takeovers

Stock spinoff investing is about as close as you can get to a sure thing when looking for stocks to add to your portfolio
The best investments for long-term growth typically include hidden assets, a strong hold on a market, and more
A holding company discount represents a great hidden opportunity for investor profit despite limited understanding of this phenomenon.
Investing in current spinoffs provides you with a great investment opportunity as studies show that spinoffs typically outperform comparable firms for years
Investors practicing bottom-up investing focus on a company’s fundamentals, and not predictions of what may happen in an industry or the economy
Spinoff investing has been proven to generate above-average returns—and part of that comes from their takeover appeal
What is a spinoff company and how can it impact the value of your investment portfolio? When a company creates a spinoff, it hands out shares in that company to its shareholders, typically providing substantial benefits to investors in the process.
These two recent spinoffs have struggled due to weaker demand for their products. That has attracted activist investors who aim to make improvements, or even sell them to larger firms. While takeovers are hard to predict, we feel Lamb Weston is in a better position to stage a recovery.


VICTORIA’S SECRET & CO....
Finding stocks with growth potential that will fulfill their promise is not easy. But there are a range of tried and true factors to watch out for. Here they are:
Alimentation Couche-Tard has rewarded our subscribers with big gains over the years. We first recommended this convenience store giant in our December 2008 issue at $15.50 a share. Since then, the stock has split 3-for-1 and then 2-for-1. That takes our cost down to $2.58 a share—and gives you a tremendous 2,708.1% gain!

Note that Couche-Tard’s growth by acquisition still carries risk—more on that below, including an update on the company’s most recent attempts to purchase the 7-Eleven chain....