takeovers
We go back a long way with medical-device supplier Baxter International. The stock is up a whopping 674.9% since we recommended it at $16.75 a share (adjusted for two 2-for-1 share splits) in our December 1999 inaugural issue of Wall Street Stock Forecaster....
Over the years, we’ve found that spinoffs are about as close as you can get to a sure thing in investing. Statistics show that after a company sets up one (or more) of its businesses or divisions as a separate entity and “spins it off,” or hands it out to its shareholders as a special dividend, the shares of both the parent and the spinoff generally do better than comparable companies for a number of years, if not decades....
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Use a spinoff strategy to target investments that are often highly undervalued and come with lot of portfolio-building power
A: Eli Lilly & Co., $155.03, symbol LLY on New York (Shares outstanding: 957.0 million; Market cap: $151.0 billion; www.lilly.com), has now recovered all of the gains it lost in the market downturn....
Introduction
Successful Investors always give dividend stocks the respect they deserve and most view them as the foundation of a sound and profitable investment portfolio.
But finding the right dividend payers can be challenging for new investors as well as experienced ones....
Spinoffs offer flexibility. Spinning off unwanted assets lets the parent company’s managers focus on that part of the business they want to retain. Usually they hold on to operations best suited to their talents.
Spun-off shares often slump when they begin trading. Many investors routinely dump stock they receive in a spinoff....
Spun-off shares often slump when they begin trading. Many investors routinely dump stock they receive in a spinoff....
Note--this is part of a continuing Inner Circle Spotlight Report: The Successful Investor Guide to Bear Market Investing
Like a lot of beginning investors, I took an early interest in “market lore”—rules for making money in the stock market. These rules aim to tell you how to spot good stocks to buy, good times to buy or sell them, how much to pay, etc....
Like a lot of beginning investors, I took an early interest in “market lore”—rules for making money in the stock market. These rules aim to tell you how to spot good stocks to buy, good times to buy or sell them, how much to pay, etc....
The human and economic damage from Covid-19 so far is minor, compared to what may happen in the coming weeks and months. The stock-market drop to date partly reflects investor guesswork on that future damage may be. Investors are taking their cue from published predictions about the great damage still to come....