take over target

[wehttamsivad]

if anybody could offer ways to spot a takeover target i would appreciate it. i had some medi shares earlier this year and sold it 2 days before they Announced that they were looking into the possibility of selling. Then a couple of days later they announced that they were going to be bought by azn. My point is that I could have made a lot more money if I had know how to spot a takeover target. It also didn’t help that not to long before all this medi said they had no intention of ever selling.

[madcowdisease]

Originally Posted by wehttamsivad

if anybody could offer ways to spot a takeover target i would appreciate it. i had some medi shares earlier this year and sold it 2 days before they Announced that they were looking into the possibility of selling. Then a couple of days later they announced that they were going to be bought by azn. My point is that I could have made a lot more money if I had know how to spot a takeover target. It also didn’t help that not to long before all this medi said they had no intention of ever selling.

BQI

[Albert0373]

Knowing so beforehand would be knowing insider information, other than that, you just have to guess.

[Hanger]

A lot of the time you can read into stock splits. Check the fundamentals of a company announcing or contemplating a stock split. If your DD doesnt justify a solid company with good reason for splitting, then it is a possibility. I am not saying it happens all the time, but in a few different books that I have read, they mention a stock splits for 2 reasons, to become more attractive/affordable to investors. Or to make themselves more attractive/affordable to a takeover.

Mind you, this comes from books that I have read, and have yet to find a company that split, that has been taken over within 6 months of said split.