M&A Articles

95% of Takeover Deals Have This in Common

Startup investors made a fortune last month. To get things rolling, Uber bought Postmates for $2.6 billion. That handed early investors an estimated 520x their money. The profits continued when solar-company Sunrun bought Vivint for $1.5 billion… And when Lululemon bought home-fitness startup Mirror for $500 million. Welcome to the…

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95% of Takeover Deals Have This in Common

As I explained last week, we’re currently in the midst of a rare trend. A wave of consolidation is taking place where big companies are buying smaller ones — i.e., “Mergers & Acquisitions.” Every time this has happened in the past, investors made a fortune. But this time around, you could make a…

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The Hottest Market for M&A in 2018?

When I was growing up, my mom would wake up early to brew a big pot of coffee. She used an old-school, stove-top percolator — one of the big ones that could make about five or six cups of coffee. But here’s the thing: Because she and my dad were…

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Three Ways to Lock in Windfall Profits

For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been telling you about a remarkable group of people... People who’ve gone from being dead broke to multi-millionaires... overnight. Today we’re going to reveal their secret—and we’ll show you three tricks you could use to try and accomplish the exact same feat. [readmore]…

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Takeover Alert: The Next Wave of M&A Targets

Takeovers are one of the most surefire ways to earn big profits—fast. However, for most investors, picking the correct takeover targets has historically been a game of luck, not skill. With that being said, some investors know how to consistently identify (and profit from) companies that are ripe for a…

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Madoff: The True Story

Which Start-up Throws Office Stripper Parties? Are you curious which tech start-up prefers not to hire women, and is trying to throw an office stripper party? Evidently, so are many other people »   Uber Loses $6.5 Million—Every Day According to Bloomberg, Uber lost $1.27 billion in the first half of…

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Meltdown in Greece, Opportunity at Home

In 2014, investors in private technology companies made a bundle: Multi-billion dollar acquisitions of companies like Beats, Nest and WhatsApp netted them more than $100 billion. But 2015 has turned out to be a different story entirely… Instability in China and Greece is causing volatility in the stock market—and this…

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