Microsoft to buy Yahoo for $31/share

[domain newbie]

i wudnt buy yahoo for $44.6B - its not worth it

and msoft shares dropped

 

[namestrands]

Lucky for me I managed to buy 5000 shares in Yahoo a few months ago when I suspected a merger.. not gonna sell just yet..

 

[denny007]

"Don't get emotional about stocks"
Gordon Gekko

 

[Poker]

Yahoo closed @ $11.45 today, and breached $10 yesterday, a far cry from that $31 bid we were talking about in this thread back in Feb...some of you guys owe me a cookie

 

[jdk]

I am sure the CEO is kicking himself in the *** now. Hopefully, with the new CEO things will climb again or they will continue to fall and eventually be bought out for a fraction of the $30/share Microsoft was offering.

 

[Poker]

I am sure the CEO is kicking himself in the *** now.

hubris...the downfall of many...

 

[cursal]

Guesses on how low it will go



?

 

[Poker]

Guesses on how low it will go
?

There is no compelling reason to buy it here...if there were MSFT would be doing just that Keep in mind also that buyout rumors are not a very good reason to buy a stock in general. Best guess is that MSFT (if they are still interested) knows how much trouble YHOO is in and is waiting for the new CEO to be announced because the stock could easily sell off on the news giving them a better price.

 

[HarveyJ]

I am sure the CEO is kicking himself in the *** now. Hopefully, with the new CEO things will climb again or they will continue to fall and eventually be bought out for a fraction of the $30/share Microsoft was offering.

I guess you missed it then... Yang isn't kicking himself in the arse, he's kicking everyone else in the arse and walking away from the mess he made.
Share price already had a quick rise from it.

 

[theinvestor]

Yahoo got hurt badly today. $9.14 ...down over 20%

 

[Donald Aquilano]

Microsoft must be salivating right now. Yahoo is run by a bunch of dumb ****s IMO.

 

[cursal]

I'm saying 8 bucks and under is a good deal LONG TERM.

They are a Cash Heavy Company.

Bounce will come after the new prez around Jan. 15-20 will climb, but I don't expect it to hold for long. Then back down and the real climb will begin...or they get swallowed up.

But I don't see them falling off the map like Pier 1 looks like it will.

I am not giving any legal stock advice here only speculating (you know, like the very thing that set off this mess )

 

[Poker]

I'm saying 8 bucks and under is a good deal LONG TERM.

Long term investing requires the study of fundi's. Many people thought WCOM, Enron etc...and more recently LEH, Fanny & Freddy etc...were bargains at their deflated prices...cheap prices do not equal bargains. You get what you pay for so make sure you know what you are paying for. Thinking a stock can't possibly get cheaper is the same failed philosophy that had people buying YHOO @ $31...those same people are now down %70 and need the stock to rise more than 100% just to breakeven...think about it.

Macro Market:
http://www.dnforum.com/f77/major-market-indexes-critical-points-thread-335881.html#post1594049

 

[stewie]

Yahoo was crushed by Microsoft saying they would not be buying them, Microsoft said they are only interested in an agreement regarding Yahoo search. The have said this before, if you think this deal will go through there are safer ways to play it, buy Microsoft its been beaten down as well. *this is not advice just my opinon. I'm not a member or employee of either company, I do not own stock in either company, and neither does my family. LOL

these type of companies are dime a dozen right now. find one with a high yield that at the very least will pay you to wait.

Good Luck

:yo:

 

[theinvestor]

GM is at $3... it would not surprise me if Yahoo is back to $1 some day

 

[south]

GM is at $3... it would not surprise me if Yahoo is back to $1 some day

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200811191614DOWJONESDJONLINE000862_FORTUNE5.htm

 

[PRED]

"Don't get emotional about stocks"
Gordon Gekko

LOL
I miss Denny. Please bring him back Adam? k:

 

[cursal]

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200811191614DOWJONESDJONLINE000862_FORTUNE5.htm

Thanks for the link,

I liked this,

Pyykkonen, who says Yahoo is now more like a traditional media company than a fast-growing Internet concern,

Good signs for the what one day (imo) become one of the "Utility" companies online, in line with Amazon, Google, and Micosoft. (warehouses of online utilities, i.e. power company to public use. Hosting, Storage, Analytics etc. The basic needs of life online)

and

For all of its problems, investors appear to be overlooking Yahoo's still considerable tangible value. The company has $3.3 billion in cash and marketable securities, according to its most recent annual report. That means $2.38, or 24.3%, of the value of each Yahoo share is backed by cash.

Not even Google, the Internet search giant that is Yahoo's arch-rival, is that rich. The Mountain View, Calif., company had cash and marketable securities of $ 14.5 billion as of the end of its last quarter. That's $60.64 per share, or 21.3% of the value of each Google share. The company's stock recently traded at $284.97 a share.

Thanks for Sharing South