Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Yahoo decides not to spin off Alibaba stake

In what is perhaps not an unexpected move, Yahoo's board has announced that it would not be pursuing the spin-off of Yahoo's close to $30billion Alibaba stake. Instead, they will now be exploring the sale of Yahoo's core business by spinning it off into a separate company.

This move comes shortly after activist shareholder, Starboard Value LP who hatched the idea of the Alibaba sale switched tact and suggested that Yahoo sell its core business instead. A lack of certainty that Yahoo would avoid taxes on the Alibaba sale is likely the main reason.

Some likely buyers include AT&T, Verizon and Alibaba. However, based on certain news sources, it seems that Alibaba might not be interested in Yahoo's core business.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Key Trade Ideas - Yahoo! Alibaba Rio Tinto


With news about the future of Yahoo! and what it will do with its stake in Alibaba, IG UK takes a technical look at both stocks.

In addition, Rio Tinto is close to 2009 levels and might offer a good trading opportunity.


Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Carl Icahn urges Apple on stock buyback

Activist investor Carl Icahn continues to urge Apple to carry out share buybacks.

Investors are buying too through their normal brokers like HSBC.