating to industries in trouble. I do not think we need another one. More videos at http://www.edbutowsky.com/

Yahoo will invest in hackers with good ideas


John Ribeiro( IDG News Service - 7/26/2010 12:00:00 AM )
Yahoo is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and technologies, a company executive said on Saturday. "We are open to many ways of having a stake in creative young companies," said Jeff Kinder, Yahoo’s senior vice president for media products and solutions, on the sidelines of a Yahoo Open Hack Day in Bangalore. The Internet company does not have a fund earmarked for this purpose, or a definite model or set of criteria for such investments, Kinder added.

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Ed Butowsky: What Does Your Investment Portfolio Need?

Ed Butowsky, Managing Partner of Chapwood Investment Management, joins Varney and Co, appearing live on Fox Business News to discuss how to combat this volatile economy. What type of assets should you be mindful of when shopping the market. Is it Gold? Check out more videos at http://www.edbutowsky.com/
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Ed Butowsky: What Type of Assets Help Portfolios Today?
Ed Butowsky, Managing Partner of Chapwood Investment Management, joins Varney and Co, appearing live on Fox Business News to discuss how to combat this volatile economy. What type of assets should you be mindful of when shopping the market. Is it Gold? Check out more videos at http://www.edbutowsky.com/
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Ed Butowsky: Private Equity and IPO Market Outlook



Ed Butowsky, Managing Partner of Chapwood Investment Management, joins Matt Miller, appearing live on Bloomberg Television News to discuss the health of private equity and the IPO market in today's economy. Ed Butowsky further discusses questions you should be asking when approaching investments to IPOs or Private Equity: health of the company and its partners, motivation of such an event to raise cash, and more... Check out more videos at http://www.edbutowsky.com/

Friday, March 12, 2010

Ed Butowsky: Fear of Dow Performance? Fear no more, Dow to 21k in 7 years

Ed Butowsky, Managing Partner of Chapwood Investment Management, joins Kent Croft, of Croft Funds, appears live on Fox Business News to discuss rebounding stock market and anniversary of the 12 month dow low. Ed Butowsky discusses market plays for Baker Hughes (BHI), Walt Disney (DIS), Market Vectors-Agribusiness (MOO), and Ed Butowsky holds position that Heckman Corp (HEK) is the current market play. http://www.edbutowsky.com/