This site is approaching its seventh birthday and over the years a number of sectors have featured prominently on these pages. Energy. Media. A smattering of REITs, restaurants and conglomerates. Retail is one sector though that, excluding Sears (SHLD and ugh) hasn’t seen all that much activity so it was exciting to see a rumor pop up yesterday.… Read More »
JDS Uniphase, Dot Com Boom And Bust Survivor: What Happened to it? Judging by search queries and questions that we get, 18 months after JDS Uniphase(JDSU)’s spinoff of Lumentum(LITE) and simultaneous rebranding as Viavi Solutions(VIAV), there are still many shareholders wondering where the company went. (Update: Nearly a decade later, we still see regular searches and questions as… Read More »
When it comes to spinoffs, once it’s announced, most investors just focus on when it’s done. Maybe there a few people who eagerly await the Form 10 filings or delight at mocking a new company name, but really it’s about the closing. Of course, someone actually has to go about the unheralded business of making sure the new… Read More »