Boone Pickens sells all his Yahoo! shares, at a loss

Lesson: corporate CEOs and boards are often *very stupid*

If you want to control the company, bid. Don't rely on bad management to look out for your interests. If they were good management, the stock wouldn't be that cheap in the first place.
 
bottom line, he got involved in a situation he knew nothing about and didn't understand fully. He lost.

Its like one of us deciding its a good idea to trade size on a future we never traded before. Chances are you'll get burned.
 
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At least he took it like a man and not like some punk blaming short sellers.

Yeah - he is probably getting hosed on oil recently, I bet you no one holds Congressional hearings to investigate shorting in the oil market. I bet no one investigates Yahoo for destroying tens of billions in market value, illegally breaking their fiduciary duty to shareholders.

The fact is, throughout history, fair, smart, competitive players like Pickens get ganged up on and hosed illegally and unethically by corrupt, dishonest, no-talent losers like Yang and the US govt. 80% of so called leaders in society neither want nor can handle a truly level playing field.

Yang is the definition of "lucky fool".
 
he fucked up on that trade but is still a billionaire. so who fucking cares.




Quote from crgarcia:

Investor Pickens drops Yahoo shares: report

Tuesday July 29, 10:00 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens has sold his entire stake of Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News) shares in frustration over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft Corp (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News), the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday.

Pickens bought 10 million Yahoo shares in May, backing a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to bring the Internet pioneer back to the negotiating table over a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.

Last week, Yahoo reached a settlement to put Icahn and two of his nominees on its board after efforts to revive a Microsoft bid failed. The deal with Icahn spared Yahoo from a proxy battle at its annual meeting on Friday.

"I think that Yahoo management was pathetic," Pickens was quoted as saying to the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board. He sold his entire holdings at a loss, the report said.

Pickens could not immediately be reached.

Shares in Yahoo rose 3 cents to $20.15 on Tuesday, well below a $33 per share offer Microsoft made in early May before negotiations broke apart.

(Reporting by Michele Gershberg; Editing by Derek Caney)


http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080729/yahoo_investor.html
 
it went down because he bought 10 million shares at May.

basically he got screwed by the market everytime if you try to flip or scalp shares in that size.

that is what 300 million dollar position.


Quote from crgarcia:

Investor Pickens drops Yahoo shares: report

Tuesday July 29, 10:00 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens has sold his entire stake of Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News) shares in frustration over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft Corp (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News), the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday.

Pickens bought 10 million Yahoo shares in May, backing a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to bring the Internet pioneer back to the negotiating table over a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.

Last week, Yahoo reached a settlement to put Icahn and two of his nominees on its board after efforts to revive a Microsoft bid failed. The deal with Icahn spared Yahoo from a proxy battle at its annual meeting on Friday.

"I think that Yahoo management was pathetic," Pickens was quoted as saying to the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board. He sold his entire holdings at a loss, the report said.

Pickens could not immediately be reached.

Shares in Yahoo rose 3 cents to $20.15 on Tuesday, well below a $33 per share offer Microsoft made in early May before negotiations broke apart.

(Reporting by Michele Gershberg; Editing by Derek Caney)


http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080729/yahoo_investor.html
 
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