Archive for July, 2009
Microsoft-Yahoo: Long term merger arbitrage?
The market (and internet) is buzzing with talk of the Yahoo!-Microsoft search deal. The deals are pretty simple and somewhat more beneficial than the deal which AOL signed with Google a few years back. Basically, Microsoft will power Yahoo’s search and Yahoo will become the ad platform across both search properties. Yahoo is granting Microsoft [...]
read more »International Destinations for your Portfolio
Intel’s forecast, today, highlighting their belief that Asian consumers would drive the economic rebound got me thinking. Could international stocks recover quicker and grow faster than domestic U.S. stocks over the next few years? To get a better grasp, I’ve decided to compare the performance of various international ETFs and take a better look.
In the [...]
read more »Sound off: Sears Holdings
Apologies for the lag between posts. I decided to take a little summer vacation. Moreover, I’ve been at a bit of a loss for interesting stock picks of late and the market itself seems to have entered a bit of a (relative) lull. We all seem to be holding our breaths waiting for an inevitable [...]
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