valuation

In deal-speak, a divestiture is when a company unloads a division. In fact, there are a variety approaches. For example, one common method is to sell the division for cash to another company. This happened recently with Zimbra, which Yahoo! (YHOO) sold to VMware (VMW).

As stunning as Google's threat to shut down its operations in China may be, its business in the Middle Kingdom means almost nothing to the company's bottom line. And while Baidu may win in the long run, its shares look mighty rich after today's run up.

When a highly successful money manager like Hussman crunches the numbers and decides that shares are priced to disappoint -- perhaps for the next decade -- intelligent investors would do well to pay attention.

Despite last year's mauling, some high-profile Wall Street analysts see a "Goldilocks" scenario for the economy. That would be one where inflation remains subdued and growth picks up briskly. But investors should think twice before betting on such a fairy tale. Following a wave of recent bullish...

Given the stock market's sharp surge since March, investors might do well to consider taking some profits off the table. And days like Tuesday could provide an opportunity to sell into strength. Stocks are now getting richly valued. And delivering the earnings needed to keep the rally going may...

AOL, or "Aol.," as DailyFinance's corporate parent shall soon be known, won't be spun off from Time Warner (TWX) until Dec. 9, but Wall Street is already forecasting its (or should we say, "our") business prospects. Barclays Capital analyst Douglas Anmuth laid out his earnings estimates for...

Comcast (CMCSA), the nation's largest cable company, and GE (GE), the giant industrial conglomerate, are nearing agreement on a deal that would value NBC Universal, the huge entertainment company, at around $30 billion, sources familiar with the matter tell DailyFinance. If successful, the pact...

Sometimes bad stocks happen to good companies. That's not a moral judgment; it's merely a reminder that shares and the corporations that issue them are not the same thing. After all, the best company in the world isn't worth buying into if its stock is too expensive -- and likely to fall. The...

Shares of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) tumbled Monday after a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst downgraded the two to the firm's lowest rating, saying their common and preferred shares would be "worthless" given the nearly $100 billion they will continue to...

Great news, everyone. Even the ever-bearish David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff (and formerly of Merrill Lynch) is calling for a "V" shaped recovery. Unfortunately, he's not talking about the kind of "V" everyone wants: a snap back as equally sharp as the decline....