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Danger Ahead? Peloton Wealth’s Take on Carl Icahn’s Video
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is speaking out about the dysfunction in government and in corporate boardrooms in a 15-minute video, Danger Ahead, available at carlicahn.com. Icahn built his impressive empire by amassing large positions in companies in order...
Dow Chemical Company Tender Offer
Dow Chemical Company ("DOW") has extended its common stockholders an offer to exchange their DOW shares for shares of a new company representing DOW's chlorine business. To incentivize enough DOW shareholders to tender their shares, DOW is offering to give 10% more of...
Ventas, Inc. Completes Spin-off of Care Capital Properties
Peloton Wealth Strategist holding Ventas, Inc. (VTR), completed the spin-off of its skilled nursing facilities as an independent, publicly-traded REIT on August 17, 2015. The new company, named Care Capital Properties (NYSE symbol "CCP"), represents a "pure play" in...
What Today’s Fed Decision Doesn’t Mean
In case you haven’t heard yet, Federal Reserve Open Market Committee kept the Federal Funds rate at a target of 0 to 0.25%. This was the most anticipated Fed decision in modern memory, in no small part because the Fed Funds Rate has been near zero for nearly seven...
Too Much Analysis
We recently spoke with the logistics manager for a public company in the retail industry. During the conversation the topic of quarterly earnings results came up. The manager described how he was able to beat his expense reduction goal during a recent quarter, which...