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Loeb made more than a billion dollar (over 100% return) in 2 years. http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2013/07/22/billionaire-dan-loeb-sells-most-of-his-y
by soumyadeb 13y ago
Loeb made more than a billion dollar (over 100% return) in 2 years.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2013/07/22/billionaire-dan-loeb-sells-most-of-his-yahoo-stock-makes-1-billion/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2013/07/22/billionai...
This whole episode seems like another hedge-fund driven money making plan - take some equity, get control of board, hire a high profile CEO, take seemingly big bets, jack up the stock price and silently exit. This yahoo stock buy-back seems to be a way to avoid the insider trading charges.
A good read on this
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324783204578621642882020724.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732478320457862...
- jacquesm 13y agoYahoo has been buying back lots of stock which is one reason it is as high as it is. It goes something like this: - Loeb & co buy 5% of the company - gain board seats - force the CEO to step down - headhunt Mayer - Yahoo uses cash it got with selling a chunk of Alibaba to buy its own stock - Loeb & Co unload at a huge profit - and give up their board seats again
- constapop 13y agoExactly - this was his plan whole time. That is why he sent letter about Thompson's resume; that is why he wanted seat; that is why he wanted to "unlock value" of Asian assets; that is why Yahoo bought his shares at July 19’s closing price, guaranteeing liquidity without forcing Third Point to pay a discount, as usually happens when an investor offloads a large chunk of stock.