Comments on: “Merger Mania” Will Return in 2010 http://www.investmentu.com/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html Investment Advice and Investment Research with a Contrarian Point of View Thu, 24 May 2012 17:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Cassidy http://www.investmentu.com/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-56581 Bill Cassidy Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:50:05 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-56581 Louis Do you continue to believe the attached statement? I expect Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) to be a leading energy sector acquisition target, thanks to its steadily increasing reserves and major discoveries off the coast of Sierra Leone. /Bill Louis

Do you continue to believe the attached statement?

I expect Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) to be a leading energy sector acquisition target, thanks to its steadily increasing reserves and major discoveries off the coast of Sierra Leone.

/Bill

]]> By: BrokerSense.com http://www.investmentu.com/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32495 BrokerSense.com Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:37:39 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32495 If you think M&A is really going to boom in 2010 (I'm sort of on the same page as you - huge cash balances + low growth + low interest rates = deals!), you're much better off investing directly in investment banks. In particular, Lazard (LAZ) and Greenhill (GHL) would benefit enormously due to their concentrations in M&A advisory, and ancillary businesses like PE that would also thrive in a deal-heavy environment. If you think M&A is really going to boom in 2010 (I’m sort of on the same page as you – huge cash balances + low growth + low interest rates = deals!), you’re much better off investing directly in investment banks. In particular, Lazard (LAZ) and Greenhill (GHL) would benefit enormously due to their concentrations in M&A advisory, and ancillary businesses like PE that would also thrive in a deal-heavy environment.

]]> By: Diana Hall http://www.investmentu.com/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32451 Diana Hall Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:25:18 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32451 I am soooo new and confused about small caps and reverse mergers. I have stock in a company that was doing a reverse merger and now there are so many questions about what is happening (and what is not). Where do I start and who can I talk to? Where can I get info for Dummies on stocks, certs, coupons, strips? I am soooo new and confused about small caps and reverse mergers. I have stock in a company that was doing a reverse merger and now there are so many questions about what is happening (and what is not). Where do I start and who can I talk to?
Where can I get info for Dummies on stocks, certs, coupons, strips?

]]> By: abel dignard http://www.investmentu.com/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32450 abel dignard Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:07:42 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32450 I am anxious to read. thanks I am anxious to read. thanks

]]> By: Robert Black http://www.investmentu.com/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32004 Robert Black Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:57:44 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/December/how-to-profit-from-merger-mania.html#comment-32004 Your thoughts on Warren Buffett splitting his Berkshire Hathaway 'B' shares 50 for 1 in the near future?? Does this open the door to more institutional (brokerage houses promoting) selling given their increase in fees from the increased number of shares that can be moved? Your thoughts on Warren Buffett splitting his Berkshire Hathaway ‘B’ shares 50 for 1 in the near future?? Does this open the door to more institutional (brokerage houses promoting) selling given their increase in fees from the increased number of shares that can be moved?

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